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...history that Brooks likes to wave around, there is one chapter it prefers to ignore: the demise of corporate sibling Casual Corner. After early success at reviving the chain, Del Vecchio lost control of the enterprise, which he wound up selling to a liquidator in 2005. "You have to look at his record," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of retail consultancy and investment bank Davidowitz & Associates. "It's been, shall we say, mixed...
...twelve-tone composition.) Thus, he tracks simultaneous developments like Arnold Schoenberg’s atonal school in Austria and the early jazz compositions of little known American composers like Charles Ives and Will Marion Cook.The book is broken into three parts by time period, and the parts broken into chapters by, apparently, whatever Ross felt like. His command of the material is so complete, and his guidance through it so gentle, that although some of the groupings he proposes seem opaque (“Dance of the Earth: The Rite, the Folk, le Jazz...
...though initially engaging, the book eventually leaves the reader feeling rather put-off. Each chapter bears a title that begins with some variation on “Manners Learned As” followed by a description of the stage in his life, such as, “Manners Needed For Important Science” and “Manners Appropriate For a Nobel Prize.” These chapter titles are incredibly stiff and disconnected from the rest of the material. It is strange that someone should describe the stages of his life in terms...
...Learned” sections, Watson gives advice which will not apply to most readers since most people will never become Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Of the pieces of advice that are applicable to the average reader, many are clichéd and lack insight. For example, in the first chapter of the book, Watson’s banal advice is to “Find a Young Hero to Emulate...
...countries that claim to be the closest of allies, Spain and Morocco sure do fight a lot. The latest chapter in their ongoing love-hate fest came this week, as Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia made a trip - their first as monarchs - to Ceuta and Melilla, Spanish cities that Morocco claims as its own. They were on official state business and it was the first time a Spanish monarch had visited since 1927. Last Friday, Morocco's King Mohammed VI protested the royal visit by withdrawing his country's ambassador to Spain and on Monday, as thousands...