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Needless to say, we have made our share of mistakes in the prophecy business, including one that we particularly cherish and at times still argue about: a cover story in 1954 said that a small car would never catch on in the U.S. But over the years, we have not been dissatisfied with our record in anticipating the course of war and peace, of revolution and business, of fashion and the arts...
...performance I shall longest cherish is Joseph Wiseman's portrayal of the aged Chinese sage Chu-Yin. One senses an inexhaustible profundity beneath his face and eyes. His bearing; his gestures, his gait all strike unfailingly true. He is even careful to read the letter from Kukachin properly from right to left and top to bottom. If Quintero would allow him to forsake the occasional cracking falsettos in his diction, he would be perfect. Still, such subtle and rounded playing is rare on any stage. This man is every inch...
Next to good grades, the factories list "energy" and "personality" as the main criteria for judging prospects. Some "white-shoe outfits" (so called because white bucks were once standard footgear on Ivy League campuses) still cherish a preference for an upper-class family background. It also helps to be free of conspicuous eccentricities: a facial tic, a squeaky voice or a gaudy necktie can bar a bright applicant, and even too much library pallor may arouse suspicion. In response to a Harvard Law School questionnaire on what it was looking for in graduates, a New York firm curtly replied, "Byron...
Vogue's raison d'etre provides the theme which permeates the book, and, I think, insures its success. As well as reporting "news" in its own inimitable way, Vogue exists more importantly to "cherish the sense of beauty, to feed the mind, to stir the imagination." In performing these functions, it excels. One must, of course, put up with those inevitable articles on the role of women, on travel, on famous people. The writing about the arts is sometimes noteworthy and often entertaining...
...soon as her adoration begins to threaten his freedom to shoot ducks and philander. "Why shouludn't life be easy?" he demands, and unencumbered by scruples, he sets out to prove that it is. Sullenly stalking pleasures, he leaves Jeanne, the young wife, to stifle her disappointment and cherish he rare audiences he permits...