Word: chic
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...they will have to discredit - to mock - the Republicans' convention. That may give to the Democratic proceedings a derisive and holier-than-thou tone, an atmosphere that may prove unfortunate: a nastiness inside the convention hall may be amplified by protesters' vociferous disturbances outside. The admixture of Streisand/Beatty-style Hollywood chic should contribute an insufferable note. And of course, the Clintons will be there, with all their baggage. The atmosphere thus created may not be attractive...
...same reasons that cross-racial friendships are rare. People are more comfortable with other people who are like them. Well off, white suburbanites feel more comfortable with other well off, white suburbanites. The run down buildings and the different colors of skin are unsettling to people used to the chic atmosphere of Georgetown...
...chic, assured film that Raul Ruiz has made of the novel's final volume, Le temps retrouve (Time Regained), is an ideal Proust in pictures. It roams through prewar drawing rooms, attending to whispers of malice and amour. A brilliant man (Marcello Mazzarella, as Marcel) talks to a ravishing woman (Emmanuelle Beart, as Gilberte) of an old wound. "Heartbreak can kill," he says, "but leaves no trace." The roue Charlus (John Malkovich) takes his sexual pleasures at the business end of a whip. These characters are often crushed by the burden of glamour, but the film isn't. It wears...
...proud member of the anti-cell phone crowd, I almost felt guilty asking Motorola to let me test its newest model, the Digital V phone, coming out this week. Sure, it was a marvel of miniaturization and techno-chic, weighing in at just 3 oz. And I was intrigued by the notion of browsing the Web and sending e-mail on something smaller than a Twinkie. But I've always thought carrying a cell phone everywhere you went was silly--just another must-have gadget designed to keep boredom at bay. Factor in the $400 list price from Sprint...
...Annenberg, and what did I think of the place--not too much, but enough so that I talked and felt witty and knowledgeable, an insider on my first day. Everything impressed me: the vintage hexagonal tiles in their bathroom, the working fireplace, the slant of the light, Andre's chic black shoes (that year I told my mother, only half-joking, that I had to have black Kenneth Cole boots if I wanted to survive in the gay social scene at Harvard). Mostly I was impressed by Andre and Dave. I was openly, adamantly gay at my high school...