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When dining out, a fur coat is a fantasy necessity. Fendi's one-of-a-kind Croiset Norka fox ($75,000, from Neiman-Marcus) would do nicely, but a "full-length sweep of splendor" made of Russian snow lynx bellies ($125,000, from Sakowitz) is more tasteful if less carefree. To stay svelte, anyone would love Heartmate, an electronically controlled aerobic exercise bicycle ($4,000, from Abercrombie & Fitch). The avid pedaler can listen to music, AMFM, or view television on the machine's console, while monitoring digital read-outs of mileage, heart rate, calorie expenditure and countdown timing...
...accidental discharge of his pistol while he was unpacking his suitcase in a Los Angeles hotel room. He had studied in the University of Southern California and received his degree of Dr.-Es-Lettres at the University of Paris in 1928. At Paris he studied under the Croiset brothers, two of the foremost classical scholars of their time, and he himself was a noted authority on Homer, about whom he had written several books...
...graduate of the University of Southern California, Professor Parry received his degree of Dr.-Es-Lettres from the Sorbonne in 1928. At Paris he studied under the Croiset brothers, who were acknowledged the two foremost classical scholars of their time. Parry himself was an authority on Homer, about whom he had written several works...
...that heavy emphasis is laid on the mechanical side of the work, it is also true that careful attention is given to the place of the Classics in literature. As far as I know, all courses, except the most elementary, assign reading of criticism and history like Duff and Croiset. Classroom lectures give as much supplementary matter as is necessary on the work read. It is thus not true that this side of the literature is neglected...
...conclusion Professor Perry observed the perfect types of new French scholarship which have added infinite grace, charm, and beauty of expression to modern speech. In this group are Croiset, Canson, Le Franc, Baldensperger, and Legouis. "There is something inexplicable in the gift of speech," he said, "something as rare as the gift of poetry. And the art of teaching, like that of speaking, is more or less a mystery which requires deep analysis,--a sort of trade which we are all endeavoring to follow...