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Obama wants to be St. George. He wants to let the dragon into the court and then slay it. Or, at least, tame...
...light), Kiss Me Deadly does its coarsely artful best to lure viewers into the lurid. What movies can't do that fiction can is chain you to the power of first-person narrative. Spillane puts you inside the thick, teeming skull of some modern-medieval creature - part Galahad, part dragon - and locks you there. You may want out, but you also want to stay, if only to see how similar Mike Hammer's atavistic codes and instincts are to yours, and how swiftly and deftly Spillane etches this urban underworld. (As novelist Mirian Ann Moore says, "Nobody ever...
...corporate ladder. Unlike China, which gate-crashed into Western households with everything from kitchen knives to toilet-tissue holders, India has made an unhurried entry through communication portals. But the Indian Elephant must not allow corruption and bureaucratic incompetence to slow it down in the race with the Chinese Dragon. Krish V. Krishnan Wilmette, Illinois, U.S. The cover story highlighting India's economic boom seems to have come at the right time. The country is changing in every area. India's middle class has been positively affected by growth in sectors such as information technology, telecommunications and the automobile industry...
...often worked with such U.S.-sourced gems as Montana sapphires and Mississippi river pearls, and favored American naturalism over European historicism. As John Loring, design director of Tiffany's since 1979, explains, "Our unofficial motto is that Mother Nature is the best designer." From a delicate diamond-and-sapphire dragon-fly hair ornament (circa 1895) to an Art Deco platinum-and-diamond necklace that invokes the Manhattan skyline (circa 1930), the exhibition illustrates how Tiffany's has achieved international renown for truly American craftsmanship. Holly Golightly would have loved it. gilbert-collection.org.uk
...corporate ladder. Unlike China, which gate-crashed into Western households with everything from kitchen knives to toilet-tissue holders, India has made an unhurried entry through communication portals. But the Indian Elephant must not allow corruption and bureaucratic incompetence to slow it down in the race with the Chinese Dragon. Krish V. Krishnan Wilmette, Illinois...