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Robert Moses, the author of that sentiment, was conspicuously disagreeable, and he never doubted he was one of the great figures of his time. He once likened himself to the Roman Emperor Titus (40-81 A.D.), who, like Moses, was an impresario of bricks and marble. The Moses empire embraced yachts, chefs, chauffeurs and 86,000 other minions. His power nominally depended on the chairmanships of obscure parks commissions and revenues from a toll bridge. In fact, he relied on a public as steadfastly admiring of him as he was contemptuous of them. He defied Governors and mayors for nearly...
...Emperor of Dune, Herbert...
...story of Cutter's Way, as told by the press, is another one of those taken from Hollywood. Film (then titled Cutter and Bone) is released: film is panned by the incomparable Vincent Canby (who is to movie reviewing what the emperor's new clothes were to haute coterie): film is withdrawn only to be released later by the United Artists Classics division with a whole new ad campaign and is hailed as a nearly lost masterpiece. Art prevail over management, they would have it. And they're practically right...
...Catholic University of America in Washington have taken a vote and come up with the "ten most villainous people in history," a collection of rotters guilty of sins even more grievous than wearing brown shoes with a blue suit. The envelope, please. In chronological order: Caligula, despotic Emperor of Rome from A.D. 37 to 41; Nero, full-time Emperor and sometime violinist who struck sour notes in Rome from 54 to 68; Attila the Hun, who led his barbaric tribe from 433 to 453; Ivan the Terrible, nogoodnik Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584; Catherine de Medicis, Machiavelli-mentored...
...Noble House, Clavell (1 last week) 2. Goodbye, Janette, Robbins (5) 3. The Glitter Dome, Wambaugh (4) 4. Gorky Park, Smith (3) 5. God Emperor of Dune, Herbert (2) 6. Clowns of God, West 7. The Cardinal Sins, Greeley (7) 8. Free Fall in Crimson, MacDonald (6) 9. The Covenant, Michener (8) 10. License Renewed, Gardner...