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...Rivera slipped in a portrait of Lenin. Okrent is also supremely funny on the subject of S.L. (Roxy) Rothafel, creator of superabundant picture palaces along Broadway, those Moorish-boorish Odeons, who was the man chosen to guide development of Radio City Music Hall. Once he was in the job, fate teamed Roxy with Deskey--Donald Deskey, the great evangel of Art Deco who had won a competition to design the Music Hall. Dedicated to all things Moderne, Deskey is the man who saved us from Rothafel's stated dream for the Music Hall: "Portuguese Rococo...
Dershowitz similarly “checked” Peters’s other sources. Quoting a statement depicting the miserable fate of Jews in mid-19th century Jerusalem, Peters cites a British consular letter from “Wm. T. Young to Viscount Canning.” Dershowitz cites the same statement as Peters, reporting that Young “attributed the plight of the Jew in Jerusalem” to pervasive anti-Semitism. Turning to the original, however, we find that the relevant statement did not come from Young but, as is unmistakably clear to anyone who actually consulted...
...fate of Iraq's WMD programs remains a mystery that Kay's group will pursue. But the absence of evidence of an imminent threat helps explain the disconnect between the U.S. and reluctant allies on Iraq. Without evidence to vindicate Washington's prewar claims, the debate at the UN is reduced to the U.S. and its coalition partners painting themselves as stewards of Iraqi liberation, while skeptics and adversaries see their presence there as an unwelcome occupation which, in the words of Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri - a key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism - "has created far many...
...although they parted during pre-frosh weekend on a note of refusal, Taj and Tonika exchanged “real letters” throughout the subsequent summer. In an act of fate, Taj’s family moved from New Jersey to Texas that summer, and he was able to visit Tonika in Houston. Lady Fortune seemed to be working to bring Tonika and Taj together...
...what’s up,” or even “yo” to remind them that a bond based solely on awkward pleasantries can withstand the test of time, or at least a summer. But, alas, fate has dealt a harsh blow to your once cordial relationship—this former member of the elite group that merits your “fly-by hi” doesn’t register even a glimmer of recognition as you pass by. Not only do they not know who you are, they seem not to even hear...