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Says Herman W Liebert librarian emeritus of Yale's Binecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. "He [Bond] inherited a wonderful resource and had a very, very difficult act to follow, but he has lived up to the challenge[Houghton] is one of the finest collections in the world because ofWilliam Bond...
...been a Stravinsky festival, it might have become a Suzanne Farrell festival. In a new work-Balanchine's aching five-minute lamentation, Élégy-as well as the great older pieces, she danced with the daring thrust and exquisite musicality that make her perhaps the finest ballerina in the country now. Or it could have been a Heather Watts festival, for this sexy, all-grit dancer seemed to be onstage and in command every night...
...South Carolina statehouse, was the winner of the 1792 design competition for the proposed new White House. One of those he triumphed over was Thomas Jefferson, who had submitted his entry anonymously. Hoban's vision of the President's house was influenced by one of the finest examples of the English Palladian style, the famous Dublin mansion of the Duke of Leinster...
...ignore a taunt; he had devoted whole chapters to demolitions of competing writers. Instead, there was an uncharacteristic silence. Six months later, Mailer has provided an answer. But it, too, is atypical. For if, as the editor of his new book claims, Mailer was "the literary world's finest counterpuncher" since Hemingway, he no longer deserves the title or the hype. Pieces and Pontifications demonstrates that, despite a pugilistic stance, the author has deserted the ring for color and commentary in the broadcaster's booth...
...Israeli attacking force, more than 90 strong, featured U.S.-built F-15s and F-16s, two of the finest fighters in the world, flying electronic marvels. Both planes are equipped with a system called "head-up display," or HUD; projected on the pilot's windshield, in phosphorescent green and orange, is a mass of essential data. An F-15 pilot flashing over the Bekaa could have watched the plotted positions of four separate enemy aircraft and also have been alerted by a flashing light and beeping in his headset if an SA-6 radar locked...