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...birds in the flock," Art Critic Thomas B. Hess recently observed, "Liberman is the rarest." It is a rare bird indeed that he resembles: the eye's moist, inquisitive glitter; the sharp ruffle of conversational feathers; the exact poise...
Prince Junio Valeric Borghese, 64, boasts impeccable aristocratic credentials. He is scion of a 600-year-old noble Siena family that has produced a Pope (Paul V), and a flock of cardinals. He, wears Italy's Gold Medal for Military Valor for leading World War II assaults on Gibraltar and Alexandria harbors as a naval commander...
Just as "man" should mean more than "animal," "argument" should be valued above "noise." A flock of crows would surely silence these speakers effectively. Obstructors deny their own "human worth," to use the least ridiculous phrase left when they deny such worth in opponents. And having put a mental X across the enemy faces one might as well, for efficiency, toss in an anti-personal grenade (though Etymology, a certain old bleeding-heart professor-emeritus, might whimper that "anti-personnel" is "substantially equivalent" to "in-human...
...Abidjan, the country's handsome high-rise capital, real estate is bought within hours after it goes on the market. Black immigrants, who make up nearly a third of the Ivory Coast's population, flock to the city from other African countries to take jobs. There are 20,000 Frenchmen in the Ivory Coast today, six times as many as a decade ago. French President Georges Pompidou visited the city last month, took one look at the clover-leafed expressways, tree-shaded boulevards, sidewalk cafés and miniskirted girls-and pronounced the Ivory Coast "a model...
...about "childishness" and goes on his way. Joe is proud of his rough skills and his success, proud of being a poor black who made good. "I ain't no Tom," he growls. It nettles him slightly that black celebrities?from Julian Bond to Bill Cosby to Coretta King?flock to Ali's corner. But Frazier also notes: "One thing's for damn sure: they aren't going to get in the ring with...