Word: gaud
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...given free rein to experiment. What he came up with in late 2006 was a $110,000 supercar modeled after a mythical Japanese snake with eight heads and eight tails. In other words, this is not your average Camry or Accord. The curvaceous car, which looks like something Gaudí might have come up with if he dabbled in automobile design, has so far found 70 buyers across the world, from Bahrain to Malaysia. "We know that Japan's not isolated anymore and that all countries are interconnected," says Aoki. "In that context, I think it's important to display...
Both parties recognize that the Spanish family isn't easily harnessed to campaign rhetoric. Like architect Antoni Gaudí's signature Barcelona cathedral, the Sagrada Família - where the spires share space with cranes and scaffolding in a never-ending bid to complete the original 1883 design - the Spanish family is both sacred and a confounding work in progress...
Stephanie Seymour was his first supermodel, and word spread quickly. Seven years later, he opened his color salon. Initially, he worked only with people in fashion. "Then Deneuve called, and suddenly I had the entire cinema world and then the music world." 9 rue de Guénégaud...
...ever such a gaud took material form, then that gaud is a new Red Sox baseball cap. Yes, standing well with one’s friends is pleasant; yes, there is a satisfying sense of community wherever a television is tuned to a Red Sox game. But is membership in that herd really pleasant enough to make us forsake life-long (and in many instances, generations-long) allegiances to other (and in many instances, better) baseball teams? College should be about acquiring new allegiances, and also about examining old ones. It should never be about cheering...
...When Gaudí graduated in 1878 from Barcelona's School of Architecture, its director announced to his fellow teachers, "Gentlemen, we are here today either in the presence of a genius or a madman." The jury is still out, but this year's celebrations may incline history to cast its verdict for genius...