Word: geniuses
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...when the more conventional minds of the French cultural establishment - along with their self-occupied counterparts abroad - stop fretting about decline and start applauding the ferment on the fringes, France will reclaim its reputation as a cultural power, a land where every new season brings a harvest of genius...
...Austrian-born, New York-based accessories designer Devi Kroell, Vienna is a city that stirs up conflicting emotions. "This is the city that has always mixed artistic genius with the gemütlichkeit it is so renowned for: the Viennese mentality is one of questioning and suspicion, scandals and revelations, all mixed in the cozy atmosphere of its legendary cafés." Here are Kroell's favorite cafés and shopping destinations that she visits on trips home to see family and friends...
...later years he refused to let his wife hand down his old clothes to his gardener, lest some of his genius...
...boisterous, quixotic and very entertaining campaign for mayor of New York City. A second Pulitzer arrived for The Executioner's Song, the spare and haunting book that came out of the execution of convicted killer Gary Gilmore. There were many other titles after that, most with moments of genius but none with the same sustained power. Nonetheless, an indispensable cultural voice was lost when Mailer died on Nov. 10. There's no one now to take his place with anything like his force and originality of mind...
...Giuliani wrong to push Bratton out? It seemed so at the time, but by then Bratton had already done the heavy lifting of reform. More intriguing now is the fact that Giuliani chafed alongside Bratton, a certified policing genius, but bonded easily with Kerik. (Where Giuliani clearly erred was in naming Howard Safir to replace Bratton. Safir was an unqualified disaster...