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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...
Ladies and gentlemen, the Love Doctor is here to solve your problems. I’m here for your trials and tribulations, offering advice to the lovelorn and the lost. I’m your new best friend, psychiatrist and mentor all rolled in one. And, somehow, this is all related to the wonderful world of sports...
Belle de Jour provides lingerie literature on their marbled countertop that is clearly geared toward guilty gift-givers who wonder exactly whom the present is for. According to the tasteful card addressed to gentlemen shoppers, “Fine lingerie is a most refined and appreciated gift. Almost one-half of all fine lingerie is purchased by men for the ladies of their lives...
...standard postgraduate journey for 19th century young English ladies and gentlemen was the Grand Tour of Europe, a lengthy buffet of the best art, architecture and?for the men?wenches that the Continent had to offer. Today's overmedicated, under-careered university graduates have come up with their own rite of passage: backpacking through Asia. It might be more of a slouch than a Grand Tour, but at least it's edgy...
...Gentlemen: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy—or even the integrity—of the “classic” exam period editorial, “Beating the System,” you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called “Donald Carswell ’50” of being rather one of Us—the Bad Guys—than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell’s advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes...