Word: giftedness
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Steven Millhauser seizes ideas and runs with them—until they’re out of breath and he’s out of words. The Pulitzer Prize winner’s new collection of short stories, “Dangerous Laughter,” takes the shape of...
In 1974, Mark Twain Intermediate School in Brooklyn was served with a desegregation order, mandating that the school maintain a student body whose racial makeup mirrored that of the community—at the time, 70 percent white and 30 percent minority. In subsequent years, Mark Twain was converted into...
A story is often told at times like this - times when American voters are choosing among candidates richly seasoned with political experience and those who are less experienced but perhaps more exciting alternatives. Once upon a time, the torch was passed to a new generation of Americans, and a charismatic...
But acquiring culinary gadgetry was easy compared with creating it, and Arnold quickly proved himself a gifted inventor. There was his immersion blender with an 18-volt battery and a trigger borrowed from a DeWalt high-speed drill, for starters. He began writing about equipment and technology for Food Arts...
The '70s brought a new breed of director, steeped in movie lore and movie love, making smart films that were huge hits--and for the longest time, Oscar ignored them too. The Godfather won Best Picture, but its auteur, Francis Ford Coppola, was not named Best Director. (He won for...