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...YARD WAS drop-dead gorgeous when I arrived there at 2:30 last Friday afternoon. They say that God makes sure that Commencement is held under sunny skies; the weather for the inauguration was a further sign of His affection for Harvard...

Author: By Jacques E.C. Hymans, | Title: ...And a Speech for Dolts | 10/26/1991 | See Source »

...even a bit manic. Instead of sleek uninterrupted planes of metal and glass, there are balconies, loggias and shady brise-soleils. If the new Getty becomes a lively, civilized place, it will be because, for all the white-on-white elegance, it is not pristine and hermetic, not another gorgeous monolith. The rugged terrain and Meier's good planning sense have dictated a dense urban messiness, with odd angles and almost ungainly juxtapositions, rather than some prissy classical grid over which buildings as jewels are dispersed just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Grand New Getty | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...gorgeous shot," said her twin sister, Loren...

Author: By Joanne Nelson, | Title: Stickwomen Edge B.U., 2-1, Improve to 5-1-1 | 10/10/1991 | See Source »

Everyone tells the models they're gorgeous, but as long as they work they must guard against imperfection -- the bloodshot eye, the puffy face. They diet rigorously, and smoke to keep the weight off. Even on good days, models fret that they are not perfect enough. "A girl comes to a shoot with a pimple, and everyone's mumbling about her," says Kevyn Aucoin, a New York makeup artist. "She feels like she should commit suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing Beauty and The Bucks | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

...hall and hired some members of the Toronto Symphony. Though most famous for his electric keyboard interpretations of Bach, Gould chose for his orchestral debut Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, which he took at a glacially languorous tempo. When it was over, he blurted onto the tape an accurate verdict: "Gorgeous! Magnificent! Heartbreaking!" Along with that performance, the newly released album contains Gould's superb piano transcriptions of the Idyll, Siegfried's Rhine Journey and the prelude to Die Meistersinger. After nearly a decade of legal negotiations, it marks the beginning of a 30-disk series of Gould recordings, which will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: May 20, 1991 | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

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