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...Dyck was not given to theorizing, but an intriguing phrase crops up in his scattered writings: he wanted to achieve, he said, een loechte maniere, "an airy style." In the process, writes Jeffrey M. Muller in the catalog, he "intentionally formed a style representative of grace." Grace meant facility, apparent ease, but in no superficial way: a style analogous to the poise and manners of the true gentleman, a conception of human character that was forming at the Stuart court even as he worked there and was thought to radiate from the person of the King. Let the French have...
...State Baker would confer with Saddam in Baghdad. But Saddam cleverly offered to receive Baker on Jan. 12, just three days before the deadline the U.N. has established for Iraq to leave Kuwait or face eviction by force. Bush replied that Saddam was trying to stretch out the grace period and insisted on an appointment on or before Jan. 3. Baghdad complained in response that protocol demanded that Saddam choose the meeting time, since he is senior to Baker...
...Youth by Alice Munro. This collection of 10 shimmering stories should put to rest, at least for a while, the old canard that nothing interesting ever happens in Canada. The author, who lives near Lake Huron, writes about the lives, times and loves of her countrymen and -women with grace, precision and memorable generosity...
...Left My Heart in San Francisco). His third greatest talent, say some, is his unique taste in clothes, which runs to purple ties and gold blazers. But the first thing we all know about George is that he is one of the most prolific and lucid writers ever to grace our pages...
Because De Maiziere played an important role in helping Kohl speed unification, many Germans feel a twinge of regret at his fall from grace. If he was an informant, De Maiziere would have been small fry in East Germany's maze of domestic spies. Yet even if he vindicates himself in court, he is likely to be permanently wounded by the allegations. And he will not be the last...