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...first, oh, five hours or so (My notes end, "Joss Whedon will not shut up."). As Whedon rambled on - UPN must not have known what was coming, as the teleprompter apparently said only "Joss speaks" - the audience eventually played him off, applauding at every pause until he got the hint. Welcome...
...Rudolph Schindler in the 1930s for his unbuilt Shep House in Los Angeles, and a splendid 1908 sideboard with inlays of fruitwood, ebony and abalone shell by Greene & Greene, those Pasadena masters of the Arts and Crafts style. But it's hard to get much more than a hint of how much really good furniture was being made in California in the first third of the century...
...fabulously slick tomato of a chariot built and lacquered by Ed ("Big Daddy") Roth, dean of car customizers, back in 1963. But if there's one custom job you'd expect to see in a show about the growth of a California ethos but don't get a hint of, it's the kind of long-forked, stripped-down Harley chopper that starred in "Easy Rider" 35 years...
...hopeless,” “nonsense,” on the one hand; “doubtless,” “obvious,” “unquestionable,” on the other, will have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, antiacademic languor at this stage as well may match the grader’s own mood: “It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists—at times, indeed, approaching the ludicrous—that smile as we may at its follies...
...Even a hint of intrigue can be dangerous. Russia's arrest, trial and pardon last year of U.S. businessman Edmund Pope--who denied charges of spying--show just how touchy a host country can be. And there are some professionals--like the clergy or journalists--for whom even modest assistance to the CIA would be considered unethical. So what should you say to the CIA? In most cases, there's little or no business benefit. It's mainly a calculation of how much risk, to yourself and your company, you're willing to take to help the agency...