Word: ironization
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...fight against fascism or communism, or even misconceived interventions like Vietnam, America's mission is to further not only its interests but also its values. And that idealist streak is a source of its global influence, even more than its battleships. As became clear when the Iron Curtain collapsed in 1989, America's clout in the world comes not just from its military might but from the power and appeal of its values. Which is why it did, indeed, turn out to be an American Century...
...most telling physical landmark of the restaurant, however, is the immense, brightly colored mural in the style of Diego Rivera which wraps around behind the bar and open kitchen. In it, merry people amuse themselves beneath strands of Spanish moss, dangling over the fancy wrought-iron balconies and balustrades of Southern gothic buildings. All drink and laugh profusely, and all are glaringly white. The image is a perfect metaphor for the cuisine. Magnolias strives to emulate New Orleans, but a piece of its heart will always be in New Canaan...
...four best-selling paperback books, LEONARDO DICAPRIO doesn't want to become the subject of a best-selling issue of Playgirl as well. According to a suit DiCaprio's lawyers filed last week, the skin magazine is planning to publish pictures of the star of The Man in the Iron Mask without anything masking him at all. Although the lawsuit says DiCaprio has not seen the photos and doesn't know whence they came, they are thought to be from the movie Total Eclipse, which has a gay sex scene. Brad Pitt fought a similar case last year...
...refined looks suggest a dewier Brad Pitt--a Brad Pitt crossed with Natalie Portman, say. As a screen lover he is more chipper than smoldering, too boyish to be androgynous but too androgynous to be sexy in any threatening, carnal, actual sort of way. The Man in the Iron Mask plays this up perhaps too much, outfitting DiCaprio in 17th century blouses and wigs falling halfway down his back. In his butchier Titanic incarnation--where, of course, he has the added advantage of getting to die dreamily in the presence of his beloved, as he also did in his breakthrough...
...Java's richest promise may lie in devices that resemble today's computers even less than the iron-shaped JavaStation does. Hardware giants like Samsung and Motorola are already devising a raft of Java-enabled gadgets, from Java palmtops to Java cell phones. Get busy, Redmond...