Word: marcus
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Madonna may indeed have a shrewd notion of both her limitations and her ultimate appeal. "I don't think Madonna, whom I like, has any particular interest in music," says Rock Critic Greil Marcus. "She's going to end up a big movie star. There's nothing wrong with that." As the eldest daughter in a large family whose mother died young, Madonna has always seemed to be looking for a way out. She studied dance, tried ballet and, by the time she left home in her late teens, had already starred in her first movie. It was a Super...
Throughout his long life, and for 150 years after his death, George Stubbs (1724-1806) was known as a horse painter. Never mind the Parthenon frieze, the Marcus Aurelius, the equestrian portraits of Verrocchio or Donatello, or any of the rest of the vast repertory of equine imagery in Western art: horse painting, like "sporting" art generally, tends to be seen as a minor style of aesthetic tailoring, shaped to reflect the blunt amusements of a class not much liked by connoisseurs. Painters like Sir Alfred Munnings, who filled canvas after canvas with accurate replications of poised fetlocks and lobb...
...staid maternity clothes, became the talk of the fashion world in the early 1970s when he introduced a line of ultra-feminine dresses. When the fashions appeared, everyone else was selling sportswear and jeans, but the carefully tailored garments were quickly snapped up by Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman-Marcus and other tony department stores. The onetime Du Pont accountant was on his way. Sales of Nipon's dresses (price: $100 to $2,000) this year are expected to reach $60 million, and he has collected a clutch of celebrity customers, including Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara Walters, Rosalynn Carter...
...Director Jerry Walters, "living on campus in dormitories is in." Off-campus, do-your-thing pads have given way to the practical fact that campus quarters tend to be cheaper and more convenient. "Students want to be closer to campus and involved in campus activity," says B.U. Housing Director Marcus Buckley. "They want to study and not worry about the heat or their next meal." The bottom line, again, may be the reality of getting ready for that job. Says Dean Mary Ackerman of Macalester College in St. Paul: "There is more concern about careers, about what awaits them after...
...growth in corporate profits and strong capital investment in plant and equipment. Most important, consumer spending, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of the gross national product, is expected to remain strong. Said Philip Hawley, chairman of the Carter Hawley Hale department-store chain, which includes Neiman-Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman: "Going into the all-important holiday season, consumer confidence to us looks good. It's close to its alltime high." Hawley predicted, however, a slower rate of retail buying next year. That forecast was supported by the council report, which sees consumer spending moving ahead by only...