Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unlike Elvis, Wilde was one of his era's foremost men of letters, inordinately well-read and a master of irony. He was also a man of notoriously reckless appetites--for young men, fine things and controversy...
Originally conceived by current "Master of the Arts" John A. Lithgow '67 (one step down from "Master of the Universe") while serving on the Board of Overseers, the volume of events included in Arts First has grown consistently. An elaborate grid is currently required to list all of the performances and a "Harvard Arts Medal" is awarded annually--this year to John H. Updike...
...computer technology" or "Internet" or whatever your name is, what do you want? Why are you here, and how have you become our new cultural master...
...want anything. You are here because we made you and continue to use you. And you are our cultural master because, by our greed or fear or whatever, we allow...
Although Lloyd's quest can be fun reading, once again, reality has proved the master of fiction. Last week's humongous real-life deals might raise the unemployment rate in three or four cities while making the honchos filthy rich. That makes even Lloyd seem just a little too tame...