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...Rudolph Douthat, we might call him, wandering the Quartier Latin and the narrow, flea-market streets of Montmartre. In the last twenty-five years alone, Paris has seen the sculptures of Rodin, the ballerinas of Degas, the water lilies of Monet, the dreamy Provencal mountains of Cezanne--not to mention to paintings of Manet, Seurat, Bonnard, Renoir and many more. Meanwhile, Toulouse-Lautrec is presiding over the Moulin Rouge nightclub, Paul Gauguin has taken ship for Tahiti and set about painting the native girls--and poor, mad Van Gogh is only ten years in the grave...
...Pavilion should not have been so quick to cheer. You see, similar to other conventional phrases of impossibility like "When Hell Freezes Over" or "When Pigs Fly", the more trendy "When Two Midwestern Harvard Basketball Players Dunk" was thought to be one of life's unattainable constants, not to mention a sure sign of the Apocalypse...
...room at the Institute for Rehabilitation and Research in Houston. In December she turned 44, struggling to learn how to navigate a wheelchair she directs via a breathing tube. Though not a bitter person by nature, she wants justice for missing out on her kids' lives, not to mention her own. So this week, in a Corpus Christi courtroom, Bailey's lawyers will take on Ford Motor Co. and its tire supplier, Bridgestone/Firestone. The charge: that a defective tire--and more important, a defective car--took her livelihood. The principal defendant: the top-selling SUV of the decade, the Ford...
...grade." I vowed to beat my 1480 without any preparation whatsoever, unless you consider that the SATs are designed to measure your preparedness for college and I had four years under my belt. But I wouldn't do any extra studying to beat my original score, which I should mention...
Indeed, the process of compiling such a list immediately changes the dynamic of the way one perceives music. What is essentially a matter of taste becomes an exercise in forcible catholicity, not to mention seeming hip. Trying to balance "important" albums and those that will actually provide enduring pleasure can effectively subvert the whole point of the art form, which is the personal, almost physical interaction with the muse. Checking out albums that I might not normally hear is all for the good, but no amount of research is going to make you tap your foot...