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...which case, no one should be surprised that Roberts has turned out to be an uncompromising conservative on a court split 4 to 4 on ideology, with a fifth conservative, Justice Anthony Kennedy, deciding case after case according to his own self-dramatizing muse. When Roberts was picked to be the nation's 17th Chief Justice, he talked a great deal about the need for the fractious court to find more coherence and common ground, to wage fewer ideological spats on the pages of unnecessary separate opinions. Some wondered if this was an offer on his part to split...
...strong media corps and some 260 competitors will swarm upon China's gaming capital for the 54th Macau Grand Prix. The organizers would probably have to buy solar panels for half of Mongolia to offset the emissions of this orgy of gas-guzzling, but why muse on such deflating topics when there are eight fierce races to behold? This is the only street meet in the world that features both car races (including a Formula Three race and a World Touring Car Championship) as well as motorcycle events (among them the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix). Drivers will be negotiating...
...Master, condemned to live in a mental institution after writing a historical account of Jesus’s crucifixion—a book that becomes a meta-novel within the text—breaks out to serve as the hero. He yearns for the love of his former muse and mistress, Margarita. She, in turn, makes a Faustian deal with Satan to reunite with her long lost love. What ensues is absurd, intricate, and absolute unforgettable. The book is simultaneously a fairy tale, an epic, a religious allegory, a political satire, and, primarily, a harrowing romance. Yet, despite it?...
Hermann and Pilati shy away from the notion that Hermann?a relentless listmaker with a family life in an exclusive Parisian suburb, a country home in Normandy and a job that has her traveling the world?just might be the target customer. "I am not the muse of YSL," she insists. "When Stefano shows me the clothes, I never say, 'I like it, I don't like it.' I say, 'I can sell it, or I can't sell...
...closer look at the true pioneers of global luxury, going right back to Coco Chanel, above, it's clear that when a fundamental shift occurs in the industry, it is often the work of a powerful and creative woman. The entrepreneurs, CEOs and designers (there's even a muse) presented on the following pages are most often defined by their determination and fearlessness?from the CEO who is reinventing and reviving the YSL brand to the entrepreneur who brought the Internet big-ticket luxury to the designer who gave Dior fine jewelry a whole New Look...