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...Stravinsky and Balanchine, marked the beginning of neoclassicism in music and dance. Diaghilev's own life was measured out in hotel bills and telegrams. He ranged ceaselessly from Europe to America in search of backers and triumphs. World War I and the Russian Revolution slowed his progress but never stopped...
...long blue velvet frock-coat, like that of a head porter in a hotel. 'Give me the scissors, Grigoriev!' Diaghilev exclaimed. He cut away the collar, to make a wide V-neck. He cut away the velvet, till it barely covered the buttocks. Nemtchinova had never shown so much leg before (what ballerina had?) and she protested. 'I feel naked!' 'Then go and buy yourself some white gloves!' said Diaghilev. The celebrated white gloves became almost a part of the choreography...
...figure in the late '60s after enduring years of hard-earned obscurity. A growing army of high school and college readers began proclaiming him a deep thinker, at about the same time that critics started cuffing him for being a shallow artist. Both judgments were wrong. Vonnegut has never written a thought that could not occur to a sporadically meditative teenager, nor has he pretended to; those who are impressed by the profundity of a shrug ("So it goes") have probably found the guru they deserve. At the same time, Vonnegut is one of the few truly original...
...form than of content. If the government guaranteed a loan of $750 million to Chrysler, and the company went bankrupt, the government--through the tax-payers--would foot the bill. If the government advanced Chrysler the money through the tax credit instead, it would take the risk of never getting its money back. But the choice between the two is like a choice between apples and oranges--pay now, pay later, it's all a matter of taste...
...most successful seducer in The Seduction of Joe Tynan is Joe Tynan. He seduces his wife with false promises. He seduces Karen Traynor with the promise of power and passion of success. Tynan himself is seduced--hence the title--but we never see the manipulation in his face. When Tynan wins in the end, we're happy. But nobody said we couldn't be seduced...