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...pole--a "ghost light," meant to ward off spirits. That image--the idea of the theater as a welcoming place where the light never goes out--sparked in him "the fantasy that I might extract some glittering consolation prize for being different and alone." Rich became a theater geek nonpareil, an awkward Jewish kid who, making his Bar Mitzvah, recognized the designer of the temple's ark from his set-design credits in Playbill...
...appreciating his terrific mandolin and fiddle playing, especially on the bluegrass numbers; the enthusiasm he brings to the stage is palpable, and the audience goes crazy. But what's fun onstage sometimes meanders a bit on record: a few jams are overlong, and Bush's electric forays lack the nonpareil quality of his acoustic performances. Still, these folks set the bar pretty high, and a song list that includes a hell-bent-for-leather take on Bill Monroe's "Big Mon" alongside Kool and the Gang's "Celebration" is probably as good...
Through books and films, Jacques-Yves Cousteau shared his close encounters with dolphins, sharks, whales and other sea creatures with armchair divers around the world. He was a showman nonpareil, as when he described his first scuba dive in his mellifluous French accent: "I stood upside down on one finger and burst out laughing." But the former French navy officer had a serious side. Cruising the oceans in his vessel Calypso, he became increasingly worried about their health and founded the Cousteau Society to sound the alarm...
With its own auction launch, Amazon continues its mutation from bookseller to e-tailer nonpareil. The auction area is carrying tens of thousands of items, including a signed copy of Hem-ingway's A Farewell to Arms--Amazon will, of course, be strong in rare books. "Our vision is to build a place to find and discover anything our customers might want to buy...[including] car parts and spark plugs," says Bezos, whose firm's ever inflating stock price jumped an additional 15% on the news. Says Larry Schwartz, president of rival Auction Universe: "It's kind of frightening--they...
...orgies show WHRB at its nonpareil best;they set a standard probably unsurpassed anywherein the world," Levin says...