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ALLEN GINSBERG (1927-1997) He emerged during the somnolent American 1950s as a bardic reincarnation of Walt Whitman. His incantatory, long-lined verses were styled not for parlor reading or classroom study but for public performances, featuring himself. He provided the music for the Beat Generation and a vision of modern malaise: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness...
...battle lines are drawn, and Shah sits impatient and alone in the parlor of his wealth, where the light is yellow with the afterglow of his own meaningless success. The house, the money, the two Jaguars in the garage. What good is all that paper without the girls giggling and running around? His dining room has been turned into a war room stocked with WANTED posters, surveillance reports and the makings of a question he can't afford to answer objectively...
...gross misunderstanding of TT. It is not done with only the hands; it is an interiorized process called into being by compassion for someone who is in need and is coupled with a deep-seated, knowledgeable intentionality. The technique used in Emily's study comes close to being a parlor trick and in no way resembles TT either in concept or in practice. One wonders what was behind a respected medical journal's publication of this travesty of professional inquiry. DOLORES KRIEGER, Ph.D., R.N. Professor Emerita of Nursing Science New York University Columbia Falls, Mont...
This smoky lounge provides an atmosphere reminiscent of an era long gone by. Savor your Macanudo in the upstairs parlor overlooking the rest of the shop. An apt place to muse over Hemingway and O'Neill, its hospitable environment also fosters study breaks for the chessmaster as well as cigar aficionado...
...George Jones, a perfect foil, but completely herself. It was the most relaxed I was ever to see her. Tammy was sweet, in the way that only Southern women are sweet, and a bundle of nerves. I don't ever think she got over her ascendancy from the beauty parlor. She was a vehicle for her Voice, and it seemed to have ambition of its own, sometimes overreaching her personal understanding or goals. I remember clearly driving by her house in Nashville and staring at the wrought-iron gates with FIRST LADY ACRES scrolled across the top. I think...