Word: patronism
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...difference between fiction and myth is that people do not feel impelled to act on fictions, whereas myths are a guide to life. In this sense, one could say that Ryder, in the process of becoming the very prototype of the saintly visionary, patron of outsiders, pure of spirit and attuned to the great rhythms of nature, became America's first mythic artists' artist...
...drill. At Move 32 of Game 8, for example, challenger Karpov, losing, was forced to make nine moves in less than three minutes. He executed them in a dazzling flurry that didn't just leave him winning; it left the crowd stunned and silent. Except, that is, for one patron who, unnerved by Karpov's preposterous escape, let out a loud, shocking laugh...
COURTLY SPLENDOR: TWELVE CENTURIES OF TREASURES FROM JAPAN, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. To celebrate the enthronement of Japan's new Emperor, Akihito, a selection of 60 objects -- among them scrolls, sculpture and a lacquered wood saddle with inlaid mother-of-pearl -- illustrating the court's role as a patron of the arts. Through...
...Catholic Information Center, to the New York Daily News, "are turning this into a first-class sales gimmick." Successful sellers are advised to exhume the statue and enshrine it in their new home. Co-op owners who have no yards may have to pray to someone else: St. Jude, patron of lost causes...
...colorful characters but left their ethics at the baptismal font. Even as a kid, Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) was crazy about the gangster life. He connives in murder one, runs a cocaine cartel, robs decent folks blind -- and, when he is caught, shrugs off all remorse. His patron is a stately Mafioso (Paul Sorvino) who warns him to stay out of the drug business; Henry jumps right in. His best friend is a wacko hoodlum (Joe Pesci) who gets whacked by his own family; Henry sheds no tears. His mentor is an Irishman (Robert De Niro) who cuts Henry...