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...literary career that began only months after graduation has carried John Updike ’54 away from the Lampoon Castle, but not from his early aspirations. Today, with more than 50 books and almost every major literary honor to his name, some might say he stands nearly peerless in American letters...
...across the zeitgeist. Jones is a light rain, touching everything and seeping permanently into the soil. In an age when knob-twiddling producers rule and lip-synching pop tarts stalk the stage, she has reintroduced the world to the human voice. Jones is rooted by that libidoless, timeless and peerless voice--a calm, blue-tinted murmur that shies away from American Idol--style showboating. I like her jazzy, soulful first album more than her folksy, drowsy second. But in the serenity of her song delivery, this bold proclamation is issued: technology, publicity and sexuality have their place in music...
...books have a music of their own, though occasionally compressed into passages that are a trial by vocabulary for shore-hugging readers ("and then these futtock-plates at the rim here hold the dead-eyes for the topmast shrouds"). The books are action-adventures, true, but also peerless novels of 19th century manners, detailing the mores of Regency England while instructing in the finer points of how to cannonade a French corsair or master seas that can body slam mere frigates into splinters...
...sole meunière may seem a little steep. A week of Pinocchio’s pizza, sure. A gigantic box of Nestlé Crunch ice cream bars, you bet. But I don’t want sole meunière for a week. It is a dish of peerless simplicity and extravagance—delicate Dover sole pan-fried and served in a puddle of butter, lemon juice and parsley—that is clearly meant to be enjoyed only as an occasional treat. I didn’t regret my decision to splurge for a second. Mistral?...
Other highlights of the store include its great bag collection (a perfect Ferragamo patent leather handbag for $108 and a cute, lime green Longchamps tote for $42) and its shoes (pearl-adorned Christian Dior stilettos for $102). Its faux handbag collection is peerless as well...