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Branson thinks he understands those intrepid travelers a little better than his competitors do. The only way to survive crushing fuel costs in a global slowdown, he says, is to be an airline that people seek out and will pay for. "You can't just make it a standard product," he says. He wants to give them, and his employees, something different, something memorable. So the Australian staff who've flown 19 hours for a press conference get their treat at sundown: Branson in full celebrity mode on the roof of the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel. Reclining like a pasha...
That was partly because of the arrival of influences from outside, especially Italy. As his name tells you, El Greco (the Greek) wasn't a product of Spain at all. He was a meteor that fell there. He was born on Crete in 1541 and made his way to Spain, via Venice and Rome, only in 1576. But he spent the remaining 38 years of his life there, mostly in Toledo, and his high-key palette, flickering brushwork and twisted Mannerist figuration were perfectly suited to Spain's militant piety and the strain of Catholic mysticism spreading there through...
Harvard students got a taste last night for the different flavors of a product especially popular among college students—beer. Charles M. Storey ’82, Michael D. Smith, and Joe Zaccaro, all affiliated with Harpoon Brewery, educated approximately 50 people at the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub on what it takes to make quality beer. The “Beer School” event featured a tasting of three types of Harpoon beer and one cider, each paired with a different appetizer. Storey spoke on the history and philosophy of Harpoon—which...
...aspect of writing that just really appealed at that point where I felt like I’d lost this other creative outlet. I just wanted something that didn’t involve depending on other people, that could come out of my own head.”The product of Dovey’s imagination, “Blood Kin,” was a much different work, a dark modern-day fable about the people who become complicit in propping up a new corrupt regime in the aftermath of a political coup. Set in an unnamed country...
...books (“Sometimes I sat for hours, poring over the medical dictionary”), and her relentless research into her family’s history through conversations with relatives, especially her father and her uncle. During her genealogical exploration, Yalini comes to realize that she is the product of her ancestors, most resembling an aunt named Uma who was brilliant but suffered from an undefined mental disorder, possibly schizophrenia. The novel develops a complex and multi-faceted relationship with tradition. We see Yalini’s family tree before we hear a word of the story, and this...