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WHAT DID WE DO WRONG? A ponderous put-down of the contemporary foibles of young and old falls on its face as it peers into the generation gap. Devotees of Paul Ford may be amused by their idol in a hippie getup, but others will consider Wrong? more absurd than...
Sir: Your rundown of freelance writers [Sept. 15] is a put-down leaving a blunted impression. Many of us, for example, reject a good deal more than 20% of the articles we are asked to write. Many of us, also, though in our late 30s, still find ourselves constantly rejecting...
Some segments of the Beatles' audience read messages into the songs that may never have been intended. The hippie brigade, for example, has adopted as an anthem of sorts She's Leaving Home, which tells of a runaway girl whose parents gave her everything money could buy but...
Edward Albee can be trusted as a bartender, an unleasher of tirades of aggression, a put-down comedian, and a lover of English whose sentences curl with the involuted beauty of a sea shell, but when he puts on his thinking cap, he is a poseur. To embrace everyone is...
His chef d'oeuvre was wood pigeon with olives. The pigeons were stuffed with beef, veal, sausage, pepper, nutmeg and truffles. After being sauteed, they were put in a casserole to simmer. An hour later, pitless, desalted green olives were added, along with cognac. So highly did Lautrec esteem...