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...there are moments when Schine shines. She gives an occasional revelation about self-knowledge and a meaningful insight about the ways woman bond--but these are scarce. Jane believes that Martha gives "a sort of glorious uniform of the soul, new and intricate and ever changing, which [she] could put on each morning without thinking or choosing, which [she] could wear all day and even at night and revel in the pleasure of the fabric against [her] skin, the swirl of the skirts, the elegant shape." These rare and vivid images are beautiful and show Schine's strength...
...didn't care that I woke up warm and peaceful the next day well into my section taking place far away in the Barker Center. I was new and older. The boundaries marking my passage are random and dismissable, but I'd rather not dismiss them. Instead I'll revel in those things which make a collection of minutes and hours...
...Scoop: If you re willing to shell out $100,000, then you and your lucky companion can revel in the Ritz Carlton's "Millennium Experience." This super-luxe package delivers millenial-themed keepsakes such as 18-Carat gold Bvigari watches for him and her, a set of two Baccarat flutes, a magnum of Taittinger champagne, a chauffeured Jaguar (or Mercedes) for the weekend, and a signature gift from each Ritz-Carlton hotel reflecting the culture and character of the region. Better book fast, only one couple in each of its 35 locations worldwide...
...midst of the hyper-consuming New York art world of the 1980s. After chalking up Basquiat's success to the happenstance of being in the right trendy scene at the right time and the prevalence of the art world's "reverse racism" (whatever that means), the book seems to revel in the artist's self-destruction and subsequent "fall from grace." Blending descriptions of the decadence of the New York affluent with block quotes from people who claim to have been close to Basquiat, the biography at least succeeds in giving a reader a sense of the hypocricy and egoism...
...just so happens that I'm third on the depth chart, so I don't get in all that much," Bagley says. "If I can contribute by yelling and screaming and getting people excited then that's what I'll do, and I'll revel...