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...worth a special journey," after all. Michelin this week unveiled its first New York City guide, rating 507 restaurants and 50 hotels, and sparking one of the more intriguing Franco-American rivalries in years. It pits the tastes of the Michelin Inspecteur, dining alone and pronouncing his verdict in secret, against the democratic verdict in Zagat, the everyman guide whose ratings are based on survey responses from thousands of diners. "We're not going to replace Zagat," says Jean-Luc Naret, director of the Michelin guides. "We came here with a lot of humility...
...increasing popularity of this narrative technique not only reflects a culture that easily multi-tasks a variety of media streams, it also taps into the alienation created by such fracturing. The secret appeal of these multiple storylines lies in their ultimate interconnectedness. They provide a sort of existential "happy ending" where everything that seems to be unrelated and isolated proves to be part of some grand scheme. Tricked follows this fantasy to the letter. Eventually all the characters end up in the same place at the same time in a violent climax. But, although these narratives drive their characters...
...Besides promoting market reforms, the White House also sees the FTAA as a shield against the growing encroachment of China and the European Union into Latin America. Chavez has made no secret of his desire to undercut U.S. hegemony in the region by forging a new Latin American economic and political integration. Oil may be his chosen weapon to achieve that goal: Venezuela, which holds the hemisphere's largest oil reserves and which supplies almost 15% of the U.S. needs, is forming regional energy partnerships that offer cash- and fuel-strapped neighbors cheaper access to Venezuelan...
William Wright’s new book focuses on the notorious secret “Court” which Lowell convened in 1920 to target and destroy gay students and faculty. But the former University president found a true, lifelong vocation in the paranoid persecution of those who differed from him, whether in their sexual orientation, their faith, or the color of their skin...
...dorm room of Eugene W. Roberts, Class of 1922, allegedly “the ringleader of a vibrant homosexual subculture” on campus.This salacious scene is central to the story-line of William Wright’s latest book, “Harvard’s Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals.” But just as Wright’s characters don drag, his book takes on a masquerade of sorts. At times, it is fiction dressed as fact.To be sure, Wright ensconced himself in the bowels of Pusey Library for many months while...