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...aging veteran of the Progressive Era. For me the most memorable of his fulminations came during the Christmas season, when he thundered against the crass commercialization perpetrated by fat-cat corporate greed--followed immediately by his observation that a subscription to the Capital Times would make a splendid holiday gift...
...bemoan the corruption of the season if you must, but remember: that cubic zirconia ring isn't some needless trinket; it is a corpuscle in the bloodstream of a mighty economic engine. By the way, wouldn't a subscription to a lively, informative Weekly Newsmagazine make a splendid holiday offering...
...year? Why not have beautiful sunny days every day? Let me put it this way. What is Stanford? A very fine school in California where it is always beautiful. And how do they do in the infamous U.S. News and World Report college rankings? Obviously if it was splendid day after day, students would never get anything done. People would wander down to the river with a book or two and become sidetracked socializing, or perhaps close their eyes in the warmth and sleep in the sun. On a sunny day it's hard to resist a jog, a bike...
...people dreaming of immortality, that prospect may fall a little short. But for those of us who are contemplating a life that ends around age 80, four or five additional decades sounds like a splendid first step...
...visitor is led through splendid rooms of marble and teak, thick carpets and crystal chandeliers. This is the Diwan--seat of power in the oil sheikdom of Qatar--and the guest arrives at the inner sanctum to find hushed courtiers awaiting the moment His Highness, the Emir, will favor the chamber with his presence...