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...modern America, the blue-blooded elite has lost its relevance. The last half of the twentieth century was predominantly a meritocracy, not an aristocracy. As the influence of old money diminished, the aura around the old, revered families dissipated. Now, unless you’re a Kennedy, nobody cares. Just look at Harvard’s student body. Although we still have students from pedigreed families, most students cannot trace their lineage back to Rockefeller or DuPont. Instead, students are much more racially, geographically and economically diverse...
...Look; Images of Glamour and Style transports the viewer back to a time when elegance was tantamount to perfection and subtlety was more important than show. The exhibit, which features the photography of George Hoynigen-Huene and Horst P. Horst, two of the most famous fashion photographers of the twentieth century, shows us what glamour really is. The Look presents us with a charming and uncomplicated view of history that glosses over the tumultuous events of the past century with a veneer of elegance and style. This exhibit does not even pretend to be political, and once you get over...
...gown—resembles a Greek goddess. Both Huene and Horst placed Greek sculptures in the background of their work and even blew up large reproductions of them to serve as backdrops for their photographs. They wanted to bring the grace and beauty of classicism into the world of twentieth century fashion...
...fight has dragged on, and here we have Steven Weinberg, one of the most celebrated scientists of the twentieth century, weighing in. And by “weighing in” I mean precisely what I say—aside from a few moments of genuine hilarity, the overall heaviness of his writing makes his work difficult reading. Which is not to say that the book is not interesting; it is, but it requires a dogged determination to finish and a willingness to deal with large amounts of irrelevancy...
...Even though the bat flew at his head last Saturday, Black doesn’t really mind that the bat might be a semi-permanent resident. He argues “they just get a bad rap from the same following that said wolves were merciless killers throughout the twentieth century...