Word: virtuoso
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...times, Weiner's gruffness comes off as a strained attempt to stay in the kind of character his book's structure requires, but his skill as a narrator outweighs this mannerism. Geography may not always offer the elegant packaging of virtuoso travel writers like Paul Theroux or Jan Morris, yet I know who I'd rather have sitting next to me on public transportation in Bangkok, passing sunburned sexpats in the bars of Patpong while wondering what it all means...
...begin graduate work at Yale, Puryear discovered minimalism. Donald Judd's boxes, Carl Andre's metal plates on the floor--there was a whole new world of militant reduction in art, of fiercely simplified forms, preferably in factory-milled materials. Meanwhile he also discovered the virtuoso cabinet maker James Krenov, who was asking how the individual qualities of each piece of wood could give a particular voice to whatever he made. With those models, Puryear had in place the elements of his lifelong working practice. He would put together things that were intricately crafted but not "useful" except...
...Hester Pookes Tradescant was found drowned in her own shallow pond at South Lambeth,” the magazine McSweeney’s reported in an 1999 article. “With her death the final obstacle was cleared for her neighbor, Elias Ashmole, ‘the greatest virtuoso and curioso that ever was known or read of in England before his time.’”FAD FOR THE FAUXIn 1677 Ashmole donated the collection to Oxford University, which in turn created the world’s first University Museum, the Ashmolean.A curious clause in Ashmole?...
Moments of candid enthusiasm emerged during Thibaudet’s virtuoso performance in this third section, and his energy was contagious. Though Thibaudet was again serene and composed as he returned for a second bow, the bright-eyed Levine betrayed the palpable excitement on the stage...
...tough enough?" It's a question Cameron acknowledged his own party and his opponents were asking. In his virtuoso conference speech, Cameron affirmed that he was and, like a barroom fighter, invited Brown to bring it on. "So Mr. Brown, what's it going to be?" he said. "Why don't you go ahead and call that election...