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...embody that essence in a hotel? David Collins' answer: the new London NYC. The Irish designer has transformed the former Rihga Royal, long a business traveler's stalwart in New York City, infusing it with what he calls the "Anglo-European attitude" of Britain's capital. Collins' vision of London is modern and understated - no bellhops in Beefeater costumes here. England's garden mazes inspired the lobby's black-and-beige Travertine floor, while the meanders of its giant silk tapestry nod to the pathways of London's parks. The London NYC's guest rooms feel palatial - averaging...
...Schmidt's vision not just to attract stars from opera's firmament but also to seek out talented lesser-known artists, to create a world-class house that also provides opportunities for young performers to develop. Maazel personally conducted all auditions for the opera's musicians, first in Spain, then around the world, considering some 5,000 performers to find the 90-plus musicians from over 25 countries that now make up what Mehta calls his "virgin orchestra." Indeed, most of the musicians are in their early 30s, and some have never played in opera orchestras before. The opera company...
...thought he meant Canaan and sent the children of Israel there. The Jews turn on Moses and say, ''You idiot! We could have had Canada, instead of this miserable godforsaken Middle Eastern blight, surrounded by sand and Arabs!'' The Zionist vision came to earth in a place of maximum inconvenience and danger. Multiple realities are always at work in Israel. Palestinians throw stones in the territories. Ultra-Orthodox Jews throw stones in Jerusalem -- against other Jews who violate the Sabbath. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra plays on, Zubin Mehta conducting, while Israeli soldiers sit on hilltops in southern Lebanon, training expensive...
...blundered into swamps or deserts off the true path. Would anyone ask if France had lost its way? If Japan had lost its way? And yet: Israel, although an ancient people, is a new country, unlike France or Japan. Moreover, Israel, like the U.S., is essentially an idea, a vision, a mission, a created entity. Like the U.S., Israel has claimed a certain exceptionalism, a special nature that derives in part from its essentially moral purposes. ''We don't want to be just a state,'' says Amos Oz, an Israeli
...draftsmanship was up to the level of the vision. Here's, I promise, my last Feiffer quote: "Eisner's line had weight. Clothing sat on his characters heavily; when they bent an arm, deep folds sprang into action everywhere. When one Eisner character slugged another, a real fist hit real flesh. Violence was not externalized plot exercise; it was the gut of his style. Massive and indigestible, it curdled, lava-like, from the page." As does Feiffer's prose...