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...white Anglo-Saxon Protestants who own the place and one for the help... Sherman McCoy was kneeling in his front hall trying to put a leash on a dachsund. The floor was a deep green marble, and it went on and on. It led to a five-foot walnut staircase that swept up in a sumptuous curve to the floor above. It was the sort of apartment the mere thought of which ignites flames of greed and covetousness under people all over New York and, for the matter, all over the world. But Sherman burned only with the urge...
...Sterling ad focuses more on an elegant, quasi-rural image of chic. The ad depicts the beige upholstery and warm wood trim of the car's interior--described in loving detail as "a secluded chamber of Connolly leather and burled walnut." A well-worn satchel and a map lie carefully placed on the seat awaiting, presumably, use in some grand adventure. The ad portrays an atmosphere of modern royalty--variously referring to the car as a "kingdom" which costs "only a youngish prince's ransom...
Finally, however, I discerned the ringing and paused from chewing on stale walnut shells to answer the phone...
When the lawyers at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft moved to new headquarters a few years ago, they brought their old doors with them. That venerable walnut seemed to embody the traditions of the nation's senior firm, founded in 1792. But beyond the doors, their New York City offices are typical of the sleek, hard-driving operations that now dominate the profession. Overlooking its ten- story atrium are hundreds of lawyers' work spaces. Stop by at 3 a.m., and a dozen or more unlucky souls will be there, grinding out documents around the clock. Even at a respected old firm...
...best of all, watch Titanic Thompson repeatedly succeed against all odds. He tosses a walnut over a three-story building. He drives a golf ball 400 yards. He shoots a live rat in a pitch black basement. Of course, Thompson has things rigged so that none of his "propositions" were really against the odds...