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...Federal Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski (dissenting), Masson v. New Yorker Magazine...
Roger Angell, baseball commentator for The New Yorker and author of numerous odes to the men of the bat and glove, once observed that "baseball seems to have been invented solely for the purpose of explaining all other things in life...
...dynamics of dining vary widely too. Bicoastal restaurateurs tend to describe cultural differences in terms of power vs. status. A New Yorker is happy when he's dining with his best contacts, making deals or rehashing them. If there's a commotion at the next table, he may not even notice. In Los Angeles, says Guzzardo, "when the door opens, every head in the room turns to see who is entering...
...dollars, Mirabella hired two former Vogue colleagues -- her creative director, Jade Hobson Charnin, and features editor, Amy Gross -- to develop a voice that would speak to mature, contemporary women. Hypersensitive to comparisons with Lear's, she feels her feature offerings can compete with Vanity Fair's and the New Yorker's. The latter is still a stretch, although recent contributors -- including Francine du Plessix Gray and Roy Blount -- have toughened Mirabella's edge...
...Cheever died in 1982, he left a legacy of 12 books. Eleven cannot fail to enhance his reputation; one is likely to erode it. The Journals of John Cheever is not scheduled to be published by Knopf until November, but four long excerpts have already appeared in the New Yorker. They have occasioned more chatter and speculation than anything the author published in his lifetime, because they reveal a private face entirely unlike the mask that Cheever contrived for public view...