Tut, tut, Christopher Hitchens. You repeat the story that the FBI allowed (helped?) the Saudi ambassador, Prince Bandar, fly several members of … gulfstream/811
Dr Ivo Pitanguy, one of the world’s best plastic surgeons, thinks plastic surgery is a democratic right: “Plastic surgery can be important … gulfstream/880
Interesting discussion of fashion and fame via a careful day-by-day chronicle of the clothes Winona wore. “One of the things I’ve been … gulfstream/962
The appearance of horse meat for human consumption in 1943 started a search for euphemisms to designate it. One reader of _Life_ submitted a list of … quotes/61
Since _engineer_ became a title of prestige in America, it has been assumed by a wide spectrum of charlatans. For a number of years the _Engineering … quotes/60
I think it a pity to hear a man say that things do not look their best at night. Indeed it is only at night that brilliance and colour are pleasing. … kenko/24
As soon as we hear a person's name we form in our minds a picture of his appearance; but when we come to see him, he is never the man whose face we had … kenko/6
Leaving aside the proletarian neatness of nanny-gardeners, if you do spot an unexpectedly and unmistakably plebian feature in such a garden, it is worth … fox/5