James Surowiecki: “All companies, of course, worry about how their stock is doing. But for most the stock price is a product of performance, rather than … gulfstream/2528
The decline of Colin Powell. gulfstream/1378
On the decline of secularism in France. A French politician suggests the state fund mosques; a 1905 law stopped the state giving money to churches, … gulfstream/1682
“The truth is that individuals and institutions usually turn to architecture at moments of decline. … ‘During a period of exciting discovery … gulfstream/1860
[Harold] Bloom is famous for his memory and his reading speed. He has memorized a large proportion of canonical poetry written in English; once, when … quotes/256