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That eclectic array of responsibilities is perfectly in keeping with Jim's range of interests. He is a voracious reader, of everything from Hollywood trade papers to international political journals, and can opine as fluently on David Letterman's monologues as on the Middle East peace talks. "I'm almost as curious about why the royals split up as about why Tsongas quit the Democratic race," he says...
...translating a Latin motto as "Far down! Far out!"), the rococo diction ("fribblers" and "cutpurses" abound) and the Augustan bite (asides that wither "the mingy veneering of today's 'lite' architecture"). Beneath the virile lucidity of the prose, however, is a subtle and sensitive mind that can lead the reader, patiently, into complexity: "In Gaudi one sees flourishing the egotism achieved by those who think they have stepped beyond the bounds of the mere ego and identified themselves with nature, becoming God's humble servant but copying their employer...
...Readers are also, he notices, getting a greater variety of voices and viewpoints from us than they did when he first picked us up. "I think that increasingly there's a special relationship between our magazine and the reader," observes McCarrick. "We've added a dimension beyond a recap of the week's news. We help make the country's perceptions happen. We're the week -- and more...
Once she gains the reader's good will, he or she follows her to every corner of Bahia, from the Governor's palace and the Jesuit College to the ubiquitous brothels and country estates...
...also know that there are only two kinds of people because you, faithful reader, are either one or the other. If you are the kind of person who already listens to classical music, skip to the next page. If you're not, or if you're not sure, then I have a chance to convert...