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Key Largo
Bogey and Bacall do the islands, with fire in the belly, and elsewhere.
Tirana Central
Albania, says the brilliant editor, a self-styled patriot and part-time quantum physicist who once emigrated to Germany, is a zany place. No argument.
Red China
Merle said Mandaring was the language of China, which they taught along the length of the Surloin Wall.
Dated
"So imagine my surprise when at the Fall 2005 barbecue, there were no beers to be found!"
John Allen
"Opus Dei is a new thing — it's an organic body of laity and clergy, men and women..."
Then & There, The Travel Writing of James Salter
Whether he's writing about France or Italy, Salter's remarkable travel prose is worth the effort.
White Dwarfs
The new conformity is anti-eccentric and self-indulgently skeptical of quirks — never mind Quarks.
United 93
When everything goes terribly wrong, there you are in the middle.
Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
No book, not even the Bible, presaged John Paul's sonic accomplishment.
Vinitaly’s Magic
To taste a wine and discuss the state of the industry with someone from Italy’s Piedmont is just too tempting to pass up.
Prelude to a vote
Berlusconi refuses to emerge from the yes-man universe he has coiffed to protect his realm.