THE SCOTTISH PLAY PART 2
NEVER, EVER utter the word “Macbeth” in a theater. Unless, of course, you’re acting a role in the play of that name. Tidbits yesterday in Part 1 suggested the origin … Continue reading
THE SCOTTISH PLAY PART 1
THE WORD “MACBETH” is never, ever uttered in a theater, except when performing in the Shakespeare play. To avoid the curse, it must always be referred to as “The Scottish … Continue reading
THREE SUPERLATIVE DELIVERY VEHICLES
THE POINT OF April Fools Road Tests in R&T was to poke fun at the magazine’s testing procedures, not the vehicles being evaluated. This was particularly important when I approached … Continue reading
QUEEN ELIZABETH II—A MAJESTIC PERSONAGE PART 2
IT’S NOT SURPRISING that Elizabeth Longford’s The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes includes insights concerning Queen Elizabeth II. Today, in Part 2, we encounter Britain’s first Queen Elizabeth and loyal, … Continue reading
QUEEN ELIZABETH II—A MAJESTIC PERSONAGE PART 1
WHAT WITH her kids, and more recently her grandkids, Queen Elizabeth II has had her share of annis horribilis. More than three decades ago, royal biographer Elizabeth Longford edited The … Continue reading
FERRARI F2002—A HIGHPOINT IN F1 HISTORY PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE BEGAN our celebration of the Ferrari F2002, the car that propelled Michael Schumacher to his fifth (of seven) World Drivers’ Championships. Today in Part 2, we see the … Continue reading
FERRARI F2002—A HIGHPOINT IN F1 HISTORY PART 1
FERRARI AND MICHAEL SCHUMACHER absolutely dominated Formula 1 in 2002. In one sense, such dominance might have translated into boredom. But there are plenty of tidbits gleaned from recounts of … Continue reading
“MAKING FEDERAL BUILDINGS BEAUTIFUL AGAIN”??
IN 1961, PRESIDENT John F. Kennedy quoted Pericles to the Massachusetts legislature: “We do not imitate—for we are the models of others.” A year later, Daniel Patrick Moynihan cited this … Continue reading
MR. JONES MOTORS THROUGH EUROPE
MANY GUIDEBOOKS, Baedeker’s among them, eschew advertising. Others, such as Rider’s, have ads grouped together in the back. A third approach is exhibited by Motoring Through Europe, published by a … Continue reading
FROM WASTE TO WONDER MATERIAL
SHEETS OF GRAPHENE, a super-strength material, can be zapped from just about any carbon-containing waste. All that’s required is electricity generating immense heat. Here are tidbits on the material, the … Continue reading
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