In the face of mass rioting, the old shibboleths were reduced to embarrassing emptiness.在大规模暴乱面前, 这种陈词滥调变成了令人难堪的空话.Before we scan the present landscape slaying a couple of shibboleths.在我们审视当前格局之前,有必要先来破除两个落伍的观点....
尤金当时正在用香槟和覆盆子酱调配罗西尼鸡尾酒。Eugene was concocting Rossini Cocktails from champagne and pureed raspberries.到广场饭店喝鸡尾酒是他们这个高雅时髦的圈子中的人每晚必做的事情。Cocktails at the Plaza was a nightly ritual of their sophisticated world.每位宾客一到场都会有人送上葡...