Sublime

charlatan.

assiduous

“those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise”—a

AMERICAN ROYALTY

“I bet on money—not just any kind of money but old money,” one veteran New York politician says. “New money buys things; old money calls notes.” In politics in the Empire State, the Rockefellers held enough notes to achieve any aim; their power was as close to an absolute as had ever existed in New York.

pigeonholed

myrmidons

Moses’ reputation and that of the institution he did so much to bring to maturity was the final guarantee that the secrecy of its books would remain inviolate.

On the coffee table is volume three of Winston Churchill’s history of World War II, the Onion’s Our Dumb Century, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, and a photo album prepared by Saturday Night Live of his May 2021 appearance.