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algonquin: case study

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Dave

The forming of the Algonquin Hotel table round is formed. The chiefs take places… …In May 1920, Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Robert Sherwood again found themselves together in New York, only this time they were without Vanity Fair. In … Continue reading →

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dorothy parker: asp like sting

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Dave

The high spirits of the twenty-somethings in the 1920’s. A circle of young exuberant wits regaled Dry-Era America from around a hotel table. Nothing quite like them has been seen since… Dorothy Parker had come to Vanity Fair in 1915 … Continue reading →

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fast company: the algonquin crowd

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Dave

The high spirits of the 1920’s. A circle of young exuberant wits regaled Dry-Era America from around a hotel table. Nothing quite like them has been seen since… Frank Crowninshield, the editor of Vanity Fair, possessed charm and a flair … Continue reading →

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high spirits in the twenty somethings

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Dave

A circle of young, exuberant wits, Robert Sherwood among the, regaled Dry-Era America from around a hotel table. Nothing quite like them has been seen since… When Harding entered the postwar ( WWI) White House and Prohibition dried up the … Continue reading →

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