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Beauty and vanity in a volatile world
A columnist recalls a white cockatoo that escaped and charmed neighbors, then muses on beauty as skin deep. He discusses vanity across eras from ancient Babylon to modern advertising, noting that talent often outshines looks and Shakespeare’s heroines vary by culture while beauty remains in the eye of the beholder.
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Shakespeare
Juliet
Swithout
Lillian Russell
Babylon
Munich
Germany
London
New York
Mussolini
Hitler
Il Duce
Fuehrer
Rome
Oliver Cromwell
Cleo—patra