Was this just a political leader seeking a spot of help from the private sector or was it more like diplomacy, a comparison of notes between the masters of two great nations?In some ways, it might seem absurd to call Facebook a state and Mr Zuckerberg its governor.
In the end, the showdown between the masters of the media universe and the Mother of Parliaments will be mostly remembered for the slapstick of a foam-pie assault on the elder Murdoch.Mrs Brooks's resignation had been widely demanded since the revelation on July 4th that the phone-hacking in 2002 of a missing schoolgirl, Milly Dowler, who was eventually found murdered, had happened on her watch.
There was the schism, early in the second millennium, between the masters of the Idea and those of the medium, between the inheritors of Athens and those of Rome, each retrieving their own.
These discoveries, too, hint at the relationships between the masters of the first rank and those in the following generations, with Memling's underdrawings clearly showing van der Weyden's influence.
A dialogue unfolds between Janet and the master of ceremonies: MC: I — Miss Evason — we — well, we know you form what you call marriages, Miss Evason, that you reckon the descent of your children through both partners..
By constantly cutting between the three stories, Nolan, the master of all he surveys, allows us no chance to relax before the next onslaught begins.
That fleeting reference highlights the difference between Mr. Letterman, who remains the master of the late-night form, and Jay Leno, whose "Tonight" show is worth watching only during the monologue.
The backdrop of that treaty was the enticing prospect of a canal connecting the Atlantic to Pacific across Nicaragua — a fata morgana shimmering just beyond the reach of the local dignitaries ever since Hernando Cortes wrote to Spain's King Charles V in 1524: "He who controls the passage between both oceans may consider himself the master of the world".
Elsewhere, fatalist wondered why Hitchcock is "permanently tagged" the master of suspense when, judging by the chemistry between his leads, "master of sex/romance might be just as appropriate".
In calling for a return to a concern for judgment, and for a focus on beauty and feeling, Charnes may, in fact, find common ground with Frank Kermode, who does something remarkable in his new book, "Shakespeare's Language": he finds a third way, the way of imperfection you might call it, that transcends the gulf between the Perfect Master of the Bardolaters and the Perfect Slave of the theorists.
