"They are super-specialized members of the bear family, a magnificent example of natural selection at work".
The audacious double-height marble halls are filled with tapestries, alongside a magnificent library and a selection of paintings by Europe's then most celebrated artists.Too busy to travel abroad himself, Walpole commissioned various agents, including his youngest son, Horace Walpole, a distinguished writer and collector, to seek out treasures for him.
According to Christie's, the total selection of 269 magnificent jewels is estimated to achieve well in excess of $30 million.
In extant birds, iridescent feathers play a role in sexual selection and display (think of the magnificent birds of paradise), and this may have been the case in early birds as well.
Selections: No. 7 Daily News, No. 3 Magnificent Mr. Z, No. 9 Magician's Bullet.
As well as the magnificent array of Habsburg palaces, theatres, museums and opera houses, a selection of more democratic buildings - such as the city hall, parliament and university - also sprang up around the Ring.
D.J. PICKS "Magnificent Seven" by the Clash, Donald Byrd's "Think Twice" and selections from "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown".
Two things made its construction feasible: the magnificent quality of the mortar used in the concrete and the meticulous selection and grading of the aggregate, which became lighter in weight with increasing height.
For anyone used to thinking of Egyptian art in its massive, magnificent and even grandiose forms, the show "Egyptian Art at Eton College: Selections From the Myers Museum" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will come as a minisurprise.
Get this selection right, and then get ready for a lifetime partnership in this magnificent, if sometimes complicated and ever-changing, state we call marriage.
