Those present took her less-than-genteel expletive as a sign that her brain was fully functioning.
Mr. Wilson himself, though very much alive and present, took the stage only in the unlikely person of the actress Anna Deavere Smith, who enacted a transcript of an interview she had conducted with him.
Three of Newhouse's editors, past and present, took the stage to praise Leibovitz, the diva of divas, the kind of exotic, cantankerous talent that could only exist in Si's world.
Jay Z's performance at the Pace Gallery, a transparent rewrite of Marina Abramović's "The Artist Is Present," took place three days before the Zimmerman verdict, so what could he have done to leverage his influence?
Mr. Charles Connolly, the bar manager, and an honorary member, passed-as he had done for the past 35 years-a great silver loving cup, from which the 95 men present took affectionate swallows.
Mr. Berlusconi said during Wednesday night's interview that his response was obviously a joke and that everyone present took it that way, even though subsequent news reports offered a less rosy appraisal.
