Jacques Barzun, in The Aineri- can Scholar (Summer 19891, 1811 Q St. N.W., Washington,
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According to contemporary etiquette, one of the highest compliments a person can pay another is to call him "creative."
Creativity is "incessantly invoked, praised, urged, demanded, hoped for, de- clared achieved, or found lacking," ob- serves Banun, a professor emeritus at Co- lumbia. Political campaigns are criticized for "lacking in creativity,' successful busi- nessmen...