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...With a collection this big, you get to compare iconic shots like George Hoyningen-Huene's "Seated Divers" from around 1930 - a man and woman seated at the end of a diving board, backs turned to us and peering out at a painted-backdrop sea - with instant classics like one of Rineke Dijkstra's hypnotic pictures of single figures standing upright against the horizon at real beaches around northern Europe. The Hoyningen-Huene is one of the psychic landmarks of fashion photography, a picture in which the clothes matter less than the canny mood, both aerodynamic and dreamy. Dijkstra...
Against a backdrop of disused Russian planes, Albright was greeted by senior DPRK officials, and rapidly whisked off in her armored limo, which had been flown in with two other cars earlier in the week. Her quarters for the two-night stay were in the Paekhawon Guest House, a boxy concrete structure set amid beautifully landscaped grounds, looking onto a man-made lake and the massive Revolutionary Martyr's Mausoleum memorializing the guerrillas who led the fight against the Japanese colonial power in Korea before World...
...They then moved into an ornate, well lit, white octagonal hall to the applause of the 120 guests. Kim pointed out yet another grotesque landscape that would serve as the backdrop for their dinner. Albright gave a toast which Kim received without much apparent interest. He sat solid-faced with a slightly petulant look on his face. Albright's top Korea aide, Wendy Sherman was on his right and would occasionally nod to try to emphasize important points, but there was little response. Albright later gave Kim a signed basketball from Michael Jordan, whom he supposedly likes. As they parted...
...investing backdrop hasn't been this frightening since 1990. An eroding wealth effect could hurt consumer confidence, while a surging dollar is taking a bite out of the earnings of U.S. multinationals. Among companies sending up earnings flags: Home Depot, Yahoo, Lucent, Intel, Kodak, Dell and DuPont. Meanwhile, renewed hostilities in the Middle East are pushing oil prices higher, threatening to stoke inflation...
...stark contrast, many of America's greatest booms have taken place against a backdrop of unimpressive presidents. Ronald Reagan's intellect was always held under high suspicion, yet Reagan knew enough to remove the confiscatory tax rates and inflation that were squelching investment and entrepreneurship under Nixon, Carter and Gerald R. Ford. The big posthumous tax cuts proposed by John F. Kennedy '40 made the 1960s the first decade without recession. Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, both "do nothing" presidents not renowned for mental prowess, were the stewards of the great 1920s boom when GNP increased by more than...