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Albright got her first lessons in diplomacy as "the little blond girl in the national costume," the daughter of a Czech diplomat who greeted dignitaries with flowers. She got her first lesson in tyranny when the Nazis overran her country in 1938 and her family fled to London. When the family returned, her father and role model, Josef Korbel, might have become Foreign Minister had the communists not taken over in 1948. Instead, Korbel and his family sought asylum in the U.S., where he taught international relations at the University of Denver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VOICE OF AMERICA | 12/16/1996 | See Source »

...their media image. In other pictures, Ritts' gaze shifts to a different aspect of the person. A portrait of Mick Jagger shows only his bony chest covered by a pair of satin overalls with "Mick" spelled out in rhinestones. Cindy Crawford is disguised as Marilyn Monroe in a blond wig. One whimsical portrait has an old, wrinkled Milton Berle in a granny cap. But the subjects don't just play parts; they also express themselves. One often gets a sense that a photo was part of a dialogue between Ritts and his models. They seem to be speaking from...

Author: By Cicely V.wedgeworth, | Title: Herb Ritts Tells Boston To 'Work' It Out at MFA Exhibition | 12/6/1996 | See Source »

Another former fund raiser, Mark Middleton, known in the West Wing as the "Aryan Rotarian" for his blond toupee and his mercantile moxie, liked to remind people that he worked for the chief of staff, even after he didn't. He allegedly continued to pass out his White House calling cards after he had gone into the private sector. The phone number on the card forwarded callers to Middleton's company. "When I read that," whistled a former senior Clinton official, "I thought, 'Oh...my...goodness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MONEY MESS | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

When not driving, the blond-haired Crowley sits in his parked car, amid a bank of flashing and beeping machines, watching the vehicles and pedestrians streaming by. He says he's always sure to stay on guard for anything unusual...

Author: By Courtney A. Coursey, | Title: A Night in the Life of Harvard Police Officers | 11/9/1996 | See Source »

...took the steroids to rehabilitate his sore shoulders. The incident did not prevent the Seattle Seahawks from signing him to a 10-year, $11 million deal in 1987, then the richest rookie contract in history. Football's rebel enhanced his hip image by sporting a gold earring and blond Mohawk haircut. The athletic career of "the Boz," however, was as short-lived as it was meteoric. He retired at 25, sidelined by a shoulder injury. He segued into a quieter career, acting. In January he will star in Lawless, a new private-detective series set in South Beach. Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Oct. 28, 1996 | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

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