Word: careers
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...reason to. They trade on your sense that the nation needs rescuing by a hero untainted by the stain of politics-as-usual ?- think Joan of Arc meets "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." The quintessential White Knight is the "Man on the White Horse," who quits a successful military career (or professional sports or show business, in less compelling versions) for politics. The White Knight?s secret is to always appear unlike "the rest of them," forced by patriotic duty to enter politics and save the nation from itself. Even functionaries who?ve served most of their adult lives...
...receive the degree in recognition of her artistic achievements over her career as a sculptor, print-maker and performance artist...
...17th century Dutch drawings after seeing the Abrams' collection--organized an exhibition of 65 of the Abrams' drawings in 1991, and the drawings in the show have been on deposit at the Fogg ever since. The Abrams have also given around 100 other drawings to Harvard throughout their collecting career...
...seen as something of a joke and almost all white rappers to be viewed as suspect. Kid Rock had to beg his skeptical father for a loan to put out an indie record (he has his own small label, Top Dog). At a local record signing early in his career, Kid Rock was challenged by a young Marshall Mathers--who would eventually become Eminem--to a battle rap. (He declined.) Kid Rock eventually signed with Atlantic/Lava. MTV embraced Devil Without a Cause, and he soon found himself trying on swimsuits with Rebecca Romijn-Stamos on House of Style...
DIED. JAMES ("ROSY") MCHARGUE, 97, leather-lunged jazz reedman who played with Benny Goodman and Kay Kyser; in Santa Monica, Calif. The clarinetist, saxophonist and vocalist--whose career in clubs lasted 70 years--got his nickname from singing the Hawaiian novelty song When Rosy Riccoola Do da Hoola Ma Boola...