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...then MOMA's supremely influential photo curator, rightly saw that all three were turning the practices of documentary photography, as he said simply, "toward more personal ends." What he might have said was that they were entirely discarding the conventions of that kind of photography--easy-to-grasp, socially concerned images of David Douglas Duncan or W. Eugene Smith--to enter a realm that was a whole lot stranger...
...wicked, ironic sense of humor (in private) and a great raucous belly laugh. She is smart and solid; she inspires tremendous loyalty among those who work for her. She is not quite as creative a policy thinker as her husband, but she easily masters difficult issues-her newfound grasp of military matters has impressed colleagues of both parties on the Armed Services Committee-and she is not even vaguely the left-wing harridan portrayed by the Precambrian right. I also think that a Clinton presidential candidacy in 2008 would be a disaster on many levels...
...modern travel writing?and no wonder. The Antarctic ice is traversed by tour groups; permanent guide ropes help you up a litter-strewn Everest; and even space travel (if Sir Richard Branson's recently unveiled ambitions are anything to go by) will one day be within the financial grasp of the average tourist. But before you allow this to plunge you into existential despair, take note of a marvelous new book. The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel, out this month, is the guidebook publisher's attempt to make us see ordinary places in extraordinary ways, thereby revealing...
Freshman Steve Williams scored White’s first touchdown, returning a kickoff 88 yards. Junior cornerback Keith Howell appeared to have Williams in his grasp at the Crimson 20, but Williams slipped the ankle tackle then burst across the goal line...Sophomore Clifton Dawson rushed for 64 yards on 12 carries. He did not play in the second half...2005 captain Erik Grimm and sophomores Mike Berg and Sam Workman were particularly effective on the defensive line, tossing in two tackles for a loss apiece and four combined sacks...Harvard’s graduating seniors were presented with their...
...game was close for a while but then was slipping out of our grasp,” senior midfielder Casey Owens said. “In the second half we knew we were going to have to step it up if we were going to have a shot...