Word: greate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...19th century, the modern world was taking shape, in some respects the shape that photography gave it. The new art form fostered the trend by which the antique notion of fame was supplanted by the more salable idea of celebrity. And in the great age of imperial expansion, the camera was just the tool to bring home views of the exotic places that had been gathered in by the Western powers...
...humor. At the end of one mock match, he entertained Bush by donning a tank helmet like the one Dukakis wore in a TV ad. Next round, he displayed a pair of Heavyhands, the weights Dukakis uses in speed-walking. In the critique sessions afterward, Ailes says, "Darman was great: warm, funny and very sharp." Bush agreed. Despite his earlier doubts about Darman's team spirit, the President-elect told his transition team to forget about a list of prospects for Budget Director; he knew who would serve him best. Darman was delighted...
Among the millions of photographs taken every day, a select few will rank as great photojournalism. An even tinier category will merit appreciation as fine art. Those are the images that intrigue associate editor Richard Lacayo, who serves as TIME's photography critic besides writing in the magazine's Nation section. Years before Lacayo decided to pursue an English major at Cornell, he became fascinated with photography when he picked up a secondhand volume of Henri Cartier-Bresson's work at a neighborhood bookshop on New York's Long Island. "I was about 14 years old," says Lacayo...
...grew up there. In truth, Schultz still runs a beer drop in the vicinity, even though Prohibition has been repealed: "We were honored to know that our neighborhood was good enough for one of his places, we were proud we enjoyed his confidence." When he manages to attract the great man's attention and becomes what Schultz calls his "prodigy," Billy senses that destiny has blessed him "with the faintest intimation that I might be empowered. That is the feeling you get, that your life is charmed, which means among other things that it is out of your hands...
...spectacular enough to see someone in the flesh whom you've only known in the newspapers, but to see someone the newspapers have said is on the lam definitely has a touch of magic to it." The young apprentice also learns that "I had caught on with the great Dutch Schultz in his decline of empire, he was losing control." The mobster's legal problems are mounting, his bribe money is no longer good in New York City, and gentlemen competitors of Italian ancestry -- Schultz calls them "dago scungili" -- are moving in on his operations. Dreadful events threaten...