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...blues shouter to respected blind musician (along with Al Hibbler and George Shearing) to rock star with his immensely popular touring show; and from the segregated days of pop music, when his picture was kept off album covers so as not to frighten the white folks, to a national icon whose rendition of ?America the Beautiful? achieved something like Kate Smith status. Was Charles, as one of his own albums proclaimed, a ?genius?? We?ll save that word for Mozart. But he was surely the genie let out of the R&B bottle. The cork got lost, and American popular...
...addition to the renown Zakrzewski has garnered for her musical talent, amongst her friends and social circles she has also become somewhat of a style icon...
...Russian embassy, after a bit of clarification, soon returned the ibis, which had yet to make its way to Moscow. The Lampoon promptly placed the treasured icon back atop their smiling castle, more than two stories above the ground...
...become a successful New York lawyer, an icon in international law, is usually enough of a career for one lifetime. Long hours, unexpected crises among clients and few vacations in such a high-stress profession frequently lead firms to award extended vacations to senior partners—intended as a brief reprieve, or at least a welcome change of pace...
...nails and skin as glossy as their satin dresses. Some art authorities dismiss De Lempicka (1898-1980), a Polish-Russian painter who flourished in '20s and '30s Paris, as a purveyor of kitsch and leave her out of their histories of 20th century art. Others see her as an icon whose work captured the spirit of the Art Deco age. Not surprisingly, many of her fans today are from the glamour set: present-day collectors include Madonna and Jack Nicholson; two years ago one of her paintings (The Musician, 1929) sold for $2.6 million. To make up your own mind...