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...catapulted to Washington as the son of a state political icon, worked for five years at The Tennessean, the largest state paper, and was born in Carthage--was rudely rejected by his state at the ballot box. In this absurdly close election, it has made all the difference...
...Fiona Banner, Sylvie Fleury and Richard Prince treat the hot rod following the well-established Pop Art tradition of reusing familiar icons and images. Banner uses written text in the form of "wordscapes" in "Car Chases" (1998.) She describes the chase scenes in French Connection and Bullitt and, as her paragraph progresses, she gradually decreases the spacing between the red words for an effect of velocity and acceleration. The blurred-up effect towards the bottom of each piece gives you a feel of the rush of a hot rod screaming by and definitely disrupts the usual static nature of written...
...mediocre? The corporate icon headed by Jack Welch since 1981 has thrived by being focused. Be No. 1 or No. 2 in a business. Period. Welch has amassed operations in a dozen industries ranging from financial services to aerospace to media. With Welch steering, GE has increased its market value from $13 billion to $518 billion, becoming the most valuable company in the world...
...historical perspective, yes, this is the epic collision of the Queen Mary with a cigarette boat. The Yankees have notched 25 world championships in the better part of a century in the Bronx; the Mets just two since their inaugural season in 1962. The Yankee pinstripes are a sports icon; the Mets' blue-and-orange were themselves a knockoff, a combination of Dodger blue and Giants orange, two teams that with the Yankees defined the Subway Series from the first in 1921 to the last in 1956. The Yankees dominated those matchups. The Mets weren't even born...
...media hospitality tent is being run by local icon Anheuser Busch and comes complete with ping-pong and hockey tables, although surprisingly (this being St. Louis), the bar isn't yet serving at 9 a.m. Some Gore staffers ping and pong for a bit, then head out. All part of a subdued, but still business-as-usual, walkup to the debate...