Word: inners
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From then on, he was the only photographer allowed into the Kennedy inner circle, where he captured the tough primary battles, the nomination at the Democratic National Convention, the triumphant national campaign and first months of the White House. Through his camera's quiet and unblinking eye, the nation became aware of Jack Kennedy's profile, his indestructible mat of hair, his smile and the winsome and soft beauty of Jackie...
...crisis even split Putin's inner circle. His chief of staff resigned, and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov defied an order to stay out of the affair, saying he was "deeply concerned...
...Crowe has something more than an agreeable presence and technical precision. He can convey inner strength, rage and desperation without ever pushing it. People see this power and think Brando. No doubt Crowe has done so too. (In an earlier incarnation he went by the name Russ Le Roq and recorded a single called I Want to Be like Marlon Brando.) He's muscular as well, and it's earned bulk, not the pretty-boy sculpture of the body builder. Like Brando, Crowe could play a biker, a dockworker, a mafioso or Stanley Kowalski...
...distribute $128 million to his employees; about 80 became instant millionaires. Then Thompson decided to donate most of the rest of his money to public education, preferably in Detroit. After doing some research, he offered $200 million to build 15 small, independent public high schools in the inner city. A few weeks ago, Thompson withdrew his offer after the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) led a furious, and scurrilous, campaign against his generosity. The philanthropist is in seclusion now--friends say he is stunned and distressed--but his is a story that deserves telling...
...Doug Ross, founder of University Preparatory Academy in Detroit. Ross is a prominent New Democrat policy wonk who served in Bill Clinton's Labor Department, then went home to Michigan and ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1998. "I learned during the campaign there was one overpowering issue for inner-city parents: to get their kids a college education," Ross told me. "I was tired of theoretical policy junk; I wanted to do something that really mattered. It was clear that urban kids were not responding to the industrial-age assembly-line education model--and there were people around the country...