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This early background helps explain the irrepressible fondness for popular culture--cigarette ads, Marilyns and so forth--that kept surfacing in his work in the 1950s, to the annoyance of some American critics. De Kooning was never a "pure" artist, partly because he was not trained to be one. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DESIRE AT FULL STRETCH: WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997) | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

The Dow has consisted of 30 stocks since 1928, and for most of this century most of those companies were in heavy industry, reflecting the times. But as we've moved from the industrial age to the technology-and-information age, the nature of industry has changed radically. In 1959...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOCTORING THE DOW | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

He was one of a set of infant twin boys when, in 1963, his penis was damaged beyond repair by a circumcision that went awry. After seeking expert advice at Johns Hopkins Medical School, the parents decided that the child's best shot at a normal life was as an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BOY WITHOUT A PENIS | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

Unfortunately, no follow-up study reporting that John had rejected his initial sex change was ever published. As a result, say Diamond and Sigmundson, dozens of other boys may have been needlessly castrated. In defense of the original team, Johns Hopkins says it wasn't able to conduct a follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BOY WITHOUT A PENIS | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

Diamond and Sigmundson suspect that most boys-made-girls will, like John, reject their female identity by the time they reach puberty. Other experts are not so sure. "We don't have the answers," says Dr. William Reiner, a surgeon and psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins (who was not involved in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BOY WITHOUT A PENIS | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

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