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...director of the New York Poetry Project, a landmark venture located in the basement of St. Mark's Church that sponsored hundreds of public readings, Fagin had "instant accessibility" to the best work then being produced. "If somebody read something that I heard and I liked I could run up and say "I want that!" People might as well have moved into the church and written poetry, and I would have printed...
...decided on a comedic day-in-the-life film and spent a few days on the road with the Beatles as they prepared for their upcoming American debut. Within a week of that momentous "Ed Sullivan" debut, British TV was showing a slapdash documentary of the Beatles on that landmark February 1964 visit. The instant documentary was shot by Albert and David Maysles (later to find fame with their Rolling Stones/Altamont documentary "Gimme Shelter." Lester saw it and instantly grasped its significance. If he could capture that crackling energy in a fictionalized form the film would have its heart...
...that while executing those with diminished mental capabilities does not violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishment, a defendant's IQ and background are mitigating factors that should be considered by a jury when deciding punishment. It was, in fact, Penry's first scheduled execution that precipitated the landmark decision. The high court concluded that the jury in Penry's original 1980 conviction had not been asked to consider his mental capabilities when deciding on punishment. The court sent the case back to Texas, where Penry was once again convicted and sentenced to death. His lawyers contend that...
...Martin Meehan (D-Lowell) has received accolades for co-sponsoring landmark campaign finance reform legislation, defending President Clinton during the impeachment proceedings and fighting Big Tobacco...
...holdings, who can blame them? This is a collection few museums could just go out and buy. Auction and gallery prices for photos have been rising steeply, in part because of buyers like John. Seven years ago, he bid up the price of Glass Tears, Man Ray's landmark caprice from 1932, to $190,000, then a record for any photograph bought at auction. His collection is more than 2,000 prints and climbing...