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Nevelson is past 80, without seeming so. One of the results of having a public mask is that its wearer seems to age more slowly, and no persona in the field of American culture is more instantly recognizable than hers. The armature of bone is a little more visible through the gaunt face when the makeup is off; the immense clumps of false eyelashes, glued double or treble to her lids, seem rather darker against the skin; the expression is slightly more imperious. Otherwise there is little apparent change...
...much, since an artist is entitled to be judged by her best work, and the best of Nevelson possesses a unique energy, authority and wholeness. Even her picturesqueness is not a show, at least not in the sense of amusement; it is a carefully sustained, aggressive and rather spiky mask that renders her un available to those who would take her casually, as mere spectacle. In getting to this pitch of achievement, she, like Georgia O'Keeffe, has also redrawn the assumptions that surround the role of women in art. In that respect she belongs to the culture...
...Presidents have spent much time posing for the portrait-bearing gold medal they get as an Inaugural gift. But Ronald Reagan not only agreed to three sittings, he had a life mask made. Only Abe Lincoln, whose likeness was sculpted in 1860, had been so masochistic. For 20 minutes the President-elect sat motionless, slathered crown to collarbone with silicone goop, straws jutting from his ears and nostrils. After the 20-minute ordeal, Sculptor Edward Fraughton pronounced him a model model: "He's used to being made up." But not quite so heavily. "Boys," cracked Reagan, "there...
While a lot of women point to the education they are receiving as the primary reason they came to Wellesley, some feel that this posture is only a mask for discontent over not being admitted to first-and second-choice schools. Rae, an Exeter graduate, says that Wellesley is seen as a second-rate school at her alma mater. "People only come to Wellesley because they didn't get into the Ivies," she explains...
...wouldn't hurt so much if the team didn't have the potential. When you're bad--truly bad--losing can even become a source of pride. Like if you live in New Orleans you can wear a paper-bag loser mask and call your team the Aints and get a big charge out of the whole thing--really enjoy being in last place...