Word: mavericks
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...correspondents. An odd question to put to one's new boss, but then Duffy has never been a stickler for convention. Working first in TIME's Washington bureau as Pentagon correspondent, then as a political reporter covering both the Bush and Clinton presidencies, Duffy developed a reputation as a maverick with a knack for finding the unturned stone in even the most thoroughly trodden beat--most notably in 1986, when he broke the details of a top-secret U.S. attack on Libya 36 hours before the strike occurred. He's also adept at turning a story's thesis...
DIED. MURRAY KEMPTON, 79, maverick, moralistic columnist whose baroque language could never hide an unwavering sympathy for the oppressed and an abiding sense of fair play; in New York City. A liberal labor reporter for the New York Post in 1942, Kempton continued his sometimes quixotic fight for underdogs on the left and right--he even defended the fallen Richard Nixon when the former President was rejected by a New York co-op board. His many awards included a 1985 Pulitzer for his Newsday commentary...
...maverick since he left his law practice in Pennsylvania, moved to Utah and later, in 1976, in his first try for elective office, beat an incumbent Senator, Hatch is accustomed to hearing complaints about himself from his more partisan colleagues. He has a 92% lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union, but nonetheless warns, "Anybody who tells me I've got to conform to their ideological point of view is going to be disappointed." Just last month Hatch, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, pushed through one of President Clinton's nominees to the federal bench despite objections from doctrinaire conservatives...
...does LeBow feel about being the maverick who broke ranks with his peers? "I just feel like we've done the right thing," he says. "I'm not a maverick." He can deny that all he wants. But LeBow is more maverick than James Garner. He shuns glamour, preferring to invest in down-and-out companies. He has teamed up with the likes of Carl Icahn, a consummate outsider. And he doesn't mind an ugly fight...
Offbeat nominations, however, do not necessitate the same maverick spirit in the final balloting. My suspicion is that Hollywood is still far more predictable than one might think. The nominations themselves, however hip, bear much in common with Old Academy tradition, and if you don't think lifetime achievement, physical affliction, and onscreen heroics can still push a nominee to the podium, you don't know your Oscars...