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...barrier. Richard Neutra, who died in 1970, remains one of the best-known California Modernists, the man whose work defined the romance of glass-enclosed living rooms cantilevered over Hollywood hillsides. His houses have become trophies for West Coast tastemakers such as fashion designer Tom Ford and hair-care mogul Vidal Sassoon. All the same, five years ago, an important Neutra house was pulled down almost overnight. Then there's Paul Rudolph. For decades he was famous for his intricately configured offices and houses, with their long cantilevers and thrusting volumes. But lately almost anything with his name attached...
MAILBAG Biggest mail getter: Bloomberg and Schwarzenegger 46% The Wall Street mogul and the Hollywood star have shown Washington how to get things done 54% The Mayor of Gotham and the Kindergarten Cop just want to create a nanny state HOW TO REACH US Our e-mail address is letters@time.com Please do not send attachments. Our fax number is 1-212-522-8949. Or you can send your letter to: TIME Magazine Letters, Time & Life Building, Rockefeller Center, New York, N.Y. 10020. Letters should include the writer's full name, address and home telephone and may be edited for purposes...
...after he capped a campaign-style swing through California by ditching the Republican Party, the media mogul "did little to quiet the fierce speculation about a possible independent presidential bid," as the Associated Press put it. He temporarily knocked Paris Hilton off the 24-hour news channels - and proved he's a bit of a flirt himself. Needless to say, the punditocracy is in a tizzy, gleefully analyzing how Bloomberg's billions will transform the already wide-open campaign landscape...
...autobiography, Michael Bloomberg had a blunt response to people who griped about partisanship: "They're wrong!" Party allegiance, he wrote, is "as important as the individual who's running." The billionaire media and finance mogul actually started one sentence with the words: "As a wealthy Democrat who has given consistently to my party." He then complained about all the candidates - "from those running for dog catcher on up" - who kept bugging him for campaign cash...
...Hired guns like Semel, on the other hand, aren't usually cut as much slack. Semel tried to inject Yahoo! with some Hollywood flair, but it was ultimately his downfall. In 2004, he drafted former ABC mogul Lloyd Braun to run Yahoo!'s media and entertainment division. That multiheaded beast included Yahoo!'s movies, TV, entertainment, music, games, finance, news and weather, sports, health and kids businesses. If that sounds like a lot under one departmental roof, it was. Braun eventually left and the division was restructured...