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...acting—and then I had way more success, both artistically and financially than I ever thought...I never thought I would make more than 75 dollars a week.”Deutch began his career working in advertising for the film company United Artists. After a stint of unemployment, he went into making film trailers—including the now-famous preview for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now”—instead. The camera work fostered his love of directing.According to Deutch, that love might be harder to pursue...
...After more than 30 years on the Appropriations Committee and now in his second stint at its helm, Obey, 69, has been asked by a lot of people for money: fellow members requesting earmarks for projects in their districts, the Administration looking to fund everything from the war in Iraq to the White House operating budget and constituents from his home district in Wisconsin. In that time, he's had no problem speaking his mind and saying no to those requests he deemed undeserving...
...everyone showed up to the games. It was pretty incredible to be 18, 19 years old and playing in front of a few thousand people regularly.”After Wintner’s years with Canada’s junior hockey team and even a brief stint with Slovakia’s Under-18 hockey team (Wintner was born in Slovakia and retains Slovakian citizenship), a recurring hip injury finally forced him to give up on competitive hockey for good. But though Wintner had to forego his hockey career, this jack of all trades refused to say goodbye...
...After years as a successful fashion photographer, with a stint at Andy Warhol's Factory in New York, Toscani took on the Benetton brand account, turning out memorable ads of young people of different races and nationalities. His great breakthrough, though, can be traced to 1991, when he simply slapped the green Benetton logo on a photojournalist's award-winning image of a dying AIDS patient surrounded by his family. Since then, the son of a renowned Milan photojournalist has snapped his own striking frames of Balkan war victims, children from a Sicilian Mafia town and death-row inmates...
...India that identifies and tracks products. Mangat was offered a job at headquarters in 2006, and this time Preet went along (then fortuitously landed another fellowship, at Harvard). But both intend to spend more time in India--in part to raise their young daughter biculturally. Moreover, he says, his stint in his homeland now defines his career. "I can't imagine another job that won't involve India," he says...