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...patrol complained to senior officers that the leader had made poor decisions under fire and put lives at risk, and said they would refuse to go on patrol with him again. The patrol leader says the men concocted this story because they resented his taking action against the trophy-taker. The incident, and the investigation, were referred to the major commanding Three Squadron, Vance Khan, who segregated the patrol from the rest of the squadron and took its members off operational duties...
Karen Stein, Pritzker Juror and Editorial Director of the Phaidon Press, a publisher of books on the visual arts, describes Mayne as “the biggest risk-taker in architecture...
...Bono, but later drew criticism for shoddy work, and served more than two years in prison for tax fraud. DIED. RUSS MEYER, 82, soft-core-porn director whose work set the tone for late 20th century pop culture at its most cheerfully leering; in Los Angeles. Always a picture taker and picture maker, he was an Army cameraman who shot World War II footage; the photographer of several early Playboy centerfolds; and a soft-core Spielberg whose first feature, the nudie comedy The Immoral Mr. Teas, grossed $1 million on a $24,000 budget. In the '60s he shifted...
...reporter how crucial a photo of the island is: "If you can't get a boat there you'll have to swim." The newsdesk gets the photo, and the copy, filed painstakingly by payphone, on time. It's one puzzle piece in a day dictated by deadlines. Whit-taker's soon hurrying to meet the first of the day: 11 a.m. news conference. The media likes pointing the spotlight but doesn't court the same attention, and few see inside the conferences that hatch each day's game plan. There, sitting side by side, Stutchbury and Mitchell quiz the editors...
...track record not unlike that of a venture capitalist,” he says. “I’ve been a big risk taker, and I continue to take major risks...