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...company follow his leadership, not mine? I've been around for 35 years. I could take you through anything we do today that we take for granted and all of it came from some individual-usually a misunderstood angry individual-who was sitting there saying 'why wont you do this?' and was having trouble being heard. In almost all the cases, two things happen: the point of view that you now cherish as normal was unusual and it was hard for people to hear; and [the person] had trouble getting his or her voice...
...economic adviser. Just weeks earlier, the last Americans remaining in Saigon had been evacuated by helicopters. On a happier note, the Red Sox were on their way to winning the American League pennant. I skipped classes to attend a World Series game against the Cincinnati Reds. As was their wont in those days, the Sox came agonizingly close to a championship but ended up snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. On that score, as on others--disco music and Pet Rocks come to mind--many things are better today than they were then. In fact, that will...
...masses have been democratized—perhaps even bastardized in the case of social-networking and video-sharing websites. At any rate, it suffices to say that Snow’s work is not as relevant as Goldin’s was in her time. History, as it is wont to do, has repeated itself. In an interview for an exhibit of his photos at Austrian museum the Kunsthalle Wien, Snow’s contemporary and friend, Ryan McGinley, places the recurrence of these contemporary art themes into context. “When you live in downtown Manhattan each generation...
Like Harry, Andrew is a second son, born to duty but without a purpose. Like Harry, he saw active service, back in 1982 in the Falklands. Like many family members, he's wont to express opinions at odds with wider public opinion (I once heard Andrew say that American culture has made no impact on Britain). Despite a long naval career and his more recent efforts as Britain's special representative for trade and investment, he has never quite shaken off his reputation as a playboy prince. The same fate threatened Harry until his star turn in the theater...
...Klein seems to confuse knowledge with wisdom. Glibly reeling off a bunch of wonky statistics and programs - as Hillary Clinton is wont to do - may make for good sound bites and debate repartee, but it signifies neither a mastery of substance nor good judgment. Clinton's judgment has proved wanting in her disastrous vote to authorize war in Iraq, her failure to pass health-care reform when she and Bill had the chance and many other important issues. I'm old enough to remember a similar style-vs.-substance debate about President John F. Kennedy. His enduring positive influence proves...