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There are a variety of reasons why Ed Koch remains one of New York’s most esteemed former mayors.
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Ed Koch remembers his first days as New York’s surprise mayor and his early confrontations with municipal unions.
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Amid Greenwich Village’s days of Bohemianism, dime beers and a radical Village Voice, Ed Koch was “a liberal with sanity.”
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After a $1,000,000 doctor bill, Ed Koch is in favor of whatever reform legislation, with all of its warts, makes it through the Senate.
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If the president doesn’t exercise his authority to get out of Afghanistan, he will not only lose the Democratic majority in the House, he will also go down as a […]
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After serving in the Battle of the Bulge, in which 19,000 of his fellow Americans were killed, he had a hardened attitude: “I’m not afraid of death. Death is a […]
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The legendary mayor endured two fortuitous losses in his early political career: one while campaigning against Eisenhower, and one that helped him avoid Albany, “a fate worse than death.”
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The former mayor’s family had to abandon New York for Newark during the Great Depression.
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Schuman’s Dad said that he might need to adjust his attitude to get ahead.
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When fashion labels approached Schuman about advertising, editorial integrity became an issue.
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Schuman didn’t get much career advice because he never wanted any.
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Pablo Picasso would be Schuman’s ideal since the mad Spanish painter was always trying to improve his craft.
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A successful design blog requires perspective, heavy editing, and photos you can’t find anywhere else.
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This Midwestern guy still looks up to Mom and Pops, but any rugged individual with a vision gets a nod.
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Despite professional stylists and ample funds, the rich and famous rarely hit the mark, according to the influential blogger.
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Once it seemed sketchy, but now the Big Apple seems clean, modern and safe.
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Economic hardship has forced many people to fall in love with their existing wardrobe and make what is old new.
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Forget high-end brands: the subtleties of excellent posture, exquisite tailoring, and 80 year-old Milanese men will do the trick.
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A conversation with The Sartorialist, an influential fashion blogger.
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Growing up in the Midwest, Schuman initially saw fashion as an in with women.
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The digital revolution has made filmmaking technologies available to the masses. But the idea that it makes us all artists, says Ken Burns, is “bullshit.”
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The most effective question he ever asked a subject from behind the camera wasn’t a question at all.
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It’s a classic historian’s question, but Ken Burns rejects it, insisting that “human nature is the only given.”
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According to Ken Burns, imposing a narrative on the past keeps humans from going crazy—and is an act of love. Critics who find that view tidy and sentimental are revealing […]
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Does making a documentary deepen or exhaust Ken Burns’s appreciation of its subject? And does he ever start imagining his life as one of his own films?
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Filmmaker Ken Burns describes how he hopes “The National Parks” will succeed both as a topical statement about conservation and a timeless human story.
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Inspired by Twain’s own example, the “Mark Twain” documentarian seeks to explore quintessentially American issues of “race and space.”
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From cutting huge amounts of footage to zooming and panning on still photos, the documentarian explains the techniques that distinguish his films—and why changing them now would be “ridiculous.”
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As a young director with a risky film, Ken Burns had countless doors slammed in his face. How did he push past them, and how would he advise today’s young […]
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