Harold Ross (1892-1951) founded the New Yorker and remained at its helm for a quarter century. His idiosyncratic direction molded the magazine, with its blend of urbane wit and moral purpose.Harold Wa...
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Harold Ross created and for twenty-seven years edited one of the most important magazines of the twentieth century, the New Yorker. Ross was not a New Yorker by birth or upbringing, and his quirks and...
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Part pooh-bah, part pontiff, for some 50 years Leo Lerman ruled Manhattan’s cultural roost from a host of journalistic redoubts, including Mademoiselle, Vogue and Vanity Fair, ending his care...
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General Forrest Harding's house in Franklin, Ohio, is preserved as it was before his death in 1970, and it is a museum of disappointment. Musty evening wear fills the closet, a shrunken military tu...
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David Colby sat in the café of Coliseum Books, just blocks from the Algonquin Hotel where he’d spent his youth, describing his plans to take the old place back.
Real-estate powerhouse C...
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David Colby sat in the café of Coliseum Books, just blocks from the Algonquin Hotel where he’d spent his youth, describing his plans to take the old place back.Real-estate powerhouse Cus...
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As you may have been able to tell from The New York Times' diabetes series (following its series on gold), it's Pulitzer season and everyone's trying to jump on the multi-part bandwagon. Even Marke...
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Take it from one who knows: Cartoonists lead unexciting lives. Dreaming up gags is a solitary business, with none of the camaraderie enjoyed in collaborative work. No curtain calls. No ovations. An...
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Take it from one who knows: Cartoonists lead unexciting lives. Dreaming up gags is a solitary business, with none of the camaraderie enjoyed in collaborative work. No curtain calls. No ovations. An...
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Harold Wallace Ross
Harold W(allace) Ross
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