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...they refuse to hide behind the mask of the innocent bystander donned by so many of their fellow citizens in Germany, Poland, France and elsewhere? That question sent an unlikely pair of friends, photographer Gay Block and children's book writer Malka Drucker, on a three-year journey to photograph and interview 105 rescuers from 10 countries. The often surprising answers are chronicled in their book, Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust (Holmes & Meier; $29.95 soft cover), and in a photography exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, which runs until April...
...such works Lautrec comes close to his idols Daumier and Goya. He would not generalize; every figure acquires a specific energy, and each countenance is its own face, not merely a mask of passion or a symbol of social role. A little bareback rider's squinched-up face above the massive, churning crupper of a stallion in the Cirque Fernando, 1887-88; the Cyrano nose and signature black gloves of Yvette Guilbert; the weird cadaverous prancing of Valentin the Boneless -- these images live on as obdurately as the traits of Dickens' characters...
Steinem: I would argue that masculinity limits a man's full range of human qualities, and so becomes a mask for a lack of self, shame, and low self- esteem...
...sure, Bush sometimes acted as if he were secretly Buchanan's campaign manager. During the early months of the recession, Bush refused to even acknowledge that the country was suffering hard times. He made three hurried campaign swings in hard-hit New Hampshire but never attempted to mask the political expediency of his visits. Said he, with typical inelegance: "But the message -- I care." His deliberate attempts to mix with ordinary Americans seemed uncomfortable and awkward. Bush's poll numbers dropped every time he visited the state. Meanwhile, Buchanan exploited the President's decision to exclude a proposed $500 increase...
...that is by no means a sure thing. Strickland is in many respects the most interesting person in the book, a spectator whose outward cynicism may mask a hunger for the truth as avid, in its own way, as Browne's. The pleasure he takes in his debunking films seems tinged with bitterness, as if his quest for good, honorable people has once again been disappointed. Strickland thinks that his stammer prompts others to show him their worst sides: "His infirmity seemed to encourage people toward boasting and indiscretion. He had noticed it even as a child. It was they...