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Though the drought continued on Saturday - the German Andre Greipel took stage 13 in a sprint finish - there has been plenty to celebrate this Tour for French cycling enthusiasts.
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The last French rider to capture the Tour title was Bernard Hinault in 1985.
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In 1958, the promotion department of The New York Times hired a young Swiss expat to take pictures that were collected in a slim hardcover book for prospective advertisers. The book, “New York Is,” extolled the virtues of the city and of the newspaper as the best way to tap its prosperous postwar consumers.
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He worked briefly as a staff photographer at Harper’s Bazaar under the art director Alexey Brodovitch and then as a magazine freelancer. With money from a Guggenheim fellowship, he crisscrossed the country in 1955 and 1956 to take the pictures that he was to edit and shape into “The Americans,” published by Grove Press in 1959.
But even with powerful admirers at the time like Walker Evans and Edward Steichen, the director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art he struggled to make ends meet. Life magazine had consistently rejected his work and the influential collective Magnum had turned him down for membership. He was married with two young children, trying to support his family while working furiously to define a photographic language that few then seemed to understand.
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A selection of these images will appear in this Sunday’s Metropolitan section of The New York Times.
This post has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: April 4, 2012
An earlier version of this post described incorrectly the way the photographs came to light. They were rediscovered three years ago by Helen and Louis Silverstein, who salvaged them when the promotions department of The New York Times discarded archival materials in 1975. They were not discovered with the help of Jeff Roth,abercrombie,polo lacoste,polo lacoste pas cher, an archivist at The Times.
And an earlier version of this correction overstated what has been determined about the legal status of the photographs. The statement that Ms. Silverstein owns the pictures was based on her assertion, not on any legal determination.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his league-leading 42nd goal from a tight angle in the 73rd minute — answering a tying goal moments earlier from Alexis Sanchez — on Saturday. The defeat was Barcelona’s first at home in 55 games,polo lacoste, and most likely signaled the end of the Catalans’ three-year reign as Spanish champions.
Real Madrid opened a seven-point lead in the standings with four games left.
Some postgame comments:
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo:
“My goal was important because it gave us three points, but the . I’ve scored in my last three games at this stadium, but what matters is the team and it gave an exhibition performance tonight.”
Real Madrid assistant coach Aitor Karanka:
“Cristiano Ronaldo is a great player and must continue performing like this. We are accustomed to seeing him give great performances. He scored the goal that gave us the Copa del Rey title last year. .”
Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso:
“This was a crucial step forward, now we have to finish it off.”
Mission accomplished. Thank you for the support today on our win against Barcelona.
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano)
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos:
“You gradually learn and our latest clashes showed the difference between both sides was minimal. They also deserve credit and the results have always been well deserved. We shouldn’t dwell on it. You feel somewhat relieved when you defeat a direct opponent like Barcelona.”
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