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{"id": "0000232_0", "date": "1987-01-02", "sourceId": "Q83484", "sourceLabel": "Anthony Quinn", "sourceImId": "Anthony_Quinn_signed.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c1/Anthony_Quinn_signed.JPG/180px-Anthony_Quinn_signed.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/01/02/0000232", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6DE163EF931A35752C0A961948260", "text": "|I| sometimes feel like the *Anthony Quinn* of /my set/.''", "author": "Nemy, Enid", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0000431_0", "date": "1987-01-02", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1987/01/02/0000431", "aUrlId": "9B0DE0D71F31F931A35752C0A961948260", "text": "|Jimmy Johnson| is the *Madonna* of /college football these days/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0004444_0", "date": "1987-01-18", "sourceId": "Q51123", "sourceLabel": "D. W. Griffith", "sourceImId": "David_Wark_Griffith_1916.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/David_Wark_Griffith_1916.jpg/180px-David_Wark_Griffith_1916.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/01/18/0004444", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2D81738F93BA25752C0A961948260", "text": "|The former|, the *D. W. Griffith* of /the avant-garde/, presents spectacular epics or ''operas,'' the latter, an autobiographical monologist, sits at a card table and tells stories from his life.", "author": "Gussow, Mel", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0005135_0", "date": "1987-01-20", "sourceId": "Q191499", "sourceLabel": "Scott Joplin", "sourceImId": "Scott_Joplin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6d/Scott_Joplin.jpg/180px-Scott_Joplin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/01/20/0005135", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6DE1538F933A15752C0A961948260", "text": "High points of the show included the obscure Cole Porter bonbons, ''Two Little Babes In the Wood'' and ''Nobody's Chasing Me,'' Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle's ''I'm Just Wild About Harry'' (performed both as a waltz and as a one-step to show how a simple time change can alter a song's character), and piano compositions by Ernesto Nazareth, ''the *Scott Joplin* of /Brazil/,'' that blended ragtime and tango.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0005602_0", "date": "1987-01-21", "sourceId": "Q1341644", "sourceLabel": "Rich Little", "sourceImId": "Rich_Little,_USAF.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a8/Rich_Little%2C_USAF.jpg/180px-Rich_Little%2C_USAF.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/01/21/0005602", "aUrlId": "9B0DEED61F3DF932A15752C0A961948260", "text": "|A backup quarterback| is the *Rich Little* of /football/, spending the week before a game doing an impression of the opposing team's quarterback.", "author": "Alfano, Peter", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0008167_0", "date": "1987-01-29", "sourceId": "Q93188", "sourceLabel": "Errol Flynn", "sourceImId": "Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Errol_Flynn1.jpg/180px-Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/01/29/0008167", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7DA173FF93AA15752C0A961948260", "text": "|He| is also known by less flattering terms, such as the Aging Right Wing Actor, the Not So Favor-ite Son and the *Errol Flynn* of /the B's/.", "author": "King, Wayne; Weaver, Warren Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0008167_1", "date": "1987-01-29", "sourceId": "Q34529", "sourceLabel": "Bela Lugosi", "sourceImId": "Lugosi_Bela.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/15/Lugosi_Bela.jpg/180px-Lugosi_Bela.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/01/29/0008167", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7DA173FF93AA15752C0A961948260", "text": "Mr. Reagan fares far better, nicknamewise, than some other Presidents in the compendium, including one known as Gloomy Gus, King Richard, the *Bela Lugosi* of /American Politics/, Richard the Chicken-Hearted, the Nero of Our Times, the Tarnished President, the Godfather, St. Richard the Commie Killer, President Truthful and Trickie Dick.", "author": "King, Wayne; Weaver, Warren Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0008167_2", "date": "1987-01-29", "sourceId": "Q1413", "sourceLabel": "Nero", "sourceImId": "Nero_pushkin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Nero_pushkin.jpg/180px-Nero_pushkin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1987/01/29/0008167", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7DA173FF93AA15752C0A961948260", "text": "Mr. Reagan fares far better, nicknamewise, than some other Presidents in the compendium, including one known as Gloomy Gus, King Richard, the Bela Lugosi of American Politics, Richard the Chicken-Hearted, the *Nero* of /Our Times/, the Tarnished President, the Godfather, St. Richard the Commie Killer, President Truthful and Trickie Dick.", "author": "King, Wayne; Weaver, Warren Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0011467_0", "date": "1987-02-08", "sourceId": "Q1126679", "sourceLabel": "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1987/02/08/0011467", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFDB1F3BF93BA35751C0A961948260", "text": "The son of a banker, |Salomon| became the *Scarlet Pimpernel* of /photojournalism/ by virtue of the adroitness with which he could conceal his camera when necessary.", "author": "Raynor, Vivien", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0011487_0", "date": "1987-02-08", "sourceId": "Q452206", "sourceLabel": "Judith Krantz", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1987/02/08/0011487", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3D71F3BF93BA35751C0A961948260", "text": "The heroine of the play is |Diana Breed Latimer|, a best-selling author of romantic fiction, the *Judith Krantz* of /her day/.", "author": "Gussow, Mel", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0011525_0", "date": "1987-02-08", "sourceId": "Q128746", "sourceLabel": "Irving Berlin", "sourceImId": "Irving_Berlin_Portrait2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c0/Irving_Berlin_Portrait2.jpg/180px-Irving_Berlin_Portrait2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/02/08/0011525", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5DD163AF93BA35751C0A961948260", "text": "|Noel Gay| was not, as some have claimed, the *Irving Berlin* of /England/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0012870_0", "date": "1987-02-13", "sourceId": "Q209050", "sourceLabel": "Jan Brueghel the Elder", "sourceImId": "Anthony_van_Dyck_(possibly)_-_Portrait_of_Jan_Brueghel_the_Elder.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/43/Anthony_van_Dyck_%28possibly%29_-_Portrait_of_Jan_Brueghel_the_Elder.jpg/180px-Anthony_van_Dyck_%28possibly%29_-_Portrait_of_Jan_Brueghel_the_Elder.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/02/13/0012870", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6D6153DF930A25751C0A961948260", "text": "Subjects like ''Flora'' and ''The Four Senses'' cause |him| to come on like the *Velvet Brueghel* of /his set/, putting his trust in multiplicity of subject matter and a high degree of finish.", "author": "Russell, John", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0014363_0", "date": "1987-02-18", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/02/18/0014363", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5DD103FF93BA25751C0A961948260", "text": "Contending that Dr. Osborne had set himself up as judge, police expert and hand surgeon, Mr. Smirti called |him| the *Leonardo da Vinci* of /the Bronx/.", "author": "Prial, Frank J", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0016401_0", "date": "1987-02-25", "sourceId": "Q1111386", "sourceLabel": "Robert Moses", "sourceImId": "Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg/180px-Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/02/25/0016401", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFDC173DF936A15751C0A961948260", "text": "Why do so many prominent chefs and restaurateurs in New York and beyond describe |him| as the best-connected and most influential man in their business, in terms of influence sort of a *Robert Moses* of /culinary politics/?", "author": "Miller, Bryan", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0017372_0", "date": "1987-02-28", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/02/28/0017372", "aUrlId": "9B0DE1D7143DF93BA15751C0A961948260", "text": "It was enough to make people wonder if |McReynolds| would adjust to the customary passion of the Mets or become the *Greta Garbo* of /New York baseball/, wanting to be alone in a city and business where it was not easy to be alone.", "author": "Durso, Joseph", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0017607_0", "date": "1987-03-01", "sourceId": "Q295107", "sourceLabel": "Mr. T", "sourceImId": "Mr_T_WWE_Hall_of_Fame_2014_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/43/Mr_T_WWE_Hall_of_Fame_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Mr_T_WWE_Hall_of_Fame_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1987/03/01/0017607", "aUrlId": "9B0DEED9113CF932A35750C0A961948260", "text": "President Reagan is said to be a great fan of the ''McLaughlin Group'' and has called |Mr. McLaughlin| ''the *Mr. T* of /TV journalism/.''", "author": "Gamarekian, Barbara", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0017800_0", "date": "1987-03-01", "sourceId": "Q190152", "sourceLabel": "Larry Bird", "sourceImId": "Larrybird.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bb/Larrybird.jpg/180px-Larrybird.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1987/03/01/0017800", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7DA1F3FF932A35750C0A961948260", "text": "Peretta and other observers have so much respect for Pennefather's varied skills that round the league |she| has been dubbed ''the *Larry Bird* of /women's basketball/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0018082_0", "date": "1987-03-02", "sourceId": "Q5237521", "sourceLabel": "David Merrick", "sourceImId": "David_Merrick_(13563015335).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/David_Merrick_%2813563015335%29.jpg/180px-David_Merrick_%2813563015335%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1987/03/02/0018082", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3DA1E3EF931A35750C0A961948260", "text": "Mr. Mackintosh's credits include ''Side by Side by Sondheim,'' ''Little Shop of Horrors,'' ''Cats'' and ''The Phantom of the Opera,'' and some colleagues call |him| the *David Merrick* of /today's theater/.", "author": "Fabrikant, Geraldine", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0019639_0", "date": "1987-03-08", "sourceId": "Q1409", "sourceLabel": "Caligula", "sourceImId": "Gaius_Caligula_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/15/Gaius_Caligula_Head.jpg/180px-Gaius_Caligula_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/03/08/0019639", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6DB163CF93BA35750C0A961948260", "text": "He's less well inclined toward such baseball personalities as Bill Veeck, who owned the Chicago White Sox during Mr. Kuhn's tenure and whom the commissioner considered something of a fraud (what really went on between the two men was a culture clash, the encounter of a banker and a street peddler); George Steinbrenner, the owner of the New York Yankees, whose antics unnerved Mr. Kuhn just as much as one would expect; August Busch Jr., the owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, whose decisions seemed dictated less by what was good for baseball than by how many cases of Budweiser it might sell; and various other owners - especially |Charles O. Finley|, the *Caligula* of /the Oakland A's/ -whose codes of style and behavior offended Mr. Kuhn's smothering sense of decorum.", "author": "Okrent, Daniel", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0021181_0", "date": "1987-03-13", "sourceId": "Q327071", "sourceLabel": "Paul Revere", "sourceImId": "J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg/180px-J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/03/13/0021181", "aUrlId": "9B0DE0DD1630F930A25750C0A961948260", "text": "|Mr. Blake|, a retired businessman, became the *Paul Revere* of /Summit trash/.", "author": "Winerip, Michael", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0024133_0", "date": "1987-03-24", "sourceId": "Q158067", "sourceLabel": "Vivienne Westwood", "sourceImId": "Vivienne_Westwood_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/Vivienne_Westwood_2014.jpg/180px-Vivienne_Westwood_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1987/03/24/0024133", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3D9133CF937A15750C0A961948260", "text": "AT one of the first and most energetic fashion shows here last week, a laugh-a-minute presentation at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts by the *Vivienne Westwood* of /Paris/, |Jean-Remy Daumas|, there were the town's most frivolous fashion trappings: Mohican fur headpieces and doggy-ear hoods, heart-shaped backpacks, pillowcases reading Oui!", "author": "", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0024161_0", "date": "1987-03-24", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/03/24/0024161", "aUrlId": "9B0DE1D91E3CF937A15750C0A961948260", "text": "Yet you have the gall to take up precious space between a mansard roof and a wood-and-leather lobby under the illusion that |you| can become a *Michelangelo* of /the art form known as living/?", "author": "Baker, Russell", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0024878_0", "date": "1987-03-27", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/03/27/0024878", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFDD123DF934A15750C0A961948260", "text": "If you are a fan of brains, you will no doubt get your fill with this enormous portion, which must come from the *Einstein* of /the calf world/.", "author": "Miller, Bryan", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0025364_0", "date": "1987-03-29", "sourceId": "Q2857682", "sourceLabel": "Clemente Susini", "sourceImId": "Specola,_medaglione_di_clemente_susini.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/61/Specola%2C_medaglione_di_clemente_susini.JPG/180px-Specola%2C_medaglione_di_clemente_susini.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.5", "fId": "1987/03/29/0025364", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3DD1139F93AA15750C0A961948260", "text": "In her sculptures of the last eight or 10 years |she| has, in effect, been both the *Clemente Susini* of /our day/ and -what is more difficult - the inventor of the anatomies that she puts together with such a dexterous hand.", "author": "Russell, John", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0025959_0", "date": "1987-03-31", "sourceId": "Q810041", "sourceLabel": "Basil O'Connor", "sourceImId": "Basil_O_Connor.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/50/Basil_O_Connor.jpg/180px-Basil_O_Connor.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "Attribution", "fId": "1987/03/31/0025959", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6D81F3AF932A05750C0A961948260", "text": "Where is the *Basil O'Connor* for /AIDS/?''", "author": "Altman, Lawrence K", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "0028366_0", "date": "1987-04-08", "sourceId": "Q294912", "sourceLabel": "Richard Pryor", "sourceImId": "Richard_Pryor_(1986)_(cropped)-2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "5/53/Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29-2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1987/04/08/0028366", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7D6103FF93BA35757C0A961948260", "text": "So |Mr. Johnson| moves through Harlem, clinical and profane in equal measure, acting as the *Richard Pryor* of /the safe sex set/.", "author": "Freedman, Samuel G", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0029124_0", "date": "1987-04-11", "sourceId": "Q3925", "sourceLabel": "Grace Kelly", "sourceImId": "Grace_Kelly30419.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Grace_Kelly30419.jpg/180px-Grace_Kelly30419.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1987/04/11/0029124", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5DD133FF932A25757C0A961948260", "text": "Local society columnists, much taken with her glamour and her new husband's social prominence, dubbed |her| ''the *Grace Kelly* of /Chicago/.''", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0029177_0", "date": "1987-04-12", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/04/12/0029177", "aUrlId": "9B0DE1DE1039F931A25757C0A961948260", "text": "|I| saw myself as the *Johnny Appleseed* of /linguistics/, persuading hotel owners to put dictionaries in rooms everywhere, enabling weary travelers to look up the meanings and spellings of words used in late-night X-rated movies.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0029256_0", "date": "1987-04-12", "sourceId": "Q220210", "sourceLabel": "George Steinbrenner", "sourceImId": "George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13,_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/19/George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13%2C_2010.jpg/180px-George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13%2C_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1987/04/12/0029256", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6D6133AF931A25757C0A961948260", "text": "|They| are the *George Steinbrenner* of /marathons/ because they go out and buy as many names as they can, regardless of what the athlete's current condition is.", "author": "Deas, Wayne L", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0031974_0", "date": "1987-04-19", "sourceId": "Q43247", "sourceLabel": "Ingrid Bergman", "sourceImId": "Ingrid_Bergman_-_Gaslight_44.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Ingrid_Bergman_-_Gaslight_44.jpg/180px-Ingrid_Bergman_-_Gaslight_44.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/04/19/0031974", "aUrlId": "9B0DE4D81F30F93AA25757C0A961948260", "text": "He had called |her| Tiffany, which is fine for a call girl, but not right for the *Ingrid Bergman* of /dogs/.", "author": "Stein, Ben J", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0032772_0", "date": "1987-04-22", "sourceId": "Q4030", "sourceLabel": "Duke Ellington", "sourceImId": "Duke_Ellington_-_publicity.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Duke_Ellington_-_publicity.JPG/180px-Duke_Ellington_-_publicity.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/04/22/0032772", "aUrlId": "9B0DE4D91F3CF931A15757C0A961948260", "text": "|He| has attributed some of his stylistic inspiration to Bud Powell and McCoy Tyner, but his creation of salsa concerto-style compositions led to his being regarded by some as the *Duke Ellington* of /salsa/.", "author": "Fraser, C Gerald", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0035452_0", "date": "1987-04-30", "sourceId": "Q453251", "sourceLabel": "Horatio Alger", "sourceImId": "Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg/180px-Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/04/30/0035452", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3DF133FF933A05757C0A961948260", "text": "Mr. Chertoff called |Mr. Massino| ''the *Horatio Alger* of /the Mafia/.''", "author": "Lubasch, Arnold H", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0036349_0", "date": "1987-05-03", "sourceId": "Q453251", "sourceLabel": "Horatio Alger", "sourceImId": "Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg/180px-Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/03/0036349", "aUrlId": "9B0DE1DF1338F930A35756C0A961948260", "text": "|Mr. Fisher|, of course, is the former chicken farmer who became the *Horatio Alger* of /undersea treasure hunters/.", "author": "Collins, Glenn", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0036472_0", "date": "1987-05-03", "sourceId": "Q431223", "sourceLabel": "Oliver North", "sourceImId": "OliverNorth.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f8/OliverNorth.JPG/180px-OliverNorth.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/03/0036472", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7DE133DF930A35756C0A961948260", "text": "In the Luce tradition, Mr. Malkin can coin a phrase: the economist |Arthur Laffer| is ''the *Oliver North* of /Reaganomics/''; Milton Friedman is ''one of those brilliant one-idea cranks''; and President Reagan's alma mater is the ''providentially named Eureka College.''", "author": "Balk, Alfred", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0036760_0", "date": "1987-05-03", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/03/0036760", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFD8133FF930A35756C0A961948260", "text": "This steady stream of income from the exploitation of a name synonymous with high fashion has earned |him| a sobriquet, the *Napoleon* of /licensors/.", "author": "Meyers, William H", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0037931_0", "date": "1987-05-07", "sourceId": "Q1472983", "sourceLabel": "Howard Cosell", "sourceImId": "Howard_cosell_1975.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/41/Howard_cosell_1975.JPG/180px-Howard_cosell_1975.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/07/0037931", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7DC133EF934A35756C0A961948260", "text": "''We need, as it were, a *Howard Cosell* for /the S.D.I./,'' said Brig.", "author": "Gordon, Michael R", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0038761_0", "date": "1987-05-10", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/10/0038761", "aUrlId": "9B0DE1D81039F933A25756C0A961948260", "text": "Along with the thousands of failures, a few ritualistic pieces of musical consequence were produced, several by the *Mozart* of /the idiom/, |George Crumb|.", "author": "Henahan, Donal", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0038816_0", "date": "1987-05-10", "sourceId": "Q541526", "sourceLabel": "Robert Wilson", "sourceImId": "2014-01-19_Luebeck_Wachter_Wilson_(cropped_-_Robert_Wilson).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/2014-01-19_Luebeck_Wachter_Wilson_%28cropped_-_Robert_Wilson%29.jpg/180px-2014-01-19_Luebeck_Wachter_Wilson_%28cropped_-_Robert_Wilson%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1987/05/10/0038816", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5DF1038F933A25756C0A961948260", "text": "|Mr. Freyer|, who is also a painter and is sometimes called the *Robert Wilson* of /Germany/, is best known for his stagings of Philip Glass's ''Satyagraha'' and ''Akhnaten'' in Stuttgart, but he has also directed and designed works as diverse as Mozart's ''Zauberflote'' for Hamburg, Weber's ''Freischutz'' for Stuttgart and Handel's ''Messiah'' for West Berlin.", "author": "Rockwell, John", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0039183_0", "date": "1987-05-10", "sourceId": "Q9696", "sourceLabel": "John F. Kennedy", "sourceImId": "John_F._Kennedy,_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c3/John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg/180px-John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/10/0039183", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3DD1E3EF933A25756C0A961948260", "text": "In the 60's |Mr. Bernstein| looked like the *John F. Kennedy* of /culture/.", "author": "Botstein, Leon", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0039886_0", "date": "1987-05-13", "sourceId": "Q722059", "sourceLabel": "Walter Johnson", "sourceImId": "Walter_Johnson_1924.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Walter_Johnson_1924.jpg/180px-Walter_Johnson_1924.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/13/0039886", "aUrlId": "9B0DEED9113AF930A25756C0A961948260", "text": "So was |Masaichi Kaneda|, the *Walter Johnson* of /Japan/ with 400 career victories.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0040577_0", "date": "1987-05-15", "sourceId": "Q315808", "sourceLabel": "Neil Simon", "sourceImId": "Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/35/Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/15/0040577", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5DD1730F936A25756C0A961948260", "text": "Cavalli's librettist, |Giacinto Andrea Cicognini|, was ''the *Neil Simon* of /Venetian comedy/,'' Mr. Echols said.", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0040728_0", "date": "1987-05-16", "sourceId": "Q297142", "sourceLabel": "Joe DiMaggio", "sourceImId": "1939_Playball_Joe_Dimaggio_(minus_halftone).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1f/1939_Playball_Joe_Dimaggio_%28minus_halftone%29.jpg/180px-1939_Playball_Joe_Dimaggio_%28minus_halftone%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/16/0040728", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3DF1F3BF935A25756C0A961948260", "text": "the *Joe DiMaggio* of /love/,'' he fantasizes while flexing a bicep that refuses to bulge", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0040949_0", "date": "1987-05-17", "sourceId": "Q1710869", "sourceLabel": "Judas", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1987/05/17/0040949", "aUrlId": "9B0DE4D61638F934A25756C0A961948260", "text": "When the walkers dwindle to 11, |he| sees them as Apostles and himself as a *Judas* for remaining neutral. //", "author": "Kellerman, Stewart", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0041016_0", "date": "1987-05-17", "sourceId": "Q453251", "sourceLabel": "Horatio Alger", "sourceImId": "Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg/180px-Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/17/0041016", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6DC1E38F934A25756C0A961948260", "text": "WHAT drives the marketers is the dream of finding the next kiwi, the *Horatio Alger* of /exotic fruit/.", "author": "Lyall, Sarah", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0042597_0", "date": "1987-05-21", "sourceId": "Q714892", "sourceLabel": "Bernhard Goetz", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1987/05/21/0042597", "aUrlId": "9B0DE4D8103FF932A15756C0A961948260", "text": "A former Navy official was quoted by The Baltimore Sun as saying the |Stark's captain| would have been seen as ''the *Bernhard Goetz* of /the Persian Gulf/.''", "author": "Cushman, John H Jr", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0042798_0", "date": "1987-05-22", "sourceId": "Q3097952", "sourceLabel": "Walter Winchell", "sourceImId": "Walter_Winchell_1960.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8d/Walter_Winchell_1960.JPG/180px-Walter_Winchell_1960.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/22/0042798", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFD9133EF931A15756C0A961948260", "text": "A recent historian has described |Bald| as ''the Boswell of the Lost Generation,'' but Root disagrees: ''In my opinion 'the *Walter Winchell* of /the Lost Generation/' would have been more like it.''", "author": "Gross, John", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0042958_0", "date": "1987-05-22", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/22/0042958", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3D81130F931A15756C0A961948260", "text": "He added, ''In short, |he| is the *Jackie Robinson* of /the corporate world/.''", "author": "Hicks, Jonathan P", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0043074_0", "date": "1987-05-23", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/23/0043074", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5D6153BF930A15756C0A961948260", "text": "What would |Eddie Shore|, known as the *Babe Ruth* of /hockey/, have said about this?", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0043458_0", "date": "1987-05-24", "sourceId": "Q1508079", "sourceLabel": "George Plimpton", "sourceImId": "George_Plimpton_1993.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/George_Plimpton_1993.jpg/180px-George_Plimpton_1993.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1987/05/24/0043458", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6D91F3AF937A15756C0A961948260", "text": "In fact, |he| is more like an enthusiastic amateur trying to break into the major leagues, a *George Plimpton* of /international relations/.", "author": "Morgan, Ted", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0043683_0", "date": "1987-05-24", "sourceId": "Q25089", "sourceLabel": "Woody Allen", "sourceImId": "Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg/180px-Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1987/05/24/0043683", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6D6113EF937A15756C0A961948260", "text": "|HOMER LEE| is the *Woody Allen* of /Long Island restaurateurs/.", "author": "Starkey, Joanne", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0044042_0", "date": "1987-05-27", "sourceId": "Q506146", "sourceLabel": "George Jessel", "sourceImId": "GeorgeJesselStageDoorCanteen.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/GeorgeJesselStageDoorCanteen.jpg/180px-GeorgeJesselStageDoorCanteen.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/05/27/0044042", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7DA1739F934A15756C0A961948260", "text": "Compared to the younger smoothies, |Mr. Altman|, who called himself ''the *George Jessel* of /intellectuals/,'' addressed the audience from the standpoint of an embattled, aging hipster commenting amusingly on everything from the relationship between food and language to condom advertising.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0044071_0", "date": "1987-05-27", "sourceId": "Q1270178", "sourceLabel": "George Will", "sourceImId": "George_Will.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2a/George_Will.jpg/180px-George_Will.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1987/05/27/0044071", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2DF1339F934A15756C0A961948260", "text": "Some go back to Japan to become celebrities; for example, after six years in Washington, |Yoshihisa Komori| is now considered the *George Will* of /newspaper columnists in Japan/.", "author": "Farnsworth, Clyde H", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0048033_0", "date": "1987-06-10", "sourceId": "Q2596171", "sourceLabel": "John Henry", "sourceImId": "John_Henry-27527.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/John_Henry-27527.jpg/180px-John_Henry-27527.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/06/10/0048033", "aUrlId": "9B0DE0D91238F933A25755C0A961948260", "text": "He's a horse who's had serious physical problems,'' said Dr. Lee, who treats human patients - including athletes from horse racing, basketball, football and boxing - at his office in South Orange, N.J. ''I call |him| the *John Henry* of /the trotting set/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0049974_0", "date": "1987-06-18", "sourceId": "Q733027", "sourceLabel": "Dan Rather", "sourceImId": "Dan_Rather_in_July_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c9/Dan_Rather_in_July_2011.jpg/180px-Dan_Rather_in_July_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/06/18/0049974", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3D91E38F93BA25755C0A961948260", "text": "|She| might be called the *Dan Rather* of /Shackelford County/, receiving and transmitting news and gossip with incredible speed and efficiency.", "author": "Reinhold, Robert", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0050669_0", "date": "1987-06-21", "sourceId": "Q187765", "sourceLabel": "Henry Miller", "sourceImId": "Henry_Miller_1940.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0f/Henry_Miller_1940.jpg/180px-Henry_Miller_1940.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/06/21/0050669", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3DD1539F932A15755C0A961948260", "text": "Judging by the author's systematic peppering of his brief plot with gamey episodes of sexual improvisation, and by the hero's awesome arousability (a fleeting memory, an unseemly word, and he is in the manly state), one might think |Mr. Faldbakken| aspires to become the *Henry Miller* of /Norway/.", "author": "Kapp, Isa", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0052031_0", "date": "1987-06-26", "sourceId": "Q347528", "sourceLabel": "Liberace", "sourceImId": "Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/57/Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg/180px-Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1987/06/26/0052031", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2DA103AF935A15755C0A961948260", "text": "With a lot of flashy filigree and little swing or melodic inventiveness, |Mr. Jordan| threatens to become the *Liberace* of /guitar/.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0052404_0", "date": "1987-06-28", "sourceId": "Q322555", "sourceLabel": "Abner Doubleday", "sourceImId": "Doubledayo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b4/Doubledayo.jpg/180px-Doubledayo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/06/28/0052404", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6DF1138F93BA15755C0A961948260", "text": "I wrote them,'' said |Mr. Perrone|, the *Abner Doubleday* of /Play Ball/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0052991_0", "date": "1987-06-29", "sourceId": "Q40912", "sourceLabel": "Frank Sinatra", "sourceImId": "Frank_Sinatra_'57.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg/180px-Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/06/29/0052991", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7DC1338F93AA15755C0A961948260", "text": "The women had traveled 12,000 miles, all the way from Tokyo, and when they arrived in Manhattan yesterday, they had one man's name on their lips - |Hiroshi Itsuki|, the *Frank Sinatra* of /Japan/.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0053903_0", "date": "1987-07-03", "sourceId": "Q508574", "sourceLabel": "Billy Martin", "sourceImId": "Billy_Martin_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a8/Billy_Martin_2008.jpg/180px-Billy_Martin_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1987/07/03/0053903", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFDD1F3AF930A35754C0A961948260", "text": "|LESLIE REVSIN|, the *Billy Martin* of /New York City chefs/, is back with a new team -her sixth since 1979.", "author": "Miller, Bryan", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0054304_0", "date": "1987-07-05", "sourceId": "Q3369419", "sourceLabel": "Patrick Dupond", "sourceImId": "DUPOND_PAtrick-24x30-1994.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/DUPOND_PAtrick-24x30-1994.jpg/180px-DUPOND_PAtrick-24x30-1994.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1987/07/05/0054304", "aUrlId": "9B0DEEDB123EF936A35754C0A961948260", "text": "|Andris Liepa|, the son of Maris Liepa, is an exciting classical dancer with a very contemporary veneer, the *Patrick Dupond* of /Moscow/ but with a poetic edge.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0054412_0", "date": "1987-07-05", "sourceId": "Q40912", "sourceLabel": "Frank Sinatra", "sourceImId": "Frank_Sinatra_'57.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg/180px-Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/07/05/0054412", "aUrlId": "9B0DEED91E3EF936A35754C0A961948260", "text": "|Mr. Itsuki|, who is known as the *Frank Sinatra* of /Japan/, was trailed by 180 of his most devoted Japanese fans, mostly unmarried middle-aged women, who paid $5,500 each to make the trip.", "author": "", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0057747_0", "date": "1987-07-19", "sourceId": "Q103949", "sourceLabel": "Buster Keaton", "sourceImId": "Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Busterkeaton_edit.jpg/180px-Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/07/19/0057747", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2DC143BF93AA25754C0A961948260", "text": "As one person was overheard saying at a performance, ''|He|'s like *a Buster Keaton of* /linguistics/.''", "author": "Kaufman, David", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0059941_0", "date": "1987-07-26", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/07/26/0059941", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2DC1F3BF935A15754C0A961948260", "text": "|Mr. Safdie| was described as the *Henry Ford* of /housing/.", "author": "Hinds, Michael Decourcy", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "0060318_0", "date": "1987-07-27", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/07/27/0060318", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2D8173EF934A15754C0A961948260", "text": "Venice reminds him of ''Othello,'' and prompts an analysis of the tragedy that ends: ''|Othello| was the *Jackie Robinson* of /his day/.", "author": "Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0066105_0", "date": "1987-08-15", "sourceId": "Q772302", "sourceLabel": "Paul Harvey", "sourceImId": "Paul_Harvey.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Paul_Harvey.jpg/180px-Paul_Harvey.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/08/15/0066105", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2DB1F39F936A2575BC0A961948260", "text": "|Gabriel Heatter| was the *Paul Harvey* of /his era/, but without Paul Harvey's understated subtlety.", "author": "Baker, Russell", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0067049_0", "date": "1987-08-18", "sourceId": "Q3320055", "sourceLabel": "Mona Lisa", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1987/08/18/0067049", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6D91F3CF93BA2575BC0A961948260", "text": "|She| is a *Mona Lisa* of /Roman Palestine/,'' said Professor Meyers.", "author": "", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "0068396_0", "date": "1987-08-23", "sourceId": "Q25089", "sourceLabel": "Woody Allen", "sourceImId": "Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg/180px-Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1987/08/23/0068396", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7DE143BF930A1575BC0A961948260", "text": "Sort of the *Woody Allen* of /Hoboken/, |Mr. Sayles| uses many of his regulars -Maggie Renzi, David Strathairn, Josh Mostel, Nancy Mette - in ''Matewan,'' but he also makes maximum advantage of a deep-voiced newcomer named James Earl Jones, who does his best not to dominate the screen as the natural leader of the black miners.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0068626_0", "date": "1987-08-23", "sourceId": "Q739866", "sourceLabel": "Pete Rose", "sourceImId": "Pete_rose_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7a/Pete_rose_cropped.jpg/180px-Pete_rose_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1987/08/23/0068626", "aUrlId": "9B0DEED91331F930A1575BC0A961948260", "text": "|Shays| is the *Pete Rose* of /the Connecticut Republican Party/, hustle, hustle, hustle,'' said Robert S. Poliner, the Connecticut Republican state chairman, who called the win ''a tremendous shot in the arm'' for the Connecticut Republican Party and a ''good sign nationally'' for the party.", "author": "Ravo, Nick", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0072173_0", "date": "1987-09-06", "sourceId": "Q296647", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Lauren", "sourceImId": "Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg/180px-Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1987/09/06/0072173", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3D6113AF935A3575AC0A961948260", "text": "Ah well - but |I| might become the *Ralph Lauren* of /the Camargue/.''", "author": "Donovan, Carrie", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0072432_0", "date": "1987-09-07", "sourceId": "Q1225", "sourceLabel": "Bruce Springsteen", "sourceImId": "Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d7/Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg/180px-Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1987/09/07/0072432", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2DE143BF934A3575AC0A961948260", "text": "What's more, Mr. Fryer added, |the Governor| is ''the *Bruce Springsteen* of /politics/.''", "author": "Schmalz, Jeffrey", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0072470_0", "date": "1987-09-07", "sourceId": "Q49216", "sourceLabel": "Walter Mondale", "sourceImId": "Waltermondaleasdiplomat.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4c/Waltermondaleasdiplomat.jpg/180px-Waltermondaleasdiplomat.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/09/07/0072470", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6DC133BF934A3575AC0A961948260", "text": "It came from an unlikely source - |Anker Jorgensen|, an earnest but unexciting man usually cast as the *Walter Mondale* of /Danish politics/.", "author": "Raines, Howell", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0072823_0", "date": "1987-09-09", "sourceId": "Q238128", "sourceLabel": "Kitty Genovese", "sourceImId": "KittyGenovese(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/KittyGenovese%281%29.jpg/180px-KittyGenovese%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/09/09/0072823", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6D7143FF93AA3575AC0A961948260", "text": "Let |Haiti| not become the *Kitty Genovese* among /nations/.", "author": "Schlesinger, Arthur M Jr (Prof)", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0073045_0", "date": "1987-09-10", "sourceId": "Q41749", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Goebbels", "sourceImId": "Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1968-101-20A,_Joseph_Goebbels.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/35/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1968-101-20A%2C_Joseph_Goebbels.jpg/180px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1968-101-20A%2C_Joseph_Goebbels.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1987/09/10/0073045", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5DD1339F933A2575AC0A961948260", "text": "Military officers were also offended by Mr. Arroyo's characterization of the army spokesman, |Col. Honesto Isleta|, as ''the *Goebbels* of /Aguinaldo/.''", "author": "Crossette, Barbara", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0073363_0", "date": "1987-09-11", "sourceId": "Q697096", "sourceLabel": "Cecil Beaton", "sourceImId": "Cecil_Beaton_Photographs-_General;_Beaton,_Cecil_IB4287C_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2a/Cecil_Beaton_Photographs-_General%3B_Beaton%2C_Cecil_IB4287C_cropped.jpg/180px-Cecil_Beaton_Photographs-_General%3B_Beaton%2C_Cecil_IB4287C_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/09/11/0073363", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2DD1F3AF932A2575AC0A961948260", "text": "|I| want to be the *Cecil Beaton* of /the flower world/.''", "author": "Trucco, Terry", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0073979_0", "date": "1987-09-13", "sourceId": "Q171826", "sourceLabel": "Alfred Dreyfus", "sourceImId": "AlfredDreyfus.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/AlfredDreyfus.jpg/180px-AlfredDreyfus.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/09/13/0073979", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3DC1038F930A2575AC0A961948260", "text": "school of crime reporting; and a third, the novelist Michael Mewshaw, who, in ''Money to Burn,'' is so bent on making |Steven Benson| the *Alfred Dreyfus* of /southwest Florida/ that he inflates what could have been a chapter of sharp-eyed criticism into a book-length orgy of nit-picking.", "author": "Jones, Malcolm", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0074975_0", "date": "1987-09-16", "sourceId": "Q332032", "sourceLabel": "Alice Cooper", "sourceImId": "Alice_Cooper_Live_in_London_2012-10-28.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f7/Alice_Cooper_Live_in_London_2012-10-28.jpg/180px-Alice_Cooper_Live_in_London_2012-10-28.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1987/09/16/0074975", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5DE1730F935A2575AC0A961948260", "text": "What became an intergallactic dud was ''the *Alice Cooper* of /comets/,'' according to Mr. Schaffer's publicity.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0075504_0", "date": "1987-09-19", "sourceId": "Q3128961", "sourceLabel": "Roone Arledge", "sourceImId": "Roone_Arledge.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "4/4f/Roone_Arledge.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/09/19/0075504", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFDE1439F93AA2575AC0A961948260", "text": "|Mr. Brandon|, the 37-year-old founder of Cheerleader Productions, can be thought of as the *Roone Arledge* of /Britain/.", "author": "Raines, Howell", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0075758_0", "date": "1987-09-20", "sourceId": "Q319648", "sourceLabel": "Ray Kroc", "sourceImId": "Ray_kroc_1976.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3c/Ray_kroc_1976.jpg/180px-Ray_kroc_1976.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/09/20/0075758", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5DA1739F933A1575AC0A961948260", "text": "THE vision that Mr. Zanker's energy serves is as simple as it is grandiose: |He| would like to be the *Ray Kroc* of /adult education/.", "author": "Berreby, David", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0076210_0", "date": "1987-09-20", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/09/20/0076210", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7D61530F933A1575AC0A961948260", "text": "If |he| is not exactly the *Elvis Presley* of /ballet/, Mr. Baryshnikov demonstrates a popular appeal that reaches far beyond the usual ballet audience.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0076271_0", "date": "1987-09-20", "sourceId": "Q6218491", "sourceLabel": "John Alden", "sourceImId": "Priscilla_and_John_Alden_(71565).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/32/Priscilla_and_John_Alden_%2871565%29.jpg/180px-Priscilla_and_John_Alden_%2871565%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/09/20/0076271", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFD71030F933A1575AC0A961948260", "text": "But you would not know that |Senator Kennedy| remains the *John Alden* of /American politics/ unless you watched his part of the hearings in its entirety.", "author": "Safire, William", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0076371_0", "date": "1987-09-21", "sourceId": "Q127494", "sourceLabel": "Ozzie Smith", "sourceImId": "Ozzie_Smith_1983.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b2/Ozzie_Smith_1983.jpg/180px-Ozzie_Smith_1983.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1987/09/21/0076371", "aUrlId": "9B0DE1DC153AF932A1575AC0A961948260", "text": "|He| was the *Ozzie Smith* of /the West Indies/,'' the spectator said, referring to the St. Louis Cardinals' shortstop who is a premier fielder.", "author": "Verhovek, Sam Howe", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0077266_0", "date": "1987-09-25", "sourceId": "Q5928", "sourceLabel": "Jimi Hendrix", "sourceImId": "Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ae/Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png/180px-Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "1987/09/25/0077266", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFDD103AF936A1575AC0A961948260", "text": "For Roger Miller, it's as much an electronic instrument as the electric guitar - and |he|'s set out to become the *Jimi Hendrix* of /the electric piano/.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0077581_0", "date": "1987-09-26", "sourceId": "Q23", "sourceLabel": "George Washington", "sourceImId": "Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg/180px-Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/09/26/0077581", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2DE1330F935A1575AC0A961948260", "text": "Remember back when they were trying to tell us in certain areas of the media that |Castro| was the *George Washington* of /Cuba/?''", "author": "Brinkley, Joel", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0077678_0", "date": "1987-09-27", "sourceId": "Q1203", "sourceLabel": "John Lennon", "sourceImId": "JohnLennonpeace.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/JohnLennonpeace.jpg/180px-JohnLennonpeace.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.5", "fId": "1987/09/27/0077678", "aUrlId": "9B0DE0DB1739F934A1575AC0A961948260", "text": "He was the *John Lennon* of /the Wailers/, sometimes abrasive and sometimes erratic and always outspoken, even when being outspoken didn't always serve his best purposes.", "author": "Rockwell, John", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0077726_0", "date": "1987-09-27", "sourceId": "Q103846", "sourceLabel": "Groucho Marx", "sourceImId": "GrouchoCaricature.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/GrouchoCaricature.jpg/180px-GrouchoCaricature.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1987/09/27/0077726", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFDF1539F934A1575AC0A961948260", "text": "But the tide eventually shifted, partly because the supreme materialist of physics, Richard Feynman of the California Institute of Technology, a man once described as the *Groucho Marx* of /physics/, turned the quest for nuclear substructure into a cause celebre.", "author": "Bartusiak, Marcia", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0077905_0", "date": "1987-09-27", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/09/27/0077905", "aUrlId": "9B0DE0DC1038F934A1575AC0A961948260", "text": "|Dr. Allen|, whose father is the entertainer Steve Allen, has in fact become something of a *Johnny Appleseed* of /juggling/.", "author": "Grossman, John", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0080556_0", "date": "1987-10-07", "sourceId": "Q60809", "sourceLabel": "Ansel Adams", "sourceImId": "Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg/180px-Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/10/07/0080556", "aUrlId": "9B0DE0D9103EF934A35753C1A961948260", "text": "Leonard Humbrecht is the *Ansel Adams* of /Alsace wine makers/.", "author": "Goldberg, Howard G", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0086630_0", "date": "1987-10-26", "sourceId": "Q7704665", "sourceLabel": "Terry Leach", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1987/10/26/0086630", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6D6113FF935A15753C1A961948260", "text": "The Yankees won their Series debut, 3-0, behind the submarine pitching of Carl Mays, the *Terry Leach* of /his day/.", "author": "Corio, Ray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0088343_0", "date": "1987-11-01", "sourceId": "Q152505", "sourceLabel": "Leonard Bernstein", "sourceImId": "Leonard_Bernstein_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Leonard_Bernstein_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg/180px-Leonard_Bernstein_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1987/11/01/0088343", "aUrlId": "9B0DE4DF113DF932A35752C1A961948260", "text": "So while Marshall W. Mason commenced a long leave of absence from New York's Circle Repertory Company (he resigned last year), and Gordon Davidson did the same from the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, Mr. Hall, at 55, began doing double duty, announcing with typical bravado that he planned to be ''the *Lenny Bernstein* of /the theater world/.''", "author": "Gerard, Jeremy", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0089082_0", "date": "1987-11-03", "sourceId": "Q170779", "sourceLabel": "Cassandra", "sourceImId": "Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Cassandra1.jpeg/180px-Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/11/03/0089082", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6D71139F930A35752C1A961948260", "text": "In a sense he is, as the *Cassandra* of /Dupont Circle/.", "author": "Farnsworth, Clyde H", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0091723_0", "date": "1987-11-11", "sourceId": "Q214477", "sourceLabel": "Julia Child", "sourceImId": "Julia_Child_portrait_by_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1987/11/11/0091723", "aUrlId": "9B0DE1DC113AF932A25752C1A961948260", "text": "A letter to Ruth Sirkis - ''the *Julia Child* of /Israel/,'' according to Ms. Levy - led to a two-year stint as her assistant.", "author": "Hall, Trish", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0091729_0", "date": "1987-11-11", "sourceId": "Q72267", "sourceLabel": "Cecil B. DeMille", "sourceImId": "Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg/180px-Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/11/11/0091729", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2DF1E3AF932A25752C1A961948260", "text": "Mr. Tyler has been called the *Cecil B. DeMille* of /printmakers/, and a Detroit production-liner in a handcraft trade.", "author": "Glueck, Grace", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0092773_0", "date": "1987-11-14", "sourceId": "Q41871", "sourceLabel": "Paul Newman", "sourceImId": "Paul_Newman_1954.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ed/Paul_Newman_1954.JPG/180px-Paul_Newman_1954.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/11/14/0092773", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6DF173CF937A25752C1A961948260", "text": "If Bill Laimbeer is good at acting to get calls, then Moses Malone is the *Paul Newman* of /professional basketball/,'' Pitino said.", "author": "Johnson, Roy S", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0092897_0", "date": "1987-11-15", "sourceId": "Q9041", "sourceLabel": "James Watt", "sourceImId": "James_Watt_by_Henry_Howard.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2c/James_Watt_by_Henry_Howard.jpg/180px-James_Watt_by_Henry_Howard.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/11/15/0092897", "aUrlId": "9B0DE0DF173BF936A25752C1A961948260", "text": "I don't think it is going too far to call Mr. Scanlon ''the *James Watt* of /consumer protection/.''", "author": "Florio, James J (Repr)", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0094729_0", "date": "1987-11-20", "sourceId": "Q231417", "sourceLabel": "Barbara Walters", "sourceImId": "Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ad/Barbara_Walters.jpg/180px-Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1987/11/20/0094729", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3D81038F933A15752C1A961948260", "text": "She said she has been a television reporter for 22 years but disagreed with Mr. Moffett's description of her as ''the *Barbara Walters* of /Soviet television/.''", "author": "Madden, Richard L", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0095650_0", "date": "1987-11-23", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/11/23/0095650", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFDC1331F930A15752C1A961948260", "text": "He was known as the *Elvis* of /Torrington/.", "author": "Rimer, Sara", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0098477_0", "date": "1987-12-03", "sourceId": "Q35286", "sourceLabel": "Warren G. Harding", "sourceImId": "Warren_G_Harding_portrait_as_senator_June_1920.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Warren_G_Harding_portrait_as_senator_June_1920.jpg/180px-Warren_G_Harding_portrait_as_senator_June_1920.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/12/03/0098477", "aUrlId": "9B0DE7D6153CF930A35751C1A961948260", "text": "To me the President has for years seemed to be the *Warren G. Harding* of /our time/, not the Herbert Hoover.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0099935_0", "date": "1987-12-07", "sourceId": "Q739866", "sourceLabel": "Pete Rose", "sourceImId": "Pete_rose_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7a/Pete_rose_cropped.jpg/180px-Pete_rose_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1987/12/07/0099935", "aUrlId": "9B0DE3DA1530F934A35751C1A961948260", "text": "Whatever the count, Mr. Wallace, 56 years old, still has a chance to become the *Pete Rose* of /legal argumentation/.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0101324_0", "date": "1987-12-13", "sourceId": "Q83807", "sourceLabel": "Ed Sullivan", "sourceImId": "Ed_Sullivan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ea/Ed_Sullivan.jpg/180px-Ed_Sullivan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/12/13/0101324", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6DD1F3CF930A25751C1A961948260", "text": "But Mr. Schmidt, too, wonders about Mr. Adams's future role: ''I see him more as the facilitator, the introducer, kind of the *Ed Sullivan* of /the program/.", "author": "Bowermaster, Jon", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0102667_0", "date": "1987-12-18", "sourceId": "Q2331870", "sourceLabel": "M. L. Carr", "sourceImId": "M.L.Carr.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/M.L.Carr.jpg/180px-M.L.Carr.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1987/12/18/0102667", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5D8163BF93BA25751C1A961948260", "text": "- won the Super Bowl with a former Navy helicopter pilot named Phil McConkey running up and down the sidelines waving a flag, the *M. L. Carr* of /the swamplands/.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0103276_0", "date": "1987-12-20", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/12/20/0103276", "aUrlId": "9B0DE4DD173EF933A15751C1A961948260", "text": "If, as the author tells us, the deal is an art form, then the book makes clear that Mr. Trump sees himself as the *Michelangelo* of /that form/.", "author": "Morgan, Ted", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0103904_0", "date": "1987-12-22", "sourceId": "Q103846", "sourceLabel": "Groucho Marx", "sourceImId": "GrouchoCaricature.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/GrouchoCaricature.jpg/180px-GrouchoCaricature.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1987/12/22/0103904", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6D8163DF931A15751C1A961948260", "text": "This season they have hidden him somewhere behind the boys' clothing section; and yes, his black-rimmed eyeglasses make him the *Groucho Marx* of /the Kringle clan/.", "author": "Collins, Glenn", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0106025_0", "date": "1987-12-31", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1987/12/31/0106025", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5D7113FF932A05751C1A961948260", "text": "He's the *John Wayne* of /the rodent/.''", "author": "Rimer, Sara", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0106769_0", "date": "1988-01-03", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/01/03/0106769", "aUrlId": "940DE5DB153EF930A35752C0A96E948260", "text": "(''Who is the *Tolstoy* of /the Zulus/?", "author": "Atlas, James", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0109114_0", "date": "1988-01-13", "sourceId": "Q43203", "sourceLabel": "Clint Eastwood", "sourceImId": "ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/07/ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg/180px-ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1988/01/13/0109114", "aUrlId": "940DE0D91538F930A25752C0A96E948260", "text": "He's a phenomenon - the *Clint Eastwood* of /the art museum director's world/,'' said the director of the Brooklyn Museum, Robert Buck.", "author": "Mcgill, Douglas C", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0109439_0", "date": "1988-01-14", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/01/14/0109439", "aUrlId": "940DE2D81F3DF937A25752C0A96E948260", "text": "Any pretentions aside, |Mr. LeFrak|, who was born on Lincoln's Birthday, characterizes himself as ''a man of the people,'' kind of *a Donald Trump for* /the middle class/.", "author": "Roberts, Sam", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0110278_0", "date": "1988-01-17", "sourceId": "Q43203", "sourceLabel": "Clint Eastwood", "sourceImId": "ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/07/ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg/180px-ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1988/01/17/0110278", "aUrlId": "940DE7D7123DF934A25752C0A96E948260", "text": "The Guggenheim Museum of Art has appointed a man described as ''the *Clint Eastwood* of /the art museum director's world/'' to direct its expansionist fortunes.", "author": "", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0110836_0", "date": "1988-01-19", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/01/19/0110836", "aUrlId": "940DEFDC1631F93AA25752C0A96E948260", "text": "The novelist Saul Bellow, for example, remarked in a recent issue of The New York Times Magazine that he did not know ''the *Tolstoy* of /the Zulus/, the Proust of the Papuans,'' His remark provoked the ire of some professors, who charged him with insensitivity to the feelings of non-whites.", "author": "Bernstein, Richard", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0110836_1", "date": "1988-01-19", "sourceId": "Q7199", "sourceLabel": "Marcel Proust", "sourceImId": "Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b8/Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg/180px-Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/01/19/0110836", "aUrlId": "940DEFDC1631F93AA25752C0A96E948260", "text": "The novelist Saul Bellow, for example, remarked in a recent issue of The New York Times Magazine that he did not know ''the Tolstoy of the Zulus, the *Proust* of /the Papuans/,'' His remark provoked the ire of some professors, who charged him with insensitivity to the feelings of non-whites.", "author": "Bernstein, Richard", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0112122_0", "date": "1988-01-23", "sourceId": "Q298237", "sourceLabel": "Benedict Arnold", "sourceImId": "Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg/180px-Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/01/23/0112122", "aUrlId": "940DE6D7143BF930A15752C0A96E948260", "text": "Meldrim Thomson Jr. of New Hampshire, Mr. Robertson's campaign manager in that state, called Mr. Kemp ''the *Benedict Arnold* of /the Republican Party/.''", "author": "Dionne, E J Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0112715_0", "date": "1988-01-24", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/01/24/0112715", "aUrlId": "940DE3DC1E3FF937A15752C0A96E948260", "text": "Allan Bloom's colleague Saul Bellow asks: ''Who is the *Tolstoy* of /the Zulus/?", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0112743_0", "date": "1988-01-24", "sourceId": "Q72267", "sourceLabel": "Cecil B. DeMille", "sourceImId": "Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg/180px-Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/01/24/0112743", "aUrlId": "940DE1DC1330F937A15752C0A96E948260", "text": "Mr. Breuer, who attempts to blend classical and popular cultures in his theater works, has been called ''the *Cecil B. DeMille* of /the American theater/.''", "author": "Klein, Alvin", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0116272_0", "date": "1988-02-05", "sourceId": "Q345231", "sourceLabel": "Evel Knievel", "sourceImId": "At_Home_With_Evel_Knievel.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/At_Home_With_Evel_Knievel.jpg/180px-At_Home_With_Evel_Knievel.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1988/02/05/0116272", "aUrlId": "940DEEDA1030F936A35751C0A96E948260", "text": "Lear,'' directed by Lee Breuer and featuring Ruth Maleczech as the aged king and Greg Mehrten as a drag-queen Fool, has created some excited word of mouth since early work-in-progress performances began at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, N.J. Other high points of the marathon are likely to be Karen Finley performing an excerpt from her scabrously obscene monologue ''The Constant State of Desire,'' the Alien Comic (Tom Murrin) dressed as an electrified lemon tree, and an appearance by David Leslie, the *Evel Knievel* of /performance artists/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0117468_0", "date": "1988-02-09", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/02/09/0117468", "aUrlId": "940DE4DC1230F93AA35751C0A96E948260", "text": "Saul Bellow, whom you quote as having remarked that he didn't know ''the *Tolstoy* of /the Zulus/, the Proust of the Papuans,'' will not find his Tolstoy; but as you quote John R. Perry, Stanford philosophy professor, ''if his never having heard of a great author among them suggests that it's pointless to look for great ideas or things to teach from the whole African continent, then I find it sad.''", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0117468_1", "date": "1988-02-09", "sourceId": "Q7199", "sourceLabel": "Marcel Proust", "sourceImId": "Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b8/Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg/180px-Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/02/09/0117468", "aUrlId": "940DE4DC1230F93AA35751C0A96E948260", "text": "Saul Bellow, whom you quote as having remarked that he didn't know ''the Tolstoy of the Zulus, the *Proust* of /the Papuans/,'' will not find his Tolstoy; but as you quote John R. Perry, Stanford philosophy professor, ''if his never having heard of a great author among them suggests that it's pointless to look for great ideas or things to teach from the whole African continent, then I find it sad.''", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0118297_0", "date": "1988-02-12", "sourceId": "Q204205", "sourceLabel": "Sonja Henie", "sourceImId": "Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11013A,_Sonja_Henie.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/61/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11013A%2C_Sonja_Henie.jpg/180px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11013A%2C_Sonja_Henie.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1988/02/12/0118297", "aUrlId": "940DE4D71F38F931A25751C0A96E948260", "text": "By virtue of its first strike, chinook now looms as the Torvill and Dean, the Miracle on Ice hockey team, the Peggy Fleming, the *Sonja Henie* of /these Winter Games/.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0119745_0", "date": "1988-02-17", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1988/02/17/0119745", "aUrlId": "940DE3DB103FF934A25751C0A96E948260", "text": "CALIFORNIA chardonnay is the *Cinderella* of /American wines/.", "author": "Goldberg, Howard G", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0124772_0", "date": "1988-03-05", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/03/05/0124772", "aUrlId": "940DE6DD1730F936A35750C0A96E948260", "text": "The late owner of three major league clubs, Veeck was often called the *P. T. Barnum* of /baseball/ for his promotional gimmicks.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0125050_0", "date": "1988-03-06", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/03/06/0125050", "aUrlId": "940DE0D6123BF935A35750C0A96E948260", "text": "At home, Khan is a prominent figure, hailed as ''the *Einstein* of /Pakistan/.''", "author": "Smith, Hedrick", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0125121_0", "date": "1988-03-06", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1988/03/06/0125121", "aUrlId": "940DE6DF163FF935A35750C0A96E948260", "text": "WITH the prices of land and single-family houses continuing to soar, some Westchester builders are turning to the *Cinderella* of /the housing market/, the two-family house, and finding eager buyers.", "author": "", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "0125233_0", "date": "1988-03-06", "sourceId": "Q275175", "sourceLabel": "Witold Gombrowicz", "sourceImId": "Witold_Gombrowicz_by_Bohdan_Paczowski_-_detail.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ae/Witold_Gombrowicz_by_Bohdan_Paczowski_-_detail.jpg/180px-Witold_Gombrowicz_by_Bohdan_Paczowski_-_detail.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/03/06/0125233", "aUrlId": "940DE7D61131F935A35750C0A96E948260", "text": "Not a Mann, not *a Gombrowicz among* /them/.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0125626_0", "date": "1988-03-08", "sourceId": "Q6882", "sourceLabel": "James Joyce", "sourceImId": "Revolutionary_Joyce_Better_Contrast.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1e/Revolutionary_Joyce_Better_Contrast.jpg/180px-Revolutionary_Joyce_Better_Contrast.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/03/08/0125626", "aUrlId": "940DE3DF123CF93BA35750C0A96E948260", "text": "He's always seemed to me like the *James Joyce* of /the Middle Ages/ and probably as complex and puzzling to his contemporaries.''", "author": "Clines, Francis X", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0126299_0", "date": "1988-03-10", "sourceId": "Q3308441", "sourceLabel": "Eppie Lederer", "sourceImId": "Ann_Landers.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Ann_Landers.jpg/180px-Ann_Landers.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/03/10/0126299", "aUrlId": "940DEED91E3DF933A25750C0A96E948260", "text": "|I|'m sort of like an *Ann Landers* for /the feet/.''", "author": "Gruson, Lindsey", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0126655_0", "date": "1988-03-11", "sourceId": "Q271032", "sourceLabel": "Matthew Arnold", "sourceImId": "Matthew_Arnold_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16745.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/11/Matthew_Arnold_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16745.jpg/180px-Matthew_Arnold_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16745.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/03/11/0126655", "aUrlId": "940DE5DE1231F932A25750C0A96E948260", "text": "I do not know whether, when Chaim Grade made this statement, he did or did not think of the words of his friend, the distinguished Y. Y. Trunk, the *Matthew Arnold* of /Yiddish letters/, who warned in November 1948, ''You do not suppose that Jews and Jewish values will be saved if Israel becomes a puppy hound among big hounds.''", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0127169_0", "date": "1988-03-13", "sourceId": "Q202584", "sourceLabel": "Dean Smith", "sourceImId": "DeanSmithcropped2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/DeanSmithcropped2.jpg/180px-DeanSmithcropped2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1988/03/13/0127169", "aUrlId": "940DEEDE163CF930A25750C0A96E948260", "text": "Don Ryan is a terrific guy, a dedicated guy, the *Dean Smith* of /biddy basketball/,'' said Steve Nisenson of Jericho, the father of a 12-year-old player, Brett, who at an estimated height of four and a half feet is the shortest player on the biddy team.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0127840_0", "date": "1988-03-16", "sourceId": "Q77688", "sourceLabel": "Ruth Westheimer", "sourceImId": "Ruth_Westheimer_(10877).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Ruth_Westheimer_%2810877%29.jpg/180px-Ruth_Westheimer_%2810877%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1988/03/16/0127840", "aUrlId": "940DE0DF1439F935A25750C0A96E948260", "text": "Ms. Mizner, who calls herself the *Dr. Ruth* of /grappa/, said she believes that a little grappa every day might improve one's sex life.", "author": "Burros, Marian", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0130186_0", "date": "1988-03-24", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1988/03/24/0130186", "aUrlId": "940DE3D91231F937A15750C0A96E948260", "text": "The Spiders have gone big-league, the national news media have anointed them the *Cinderella* of /the tournament/, and in a cacophony of cheers and clatter, the university's first-ever basketball pep rally declares itself, like its team, a success story.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0130877_0", "date": "1988-03-27", "sourceId": "Q7742", "sourceLabel": "Louis XIV of France", "sourceImId": "Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg/180px-Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/03/27/0130877", "aUrlId": "940DE0DB1E39F934A15750C0A96E948260", "text": "AT 65, JAY PRITZKER is the *Louis XIV* of /the deal makers/, the Sun King whose ever-expanding family empire includes the Hyatt hotel chain; Braniff airlines; the Marmon Group, a $3-billion assemblage of more than 60 industrial companies, and diversified interests in real estate, financial services and timberland.", "author": "Meyers, William H", "desk": "Business World Magazine"},
{"id": "0131142_0", "date": "1988-03-27", "sourceId": "Q253364", "sourceLabel": "Helen Thomas", "sourceImId": "Helen_Thomas.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Helen_Thomas.jpg/180px-Helen_Thomas.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1988/03/27/0131142", "aUrlId": "940DE7DD1331F934A15750C0A96E948260", "text": "I suppose I'm kind of the *Helen Thomas* of /the New York reporters/,'' he said, referring to United Press International's longtime White House correspondent, who always gets the first question at President Reagan's news conferences.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0131517_0", "date": "1988-03-29", "sourceId": "Q189081", "sourceLabel": "Howard Hughes", "sourceImId": "Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg/180px-Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/03/29/0131517", "aUrlId": "940DE1D7103BF93AA15750C0A96E948260", "text": "One alderman has derided him as ''the *Howard Hughes* of /City Hall/,'' a reference to what some think is a reclusive style of governing.", "author": "Johnson, Dirk", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0132316_0", "date": "1988-04-01", "sourceId": "Q3195237", "sourceLabel": "Kenny Scharf", "sourceImId": "Artist_Kenny_Scharf_and_Mural.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/29/Artist_Kenny_Scharf_and_Mural.jpg/180px-Artist_Kenny_Scharf_and_Mural.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1988/04/01/0132316", "aUrlId": "940DE6DB143DF932A35757C0A96E948260", "text": "These objects radiate a physical perfection, good humor and, despite their effusive hardware, a buoyancy that is reminiscent of the best graffiti art, so it is fitting that people are calling Mr. Bickerton ''the *Kenny Scharf* of /Neo-Geo/.''", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0134160_0", "date": "1988-04-08", "sourceId": "Q9191", "sourceLabel": "Ren\u00e9 Descartes", "sourceImId": "Frans_Hals_-_Portret_van_Ren\u00e9_Descartes.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/73/Frans_Hals_-_Portret_van_Ren%C3%A9_Descartes.jpg/180px-Frans_Hals_-_Portret_van_Ren%C3%A9_Descartes.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/04/08/0134160", "aUrlId": "940DE4DB143CF93BA35757C0A96E948260", "text": "(The French critic Pierre Restany, a lifelong friend and champion of Arman, was moved recently to call him ''the *Descartes* of /the quantitative method/.'')", "author": "Russell, John", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0134562_0", "date": "1988-04-10", "sourceId": "Q41042", "sourceLabel": "Harold Pinter", "sourceImId": "Harold-pinter-atp.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Harold-pinter-atp.jpg/180px-Harold-pinter-atp.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1988/04/10/0134562", "aUrlId": "940DEFDC1039F933A25757C0A96E948260", "text": "JAMES KUDELKA, THE 32-year-old Canadian choreographer, has been called the *Harold Pinter* of /dance/.", "author": "Gruen, John", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0135375_0", "date": "1988-04-12", "sourceId": "Q26456", "sourceLabel": "Rashi", "sourceImId": "Rashi_woodcut.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Rashi_woodcut.jpg/180px-Rashi_woodcut.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/04/12/0135375", "aUrlId": "940DE1D91331F931A25757C0A96E948260", "text": "Eugene Borowitz, professor of Jewish religious thought at Hebrew Union College, called Rabbi Steinsaltz ''the *Rashi* of /our time/,'' adding ''He does for the modern reader what Rashi has done for centuries of Jewish readers.''", "author": "Mcdowell, Edwin", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0135673_0", "date": "1988-04-13", "sourceId": "Q504025", "sourceLabel": "Bill Bradley", "sourceImId": "Senator_Bill_Bradley_(D-NJ).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/db/Senator_Bill_Bradley_%28D-NJ%29.jpg/180px-Senator_Bill_Bradley_%28D-NJ%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/04/13/0135673", "aUrlId": "940DE4D61E3BF930A25757C0A96E948260", "text": "Mr. Tisch described his man succinctly: ''smart, understanding, decent and tough - the *Bill Bradley* of /the South/.''", "author": "Brozan, Nadine", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0136310_0", "date": "1988-04-15", "sourceId": "Q82180", "sourceLabel": "Mata Hari", "sourceImId": "Mata_Hari_13.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Mata_Hari_13.jpg/180px-Mata_Hari_13.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/04/15/0136310", "aUrlId": "940DE2D81131F936A25757C0A96E948260", "text": "Alex's literary agent (Antonia Ellis), described as ''the *Mata Hari* of /the Hamptons/,'' is a seductress who bumps about in Frederick's of Hollywood-style lingerie to the accompaniment of jungle drums.", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0137197_0", "date": "1988-04-18", "sourceId": "Q3187222", "sourceLabel": "Joyce Brothers", "sourceImId": "Joyce_Brothers_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d2/Joyce_Brothers_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Joyce_Brothers_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/04/18/0137197", "aUrlId": "940DE0D9133EF93BA25757C0A96E948260", "text": "The lieutenant shrugged and said: ''I got tired months ago of being the *Joyce Brothers* of /all this/.''", "author": "Oreskes, Michael", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0139065_0", "date": "1988-04-24", "sourceId": "Q310394", "sourceLabel": "Alan Alda", "sourceImId": "Alan_Alda_by_Bridget_Laudien_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3f/Alan_Alda_by_Bridget_Laudien_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Alan_Alda_by_Bridget_Laudien_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1988/04/24/0139065", "aUrlId": "940DE6D9123EF937A15757C0A96E948260", "text": "The Dave Winfield in ''Winfield'' comes off as the *Alan Alda* of /baseball/.", "author": "Barra, Allen", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0139243_0", "date": "1988-04-24", "sourceId": "Q30875", "sourceLabel": "Oscar Wilde", "sourceImId": "Oscar_Wilde_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Oscar_Wilde_portrait.jpg/180px-Oscar_Wilde_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/04/24/0139243", "aUrlId": "940DEFDA1430F937A15757C0A96E948260", "text": "Under Mr. Rawls, who is described by some staff members as ''the *Oscar Wilde* of /profanity/'' because of his newsroom outbursts, the news staff was pushed to be faster in pursuit of news and more aggressive.", "author": "Jones, Alex S", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0139923_0", "date": "1988-04-27", "sourceId": "Q83410", "sourceLabel": "Cary Grant", "sourceImId": "Grant,_Cary_(Suspicion)_01_Crisco_edit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/27/Grant%2C_Cary_%28Suspicion%29_01_Crisco_edit.jpg/180px-Grant%2C_Cary_%28Suspicion%29_01_Crisco_edit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/04/27/0139923", "aUrlId": "940DE6DE1330F934A15757C0A96E948260", "text": "IF cabernet sauvignon is the *Cary Grant* of /grapes/, then merlot is the Gig Young: handsome, likable, No.", "author": "Prial, Frank J", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0140344_0", "date": "1988-04-29", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/04/29/0140344", "aUrlId": "940DEFD6113CF93AA15757C0A96E948260", "text": "Boomeranging, pardon the expression, is taking off,'' said Darnell, who has been the *Johnny Appleseed* of /the sport in this country/.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0140918_0", "date": "1988-05-01", "sourceId": "Q59215", "sourceLabel": "Robert Redford", "sourceImId": "Robert_Redford_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/Robert_Redford_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Robert_Redford_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/05/01/0140918", "aUrlId": "940DEFD7163CF932A35756C0A96E948260", "text": "From the English sailor Blackthorne washed up on the beach of 17th-century Japan in ''Shogun'' to the amnesia victim Jason Bourne washed up on the beach in the south of France in 1988 in ''The Bourne Identity,'' Richard Chamberlain has become the *Robert Redford* of /the living room/, finding a stardom in prime time that has eluded him on the silver screen.", "author": "Harmetz, Aljean", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0141477_0", "date": "1988-05-03", "sourceId": "Q508574", "sourceLabel": "Billy Martin", "sourceImId": "Billy_Martin_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a8/Billy_Martin_2008.jpg/180px-Billy_Martin_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1988/05/03/0141477", "aUrlId": "940DEEDF103FF930A35756C0A96E948260", "text": "Most baseball people of that era thought that Chandler simply was out to get Durocher, the *Billy Martin* of /his time/.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0142985_0", "date": "1988-05-08", "sourceId": "Q2000363", "sourceLabel": "Bobby Clark", "sourceImId": "Nederland_tegen_Schotland_0-0._Keeper_Clark_stopt_schot_van_Van_der_Kuylen,_Bestanddeelnr_921-4038.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Nederland_tegen_Schotland_0-0._Keeper_Clark_stopt_schot_van_Van_der_Kuylen%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4038.jpg/180px-Nederland_tegen_Schotland_0-0._Keeper_Clark_stopt_schot_van_Van_der_Kuylen%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4038.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1988/05/08/0142985", "aUrlId": "940DE6DA1339F93BA35756C0A96E948260", "text": "Wearing a mothy fright wig and whitish makeup, Mr. Keaton recalls some worn-out but manic burlesque comic, a *Bobby Clark* of /the hereafter/, a leering, fast-talking lecher who admits that, after 600 years of celibacy, ''I'm feeling a little anxious.''", "author": "Canby, Vincent", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0143507_0", "date": "1988-05-09", "sourceId": "Q126462", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Paine", "sourceImId": "ThomasPaineStamp1969.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "e/e8/ThomasPaineStamp1969.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/05/09/0143507", "aUrlId": "940DE6DD153DF93AA35756C0A96E948260", "text": "Mr. Buchanan comes across as ''the *Thomas Paine* of /the Right/,'' and Adm. John M. Poindexter as a ''sphinx-like'' stonewaller, who knew ''something bad was going on'' but didn't want to investigate.", "author": "Kakutani, Michiko", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0144027_0", "date": "1988-05-11", "sourceId": "Q5928", "sourceLabel": "Jimi Hendrix", "sourceImId": "Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ae/Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png/180px-Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "1988/05/11/0144027", "aUrlId": "940DE7DD1738F932A25756C0A96E948260", "text": "Yomo Toro, who has been called ''the *Jimi Hendrix* of /the cuatro/,'' will appear at Sounds of Brazil (204 Varick Street) tomorrow for two shows.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0144329_0", "date": "1988-05-12", "sourceId": "Q83807", "sourceLabel": "Ed Sullivan", "sourceImId": "Ed_Sullivan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ea/Ed_Sullivan.jpg/180px-Ed_Sullivan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/05/12/0144329", "aUrlId": "940DE5D7103BF931A25756C0A96E948260", "text": "Mike, an invented character who is the comic alter ego of the performance artist Michael Smith, is busy becoming the *Ed Sullivan* of /the downtown performance world/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0145401_0", "date": "1988-05-15", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/05/15/0145401", "aUrlId": "940DE0DC163AF936A25756C0A96E948260", "text": "As a Soviet spy he was the *Napoleon* of /deception/, the greatest mole of them all, who betrayed British secrets to the K.G.B.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0147564_0", "date": "1988-05-22", "sourceId": "Q7816545", "sourceLabel": "Tom Lawless", "sourceImId": "TomLawless1987.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "6/6b/TomLawless1987.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1988/05/22/0147564", "aUrlId": "940DE7DD133AF931A15756C0A96E948260", "text": "Last week was a bad one for hitters who were trying to become the *Tom Lawless* of /1988/.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0151212_0", "date": "1988-06-05", "sourceId": "Q73823", "sourceLabel": "Dirty Harry", "sourceImId": "Dirty_Harry_USA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/92/Dirty_Harry_USA.jpg/180px-Dirty_Harry_USA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1988/06/05/0151212", "aUrlId": "940DE2DF1239F936A35755C0A96E948260", "text": "The photograph on the book jacket of ''Criticism and Social Change'' shows a guy in a sports shirt, posed against a graffiti-scarred wall - ''the *Dirty Harry* of /contemporary critical theory/,'' a reviewer in The Village Voice called him.", "author": "Atlas, James", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0151262_0", "date": "1988-06-05", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/06/05/0151262", "aUrlId": "940DEFDA1139F936A35755C0A96E948260", "text": "team, is described by his admirers as the *Henry Ford* of /solar cars/.", "author": "Rudolph, John", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0151446_0", "date": "1988-06-05", "sourceId": "Q1394", "sourceLabel": "Vladimir Lenin", "sourceImId": "LeninEnSuizaMarzo1916--barbaroussovietr00mcbr.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4a/LeninEnSuizaMarzo1916--barbaroussovietr00mcbr.png/180px-LeninEnSuizaMarzo1916--barbaroussovietr00mcbr.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/06/05/0151446", "aUrlId": "940DE4D6103AF936A35755C0A96E948260", "text": "Though he was condemned by some as a porn king, praised by others as ''the *Lenin* of /the sexual revolution/,'' the fact remains that Maurice Girodias was courageous enough to publish William Burroughs, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, J. P. Donleavy, Nikos Kazantzakis and Nabokov's ''Lolita'' when others were too afraid of censorship to try.", "author": "Jong, Erica", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0153997_0", "date": "1988-06-15", "sourceId": "Q312656", "sourceLabel": "Lon Chaney", "sourceImId": "Lon_Chaney,_Sr._The_Miracle_Man.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/Lon_Chaney%2C_Sr._The_Miracle_Man.jpg/180px-Lon_Chaney%2C_Sr._The_Miracle_Man.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/06/15/0153997", "aUrlId": "940DE4DD123EF936A25755C0A96E948260", "text": "The notion has evidently got into his head that these high-class markings will harm him with the voters, for he seems intent on becoming the *Lon Chaney* of /politics/, the Man of a Thousand Faces.", "author": "Baker, Russell", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0156226_0", "date": "1988-06-24", "sourceId": "Q1126349", "sourceLabel": "Connie Mack", "sourceImId": "Connie_Mack_(1910_baseball_card).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3f/Connie_Mack_%281910_baseball_card%29.jpg/180px-Connie_Mack_%281910_baseball_card%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/06/24/0156226", "aUrlId": "940DEED9113BF937A15755C0A96E948260", "text": "By contrast, Futch, 76, is a mellow type who speaks slowly and softly and carries himself more like an elder statesman, the *Connie Mack* of /the fight game/.", "author": "Berger, Phil", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0157164_0", "date": "1988-06-27", "sourceId": "Q720558", "sourceLabel": "Joe Namath", "sourceImId": "Joe_Namath.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8a/Joe_Namath.jpg/180px-Joe_Namath.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/06/27/0157164", "aUrlId": "940DE4D91030F934A15755C0A96E948260", "text": "We were a long way from earlier times when Mr. Nureyev was called ''the *Joe Namath* of /dance/.''", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0158922_0", "date": "1988-07-04", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/07/04/0158922", "aUrlId": "940DEED91030F937A35754C0A96E948260", "text": "Is Joyce the *Picasso* of /letters/?", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0159990_0", "date": "1988-07-10", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/07/10/0159990", "aUrlId": "940DE3DC1339F933A25754C0A96E948260", "text": "He is certainly the *Jackie Robinson* of /minority business/,'' Mr. Bellinger said of Mr. Lewis.", "author": "Lamb, Yanick Rice", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0160034_0", "date": "1988-07-10", "sourceId": "Q302", "sourceLabel": "Jesus Christ", "sourceImId": "Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4a/Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg/180px-Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/07/10/0160034", "aUrlId": "940DEFD61139F933A25754C0A96E948260", "text": "More attractive though, is irony aimed at an obvious target, of which Jerome Witkin's ''Self-Portrait with a *Jesus* for /Our Time/'' is a striking example.", "author": "Raynor, Vivien", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0162061_0", "date": "1988-07-17", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/07/17/0162061", "aUrlId": "940DE5DC123AF934A25754C0A96E948260", "text": "Gainsborough is the *Mozart* of /portraiture/.", "author": "", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0163101_0", "date": "1988-07-21", "sourceId": "Q518503", "sourceLabel": "Eliza Doolittle", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1988/07/21/0163101", "aUrlId": "940DE0DC143BF932A15754C0A96E948260", "text": "Gloriosa, the *Eliza Doolittle* of /Daisies/", "author": "Lacy, Allen", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0163681_0", "date": "1988-07-22", "sourceId": "Q271884", "sourceLabel": "Norman Rockwell", "sourceImId": "Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/37/Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg/180px-Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/07/22/0163681", "aUrlId": "940DEFDE1531F931A15754C0A96E948260", "text": "Mr. Paul, a 60-year-old Friar Tuck lookalike, is considered the *Norman Rockwell* of /television directors/.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0164793_0", "date": "1988-07-26", "sourceId": "Q6101", "sourceLabel": "Marco Polo", "sourceImId": "Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg/180px-Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/07/26/0164793", "aUrlId": "940DE3DA1F3FF935A15754C0A96E948260", "text": "Marks was the *Marco Polo* of /the drug traffic/,'' said Thomas V. Cash, special agent in charge of the Miami Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration.", "author": "Volsky, George", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0166391_0", "date": "1988-07-31", "sourceId": "Q37327", "sourceLabel": "Samuel Beckett", "sourceImId": "Samuel_Beckett,_Pic,_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/09/Samuel_Beckett%2C_Pic%2C_1.jpg/180px-Samuel_Beckett%2C_Pic%2C_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/07/31/0166391", "aUrlId": "950DE6D91538F932A05754C0A96E948260", "text": "He is a master of erasures and negations, a visionary of discomfort and reproof, the *Samuel Beckett* of /postwar American poetry/.", "author": "Hirsch, Edward", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0167715_0", "date": "1988-08-04", "sourceId": "Q342778", "sourceLabel": "Pat Boone", "sourceImId": "Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/180px-Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1988/08/04/0167715", "aUrlId": "940DE2DC1738F937A3575BC0A96E948260", "text": "If not for his experimental streak, Robert Palmer could be the *Pat Boone* of /the 1980's/.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0168974_0", "date": "1988-08-08", "sourceId": "Q188962", "sourceLabel": "James Naismith", "sourceImId": "James_Naismith_with_a_basketball.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8d/James_Naismith_with_a_basketball.jpg/180px-James_Naismith_with_a_basketball.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/08/08/0168974", "aUrlId": "940DE1DA1338F93BA3575BC0A96E948260", "text": "That's because the *James Naismith* of /Hoover-ball/ was the White House physician, Vice Admiral Joel T. Boone, who devised the game as a way to entice Hoover, who was notoriously lackadaisical about his health, into exercising.", "author": "Thomas, Robert Mcg Jr; Jacobs, Barry", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0169750_0", "date": "1988-08-11", "sourceId": "Q209417", "sourceLabel": "Wallis Simpson", "sourceImId": "Wallis_Simpson_-1936.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/33/Wallis_Simpson_-1936.JPG/180px-Wallis_Simpson_-1936.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/08/11/0169750", "aUrlId": "940DE5D71539F932A2575BC0A96E948260", "text": "And Janet Jones, the beautiful bride in what was built up as a royal wedding here July 16, was seen as the *Wallis Simpson* of /her time/, the wife who coerced her husband into leaving.", "author": "Moran, Malcolm", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0170106_0", "date": "1988-08-12", "sourceId": "Q309648", "sourceLabel": "Charles Ives", "sourceImId": "CharlesEdwardIves1913.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/CharlesEdwardIves1913.jpg/180px-CharlesEdwardIves1913.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/08/12/0170106", "aUrlId": "940DE5D6103AF931A2575BC0A96E948260", "text": "Mr. Scelsi, who was widely called the *Charles Ives* of /Italy/, was known for his choral and symphonic works.", "author": "", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0170859_0", "date": "1988-08-14", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "1988/08/14/0170859", "aUrlId": "940DE3DD1F31F937A2575BC0A96E948260", "text": "That willingness doesn't make him the *Mother Teresa* of /his time/, but it does make him a responsible businessman, a rare enough species in baseball.", "author": "Sullivan, Neil J (Prof)", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0171750_0", "date": "1988-08-17", "sourceId": "Q357444", "sourceLabel": "Lou Gehrig", "sourceImId": "GehrigCU.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2f/GehrigCU.jpg/180px-GehrigCU.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/08/17/0171750", "aUrlId": "940DE5D7123CF934A2575BC0A96E948260", "text": "The man who has won seven Daytonas and a total of 200 races - although none, Gary Carter, since July 4, 1984, which was 118 races ago - is already the *Lou Gehrig* of /racing/, about to start his 500th straight race at Brooklyn International Speedway in Michigan on Sunday.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0172829_0", "date": "1988-08-21", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/08/21/0172829", "aUrlId": "940DE5D91338F932A1575BC0A96E948260", "text": "They were a completely different breed whose first confrontation with the North was not at Fort Sumter, but 38 years earlier, when a North Carolina colonel, known as ''the *Napoleon* of /the turf/,'' encouraged any and all Yankees to race their horses against the indomitable Sir Henry - for a stake of $20,000.", "author": "Segal, Erich", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0174823_0", "date": "1988-08-28", "sourceId": "Q4616", "sourceLabel": "Marilyn Monroe", "sourceImId": "Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/46/Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg/180px-Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/08/28/0174823", "aUrlId": "940DEFD81F3DF93BA1575BC0A96E948260", "text": "He's the *Marilyn Monroe* of /this industry/,'' said Bill Groak, editor of M.A.", "author": "Berreby, David", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0174916_0", "date": "1988-08-28", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/08/28/0174916", "aUrlId": "940DE5DF113CF93BA1575BC0A96E948260", "text": "Sir Frederick Ashton was the *Shakespeare* of /ballet/ - not the Shakespeare who wrote revenge tragedies but the poet who composed love sonnets.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0174982_0", "date": "1988-08-28", "sourceId": "Q609950", "sourceLabel": "Herschel Walker", "sourceImId": "Herschel_Walker.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/Herschel_Walker.jpg/180px-Herschel_Walker.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/08/28/0174982", "aUrlId": "940DE7DC143FF93BA1575BC0A96E948260", "text": "|Smith| had been advertised as a rare, gifted combination of speed and power, *a Herschel Walker for* /his college generation/.", "author": "Moran, Malcolm", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0176939_0", "date": "1988-09-04", "sourceId": "Q182011", "sourceLabel": "Antonio Stradivari", "sourceImId": "Antonio_stradivari.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cd/Antonio_stradivari.jpg/180px-Antonio_stradivari.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/09/04/0176939", "aUrlId": "940DE7D7133DF937A3575AC0A96E948260", "text": "It was made by W. Heckel, a German company that Mr. Segal described as ''the *Stradivarius* of /woodwind manufacturing/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0178234_0", "date": "1988-09-11", "sourceId": "Q864751", "sourceLabel": "The Hatter", "sourceImId": "MadlHatterByTenniel.svg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/MadlHatterByTenniel.svg/180px-MadlHatterByTenniel.svg.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/09/11/0178234", "aUrlId": "940DE6DB1738F932A2575AC0A96E948260", "text": "They say it can't fly,'' whispers Hughes, the *Mad Hatter* of /capitalism/, ''but that's not the point.''", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0178347_0", "date": "1988-09-11", "sourceId": "Q231417", "sourceLabel": "Barbara Walters", "sourceImId": "Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ad/Barbara_Walters.jpg/180px-Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1988/09/11/0178347", "aUrlId": "940DE6D6163BF932A2575AC0A96E948260", "text": "The tenor of this club is to denigrate, to humiliate,'' explains Freda Reeser, a member who calls herself ''the *Barbara Walters* of /the Hawaiian Jewish community/'' because she interviews visiting celebrities for a local magazine.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0178517_0", "date": "1988-09-11", "sourceId": "Q209518", "sourceLabel": "Wayne Gretzky", "sourceImId": "Wgretz.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Wgretz.jpg/180px-Wgretz.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1988/09/11/0178517", "aUrlId": "940DE5DD1F3AF932A2575AC0A96E948260", "text": "No such distinction is made for women, and so Jeannie Longo of France, the *Wayne Gretzky* of /women's cycling/, will compete in the Games, as a heavy favorite.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0178948_0", "date": "1988-09-12", "sourceId": "Q2586583", "sourceLabel": "Henny Youngman", "sourceImId": "Henny_Youngman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/23/Henny_Youngman.jpg/180px-Henny_Youngman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/09/12/0178948", "aUrlId": "940DE0DC173CF931A2575AC0A96E948260", "text": "Mr. Dukakis is reveling in his new role; aside from the daily accusations and the angry speeches, |he|'s becoming a *Henny Youngman* of /political snipers/.", "author": "Weinraub, Bernard", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0182307_0", "date": "1988-09-25", "sourceId": "Q9696", "sourceLabel": "John F. Kennedy", "sourceImId": "John_F._Kennedy,_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c3/John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg/180px-John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/09/25/0182307", "aUrlId": "940DE2DC1F39F936A1575AC0A96E948260", "text": "All told, the four years since he quit his corporate directorships on Bay Street to succeed Mr. Trudeau as Liberal leader have been shocking ones for Mr. Turner, whose supporters once hailed him as the *John F. Kennedy* of /Canadian politics/.", "author": "Burns, John F", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0183345_0", "date": "1988-09-28", "sourceId": "Q19837", "sourceLabel": "Steve Jobs", "sourceImId": "Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg/180px-Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1988/09/28/0183345", "aUrlId": "940DE4D71430F93BA1575AC0A96E948260", "text": "That Acer has come this far is something of a testament to the drive and unconventional approach of the 43-year-old Mr. Shih, who has become the *Steve Jobs* of /Taiwan/.", "author": "Sanger, David E", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0185168_0", "date": "1988-10-05", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/10/05/0185168", "aUrlId": "940DEFD7163EF936A35753C1A96E948260", "text": "That was never more evident than at the opening ceremonies of our Olympics, staged by the longtime Hollywood producer David Wolper, the *P. T. Barnum* of /patriotism/.", "author": "Fleming, Anne Taylor", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0186323_0", "date": "1988-10-09", "sourceId": "Q36107", "sourceLabel": "Muhammad Ali", "sourceImId": "Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/89/Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/10/09/0186323", "aUrlId": "940DE5D9103BF93AA35753C1A96E948260", "text": "Until recently, the muscular, middleweight Ribbs, whom the racing press once labeled the *Muhammad Ali* of /auto racing/, might have reacted to such an incident by punching Pruett out in the pits afterward.", "author": "Mcalevey, Peter", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0186766_0", "date": "1988-10-10", "sourceId": "Q180975", "sourceLabel": "Andrew Lloyd Webber", "sourceImId": "Andrew_Lloyd_Webber_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/35/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Andrew_Lloyd_Webber_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1988/10/10/0186766", "aUrlId": "940DE7D81F3BF933A25753C1A96E948260", "text": "But more stems from Mr. Jobs's reputation as the *Andrew Lloyd Webber* of /product introductions/, a master of stage flair and special effects.", "author": "Pollack, Andrew", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0187729_0", "date": "1988-10-14", "sourceId": "Q9711", "sourceLabel": "Honor\u00e9 de Balzac", "sourceImId": "Honor\u00e9_de_Balzac_(1842)_Detail.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e6/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac_%281842%29_Detail.jpg/180px-Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac_%281842%29_Detail.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/10/14/0187729", "aUrlId": "940DE3D7143AF937A25753C1A96E948260", "text": "Critics sometimes call Naguib Mahfouz the *Balzac* of /Egypt/ because of the way his works express the pulsating energy of city life and because of their psychologically nuanced characters and broad social concern.", "author": "Honan, William H", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0187903_0", "date": "1988-10-14", "sourceId": "Q2586583", "sourceLabel": "Henny Youngman", "sourceImId": "Henny_Youngman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/23/Henny_Youngman.jpg/180px-Henny_Youngman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/10/14/0187903", "aUrlId": "940DE0D7133CF937A25753C1A96E948260", "text": "The new revised Democratic Presidential candidate is exuding dazzling one-liners - the *Henny Youngman* of /American politics/.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0188478_0", "date": "1988-10-16", "sourceId": "Q94081", "sourceLabel": "Bob Hope", "sourceImId": "Bob_Hope,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Bob_Hope%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Bob_Hope%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/10/16/0188478", "aUrlId": "940DEFD81231F935A25753C1A96E948260", "text": "Comedy is Mr. Yoshida's specialty (''I was once called 'the *Bob Hope* of /Bunraku/' ''), and he has adapted a lot from Chaplin and Keaton.", "author": "Blumenthal, Eileen", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0188726_0", "date": "1988-10-17", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/10/17/0188726", "aUrlId": "940DE0DF1139F934A25753C1A96E948260", "text": "It came from Joshua Evans, the hoopla-minded young proprietor of Lelands auction house in Allentown, Pa., who has emerged as the *P. T. Barnum* of /baseball cards/.", "author": "Thomas, Robert Mcg Jr; Holway, John B", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0188734_0", "date": "1988-10-17", "sourceId": "Q6128528", "sourceLabel": "Jay Howell", "sourceImId": "Jay_Howell_1986.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e3/Jay_Howell_1986.JPG/180px-Jay_Howell_1986.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/10/17/0188734", "aUrlId": "940DE6D61E39F934A25753C1A96E948260", "text": "Giants Have a *Jay Howell* of /Their Own/", "author": "Litsky, Frank", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0189297_0", "date": "1988-10-19", "sourceId": "Q1507864", "sourceLabel": "George Marx", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1988/10/19/0189297", "aUrlId": "940DE5D9163FF93AA25753C1A96E948260", "text": "Someone noted that a *Marx* for /the 20th century/, an articulator of a new thesis and inspiration for social change, hadn't yet surfaced.", "author": "Lewis, Flora", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0190647_0", "date": "1988-10-23", "sourceId": "Q5603", "sourceLabel": "Andy Warhol", "sourceImId": "Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg/180px-Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/10/23/0190647", "aUrlId": "940DE6D6103EF930A15753C1A96E948260", "text": "He is the *Andy Warhol* of /opera production/, screaming at us to look at sleazy banality with tolerant eyes and recognize it as a new profundity.", "author": "Henahan, Donal", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0194523_0", "date": "1988-11-04", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/11/04/0194523", "aUrlId": "940DE5DE1039F937A35752C1A96E948260", "text": "After all, who could ever again even challenge the 978 stitches (his count) earned by Eddie Shore, the *Babe Ruth* of /hockey/, during his 14-year N.H.L.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0195310_0", "date": "1988-11-06", "sourceId": "Q117710", "sourceLabel": "Lorin Maazel", "sourceImId": "Maazel_08.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c6/Maazel_08.jpg/180px-Maazel_08.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.5", "fId": "1988/11/06/0195310", "aUrlId": "940DE5DA133FF935A35752C1A96E948260", "text": "As we have learned through his appearances at the New York City Opera, Mr. Siciliani is something like the *Lorin Maazel* of /Italian opera conductors/.", "author": "Rockwell, John", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0197859_0", "date": "1988-11-13", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/11/13/0197859", "aUrlId": "940DEEDB1430F930A25752C1A96E948260", "text": "Although Mr. Chaudhuri may not be what Saul Bellow would call the *Tolstoy* of /the Bengalis/, he may remind many readers of Nabokov's Pnin.", "author": "Lelyveld, David", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0203573_0", "date": "1988-12-04", "sourceId": "Q2261466", "sourceLabel": "Juan Valdez", "sourceImId": "Jvaldez2.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/92/Jvaldez2.JPG/180px-Jvaldez2.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "Copyrighted free use", "fId": "1988/12/04/0203573", "aUrlId": "940DE4DD1739F937A35751C1A96E948260", "text": "If the *Juan Valdez* of /catfish frowns/, the whole truckload is rejected and sent for a remedial swim in a fresh pond.", "author": "Rice, Berkeley", "desk": "Business World Magazine"},
{"id": "0203718_0", "date": "1988-12-04", "sourceId": "Q105550", "sourceLabel": "Rod Laver", "sourceImId": "Rodney_George_Laver.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e9/Rodney_George_Laver.jpg/180px-Rodney_George_Laver.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1988/12/04/0203718", "aUrlId": "950DE2DD1726E233BC4A52DFBE6E958A", "text": "I was also nervous about joining the *Rod Laver* of /business/ on his home court.", "author": "Kiam, Tory", "desk": "Business World Magazine"},
{"id": "0203748_0", "date": "1988-12-04", "sourceId": "Q37327", "sourceLabel": "Samuel Beckett", "sourceImId": "Samuel_Beckett,_Pic,_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/09/Samuel_Beckett%2C_Pic%2C_1.jpg/180px-Samuel_Beckett%2C_Pic%2C_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/12/04/0203748", "aUrlId": "940DE5DE173DF937A35751C1A96E948260", "text": "a master of erasures and negations, a visionary of discomfort and reproof, the *Samuel Beckett* of /postwar American poetry/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0204254_0", "date": "1988-12-06", "sourceId": "Q855", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Stalin", "sourceImId": "JStalin_Secretary_general_CCCP_1942.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f1/JStalin_Secretary_general_CCCP_1942.jpg/180px-JStalin_Secretary_general_CCCP_1942.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/12/06/0204254", "aUrlId": "940DE6DA133AF935A35751C1A96E948260", "text": "As a result, he is regarded as ''the *Stalin* of /Patchogue/, the Idi Amin of Long Island,'' which, along with many other aspects of the play, is a considerable overstatement.", "author": "Gussow, Mel", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0204254_1", "date": "1988-12-06", "sourceId": "Q48231", "sourceLabel": "Idi Amin", "sourceImId": "Idi_Amin_-Archives_New_Zealand_AAWV_23583,_KIRK1,_5(B),_R23930288.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c1/Idi_Amin_-Archives_New_Zealand_AAWV_23583%2C_KIRK1%2C_5%28B%29%2C_R23930288.jpg/180px-Idi_Amin_-Archives_New_Zealand_AAWV_23583%2C_KIRK1%2C_5%28B%29%2C_R23930288.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1988/12/06/0204254", "aUrlId": "940DE6DA133AF935A35751C1A96E948260", "text": "As a result, he is regarded as ''the Stalin of Patchogue, the *Idi Amin* of /Long Island/,'' which, along with many other aspects of the play, is a considerable overstatement.", "author": "Gussow, Mel", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0206044_0", "date": "1988-12-12", "sourceId": "Q186652", "sourceLabel": "Gilbert du Motier", "sourceImId": "Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3f/Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG/180px-Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/12/12/0206044", "aUrlId": "940DE2DB1E38F931A25751C1A96E948260", "text": "The next time troubles threaten in the Philippines or Pakistan and the urge to help is strong, you can suit up and say ''Lafayette, we are here'' in Manila or Islamabad and stand a chance of being welcome, says Representative Stephen Solarz, Democrat of New York, At a lunch in Mr. Solarz' honor last year, President Corazon Aquino thanked him for his work on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on behalf of the ''Filipino struggle for freedom'' and addressed him as ''the *Lafayette* of /the Philippine revolution/.''", "author": "Nash, Nathaniel C", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0206044_1", "date": "1988-12-12", "sourceId": "Q186652", "sourceLabel": "Gilbert du Motier", "sourceImId": "Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3f/Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG/180px-Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1988/12/12/0206044", "aUrlId": "940DE2DB1E38F931A25751C1A96E948260", "text": "The next time troubles threaten in the Philippines or Pakistan and the urge to help is strong, you can suit up and say ''Lafayette, we are here'' in Manila or Islamabad and stand a chance of being welcome, says Representative Stephen Solarz, Democrat of New York, At a lunch in Mr. Solarz' honor last year, President Corazon Aquino thanked him for his work on the House Foreign Affairs Committee on behalf of the ''Filipino struggle for freedom'' and addressed him as ''the *Lafayette* of /the Philippine revolution/.''", "author": "Nash, Nathaniel C", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0206586_0", "date": "1988-12-15", "sourceId": "Q215805", "sourceLabel": "Peter Max", "sourceImId": "Peter_Max.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/78/Peter_Max.jpg/180px-Peter_Max.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1988/12/15/0206586", "aUrlId": "940DE5DF1739F936A25751C1A96E948260", "text": "Keith Haring will be the *Peter Max* of /the future/.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0209560_0", "date": "1988-12-25", "sourceId": "Q951317", "sourceLabel": "John Rambo", "sourceImId": "John_Rambo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/John_Rambo.jpg/180px-John_Rambo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1988/12/25/0209560", "aUrlId": "940DE4DD1F30F936A15751C1A96E948260", "text": "Or Stanley, ''the *Rambo* of /explorers/.''", "author": "Thomas, Maria", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0212236_0", "date": "1989-01-08", "sourceId": "Q183266", "sourceLabel": "Samuel Johnson", "sourceImId": "Dr-Johnson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8b/Dr-Johnson.jpg/180px-Dr-Johnson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/01/08/0212236", "aUrlId": "940DE3DB1239F93BA35752C0A96F948260", "text": "That gets me back to legitimacy,'' Mr. Coogan explained, but his eyes lighted up when he added, ''I can be the *Samuel Johnson* of /comic books/: They are really just another form of literature.''", "author": "", "desk": "Education Life"},
{"id": "0213159_0", "date": "1989-01-11", "sourceId": "Q36724", "sourceLabel": "Attila", "sourceImId": "Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg/180px-Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/01/11/0213159", "aUrlId": "950DE0D9143AF932A25752C0A96F948260", "text": "The reporters were reporting Bush nicenesses that would have been unthinkable a few weeks ago when this very same George Bush was the *Attila* of /the campaign trail/.", "author": "Baker, Russell", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0214315_0", "date": "1989-01-15", "sourceId": "Q189081", "sourceLabel": "Howard Hughes", "sourceImId": "Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg/180px-Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/01/15/0214315", "aUrlId": "950DE4DA103DF936A25752C0A96F948260", "text": "Ray McAnally is a bluff, robust fellow, most certainly not to be regarded as the *Howard Hughes* of /Irish theaterland/.", "author": "Nightingale, Benedict", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0214451_0", "date": "1989-01-15", "sourceId": "Q233701", "sourceLabel": "Lillian Hellman", "sourceImId": "Lillian-Hellman-1939.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fb/Lillian-Hellman-1939.jpg/180px-Lillian-Hellman-1939.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/01/15/0214451", "aUrlId": "950DE5D81230F936A25752C0A96F948260", "text": "Having read every word of Isabelle's book, I can only surmise either that she wishes to be immortalized as the *Lillian Hellman* of /the art world/ or that the men with whom I spent every waking hour had, previous to our first meeting, collectively repented, reformed and miraculously transformed their characters without the benefit of any self-help programs.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0214485_0", "date": "1989-01-16", "sourceId": "Q43203", "sourceLabel": "Clint Eastwood", "sourceImId": "ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/07/ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg/180px-ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1989/01/16/0214485", "aUrlId": "950DE4D91E3CF935A25752C0A96F948260", "text": "Mr. O'Keefe, a playwright and actor whose surreal family drama ''All Night Long'' was produced in 1984 in New York at Second Stage, might be described as the *Clint Eastwood* of /performance artists/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0216737_0", "date": "1989-01-23", "sourceId": "Q212648", "sourceLabel": "Rudy Giuliani", "sourceImId": "Rudy_Giuliani.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Rudy_Giuliani.jpg/180px-Rudy_Giuliani.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/01/23/0216737", "aUrlId": "950DEEDB133DF930A15752C0A96F948260", "text": "To some lawyers here, Anton Ronald Valukas, the United States Attorney in Chicago, is the *Rudolph Giuliani* of /the Midwest/.", "author": "Eichenwald, Kurt", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0218458_0", "date": "1989-01-29", "sourceId": "Q9960", "sourceLabel": "Ronald Reagan", "sourceImId": "Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/16/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg/180px-Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/01/29/0218458", "aUrlId": "950DE7DD1F39F93AA15752C0A96F948260", "text": "In all this, Mayor Bradley, a former police officer, has emerged as the *Ronald Reagan* of /urban politics/, the ''Teflon'' Mayor.", "author": "Reinhold, Robert", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0218970_0", "date": "1989-01-31", "sourceId": "Q7245", "sourceLabel": "Mark Twain", "sourceImId": "MarkTwain.LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/31/MarkTwain.LOC.jpg/180px-MarkTwain.LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/01/31/0218970", "aUrlId": "950DE5DA1E3AF932A05752C0A96F948260", "text": "Venice has long been the *Mark Twain* of /cities/.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "0219360_0", "date": "1989-02-01", "sourceId": "Q4982930", "sourceLabel": "Buck Rogers", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1989/02/01/0219360", "aUrlId": "950DE3DD103EF932A35751C0A96F948260", "text": "The obvious conclusion is that unless we're careful, the *Buck Rogers* of /the 1990's/ is going to be living in Seoul, Korea, instead of Chattanooga or Chicago,'' said Lamar Alexander, president of the University of Tennessee and a former governor of Tennessee.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0219411_0", "date": "1989-02-01", "sourceId": "Q54527", "sourceLabel": "Billie Jean King", "sourceImId": "BJK_headshot_2011_5x7_300dpi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/35/BJK_headshot_2011_5x7_300dpi.jpg/180px-BJK_headshot_2011_5x7_300dpi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/02/01/0219411", "aUrlId": "950DE0DD1531F932A35751C0A96F948260", "text": "Alicia McConnell used to dream of being the *Billie Jean King* of /women's squash/ and turning her sport into a multimillion-dollar enterprise.", "author": "Shmerler, Cindy", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0220657_0", "date": "1989-02-05", "sourceId": "Q102289", "sourceLabel": "Buckminster Fuller", "sourceImId": "BuckminsterFuller1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3b/BuckminsterFuller1.jpg/180px-BuckminsterFuller1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1989/02/05/0220657", "aUrlId": "950DE7D91231F936A35751C0A96F948260", "text": "Citi will be the world's first truly global financial institution, says Mr. Reed, whose intense focus on the future seems to be turning him into the *Buckminster Fuller* of /banking/.", "author": "Bartlett, Sarah", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0220823_0", "date": "1989-02-05", "sourceId": "Q7304", "sourceLabel": "Gustav Mahler", "sourceImId": "Gustav-Mahler-Kohut.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b7/Gustav-Mahler-Kohut.jpg/180px-Gustav-Mahler-Kohut.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/02/05/0220823", "aUrlId": "950DE6D71530F936A35751C0A96F948260", "text": "Now it is Mr. Penderecki who is seen as having regressed into neo-Romantic recycling, Mr. Schnittke is prized as a, if not the, leading Soviet composer, and Shostakovich is the *Mahler* of /the 80's/.", "author": "Rockwell, John", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0221928_0", "date": "1989-02-10", "sourceId": "Q182011", "sourceLabel": "Antonio Stradivari", "sourceImId": "Antonio_stradivari.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cd/Antonio_stradivari.jpg/180px-Antonio_stradivari.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/02/10/0221928", "aUrlId": "950DE5D9123BF933A25751C0A96F948260", "text": "Not only do we believe in that smooth and silent progress, but we recognize the canoe itself as one built by Remington's friend, J. Henry Rushton, still spoken of as the *Stradivarius* of /canoe builders/.", "author": "Russell, John", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0226688_0", "date": "1989-02-26", "sourceId": "Q431223", "sourceLabel": "Oliver North", "sourceImId": "OliverNorth.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f8/OliverNorth.JPG/180px-OliverNorth.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/02/26/0226688", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5DC133DF935A15751C0A96F948260", "text": "Groves was an amazing superpatriot, Mr. Rintels says, adding, ''He was the *Oliver North* of /his generation/.''", "author": "Macpherson, Malcolm", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0226891_0", "date": "1989-02-26", "sourceId": "Q103846", "sourceLabel": "Groucho Marx", "sourceImId": "GrouchoCaricature.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/GrouchoCaricature.jpg/180px-GrouchoCaricature.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1989/02/26/0226891", "aUrlId": "950DEFD91130F935A15751C0A96F948260", "text": "And so we see his son, Reginald Jones, once again in pursuit of an absolute (this time justice), enlist in the Civil War in Spain and then again in the Second World War, where his experiences repeat, with little profit, those of his father; when demobilized, he is caught up in the Welsh nationalist cause, the *Groucho Marx* of /wars/, and while he is at it he discovers and rescues Excalibur from the Hermitage in Russia.", "author": "Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0226986_0", "date": "1989-02-27", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1989/02/27/0226986", "aUrlId": "950DE5DC143FF934A15751C0A96F948260", "text": "Joe Frazier was the *Tyson* of /his time/, but George Foreman wrecked him.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0226993_0", "date": "1989-02-27", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1989/02/27/0226993", "aUrlId": "950DE3D8143FF934A15751C0A96F948260", "text": "And though his performance may not have been textbook-perfect - ''It wasn't the *Mike Tyson* of /vintage/,'' the champion said afterward -Tyson didn't feel any lack of conviction about his potency.", "author": "Berger, Phil", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0227574_0", "date": "1989-03-01", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/03/01/0227574", "aUrlId": "950DEEDB1E3BF932A35750C0A96F948260", "text": "Sidney Poitier was the *Jackie Robinson* of /American film/,'' said Rochelle Slovin, the director of the museum, which opened in September in Astoria, Queens, after seven years of planning.", "author": "Yarrow, Andrew L", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0228996_0", "date": "1989-03-05", "sourceId": "Q170241", "sourceLabel": "Tarzan", "sourceImId": "Tarzan_All_Story.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Tarzan_All_Story.jpg/180px-Tarzan_All_Story.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/03/05/0228996", "aUrlId": "950DE5DD113EF936A35750C0A96F948260", "text": "Thoreau is the *Tarzan* of /nature writing/.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0231061_0", "date": "1989-03-12", "sourceId": "Q40912", "sourceLabel": "Frank Sinatra", "sourceImId": "Frank_Sinatra_'57.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg/180px-Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/03/12/0231061", "aUrlId": "950DEEDC143FF931A25750C0A96F948260", "text": "During their decade-long marriage, Elizabeth Taylor quipped that Burton was ''the *Frank Sinatra* of /Shakespeare/.''", "author": "Kaufman, David", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0232294_0", "date": "1989-03-17", "sourceId": "Q83359", "sourceLabel": "James Dean", "sourceImId": "James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a4/James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg/180px-James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/03/17/0232294", "aUrlId": "950DE0DC133DF934A25750C0A96F948260", "text": "Let's Get Lost,'' the second feature by the successful fashion photographer Bruce Weber, focuses on the life and times of Chet Baker, the jazz trumpeter and heroin addict who has been called the *James Dean* of /jazz/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0234364_0", "date": "1989-03-24", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/03/24/0234364", "aUrlId": "950DE1DA143DF937A15750C0A96F948260", "text": "He called Mr. Anthony ''the *P. T. Barnum* of /sleaze/'' and said the accusations were a ''pre-emptive strike'' in advance of the ethics committee's report on Mr. Wright.", "author": "Toner, Robin", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0235157_0", "date": "1989-03-27", "sourceId": "Q5604", "sourceLabel": "Frank Lloyd Wright", "sourceImId": "Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/99/Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg/180px-Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/03/27/0235157", "aUrlId": "950DE0D71438F934A15750C0A96F948260", "text": "Who could protest a project designed by children, hand-built by parents, paid for with private money and planned by Robert Leathers, the *Frank Lloyd Wright* of /the Sesame Street set/?", "author": "Ravo, Nick", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0236473_0", "date": "1989-04-02", "sourceId": "Q129772", "sourceLabel": "Xenophon", "sourceImId": "Xenophon.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Xenophon.jpg/180px-Xenophon.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/04/02/0236473", "aUrlId": "950DE3DD1E38F931A35757C0A96F948260", "text": "Col. Alexander W. Doniphan, at six and a half feet tall a giant in his day, commanded an expedition into the Southwest so spectacular that William Cullen Bryant was moved to call him the *Xenophon* of /the Mexican War/.", "author": "Sears, Stephen W", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0236554_0", "date": "1989-04-02", "sourceId": "Q451489", "sourceLabel": "Antoine-Louis Barye", "sourceImId": "Antoine-Louis_Barye,_by_Charles_Camino.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/Antoine-Louis_Barye%2C_by_Charles_Camino.jpg/180px-Antoine-Louis_Barye%2C_by_Charles_Camino.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/04/02/0236554", "aUrlId": "950DE7D8113AF931A35757C0A96F948260", "text": "Luis Jimenez Jr., with his portrait of a howling canine in brown and gray fiberglass dusted with gold, ranks as the *Antoine-Louis Barye* of /the group/.", "author": "Raynor, Vivien", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0236730_0", "date": "1989-04-02", "sourceId": "Q83359", "sourceLabel": "James Dean", "sourceImId": "James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a4/James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg/180px-James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/04/02/0236730", "aUrlId": "950DE2D7173EF931A35757C0A96F948260", "text": "Handsome and talented but imperiously self-destructive, the man who has been called ''the *James Dean* of /jazz/'' was a connoisseur of fast cars, women and drugs.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0237047_0", "date": "1989-04-03", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1989/04/03/0237047", "aUrlId": "950DEEDB1330F930A35757C0A96F948260", "text": "All we need is a bad tie and goggle eyes and we are the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /states/.''", "author": "Reinhold, Robert", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0237599_0", "date": "1989-04-05", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/04/05/0237599", "aUrlId": "950DEFD7113CF936A35757C0A96F948260", "text": "I call him the *Michelangelo* of /the cancer world/.''", "author": "Applebome, Peter", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0238940_0", "date": "1989-04-10", "sourceId": "Q249143", "sourceLabel": "Louella Parsons", "sourceImId": "Louella-Parsons-1937.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/98/Louella-Parsons-1937.jpg/180px-Louella-Parsons-1937.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/04/10/0238940", "aUrlId": "950DE2D81E3EF933A25757C0A96F948260", "text": "He writes that Marshall later invited him to be his collaborator, but that he turned him down, having concluded that Marshall was ''less a military analyst than a military ambulance chaser, more a voyeur than a warrior, the *Louella Parsons* of /the U.S./", "author": "Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0240242_0", "date": "1989-04-15", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1989/04/15/0240242", "aUrlId": "950DE3DD133BF936A25757C0A96F948260", "text": "For Seton Hall University, the *Cinderella* of /this year's national collegiate basketball tournament/, midnight may have arrived.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0241894_0", "date": "1989-04-20", "sourceId": "Q100937", "sourceLabel": "Fred Astaire", "sourceImId": "Astaire,_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/69/Astaire%2C_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg/180px-Astaire%2C_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/04/20/0241894", "aUrlId": "950DE2D71E3DF933A15757C0A96F948260", "text": "At 68 years of age, Mr. Hummer is the *Fred Astaire* of /solo free-style clogging/, with an elegantly sweeping, sliding style as he demonstrates his morning wakeup dance, ''Rise and Shine.''", "author": "Bishop, Katherine", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0242986_0", "date": "1989-04-23", "sourceId": "Q809092", "sourceLabel": "Barry Sanders", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1989/04/23/0242986", "aUrlId": "950DE1D6113AF930A15757C0A96F948260", "text": "We can wait on the *Barry Sanders* of /the world/.", "author": "George, Thomas", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0243958_0", "date": "1989-04-26", "sourceId": "Q134549", "sourceLabel": "Ted Kennedy", "sourceImId": "Stevan_Kragujevic_,_Ted_Kenedi_u_Beogradu,_1974.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4d/Stevan_Kragujevic_%2C_Ted_Kenedi_u_Beogradu%2C_1974.jpg/180px-Stevan_Kragujevic_%2C_Ted_Kenedi_u_Beogradu%2C_1974.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/04/26/0243958", "aUrlId": "950DEFD91F39F935A15757C0A96F948260", "text": "Vinich is the *Ted Kennedy* of /Wyoming/,'' said Scott Farris, the top political reporter for The Casper Star-Tribune.", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0245467_0", "date": "1989-04-30", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1989/04/30/0245467", "aUrlId": "950DE0DB143BF933A05757C0A96F948260", "text": "They are a hot ticket in the United States, the *Madonna* of /the Eastern bloc/.", "author": "Alfano, Peter", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0251063_0", "date": "1989-05-18", "sourceId": "Q294583", "sourceLabel": "Sam Shepard", "sourceImId": "Sam_Shepard_Stealth_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b2/Sam_Shepard_Stealth_crop.jpg/180px-Sam_Shepard_Stealth_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/05/18/0251063", "aUrlId": "950DEEDE1739F93BA25756C0A96F948260", "text": "He is not quite the *Sam Shepard* of /ballet/, but he does bring to mind some of that playwright's combative love situations, with their dust-bowl heritage.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0251456_0", "date": "1989-05-19", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1989/05/19/0251456", "aUrlId": "950DEED8123AF93AA25756C0A96F948260", "text": "He may have been the closest thing to the *Michael Jordan* of /his day/, as earthbound as he was.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0252346_0", "date": "1989-05-21", "sourceId": "Q960612", "sourceLabel": "Clifford Irving", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1989/05/21/0252346", "aUrlId": "950DEFD81F30F932A15756C0A96F948260", "text": "One baseball official, who believes it was a hoax, referred to the writer as the *Clifford Irving* of /baseball/.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0253509_0", "date": "1989-05-26", "sourceId": "Q4963602", "sourceLabel": "Brian Dowling", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1989/05/26/0253509", "aUrlId": "950DEFD81338F935A15756C0A96F948260", "text": "Mr. Dowling (who is not the *Brian Dowling* of /Yale football fame/, the model for B. D. in the Doonesbury comic strip) fared no better this week before the United States Supreme Court.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0254346_0", "date": "1989-05-28", "sourceId": "Q6515148", "sourceLabel": "Lee Stange", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1989/05/28/0254346", "aUrlId": "9C0CE0DB1F3EF93BA15756C0A96F948260", "text": "He will likely be the *Lee Stange* of /New York baseball/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0255970_0", "date": "1989-06-04", "sourceId": "Q324882", "sourceLabel": "Desi Arnaz", "sourceImId": "Karl_Malden_Desi_Arnaz_Jr_The_Streets_of_San_Francisco_1976.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/93/Karl_Malden_Desi_Arnaz_Jr_The_Streets_of_San_Francisco_1976.JPG/180px-Karl_Malden_Desi_Arnaz_Jr_The_Streets_of_San_Francisco_1976.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/06/04/0255970", "aUrlId": "950DE5DC123DF937A35755C0A96F948260", "text": "Spock and McCoy shadowbox about the value of logic versus feelings, the Klingons scowl under their fishbone foreheads, Kirk suffers the agonies of command, Chekov mispronounces words (he's the *Desi Arnaz* of /space/), the ship takes a hit and sparks pour out of the consoles: it's all painted on the floor like rhumba steps.", "author": "Moss, Robert F", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0256423_0", "date": "1989-06-06", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/06/06/0256423", "aUrlId": "950DE5D71E3EF935A35755C0A96F948260", "text": "The top-hatted statue will utter not a word about the American sucker, for the simple reason that Barnum - the *Michelangelo* of /buncombe, hokum, hoopla and ballyhoo/ - was himself the victim of a hoax.", "author": "Collins, Glenn", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0256423_1", "date": "1989-06-06", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/06/06/0256423", "aUrlId": "950DE5D71E3EF935A35755C0A96F948260", "text": "He was the *Donald Trump* of /Bridgeport/ at one time,'' Mr. Pelton said, alluding to Barnum's real estate holdings.", "author": "Collins, Glenn", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0257079_0", "date": "1989-06-09", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1989/06/09/0257079", "aUrlId": "950DE7D7143FF93AA35755C0A96F948260", "text": "But you want us to compromise with the *Hitler* of /my country/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0257654_0", "date": "1989-06-11", "sourceId": "Q5664", "sourceLabel": "Fra Angelico", "sourceImId": "047_le_vite,_fra_giovanni_da_fiesole.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a6/047_le_vite%2C_fra_giovanni_da_fiesole.jpg/180px-047_le_vite%2C_fra_giovanni_da_fiesole.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/06/11/0257654", "aUrlId": "950DE1D8153BF932A25755C0A96F948260", "text": "Roger Fry, the English critic, called him the *Fra Angelico* of /Satanism/, in honor of his immaculately elegant drawings of decadent subjects.", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0257799_0", "date": "1989-06-11", "sourceId": "Q1225", "sourceLabel": "Bruce Springsteen", "sourceImId": "Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d7/Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg/180px-Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1989/06/11/0257799", "aUrlId": "950DE1DD133EF932A25755C0A96F948260", "text": "(Indeed, |Raffi|, the phenomenally popular Canadian folksinger, has been dubbed ''*the Bruce Springsteen for* /children/.'')", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0257799_1", "date": "1989-06-11", "sourceId": "Q199846", "sourceLabel": "Raffi", "sourceImId": "RaffiSpeaking.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/33/RaffiSpeaking.jpg/180px-RaffiSpeaking.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1989/06/11/0257799", "aUrlId": "950DE1DD133EF932A25755C0A96F948260", "text": "We're waiting for the *Raffi* of /our industry/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0257800_0", "date": "1989-06-11", "sourceId": "Q219780", "sourceLabel": "Hunter S. Thompson", "sourceImId": "Hst-by-rsexton-longbeach-5-1989-0.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "4/4d/Hst-by-rsexton-longbeach-5-1989-0.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/06/11/0257800", "aUrlId": "950DE7DC133EF932A25755C0A96F948260", "text": "The most Anglicized exercise may be IN TROUBLE AGAIN: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon (272 pp., Atlantic, $17.95), Redmond O'Hanlon's search for human or animal horrors between the Amazon and the Orinoco rivers, which serves to cement the Oxford-educated naturalist's reputation as the *Hunter S. Thompson* of /expeditionaries/.", "author": "Krich, John", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0261334_0", "date": "1989-06-25", "sourceId": "Q152843", "sourceLabel": "Joan Collins", "sourceImId": "Joan_Collins_-_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e3/Joan_Collins_-_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg/180px-Joan_Collins_-_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/06/25/0261334", "aUrlId": "950DE0D71431F936A15755C0A96F948260", "text": "She was like the *Joan Collins* of /France/ - the people hated her.", "author": "Dupont, Joan", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0262106_0", "date": "1989-06-28", "sourceId": "Q370092", "sourceLabel": "T. Boone Pickens", "sourceImId": "T_Boone_Pickens_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/73/T_Boone_Pickens_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-T_Boone_Pickens_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1989/06/28/0262106", "aUrlId": "950DE5DF173FF93BA15755C0A96F948260", "text": "Meanwhile, Koito and Toyota are mounting a campaign to tar Mr. Pickens for his ties to |Kitaro Watanabe|, the closest thing Tokyo has to a *T. Boone Pickens* of /its own/.", "author": "Sanger, David E", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0263999_0", "date": "1989-07-06", "sourceId": "Q54168", "sourceLabel": "J. P. Morgan", "sourceImId": "JohnPierpontMorgan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e9/JohnPierpontMorgan.jpg/180px-JohnPierpontMorgan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/07/06/0263999", "aUrlId": "950DE3D71F3CF935A35754C0A96F948260", "text": "Mr. McCaw ''fancies himself as the early industrialists did, as the *J. P. Morgan* of /cellular/,'' said Jack B. Grubman, an analyst with Paine Webber Inc.", "author": "Fisher, Lawrence M", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0265756_0", "date": "1989-07-14", "sourceId": "Q298237", "sourceLabel": "Benedict Arnold", "sourceImId": "Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg/180px-Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/07/14/0265756", "aUrlId": "950DE6D7103CF937A25754C0A96F948260", "text": "Sturm, Ruger is the *Benedict Arnold* of /the gun industry/,'' said Aaron S. Zelman, owner of the Patriot Distribution Company, a Milwaukee-based concern that sells a semiautomatic pistol as well as products such as assault vests and tear gas.", "author": "Johnson, Kirk", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0266101_0", "date": "1989-07-16", "sourceId": "Q955322", "sourceLabel": "Shoeless Joe Jackson", "sourceImId": "ShoelessJoeJackson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/ShoelessJoeJackson.jpg/180px-ShoelessJoeJackson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/07/16/0266101", "aUrlId": "950DE3D91139F935A25754C0A96F948260", "text": "Was Pee Wee, after all, the *Shoeless Joe Jackson* of /jazz/, minus the scandal?", "author": "Sudhalter, Richard M", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0266475_0", "date": "1989-07-17", "sourceId": "Q4441", "sourceLabel": "Emily Dickinson", "sourceImId": "Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(Restored).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg/180px-Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/07/17/0266475", "aUrlId": "950DEFDE1538F934A25754C0A96F948260", "text": "It was written by the title character of the book, the late Mary Swann, who is variously described as ''a poete naive'' and ''the *Emily Dickinson* of /Upper Canada/,'' and it reads in part as follows:  Feet on the winter floor  Beat Flowers to blackness  Making a corridor  Named helplessness", "author": "Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0266503_0", "date": "1989-07-17", "sourceId": "Q16474", "sourceLabel": "John McEnroe", "sourceImId": "John_McEnroe_WTT.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4e/John_McEnroe_WTT.jpg/180px-John_McEnroe_WTT.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1989/07/17/0266503", "aUrlId": "950DE6DB1038F934A25754C0A96F948260", "text": "The British Prime Minister, who was described by Simon Jenkins of The Sunday Times of London as the *John McEnroe* of /European diplomacy/, was seen on Friday night furiously tapping her foot as Jean-Paul Goude's historical pageant slowly unfolded.", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0268770_0", "date": "1989-07-24", "sourceId": "Q34453", "sourceLabel": "Boris Yeltsin", "sourceImId": "Boris_Yeltsin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Boris_Yeltsin.jpg/180px-Boris_Yeltsin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1989/07/24/0268770", "aUrlId": "950DE7DF1F39F937A15754C0A96F948260", "text": "But these are tumultuous times in the Soviet bloc, and Mr. Modrow is considered by many to be the *Boris Yeltsin* of /East Germany/ - a symbol of change and innovation among younger party members.", "author": "Schmemann, Serge", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0269641_0", "date": "1989-07-27", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/07/27/0269641", "aUrlId": "950DE2DD113EF934A15754C0A96F948260", "text": "Not for nothing was Sir Frederick Ashton, England's greatest choreographer, called the *Shakespeare* of /ballet/.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0273070_0", "date": "1989-08-06", "sourceId": "Q4441", "sourceLabel": "Emily Dickinson", "sourceImId": "Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(Restored).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg/180px-Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/08/06/0273070", "aUrlId": "950DE5DE1530F935A3575BC0A96F948260", "text": "The academic world is abuzz about Mary Swann (1915-65), an uneducated farmer's wife, a nonentity when murdered by her swinish husband, but now touted by some as the *Emily Dickinson* of /Upper Canada/.", "author": "Rubins, Josh", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0274831_0", "date": "1989-08-13", "sourceId": "Q36724", "sourceLabel": "Attila", "sourceImId": "Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg/180px-Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/08/13/0274831", "aUrlId": "950DE4DD103BF930A2575BC0A96F948260", "text": "Nicknamed ''the *Attila* of /tropical agriculture/'' by one Peruvian scientist, coca cultivation has led to indiscriminate deforestation.", "author": "Brooke, James", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0276060_0", "date": "1989-08-17", "sourceId": "Q1779", "sourceLabel": "Louis Armstrong", "sourceImId": "Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg/180px-Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/08/17/0276060", "aUrlId": "950DE4DE173AF934A2575BC0A96F948260", "text": "This was K-Paul's New York Kitchen, an outpost of the New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme, the *Louis Armstrong* of /jambalaya, crawfish pie and file gumbo/.", "author": "O'Neill, Molly", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0276100_0", "date": "1989-08-17", "sourceId": "Q1779", "sourceLabel": "Louis Armstrong", "sourceImId": "Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg/180px-Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/08/17/0276100", "aUrlId": "950DE3DB153AF934A2575BC0A96F948260", "text": "Customers lined up for dinner at K-Paul's New York Kitchen, an outpost of the New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme, the *Louis Armstrong* of /crawfish pie and jambalaya/.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0276324_0", "date": "1989-08-18", "sourceId": "Q316179", "sourceLabel": "Moses Malone", "sourceImId": "Moses_Malone.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/99/Moses_Malone.jpg/180px-Moses_Malone.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/08/18/0276324", "aUrlId": "950DE7D9143CF93BA2575BC0A96F948260", "text": "For what it's worth, Hughes is the *Moses Malone* of /the W.B.L./", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0276825_0", "date": "1989-08-20", "sourceId": "Q309648", "sourceLabel": "Charles Ives", "sourceImId": "CharlesEdwardIves1913.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/CharlesEdwardIves1913.jpg/180px-CharlesEdwardIves1913.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/08/20/0276825", "aUrlId": "950DE1DD1039F933A1575BC0A96F948260", "text": "In a sense, they are the *Charles Ives* of /architects/; for just as Ives recaptured fragments of familiar American tunes within a 20th-century musical framework, Robert Kliment and Frances Halsband use their vernacular references not merely as surface decor but as integral and cohesive parts of an otherwise clean-cut 20th-century American building.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0276826_0", "date": "1989-08-20", "sourceId": "Q5598", "sourceLabel": "Rembrandt", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/08/20/0276826", "aUrlId": "950DEFDD1039F933A1575BC0A96F948260", "text": "Individual prints from the monumental work ''Les Liliacees'' by Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), known as the *Rembrandt* of /flowers/, range from $1,000 to $3,000.", "author": "Barry, Ann", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0276845_0", "date": "1989-08-20", "sourceId": "Q94081", "sourceLabel": "Bob Hope", "sourceImId": "Bob_Hope,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Bob_Hope%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Bob_Hope%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/08/20/0276845", "aUrlId": "950DE4D61039F933A1575BC0A96F948260", "text": "Leno is clearly the *Bob Hope* of /our generation/,'' says Lenny Ripps.", "author": "Geoghan, Jim", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0277023_0", "date": "1989-08-20", "sourceId": "Q182580", "sourceLabel": "Shirley Temple", "sourceImId": "Temple_Black_1990.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/50/Temple_Black_1990.jpg/180px-Temple_Black_1990.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/08/20/0277023", "aUrlId": "950DE0DA133FF933A1575BC0A96F948260", "text": "In 1939, on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, her mother, Rachel Newman from Lithuania, whom she describes as ''the *Shirley Temple* of /mothers/,'' was known as ''Marvelle, the Fortune Teller,'' and her father, Sigmund Archur, from Warsaw, was called ''Gabel the Graphologist,'' his career of the moment.", "author": "Klein, Alvin", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0277244_0", "date": "1989-08-21", "sourceId": "Q6691", "sourceLabel": "Homer", "sourceImId": "Homer_British_Museum.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1c/Homer_British_Museum.jpg/180px-Homer_British_Museum.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/08/21/0277244", "aUrlId": "950DE0DF153BF932A1575BC0A96F948260", "text": "But Tony Schwartz is also the *Homer* of /the Information Age/, a collector and communicator of the aural tradition and a celebrant of the received word in an era that deifies the video image.", "author": "", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0278125_0", "date": "1989-08-25", "sourceId": "Q41142", "sourceLabel": "Jane Fonda", "sourceImId": "Jane_Fonda_Cannes_nineties.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Jane_Fonda_Cannes_nineties.jpg/180px-Jane_Fonda_Cannes_nineties.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/08/25/0278125", "aUrlId": "950DE0DB103BF936A1575BC0A96F948260", "text": "Mr. Pike called him the *Jane Fonda* of /the Vietnamese community/ because of his approach and the passions it fueled.", "author": "Mydans, Seth", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0281001_0", "date": "1989-09-06", "sourceId": "Q5837196", "sourceLabel": "Erwin F. Evert", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1989/09/06/0281001", "aUrlId": "950DEEDD103BF935A3575AC0A96F948260", "text": "Against |the 12th-seeded Seles|, a 15-year-old Yugoslav tennis prodigy less than half Evert's age but already anointed as the *Evert* for /the 1990's and beyond/, Evert had performed with enough ebullience and tenacity to earn herself her 19th consecutive trip to the Open quarterfinals.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0281871_0", "date": "1989-09-10", "sourceId": "Q5664", "sourceLabel": "Fra Angelico", "sourceImId": "047_le_vite,_fra_giovanni_da_fiesole.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a6/047_le_vite%2C_fra_giovanni_da_fiesole.jpg/180px-047_le_vite%2C_fra_giovanni_da_fiesole.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/09/10/0281871", "aUrlId": "950DE6D81F3BF933A2575AC0A96F948260", "text": "Hans Memling, ''the *Fra Angelico* of /the North/,'' painted the triptych for the hospital chapel and the panels illustrating the legend of St. Ursula around the casket-shrine containing her relics.", "author": "Glendinning, Victoria", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0282118_0", "date": "1989-09-10", "sourceId": "Q7329670", "sourceLabel": "Richard Viguerie", "sourceImId": "Richard_Viguerie_photo3.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Richard_Viguerie_photo3.JPG/180px-Richard_Viguerie_photo3.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/09/10/0282118", "aUrlId": "950DE5DA1231F933A2575AC0A96F948260", "text": "Even more disturbing, a certain Ralph Neas was proving himself *a Richard Viguerie of* /the left/, weaving together various protest groups, what George Will sneered at as a new ''compassion industry.''", "author": "Wills, Garry", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0282118_1", "date": "1989-09-10", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/09/10/0282118", "aUrlId": "950DE5DA1231F933A2575AC0A96F948260", "text": "But he was a genius, the *Einstein* of /the law/.''", "author": "Wills, Garry", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0284892_0", "date": "1989-09-21", "sourceId": "Q72267", "sourceLabel": "Cecil B. DeMille", "sourceImId": "Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg/180px-Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/09/21/0284892", "aUrlId": "950DE6D81F3AF932A1575AC0A96F948260", "text": "Mr. Newman has has been called ''the *Cecil B. DeMille* of /antiques dealers/.''", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0286782_0", "date": "1989-09-29", "sourceId": "Q46868", "sourceLabel": "I. M. Pei", "sourceImId": "I.M._Pei.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bb/I.M._Pei.JPG/180px-I.M._Pei.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/09/29/0286782", "aUrlId": "950DE2DF103BF93AA1575AC0A96F948260", "text": "Alfred Portale, the *I. M. Pei* of /contemporary American cooking/, brings new meaning to the term haute cuisine with his skyscraper salads, towers of twirled pasta, high-rises of french fries and soaring desserts.", "author": "Miller, Bryan", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0287195_0", "date": "1989-10-01", "sourceId": "Q310819", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Carson", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Carson_1965.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Johnny_Carson_1965.jpg/180px-Johnny_Carson_1965.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/01/0287195", "aUrlId": "950DEEDA143BF932A35753C1A96F948260", "text": "|He| is like the *Johnny Carson* for /the younger viewers/,'' says David Klein, executive editor of Electronic Media, a trade newspaper.", "author": "Norman, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0287270_0", "date": "1989-10-01", "sourceId": "Q5598", "sourceLabel": "Rembrandt", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/01/0287270", "aUrlId": "950DE2D61F3DF932A35753C1A96F948260", "text": "This is the last E. Joy Morris carousel in operation, and he was the *Rembrandt* of /carousels/,'' he said.", "author": "Libov, Charlotte", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0288341_0", "date": "1989-10-05", "sourceId": "Q5599", "sourceLabel": "Peter Paul Rubens", "sourceImId": "Sir_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a7/Sir_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Sir_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/05/0288341", "aUrlId": "950DE1DB1439F936A35753C1A96F948260", "text": "They were uniformly thin - all but |one|, who seemed a *Rubens* among /Modiglianis/.", "author": "Cantwell, Mary", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0288506_0", "date": "1989-10-05", "sourceId": "Q235066", "sourceLabel": "Laurie Anderson", "sourceImId": "The_Kitchen_Benefit,_Honoring_Laurie_Anderson_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "a/ab/The_Kitchen_Benefit%2C_Honoring_Laurie_Anderson_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1989/10/05/0288506", "aUrlId": "950DE3D91030F936A35753C1A96F948260", "text": "She is not the *Laurie Anderson* of /her time/, of course.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0288891_0", "date": "1989-10-07", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/07/0288891", "aUrlId": "950DE7D6133CF934A35753C1A96F948260", "text": "One day he is acclaimed the *Einstein* of /the Diamond/, the next day he is hailed as one of the seven or eight dumbest people on the face of the earth, and the following day, why, back to genius status again.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0290032_0", "date": "1989-10-11", "sourceId": "Q467133", "sourceLabel": "David Dinkins", "sourceImId": "David_dinkins.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a5/David_dinkins.jpg/180px-David_dinkins.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/11/0290032", "aUrlId": "950DE7D7163CF932A25753C1A96F948260", "text": "He was the *David Dinkins* of /his day/ - calm, comforting and, yes, often boring.", "author": "Fleming, Anne Taylor", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0290209_0", "date": "1989-10-12", "sourceId": "Q255815", "sourceLabel": "Tallulah Bankhead", "sourceImId": "Tallulah_Bankhead_1941.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/75/Tallulah_Bankhead_1941.JPG/180px-Tallulah_Bankhead_1941.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/12/0290209", "aUrlId": "950DE7D8163EF931A25753C1A96F948260", "text": "Senior citizens are the *Tallulah Bankhead* of /the lifeboat/: a lot of other people will go over first,'' Mr. Miller said.", "author": "Toner, Robin", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0293575_0", "date": "1989-10-22", "sourceId": "Q379664", "sourceLabel": "Valentino", "sourceImId": "Valentino_Liz_Hurley_Cannes.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d7/Valentino_Liz_Hurley_Cannes.jpg/180px-Valentino_Liz_Hurley_Cannes.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/10/22/0293575", "aUrlId": "950DE0DD103AF931A15753C1A96F948260", "text": "He is the *Valentino* of /Deruta/,'' said Mr. Raimondi, ''but there are also other couturiers.''", "author": "Anderson, Susan Heller", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0293748_0", "date": "1989-10-22", "sourceId": "Q467364", "sourceLabel": "Leona Helmsley", "sourceImId": "Leona_Helmsley_cropped_mug.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Leona_Helmsley_cropped_mug.jpg/180px-Leona_Helmsley_cropped_mug.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/22/0293748", "aUrlId": "950DE0DB143EF931A15753C1A96F948260", "text": "They're the *Leona Helmsley* of /L.A./''", "author": "Shah, Diane K", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0294474_0", "date": "1989-10-25", "sourceId": "Q2563141", "sourceLabel": "Aimee Semple McPherson", "sourceImId": "Aimee_Semple_McPherson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0c/Aimee_Semple_McPherson.jpg/180px-Aimee_Semple_McPherson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/25/0294474", "aUrlId": "950DEFDB113BF936A15753C1A96F948260", "text": "Bonnie Reiss, whom friends describe as an environmental evangelist, the *Aimee Semple McPherson* of /the movement/, took the mid-level industry types.", "author": "Fleming, Anne Taylor", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0294985_0", "date": "1989-10-27", "sourceId": "Q138576", "sourceLabel": "Bea Arthur", "sourceImId": "Beatrice_Arthur_-_1973.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/25/Beatrice_Arthur_-_1973.jpg/180px-Beatrice_Arthur_-_1973.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/27/0294985", "aUrlId": "950DE3DC133FF934A15753C1A96F948260", "text": "This sounds as if it had been written especially for her, at least for her image as the *Bea Arthur* of /the Big Screen/.", "author": "Canby, Vincent", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0295582_0", "date": "1989-10-29", "sourceId": "Q45661", "sourceLabel": "Coco Chanel", "sourceImId": "Gabrielle_Chanel_en_marini\u00e8re.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/90/Gabrielle_Chanel_en_marini%C3%A8re.jpg/180px-Gabrielle_Chanel_en_marini%C3%A8re.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/29/0295582", "aUrlId": "950DE0DA143BF93AA15753C1A96F948260", "text": "Hello Kitty is the *Coco Chanel* of /club land/, it seems.", "author": "Hofmann, Deborah", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0295608_0", "date": "1989-10-29", "sourceId": "Q80938", "sourceLabel": "John Travolta", "sourceImId": "John_Travolta_Deauville_2013_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b7/John_Travolta_Deauville_2013_2.jpg/180px-John_Travolta_Deauville_2013_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/10/29/0295608", "aUrlId": "950DE5DF123BF93AA15753C1A96F948260", "text": "For some people he's the *John Travolta* of /early 80's art/.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0295688_0", "date": "1989-10-29", "sourceId": "Q9041", "sourceLabel": "James Watt", "sourceImId": "James_Watt_by_Henry_Howard.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2c/James_Watt_by_Henry_Howard.jpg/180px-James_Watt_by_Henry_Howard.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/10/29/0295688", "aUrlId": "950DEEDF1F3BF93AA15753C1A96F948260", "text": "Some Indiana environmentalists called him ''the *James Watt* of /Indiana/,'' saying he cared little about preserving the state's remaining wilderness areas and favored aggressive development of public lands.", "author": "Gold, Allan R", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0297904_0", "date": "1989-11-05", "sourceId": "Q220210", "sourceLabel": "George Steinbrenner", "sourceImId": "George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13,_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/19/George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13%2C_2010.jpg/180px-George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13%2C_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1989/11/05/0297904", "aUrlId": "950DEFDD1F38F936A35752C1A96F948260", "text": "It would doubtless overstate the case to call S. I. Newhouse the *George Steinbrenner* of /publishing/.", "author": "", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0298301_0", "date": "1989-11-06", "sourceId": "Q1076161", "sourceLabel": "Dwight Gooden", "sourceImId": "Dwight_Gooden_2008-09-28.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/02/Dwight_Gooden_2008-09-28.jpg/180px-Dwight_Gooden_2008-09-28.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1989/11/06/0298301", "aUrlId": "950DEFD8173DF935A35752C1A96F948260", "text": "This guy is the *Dwight Gooden* of /Medicaid billers/,'' James Durkin, the director of the state Department of Social Services office that investigates abuse of the Medicaid system, said in an interview before Dr. del Gizzo's expulsion.", "author": "Verhovek, Sam Howe", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0299484_0", "date": "1989-11-10", "sourceId": "Q298726", "sourceLabel": "John Zorn", "sourceImId": "John_Zorn.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e0/John_Zorn.jpg/180px-John_Zorn.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1989/11/10/0299484", "aUrlId": "950DE4DC123CF933A25752C1A96F948260", "text": "A few hours later, at the Kitchen, Heiner Goebbels, the *John Zorn* of /West Germany/, is presenting his play ''The Man in the Elevator,'' featuring, among others, the downtown musician Arto Lindsay and the well-respected East German author Heiner Muller.", "author": "Watrous, Peter", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0299617_0", "date": "1989-11-10", "sourceId": "Q8442", "sourceLabel": "Otto von Bismarck", "sourceImId": "BismarckArbeitszimmer1886.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/50/BismarckArbeitszimmer1886.jpg/180px-BismarckArbeitszimmer1886.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/11/10/0299617", "aUrlId": "950DE4DE163EF933A25752C1A96F948260", "text": "A strong-willed figure, Mr. von Bennigsen was sometimes known as the *Bismarck* of /West German industry/.", "author": "", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0300766_0", "date": "1989-11-14", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/11/14/0300766", "aUrlId": "950DE0D61E3DF937A25752C1A96F948260", "text": "He made her the *Garbo* of /the art world/.''", "author": "Glueck, Grace", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0301143_0", "date": "1989-11-15", "sourceId": "Q591743", "sourceLabel": "Larry Miller", "sourceImId": "Larry_Miller_basketball.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6d/Larry_Miller_basketball.jpeg/180px-Larry_Miller_basketball.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/11/15/0301143", "aUrlId": "950DE0D91231F936A25752C1A96F948260", "text": "Dave LaPoint, with his sense of humor, willingness to help and left-handed observations of the weirdness at Yankee Stadium, might just be the *Larry Miller* of /our time/.", "author": "Moran, Malcolm", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0302493_0", "date": "1989-11-19", "sourceId": "Q138846", "sourceLabel": "Andy Rooney", "sourceImId": "Andy_Rooney_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3c/Andy_Rooney_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Andy_Rooney_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1989/11/19/0302493", "aUrlId": "950DE2D61E3FF93AA25752C1A96F948260", "text": "He is a curmudgeon with opinions but no conviction, the *Andy Rooney* of /the Sahara of the Bozart/.", "author": "Mcwhorter, Diane", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0302750_0", "date": "1989-11-20", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/11/20/0302750", "aUrlId": "950DEEDF163AF933A15752C1A96F948260", "text": "Mr. Parker, a former drug addict and now working on a master's degree in public health at Yale University, has been called the *Johnny Appleseed* of /needles/.", "author": "Lambert, Bruce", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0303163_0", "date": "1989-11-22", "sourceId": "Q409", "sourceLabel": "Bob Marley", "sourceImId": "Bob-Marley.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Bob-Marley.jpg/180px-Bob-Marley.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1989/11/22/0303163", "aUrlId": "950DE5D8173EF931A15752C1A96F948260", "text": "One of the anthology's strongest cuts, ''Ayiti Pa Fore'' (''Haiti Is Not a Forest') was recorded in 1988 and features Manno Charlemagne, a singer and songwriter who is regarded as the *Bob Marley* of /Haiti/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0303228_0", "date": "1989-11-22", "sourceId": "Q10664", "sourceLabel": "Neville Chamberlain", "sourceImId": "Right_Honourable_Neville_Chamberlain._Wellcome_M0003096.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b9/Right_Honourable_Neville_Chamberlain._Wellcome_M0003096.jpg/180px-Right_Honourable_Neville_Chamberlain._Wellcome_M0003096.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/11/22/0303228", "aUrlId": "950DEFD81F3EF931A15752C1A96F948260", "text": "Jim Bakker of American commerce -given license to steal by a bank board headed by the *Neville Chamberlain* of /financial regulation/, a cheerleader who saw little evil and thus spoke little truth,'' Mr. Leach said.", "author": "Nash, Nathaniel C", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0304421_0", "date": "1989-11-26", "sourceId": "Q613136", "sourceLabel": "Walter Reed", "sourceImId": "WalterReed.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4e/WalterReed.jpeg/180px-WalterReed.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/11/26/0304421", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D81630F935A15752C1A96F948260", "text": "Doctors were also posted at outlying construction camps, and Dr. Oswaldo Cruz, the *Walter Reed* of /Brazil/, visited the project and supervised the fight against malaria and yellow fever.", "author": "Mcdowell, Edwin", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0305341_0", "date": "1989-11-30", "sourceId": "Q9696", "sourceLabel": "John F. Kennedy", "sourceImId": "John_F._Kennedy,_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c3/John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg/180px-John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/11/30/0305341", "aUrlId": "950DE4DF1131F933A05752C1A96F948260", "text": "He's the *Kennedy* of /the 90's/,'' several people said.", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0306451_0", "date": "1989-12-04", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/12/04/0306451", "aUrlId": "950DE5DA173FF937A35751C1A96F948260", "text": "To be Sugar Ray - the marquee hero, the *Elvis* of /boxing/ - he must win.", "author": "Berger, Phil", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0307324_0", "date": "1989-12-07", "sourceId": "Q34969", "sourceLabel": "Benjamin Franklin", "sourceImId": "Joseph_Siffrein_Duplessis_-_Benjamin_Franklin_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Joseph_Siffrein_Duplessis_-_Benjamin_Franklin_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Joseph_Siffrein_Duplessis_-_Benjamin_Franklin_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/12/07/0307324", "aUrlId": "950DE3DB1130F934A35751C1A96F948260", "text": "CHARLES EAMES was the *Benjamin Franklin* of /American design/.", "author": "Kay, Jane Holtz", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0307357_0", "date": "1989-12-08", "sourceId": "Q235965", "sourceLabel": "Barbara Cartland", "sourceImId": "Dame_Barbara_Cartland_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ee/Dame_Barbara_Cartland_Allan_Warren.jpg/180px-Dame_Barbara_Cartland_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/12/08/0307357", "aUrlId": "950DEFD71239F93BA35751C1A96F948260", "text": "|She| is a *Barbara Cartland* for /the Colonies/.", "author": "Canby, Vincent", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0308314_0", "date": "1989-12-11", "sourceId": "Q196090", "sourceLabel": "Marvin Miller", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1989/12/11/0308314", "aUrlId": "950DE5D81431F932A25751C1A96F948260", "text": "There is no documentation of Ward's won-lost record as a lawyer (Columbia Law, class of '85), but what stands out is his role as the *Marvin Miller* of /his time/.", "author": "Corio, Ray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0308717_0", "date": "1989-12-13", "sourceId": "Q460876", "sourceLabel": "Lenny Bruce", "sourceImId": "Lenny_Bruce.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/49/Lenny_Bruce.jpg/180px-Lenny_Bruce.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/12/13/0308717", "aUrlId": "950DE7DF1F3BF930A25751C1A96F948260", "text": "Many of his Israeli songs are collaborations with Jonathan Geffen, an journalist and writer whom he described ''as the *Lenny Bruce* of /our time there/.''", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0309565_0", "date": "1989-12-16", "sourceId": "Q619", "sourceLabel": "Nicolaus Copernicus", "sourceImId": "Nikolaus_Kopernikus.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f2/Nikolaus_Kopernikus.jpg/180px-Nikolaus_Kopernikus.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/12/16/0309565", "aUrlId": "950DE7D6123DF935A25751C1A96F948260", "text": "For that, he deserves to be remembered as the *Copernicus* of /Communism/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0309883_0", "date": "1989-12-17", "sourceId": "Q311070", "sourceLabel": "Davy Crockett", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_David_Crockett,_1831.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/06/Portrait_of_David_Crockett%2C_1831.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_David_Crockett%2C_1831.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/12/17/0309883", "aUrlId": "950DE4D8123CF934A25751C1A96F948260", "text": "I used to go around calling myself the *Davy Crockett* of /substance abuse/, you know.", "author": "Verhovek, Sam Howe", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0309934_0", "date": "1989-12-17", "sourceId": "Q434513", "sourceLabel": "Alice Waters", "sourceImId": "Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards,_Napa.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards%2C_Napa.jpg/180px-Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards%2C_Napa.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1989/12/17/0309934", "aUrlId": "950DEFDD1E3CF934A25751C1A96F948260", "text": "Two meals and a long talk convinced me that the owner of that enchanting restaurant had to be the *Alice Waters* of /Cornwall/.", "author": "Schrambling, Regina", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0310887_0", "date": "1989-12-21", "sourceId": "Q347528", "sourceLabel": "Liberace", "sourceImId": "Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/57/Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg/180px-Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1989/12/21/0310887", "aUrlId": "950DE6DC1E3DF932A15751C1A96F948260", "text": "The clothes fetish: his orders for ''cloaths,'' as Washington often spelled it, must have left ''no doubt in his London merchants' minds that they were dealing with the *Liberace* of /the Potomac/.''", "author": "Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0311897_0", "date": "1989-12-24", "sourceId": "Q138846", "sourceLabel": "Andy Rooney", "sourceImId": "Andy_Rooney_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3c/Andy_Rooney_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Andy_Rooney_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1989/12/24/0311897", "aUrlId": "950DEED61E30F937A15751C1A96F948260", "text": "He's sort of the *Andy Rooney* of /the direct mail business/,'' said Jay Walker, the chairman of the Catalog Media Corporation in Ridgefield, which arranges corporate tie-ins and promotions with mail-order catalogues.", "author": "Arundel, John", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0312856_0", "date": "1989-12-29", "sourceId": "Q170779", "sourceLabel": "Cassandra", "sourceImId": "Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Cassandra1.jpeg/180px-Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1989/12/29/0312856", "aUrlId": "950DEFDD173FF93AA15751C1A96F948260", "text": "I've been the *Cassandra* of /real estate forecasting/ for some time now,'' Mr. Seidman told bankers at a meeting in New York this month.", "author": "Nash, Nathaniel C", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0313812_0", "date": "1990-01-03", "sourceId": "Q4985", "sourceLabel": "Herman Melville", "sourceImId": "Herman_Melville.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f1/Herman_Melville.jpg/180px-Herman_Melville.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/01/03/0313812", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2DC173FF930A35752C0A966958260", "text": "Representative authors are Soseki Natsume, whom Mr. Gibney called ''the *Herman Melville* of /19th-century Japanese fiction/,'' Kobo Abe, Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima.", "author": "Mcdowell, Edwin", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0313936_0", "date": "1990-01-03", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1990/01/03/0313936", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6DD103EF930A35752C0A966958260", "text": "Gretzky is the *Michael Jordan* of /hockey/,'' said Fitzpatrick, who intimidated shooters in the manner of Patrick Ewing.", "author": "Lapointe, Joe", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0316484_0", "date": "1990-01-14", "sourceId": "Q5598", "sourceLabel": "Rembrandt", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/01/14/0316484", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D91E39F937A25752C0A966958260", "text": "Her reward is ambiguous - at the end of the sitting, she sees herself, for the first time, as a very old woman, ''as Mr. Trate, the *Rembrandt* of /Painters Ltd./, saw her on this lovely October day.''", "author": "Barrett, Andrea", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0318981_0", "date": "1990-01-21", "sourceId": "Q410", "sourceLabel": "Carl Sagan", "sourceImId": "Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG/180px-Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/01/21/0318981", "aUrlId": "9C0CEEDC143CF932A15752C0A966958260", "text": "Assemblyman Daniel Frisa of Westbury called Mr. Cuomo ''the *Carl Sagan* of /New York/ with his 'billions and billions' in taxes and spending.''", "author": "Sack, Kevin", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0319074_0", "date": "1990-01-21", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/01/21/0319074", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4DA1530F932A15752C0A966958260", "text": "Although Mr. Chaudhuri may not be what Saul Bellow would call the *Tolstoy* of /the Bengalis/, he may remind many readers of Nabokov's Pnin,'' our reviewer, David Lelyveld, said in 1988.", "author": "Johnson, George", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0320277_0", "date": "1990-01-26", "sourceId": "Q325487", "sourceLabel": "Mike Wallace", "sourceImId": "Mike_Wallace_National_Press_Club.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2b/Mike_Wallace_National_Press_Club.jpg/180px-Mike_Wallace_National_Press_Club.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1990/01/26/0320277", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2D8113FF935A15752C0A966958260", "text": "Mr. Finney, trying on an American accent that covers the Brit no better than his shirts cover his paunch, plays Jason Cromwell, the *Mike Wallace* of /the smash-hit program ''Here and Now.''/", "author": "Goodman, Walter", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0321292_0", "date": "1990-01-28", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1990/01/28/0321292", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DB153EF93BA15752C0A966958260", "text": "Film Weekly called him ''the *Hitler* of /Hollywood/,'' but his values were actually the values of the moguls, though they barked and fought, barked and fought.", "author": "Charyn, Jerome", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0323187_0", "date": "1990-02-04", "sourceId": "Q230591", "sourceLabel": "Carson McCullers", "sourceImId": "Carsonmccullers.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c1/Carsonmccullers.jpg/180px-Carsonmccullers.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/02/04/0323187", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4D6133BF937A35751C0A966958260", "text": "Pat's sort of the *Carson McCullers* of /the English Midlands/,'' said Ms.", "author": "Taitz, Sonia", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0325652_0", "date": "1990-02-11", "sourceId": "Q9588", "sourceLabel": "Richard Nixon", "sourceImId": "Richard_M._Nixon,_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/Richard_M._Nixon%2C_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg/180px-Richard_M._Nixon%2C_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/02/11/0325652", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDD113CF932A25751C0A966958260", "text": "Edward Teller is the *Richard Nixon* of /American science/.", "author": "Rhodes, Richard", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0325668_0", "date": "1990-02-11", "sourceId": "Q2599", "sourceLabel": "Paul McCartney", "sourceImId": "Paul_McCartney_in_October_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d6/Paul_McCartney_in_October_2018.jpg/180px-Paul_McCartney_in_October_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1990/02/11/0325668", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4DA113CF932A25751C0A966958260", "text": "It has often been remarked that the youthful-looking Clive Barker resembles the youthful-looking Paul McCartney; I'd go a step farther and say that Clive Barker is the *Paul McCartney* of /horror fiction/ - like the Cute Beatle, Mr. Barker creates popular art that is superficially cheerful yet melancholy, if not profoundly pessimistic, at bottom.", "author": "Tucker, Ken", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0325887_0", "date": "1990-02-12", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1990/02/12/0325887", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3D6133DF931A25751C0A966958260", "text": "Liston was the *Mike Tyson* of /his time/, an intimidator who knocked people out.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0326212_0", "date": "1990-02-13", "sourceId": "Q30487", "sourceLabel": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "sourceImId": "Gorbachev_2019_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1990/02/13/0326212", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D8103EF930A25751C0A966958260", "text": "On both sides of the apartheid struggle, there are people wondering whether Mr. de Klerk will turn out to be the *Gorbachev* of /South Africa/, a reformer who sets out on a modest course of change only to find that he uncages forces that ripple through society in unpredictable ways, forces that even threaten to overwhelm him.", "author": "Burns, John F", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0328029_0", "date": "1990-02-19", "sourceId": "Q91", "sourceLabel": "Abraham Lincoln", "sourceImId": "Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg/180px-Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/02/19/0328029", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D7133BF93AA25751C0A966958260", "text": "PAUL TAGLIABUE, the commissioner of the National Football League, has freed college juniors for eligibility in the league's annual draft, although this doesn't quite make |him| the *Abraham Lincoln* for /college football underclassmen/.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0329684_0", "date": "1990-02-25", "sourceId": "Q464724", "sourceLabel": "Bella Abzug", "sourceImId": "Bella_Savitsky_Abzug.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/36/Bella_Savitsky_Abzug.jpg/180px-Bella_Savitsky_Abzug.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/02/25/0329684", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DF103CF936A15751C0A966958260", "text": "Over the years, Mrs. Fenwick's espousal of liberal causes prompted some Republicans to refer to her jokingly as ''the *Bella Abzug* of /Somerset County/.''", "author": "Cook, Joan", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0330884_0", "date": "1990-03-01", "sourceId": "Q508574", "sourceLabel": "Billy Martin", "sourceImId": "Billy_Martin_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a8/Billy_Martin_2008.jpg/180px-Billy_Martin_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1990/03/01/0330884", "aUrlId": "9C0CE0DA1F31F932A35750C0A966958260", "text": "For several years now, Leo Durocher, who in some ways was both the Pete Rose and the *Billy Martin* of /his time/, has waited for a phone call that would tell him he had been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by its veterans committee.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0330974_0", "date": "1990-03-02", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/03/02/0330974", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5D71738F931A35750C0A966958260", "text": "Howard Finster: Man of Visions'' is a good straightforward report on the career of Mr. Finster, a Southern backwoods preacher, now in his 70's, who has been called the *Picasso* of /folk art/.", "author": "Canby, Vincent", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0331029_0", "date": "1990-03-02", "sourceId": "Q209518", "sourceLabel": "Wayne Gretzky", "sourceImId": "Wgretz.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Wgretz.jpg/180px-Wgretz.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1990/03/02/0331029", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6DB163BF931A35750C0A966958260", "text": "Her coach, Don MacLeod, describes Vicky Sunohara as the *Wayne Gretzky* of /women's hockey/.", "author": "Wallace, William N", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0331384_0", "date": "1990-03-03", "sourceId": "Q1111386", "sourceLabel": "Robert Moses", "sourceImId": "Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg/180px-Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/03/03/0331384", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4D8153FF930A35750C0A966958260", "text": "He called him ''the *Robert Moses* of /municipal finance/,'' a reference to the powerful but unelected ''master builder'' who dominated planning in the city for decades.", "author": "Purdum, Todd S", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0331531_0", "date": "1990-03-04", "sourceId": "Q8877", "sourceLabel": "Steven Spielberg", "sourceImId": "Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que_Fran\u00e7aise_2_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/29/Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_Fran%C3%A7aise_2_cropped.jpg/180px-Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_Fran%C3%A7aise_2_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1990/03/04/0331531", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D9133AF937A35750C0A966958260", "text": "As the *Steven Spielberg* of /knot-tying adventure/, Mr. Phillips spends most of his nonteaching hours armed with a video camera seeking out knot-tying people.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0331905_0", "date": "1990-03-04", "sourceId": "Q297142", "sourceLabel": "Joe DiMaggio", "sourceImId": "1939_Playball_Joe_Dimaggio_(minus_halftone).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1f/1939_Playball_Joe_Dimaggio_%28minus_halftone%29.jpg/180px-1939_Playball_Joe_Dimaggio_%28minus_halftone%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/03/04/0331905", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5D91131F937A35750C0A966958260", "text": "That achievement makes him a significant contributor to American mass culture, every bit as much as the 68-week winning streak makes him the *Joe DiMaggio* of /the Nielsen game/.", "author": "Carter, Bill", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0331905_1", "date": "1990-03-04", "sourceId": "Q9588", "sourceLabel": "Richard Nixon", "sourceImId": "Richard_M._Nixon,_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/Richard_M._Nixon%2C_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg/180px-Richard_M._Nixon%2C_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/03/04/0331905", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5D91131F937A35750C0A966958260", "text": "of programming; now he's the *Richard Nixon* of /programming/.'", "author": "Carter, Bill", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0332581_0", "date": "1990-03-07", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1990/03/07/0332581", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1DE163CF934A35750C0A966958260", "text": "She is the *Michael Jordan* of /figure skating/, a dazzling athlete of uncommon skill who performs at a level unattained by many skaters, unattainable by most others.", "author": "Janofsky, Michael", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0332910_0", "date": "1990-03-08", "sourceId": "Q1247268", "sourceLabel": "Maxwell Smart", "sourceImId": "Get_Smart.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Get_Smart.png/180px-Get_Smart.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/03/08/0332910", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7DB1031F93BA35750C0A966958260", "text": "Marlin Fitzwater, the White House spokesman, described the Missouri Democrat as ''the *Maxwell Smart* of /politics/,'' comparing him to the verbose, bumbling television detective of the 1960's.", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0332986_0", "date": "1990-03-08", "sourceId": "Q4982930", "sourceLabel": "Buck Rogers", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1990/03/08/0332986", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6DF1130F93BA35750C0A966958260", "text": "He's like the *Buck Rogers* of /today/.''", "author": "Vogel, Carol", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0333601_0", "date": "1990-03-11", "sourceId": "Q893138", "sourceLabel": "Booth Tarkington", "sourceImId": "Booth_Tarkington,_with_signature.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ed/Booth_Tarkington%2C_with_signature.jpg/180px-Booth_Tarkington%2C_with_signature.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/03/11/0333601", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1D61339F932A25750C0A966958260", "text": "Call Mr. Lehrer the *Booth Tarkington* of /Oklahoma/.", "author": "Callendar, Newgate", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0333692_0", "date": "1990-03-11", "sourceId": "Q1443680", "sourceLabel": "Frank Lorenzo", "sourceImId": "FAA_Frank_Lorenzo_6336.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "d/df/FAA_Frank_Lorenzo_6336.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/03/11/0333692", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFD7103CF932A25750C0A966958260", "text": "Will Fred G. Currey become the *Frank Lorenzo* of /the bus business/?", "author": "", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0334074_0", "date": "1990-03-12", "sourceId": "Q325487", "sourceLabel": "Mike Wallace", "sourceImId": "Mike_Wallace_National_Press_Club.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2b/Mike_Wallace_National_Press_Club.jpg/180px-Mike_Wallace_National_Press_Club.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1990/03/12/0334074", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DF1031F931A25750C0A966958260", "text": "He is the *Mike Wallace* of /the Grand Concourse/.", "author": "Goodman, Walter", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0336784_0", "date": "1990-03-22", "sourceId": "Q60303", "sourceLabel": "Lotte Lehmann", "sourceImId": "LehmannTime35.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/53/LehmannTime35.jpg/180px-LehmannTime35.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/03/22/0336784", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5DF1E3DF931A15750C0A966958260", "text": "In this, as in other ways, she is the *Lotte Lehmann* of /her generation/.", "author": "Henahan, Donal", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0336893_0", "date": "1990-03-22", "sourceId": "Q1443680", "sourceLabel": "Frank Lorenzo", "sourceImId": "FAA_Frank_Lorenzo_6336.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "d/df/FAA_Frank_Lorenzo_6336.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/03/22/0336893", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4DE1F3CF931A15750C0A966958260", "text": "But his insistence on replacing strikers with nonunion drivers, and retaining them after the strike, has made him the *Frank Lorenzo* of /the highways/ in the eyes of Greyhound drivers, and raised the prospect of a long and bitter strike, Professor Shaiken said.", "author": "Hayes, Thomas C", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0338652_0", "date": "1990-03-28", "sourceId": "Q5488961", "sourceLabel": "Frank Perdue", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1990/03/28/0338652", "aUrlId": "9C0CEEDB1E3BF93BA15750C0A966958260", "text": "He looked like the *Frank Perdue* of /strawberries/.", "author": "O'Neill, Molly", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0340484_0", "date": "1990-04-03", "sourceId": "Q2596171", "sourceLabel": "John Henry", "sourceImId": "John_Henry-27527.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/John_Henry-27527.jpg/180px-John_Henry-27527.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/04/03/0340484", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7DA1431F930A35757C0A966958260", "text": "Evans as the *John Henry* of /astronomy/,'' Dr. Woosley said.", "author": "Browne, Malcolm W", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "0340995_0", "date": "1990-04-05", "sourceId": "Q202285", "sourceLabel": "Buffalo Bill", "sourceImId": "Cody-Buffalo-Bill-LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/35/Cody-Buffalo-Bill-LOC.jpg/180px-Cody-Buffalo-Bill-LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/04/05/0340995", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4DC1F3AF936A35757C0A966958260", "text": "In his sense of showmanship, Molesworth was the *Buffalo Bill* of /furniture/.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0340995_1", "date": "1990-04-05", "sourceId": "Q5604", "sourceLabel": "Frank Lloyd Wright", "sourceImId": "Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/99/Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg/180px-Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/04/05/0340995", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4DC1F3AF936A35757C0A966958260", "text": "And, like raptors swooping for a kill, antiques dealers are descending on the town, desperately seeking ''the *Frank Lloyd Wright* of /the West/.''", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0341525_0", "date": "1990-04-07", "sourceId": "Q887520", "sourceLabel": "Harold Stassen", "sourceImId": "Harold_E._Stassen.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Harold_E._Stassen.jpg/180px-Harold_E._Stassen.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/04/07/0341525", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D91630F934A35757C0A966958260", "text": "Before Mr. Dinkins selected him, Mr. Schafffer said he dreamed that if he did not get the post, ''I was on my way to becoming the *Harold Stassen* of /New York City/,'' a reference to the perpetual but always unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for President.", "author": "Buder, Leonard", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0342368_0", "date": "1990-04-10", "sourceId": "Q430714", "sourceLabel": "Al Smith", "sourceImId": "AlfredSmith.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/02/AlfredSmith.png/180px-AlfredSmith.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/04/10/0342368", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1D6143CF933A25757C0A966958260", "text": "Does he ever fear becoming the *Al Smith* of /black political history/, who blazes the trail but never makes it to the final destination?", "author": "Toner, Robin", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0343931_0", "date": "1990-04-15", "sourceId": "Q1508079", "sourceLabel": "George Plimpton", "sourceImId": "George_Plimpton_1993.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/George_Plimpton_1993.jpg/180px-George_Plimpton_1993.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1990/04/15/0343931", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4DF1530F936A25757C0A966958260", "text": "Today's sport for the *George Plimpton* of /the political world/ was golf at the fabled Mid-Ocean Club -in the rain and the wind, with small-craft warnings flying and palm trees blown inside out like flimsy umbrellas.", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0344250_0", "date": "1990-04-17", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1990/04/17/0344250", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DF1E3BF934A25757C0A966958260", "text": "Since 1974, this |60-year-old life-insurance salesman| turned academic has been a *Ralph Nader* of /the insurance business/.", "author": "Berg, Eric N", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0345203_0", "date": "1990-04-19", "sourceId": "Q102870", "sourceLabel": "Harriet Tubman", "sourceImId": "Harriet_Tubman_by_Squyer,_NPG,_c1885.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/Harriet_Tubman_by_Squyer%2C_NPG%2C_c1885.jpg/180px-Harriet_Tubman_by_Squyer%2C_NPG%2C_c1885.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/04/19/0345203", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6DB1E30F93AA25757C0A966958260", "text": "She was like the *Harriet Tubman* of /Zimbabwe/.", "author": "Williams, Lena", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0345692_0", "date": "1990-04-21", "sourceId": "Q9960", "sourceLabel": "Ronald Reagan", "sourceImId": "Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/16/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg/180px-Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/04/21/0345692", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D8103DF932A15757C0A966958260", "text": "Many conservatives see Mr. North as the man who can rejuvenate the right - the Barry Goldwater and the *Ronald Reagan* of /the 1990's/.", "author": "Ayres, B Drummond Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "0348711_0", "date": "1990-04-29", "sourceId": "Q23434", "sourceLabel": "Ernest Hemingway", "sourceImId": "ErnestHemingway.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/ErnestHemingway.jpg/180px-ErnestHemingway.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/04/29/0348711", "aUrlId": "9C0CE0DD1130F93AA15757C0A966958260", "text": "A great many of our classic tales of travel and adventure (as bookstores customarily combine them) are ventures into the interior, explorations of the landscape of the self, even while they are advertised as treks across Antarctica or Arabia, assaults on snowy unreachable peaks, cockroachy crawls into the cracks of the earth, voyages alone around the world or those hunts that test the *Hemingway* of /the heart/ - to mention some of our more popular ordeals.", "author": "Gass, William H", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
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{"id": "0351502_0", "date": "1990-05-08", "sourceId": "Q431223", "sourceLabel": "Oliver North", "sourceImId": "OliverNorth.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f8/OliverNorth.JPG/180px-OliverNorth.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/05/08/0351502", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DD1F3EF93BA35756C0A966958260", "text": "Robert Tappan Morris is the *Oliver North* of /computer abuse/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
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{"id": "0351648_0", "date": "1990-05-09", "sourceId": "Q151803", "sourceLabel": "Piet Mondrian", "sourceImId": "Piet_Mondrian_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/Piet_Mondrian_2.jpg/180px-Piet_Mondrian_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/05/09/0351648", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DD1739F93AA35756C0A966958260", "text": "Looking at |the Hancock tower|, a character calls it ''*a Mondrian among* /Turners/,'' with its blue mirrors ''a new physics in the Back Bay,'' adding that ''its windows popped out like so many ill-fitting contact lenses.''", "author": "Mitgang, Herbert", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "0353111_0", "date": "1990-05-13", "sourceId": "Q234952", "sourceLabel": "Betsy Ross", "sourceImId": "RossBetsy.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/RossBetsy.jpg/180px-RossBetsy.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/05/13/0353111", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3D71631F930A25756C0A966958260", "text": "The article on April 22 [''Elmont Seamstress Is the *Betsy Ross* of /Horse Racing/'']  tells us that Antoinette Brocklebank sews 25 percent of the silks at Belmont, so it's 4 to 1 that the winning jockey will wear her outfit.", "author": "", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0354980_0", "date": "1990-05-20", "sourceId": "Q554527", "sourceLabel": "Faust", "sourceImId": "02-08-2014-B\u00e5rd_G._Eithun_with_Emperor_at_Wacken_Open_Air_2014-JonasR.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ee/02-08-2014-B%C3%A5rd_G._Eithun_with_Emperor_at_Wacken_Open_Air_2014-JonasR.jpg/180px-02-08-2014-B%C3%A5rd_G._Eithun_with_Emperor_at_Wacken_Open_Air_2014-JonasR.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1990/05/20/0354980", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDC1F3DF933A15756C0A966958260", "text": "|He| was a *Faust* of /American journalism/, a reporter more powerful than the papers he wrote for, a bigger celebrity than most of the people he wrote about.", "author": "Rascoe, Judith", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0355271_0", "date": "1990-05-21", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1990/05/21/0355271", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2DA1F38F932A15756C0A966958260", "text": "The Public Media Center is the *Ralph Nader* of /agencies/, creating advertising that promotes consumers' rights and sells social change.", "author": "Foltz, Kim", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0355274_0", "date": "1990-05-21", "sourceId": "Q961660", "sourceLabel": "Red Holzman", "sourceImId": "Knicks_coach_Red_Holzman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8a/Knicks_coach_Red_Holzman.jpg/180px-Knicks_coach_Red_Holzman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1990/05/21/0355274", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D71F38F932A15756C0A966958260", "text": "Once I told him I was staying in Phoenix for good, I kind of became the *Red Holzman* of /the West Coast/.", "author": "Brown, Clifton", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0356702_0", "date": "1990-05-27", "sourceId": "Q211111", "sourceLabel": "Ursula Andress", "sourceImId": "Ursula_Andress_1974.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Ursula_Andress_1974.jpg/180px-Ursula_Andress_1974.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/05/27/0356702", "aUrlId": "9C0CEED81F3BF934A15756C0A966958260", "text": "But you, you're the *Ursula Andress* of /militancy/.''", "author": "Potter, Dennis", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0356719_0", "date": "1990-05-27", "sourceId": "Q314929", "sourceLabel": "Dick Francis", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1990/05/27/0356719", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDF163AF934A15756C0A966958260", "text": "Sam Llewellyn has been described as the *Dick Francis* of /sailing/, and for good reason.", "author": "Callendar, Newgate", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0359921_0", "date": "1990-06-10", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1990/06/10/0359921", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5D71338F933A25755C0A966958260", "text": "One study under way is likely to dispute the value of recent trade agreements with Japan; Mr. Prestowitz, a former Commerce Department official and businessman, has become the *Mike Tyson* of /Japan-bashers/.", "author": "Myerson, Allen R", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0360016_0", "date": "1990-06-10", "sourceId": "Q1443680", "sourceLabel": "Frank Lorenzo", "sourceImId": "FAA_Frank_Lorenzo_6336.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "d/df/FAA_Frank_Lorenzo_6336.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/06/10/0360016", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1DA153BF933A25755C0A966958260", "text": "Whether or not Mr. Currey wanted to break the drivers' union, Greyhound's slide into bankruptcy has made him the *Frank Lorenzo* of /the highways/ in some people's eyes.", "author": "Hayes, Thomas C", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0360211_0", "date": "1990-06-10", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/06/10/0360211", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D9123AF933A25755C0A966958260", "text": "According to scholars, he's a layman named Julianus Argentarius, a banker who helped bankroll no less than five great churches in the area, the *Donald Trump* of /his time/.", "author": "Gould, Joan", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0360283_0", "date": "1990-06-10", "sourceId": "Q314929", "sourceLabel": "Dick Francis", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1990/06/10/0360283", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4D71531F933A25755C0A966958260", "text": "Mr. Llewellyn, the *Dick Francis* of /sailing/, writes cleanly and unaffectedly about racing boats, real estate deals - and murder.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0360989_0", "date": "1990-06-14", "sourceId": "Q8704", "sourceLabel": "Walt Disney", "sourceImId": "Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walt_Disney_1946.JPG/180px-Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/06/14/0360989", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1D61638F937A25755C0A966958260", "text": "Barnum, as Mr. Culhane puts it, was the *Walt Disney* of /his day/.", "author": "Shepard, Richard F", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0361800_0", "date": "1990-06-17", "sourceId": "Q1507320", "sourceLabel": "George Ernest Shelley", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1990/06/17/0361800", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1D7163FF934A25755C0A966958260", "text": "Born in 1772, Coleridge was in many ways the *Shelley* of /the earlier generation of Romantic poets/ - brilliant, young, flamboyant, with a philosophical bent and radical ideals.", "author": "Wordsworth, Jonathan", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0364544_0", "date": "1990-06-29", "sourceId": "Q5950", "sourceLabel": "James Brown", "sourceImId": "Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Jamesbrown4.jpg/180px-Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1990/06/29/0364544", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D81631F93AA15755C0A966958260", "text": "Also, Oscar D'Leon, the *James Brown* of /salsa/, will bring in his high-powered group.", "author": "Watrous, Peter", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0365330_0", "date": "1990-07-02", "sourceId": "Q7693393", "sourceLabel": "Ted Kluszewski", "sourceImId": "Ted_Kluszewski_1953.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fb/Ted_Kluszewski_1953.jpg/180px-Ted_Kluszewski_1953.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/07/02/0365330", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDA123CF931A35754C0A966958260", "text": "Left-handed all the way, standing 6 feet 2 inches and weighing about 200 pounds, he might have been the *Ted Kluszewski* of /his day/; he certainly swung the bat like one.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0367812_0", "date": "1990-07-13", "sourceId": "Q358519", "sourceLabel": "Gordie Howe", "sourceImId": "Gordie_Howe_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Gordie_Howe_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gordie_Howe_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1990/07/13/0367812", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2D61139F930A25754C0A966958260", "text": "Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. is more than the *Gordie Howe* of /auto racing/.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0368449_0", "date": "1990-07-15", "sourceId": "Q1145696", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Eckersley", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Eckersley.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9d/Dennis_Eckersley.jpg/180px-Dennis_Eckersley.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1990/07/15/0368449", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4D8143FF936A25754C0A966958260", "text": "The right-handed Murphy, a New Yorker who later served as general manager of the Mets, was the game's top reliever, the *Dennis Eckersley* of /his day/.", "author": "Holway, John B", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0368518_0", "date": "1990-07-15", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/07/15/0368518", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4D61E3FF936A25754C0A966958260", "text": "It is also the story of a |driven man| who sees himself as above the law, a *John Wayne* of /the North/, who isn't going to let himself be pushed around by judges.", "author": "Knelman, Martin", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0372556_0", "date": "1990-07-29", "sourceId": "Q190152", "sourceLabel": "Larry Bird", "sourceImId": "Larrybird.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bb/Larrybird.jpg/180px-Larrybird.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1990/07/29/0372556", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D91130F93AA15754C0A966958260", "text": "On Wednesday, the slender 6-foot-8-inch Day hounded Antonella Riva of Italy, not always graciously, and then on Friday he was assigned to guard Oscar, the *Larry Bird* of /Brazil/, who has been lofting jump shots in international competition for 14 years.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0373439_0", "date": "1990-08-03", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1990/08/03/0373439", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DA163BF930A3575BC0A966958260", "text": "Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called Mr. Hussein ''the *Hitler* of /the Middle East/'' and criticized Mr. Bush for not having moved earlier to forestall an invasion.", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0373541_0", "date": "1990-08-04", "sourceId": "Q37103", "sourceLabel": "Florence Nightingale", "sourceImId": "Florence_Nightingale_CDV_by_H_Lenthall.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8a/Florence_Nightingale_CDV_by_H_Lenthall.jpg/180px-Florence_Nightingale_CDV_by_H_Lenthall.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/08/04/0373541", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D7173DF937A3575BC0A966958260", "text": "They called me the *Florence Nightingale* of /the trees/,'' Mrs. Moses said at the time.", "author": "Cook, Joan", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0374728_0", "date": "1990-08-09", "sourceId": "Q11274043", "sourceLabel": "Jane Pauley", "sourceImId": "Jane_Pauley_2012_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7c/Jane_Pauley_2012_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Jane_Pauley_2012_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1990/08/09/0374728", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4DE1E3FF93AA3575BC0A966958260", "text": "|Bill Seidman| is the *Jane Pauley* for /American Government/,'' said Representative Jim Leach, Republican of Iowa, referring to the former host of NBC's ''Today,'' whose popularity soared after she was pushed off the program.", "author": "Nash, Nathaniel C", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0375250_0", "date": "1990-08-11", "sourceId": "Q281847", "sourceLabel": "Lee Iacocca", "sourceImId": "Lee_Iacocca_at_the_White_House_in_1993.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Lee_Iacocca_at_the_White_House_in_1993.jpg/180px-Lee_Iacocca_at_the_White_House_in_1993.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/08/11/0375250", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2DC143AF932A2575BC0A966958260", "text": "Its chairman, Jan Carlzon, is credited with turning the airline around in the early 1980s, earning a reputation as ''the *Lee Iacocca* of /Europe/,'' one analyst said.", "author": "Weiner, Eric", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0375644_0", "date": "1990-08-12", "sourceId": "Q192667", "sourceLabel": "Manuel Noriega", "sourceImId": "Manuel_Noriega_mugshot_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Manuel_Noriega_mugshot_cropped.jpg/180px-Manuel_Noriega_mugshot_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/08/12/0375644", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DD1E3DF931A2575BC0A966958260", "text": "It is Saddam Hussein, the *Noriega* of /the Middle East/.", "author": "Trainor, Bernard E", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0375852_0", "date": "1990-08-12", "sourceId": "Q230120", "sourceLabel": "Julia Margaret Cameron", "sourceImId": "Julia_Margaret_Cameron_MET_DP114480_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/db/Julia_Margaret_Cameron_MET_DP114480_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Julia_Margaret_Cameron_MET_DP114480_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/08/12/0375852", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDC1030F931A2575BC0A966958260", "text": "She took to photography zealously, professionally, becoming the *Julia Margaret Cameron* of /Washington/, posing in front of her camera passing senators, generals, dogs and children.", "author": "Maccarthy, Fiona", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0377711_0", "date": "1990-08-19", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1990/08/19/0377711", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4DE1538F93AA2575BC0A966958260", "text": "The Council, long considered the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /local politics/, ascended to the center of city government with the demise of the Board of Estimate last week.", "author": "Lee, Felicia R", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
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{"id": "0377828_0", "date": "1990-08-19", "sourceId": "Q7235", "sourceLabel": "Sophocles", "sourceImId": "Sophocles_pushkin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/19/Sophocles_pushkin.jpg/180px-Sophocles_pushkin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1990/08/19/0377828", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5DD153BF93AA2575BC0A966958260", "text": "Such differences are the mark of the true gelateria artigianale, the craft of ice-cream making, says the *Sophocles* of /ice cream today/, Nazareno Giolitti.", "author": "Fant, Maureen B", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0378133_0", "date": "1990-08-20", "sourceId": "Q152779", "sourceLabel": "Louise Brooks", "sourceImId": "Louise_Brooks_detail_ggbain.32453u.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/17/Louise_Brooks_detail_ggbain.32453u.jpg/180px-Louise_Brooks_detail_ggbain.32453u.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/08/20/0378133", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4D61E3AF933A1575BC0A966958260", "text": "There is a fascinatingly abbreviated saga of Annette Hanshaw, ''the *Louise Brooks* of /jazz/,'' as Mr. Friedwald calls her.", "author": "Wilson, John S", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0379712_0", "date": "1990-08-26", "sourceId": "Q45661", "sourceLabel": "Coco Chanel", "sourceImId": "Gabrielle_Chanel_en_marini\u00e8re.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/90/Gabrielle_Chanel_en_marini%C3%A8re.jpg/180px-Gabrielle_Chanel_en_marini%C3%A8re.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/08/26/0379712", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7DD1431F935A1575BC0A966958260", "text": "Since pattern was what determined style, she was in a sense the *Coco Chanel* of /her time/, though her name is curiously absent from contemporary correspondence and diaries.", "author": "Deitz, Paula", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0380281_0", "date": "1990-08-29", "sourceId": "Q622636", "sourceLabel": "Spike Jones", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1990/08/29/0380281", "aUrlId": "9C0CEEDA113AF93AA1575BC0A966958260", "text": "In ''Don Henley Must Die,'' one of the year's funniest pop songs, Mojo Nixon, a performer who might be described as the *Spike Jones* of /rock-and-roll/, demands the electric chair for the former Eagle as punishment for his being ''pretentious'' and ''whining like a wounded beagle.''", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0380974_0", "date": "1990-09-02", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/09/02/0380974", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFD61738F931A3575AC0A966958260", "text": "File Finder is the alias of Dr. Callahan, a medical doctor who devoted himself to computers and developed a reputation among electronic bulletin board users as the *Johnny Appleseed* of /shareware/.", "author": "Lewis, Peter H", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0382279_0", "date": "1990-09-07", "sourceId": "Q721948", "sourceLabel": "Nolan Ryan", "sourceImId": "Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg/180px-Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/09/07/0382279", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2DA1E3DF934A3575AC0A966958260", "text": "One ominous night, Bjorn Borg was beaten before he faced the missiles of Roscoe Tanner, the *Nolan Ryan* of /tennis/.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0382554_0", "date": "1990-09-09", "sourceId": "Q294927", "sourceLabel": "Jerry Lewis", "sourceImId": "Jerry_Lewis_-_1960s.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Jerry_Lewis_-_1960s.jpg/180px-Jerry_Lewis_-_1960s.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/09/09/0382554", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D8133DF93AA3575AC0A966958260", "text": "I don't want to become the *Jerry Lewis* of /the disenfranchised commercial fishermen/,'' he said.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0384922_0", "date": "1990-09-18", "sourceId": "Q2009573", "sourceLabel": "James Bond", "sourceImId": "James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds,_London.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2e/James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds%2C_London.jpg/180px-James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds%2C_London.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1990/09/18/0384922", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7DB1139F93BA2575AC0A966958260", "text": "He was the *James Bond* of /the 1840's/,'' Mr. Rice says.", "author": "", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0386272_0", "date": "1990-09-23", "sourceId": "Q41508", "sourceLabel": "Ludwig Mies van der Rohe", "sourceImId": "Mies_van_der_Rohe_Portraet_1934.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Mies_van_der_Rohe_Portraet_1934.jpg/180px-Mies_van_der_Rohe_Portraet_1934.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/09/23/0386272", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D91331F930A1575AC0A966958260", "text": "Interested in ceremonial objects, the artist began applying to them Modernist principles and by the early 1930's was well on the way to becoming the *Mies van der Rohe* of /the genre/, particularly with respect to Hebrew calligraphy but not to the point of Bauhaus ''baldness.''", "author": "Raynor, Vivien", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0387764_0", "date": "1990-09-30", "sourceId": "Q170779", "sourceLabel": "Cassandra", "sourceImId": "Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Cassandra1.jpeg/180px-Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/09/30/0387764", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6DE1631F933A0575AC0A966958260", "text": "Jim Grant, the editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer and the *Cassandra* of /financial markets in the late 1980's/, notes that the plunging Japanese stock market is slashing bank capital in Tokyo, since banks have been allowed to count unrealized stock market gains as equity.", "author": "", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0388083_0", "date": "1990-10-01", "sourceId": "Q855", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Stalin", "sourceImId": "JStalin_Secretary_general_CCCP_1942.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f1/JStalin_Secretary_general_CCCP_1942.jpg/180px-JStalin_Secretary_general_CCCP_1942.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/10/01/0388083", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1DC163BF932A35753C1A966958260", "text": "But I have seen even greater perversities, if only on the movies or on TV; I saw Hitler waving in a friendly manner to fanaticized little girls of the Hitlerjugend; I saw mass murderer Stalin kissing a child with the red Communist youth organization scarf, a child whose parents ended up like so many in Gulag camps; I saw Gottwald, the *Stalin* of /Czechoslovakia/, smilingly joking with young miners, the builders of socialism and soon to be cripples; I saw the Iraqi president Hussein patting the children of his hostages whom - as he now says - he is ready to have shot.", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0389132_0", "date": "1990-10-06", "sourceId": "Q298237", "sourceLabel": "Benedict Arnold", "sourceImId": "Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg/180px-Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/10/06/0389132", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5D6163CF935A35753C1A966958260", "text": "In recent weeks he has criticized Mr. Kemp, calling |him| ''a lackey of Mario Cuomo'' and *a Benedict Arnold for* what Mr. Rinfret contended was covert support of Mr. London. //", "author": "Lynn, Frank", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0389336_0", "date": "1990-10-07", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1990/10/07/0389336", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2DC153CF934A35753C1A966958260", "text": "To Wall Street, the Tandy Corporation has become the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the technology scene/.", "author": "Henriques, Diana B", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0392151_0", "date": "1990-10-15", "sourceId": "Q103949", "sourceLabel": "Buster Keaton", "sourceImId": "Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Busterkeaton_edit.jpg/180px-Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/10/15/0392151", "aUrlId": "9C0CE0DB123CF936A25753C1A966958260", "text": "Calvin Trillin is the *Buster Keaton* of /performance humorists/.", "author": "Gussow, Mel", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0393857_0", "date": "1990-10-21", "sourceId": "Q6075016", "sourceLabel": "Irwin Corey", "sourceImId": "Irwin_Corey_1963.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4d/Irwin_Corey_1963.JPG/180px-Irwin_Corey_1963.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/10/21/0393857", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2D9153FF932A15753C1A966958260", "text": "Having spent a good part of the last year and a quarter at the task of reading for an annual best-story collection, I've begun to feel like the *Professor Irwin Corey* of /the short story/ - the world's greatest living authority over a discipline that doesn't exactly exist, a professorship of nothing, tenured in the university without walls.", "author": "Ford, Richard", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0396229_0", "date": "1990-10-28", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/10/28/0396229", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDB133FF93BA15753C1A966958260", "text": "At 80 years of age, Peter Drucker remains the *Babe Ruth* of /management writers/, still hitting home runs.", "author": "Baida, Peter", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0396993_0", "date": "1990-10-31", "sourceId": "Q887401", "sourceLabel": "Bo Jackson", "sourceImId": "Bo_Jackson,_2011_NCAA_Honors_Celebration,_San_Antonio,_TX.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a6/Bo_Jackson%2C_2011_NCAA_Honors_Celebration%2C_San_Antonio%2C_TX.jpg/180px-Bo_Jackson%2C_2011_NCAA_Honors_Celebration%2C_San_Antonio%2C_TX.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1990/10/31/0396993", "aUrlId": "9C0CE0DD153BF932A05753C1A966958260", "text": "But teammates they are: Dooley, a fifth-year receiver, too slow and too small to be recruited, and Kirby, a sophomore running back who would only attend a school that would allow him to be the *Bo Jackson* of /autumn and winter/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0397821_0", "date": "1990-11-04", "sourceId": "Q152505", "sourceLabel": "Leonard Bernstein", "sourceImId": "Leonard_Bernstein_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Leonard_Bernstein_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg/180px-Leonard_Bernstein_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1990/11/04/0397821", "aUrlId": "9C0CEEDE1439F937A35752C1A966958260", "text": "Johnson, on a much lower level of talent and achievement, was the *Leonard Bernstein* of /his day/, hailed as the first native-born conductor to head a major American orchestra.", "author": "Henahan, Donal", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0398601_0", "date": "1990-11-06", "sourceId": "Q368744", "sourceLabel": "Charles Atlas", "sourceImId": "Charles_Atlas_c1920.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1d/Charles_Atlas_c1920.jpg/180px-Charles_Atlas_c1920.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/11/06/0398601", "aUrlId": "9C0CE0D8103CF935A35752C1A966958260", "text": "And that was when Charles Oakley, the *Charles Atlas* of /forwards/, was about to attempt a jump shot.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0399880_0", "date": "1990-11-11", "sourceId": "Q347528", "sourceLabel": "Liberace", "sourceImId": "Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/57/Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg/180px-Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1990/11/11/0399880", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5DA1E3FF932A25752C1A966958260", "text": "There are times when Mr. Morris has been in danger of becoming the *Liberace* of /American dance/ rather than the next Balanchine.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0399939_0", "date": "1990-11-11", "sourceId": "Q192218", "sourceLabel": "Ted Bundy", "sourceImId": "Ted_Bundy_headshot.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/Ted_Bundy_headshot.jpg/180px-Ted_Bundy_headshot.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/11/11/0399939", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D8133EF932A25752C1A966958260", "text": "This, he explodes, \"is the *Ted Bundy* of /countries/!\"", "author": "Burns, John F", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0400456_0", "date": "1990-11-13", "sourceId": "Q348011", "sourceLabel": "Joe Montana", "sourceImId": "Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8c/Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg/180px-Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1990/11/13/0400456", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5DB133DF930A25752C1A966958260", "text": "Traders took heart in the strong leadership of I.B.M., the *Joe Montana* of /the stock market/.", "author": "Cole, Robert J", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0401924_0", "date": "1990-11-18", "sourceId": "Q43203", "sourceLabel": "Clint Eastwood", "sourceImId": "ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/07/ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg/180px-ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1990/11/18/0401924", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7DC123CF93BA25752C1A966958260", "text": "Emotionally speaking, |Mr. Welliver| is a *Clint Eastwood* of /landscapists/, and it is not unlikely that when he gets a museum retrospective, his clarity and competence will make him, too, a cult figure.", "author": "Raynor, Vivien", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0402002_0", "date": "1990-11-18", "sourceId": "Q93188", "sourceLabel": "Errol Flynn", "sourceImId": "Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Errol_Flynn1.jpg/180px-Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/11/18/0402002", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2D9133EF93BA25752C1A966958260", "text": "Nevertheless, Mr. Reagan was signed up and became \"the *Errol Flynn* of /the B pictures/,\" eventually making a couple of A films as well: \"Knute Rockne -- All American,\" in which he played the dying Gipper, and \"Kings Row,\" in which he played a young man who loses his legs.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0402026_0", "date": "1990-11-18", "sourceId": "Q140412", "sourceLabel": "John Donne", "sourceImId": "John_Donne_BBC_News.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/74/John_Donne_BBC_News.jpg/180px-John_Donne_BBC_News.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/11/18/0402026", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5D91731F93BA25752C1A966958260", "text": "|She| is, as she says, a poet of \"serious play\" -- extravagant, large-spirited, querulous -- a *John Donne* of /the postwar American suburbs/ who combines a breezy colloquial formalism with an underlying violence of feeling.", "author": "Hirsch, Edward", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0403716_0", "date": "1990-11-25", "sourceId": "Q131725", "sourceLabel": "Joan Baez", "sourceImId": "Joan_Baez_1966.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Joan_Baez_1966.jpg/180px-Joan_Baez_1966.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1990/11/25/0403716", "aUrlId": "9C0CEEDE163BF936A15752C1A966958260", "text": "Marina Kapura, the lead vocalist, has been described by Pete Seeger as \"the *Joan Baez* of /the Soviet Union/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0404159_0", "date": "1990-11-26", "sourceId": "Q961851", "sourceLabel": "Nelson Riddle", "sourceImId": "Nelson_Riddle_1958.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/46/Nelson_Riddle_1958.JPG/180px-Nelson_Riddle_1958.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/11/26/0404159", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1DD133AF935A15752C1A966958260", "text": "Buried in Blue, which ends the second act, is one of several numbers in the show in which the band is joined by strings, arranged and conducted by Marc Shaiman, the gifted young arranger and composer who is becoming the *Nelson Riddle* of /his generation/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0404840_0", "date": "1990-11-29", "sourceId": "Q8743", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Edison", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg/180px-Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/11/29/0404840", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DB1F3DF93AA15752C1A966958260", "text": "He promised a three-day showcase of the newest and neatest brainstorms, a chance for inventors to rub elbows with other inventors -- including, of course, the man who bills himself as the *Thomas Edison* of /Japan/, a man who even invented his own name.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0405597_0", "date": "1990-12-02", "sourceId": "Q81438", "sourceLabel": "Walt Whitman", "sourceImId": "Walt_Whitman_-_George_Collins_Cox.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fa/Walt_Whitman_-_George_Collins_Cox.jpg/180px-Walt_Whitman_-_George_Collins_Cox.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/12/02/0405597", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1DB1F3DF931A35751C1A966958260", "text": "Louis Sullivan was the *Walt Whitman* of /American architecture/, a sprawling genius of startling originality and unrestrained vitality whose spirit embraced multitudes.", "author": "Filler, Martin", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0405643_0", "date": "1990-12-02", "sourceId": "Q1413", "sourceLabel": "Nero", "sourceImId": "Nero_pushkin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Nero_pushkin.jpg/180px-Nero_pushkin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1990/12/02/0405643", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D71E3CF931A35751C1A966958260", "text": "The souvenirs of Mascagni's opera \"Nero\" are 10 times as interesting if we remember that the year of the performance in question was 1934 -- a time at which Mussolini was shaping up to become the *Nero* of /his day/.", "author": "Russell, John", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0406630_0", "date": "1990-12-07", "sourceId": "Q107190", "sourceLabel": "Peter Pan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Llewelyn_Davies_as_Peter_Pan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2a/Michael_Llewelyn_Davies_as_Peter_Pan.jpg/180px-Michael_Llewelyn_Davies_as_Peter_Pan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/12/07/0406630", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D6163BF934A35751C1A966958260", "text": "Richard Tuttle may be the *Peter Pan* of /contemporary art/: the artist who refuses to grow up or old, or to settle down in any way.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0407708_0", "date": "1990-12-11", "sourceId": "Q1508079", "sourceLabel": "George Plimpton", "sourceImId": "George_Plimpton_1993.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/George_Plimpton_1993.jpg/180px-George_Plimpton_1993.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1990/12/11/0407708", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDB163FF932A25751C1A966958260", "text": "Mr. Morgan also contended that \"Dr. Hammer presents himself as the architect of world peace, instrumental in arranging the 1985 Geneva summit between Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan\" while \"in fact, |he| is more like an enthusiastic amateur trying to break into the major leagues, a *George Plimpton* of /international relations/.\"", "author": "Pace, Eric", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0409721_0", "date": "1990-12-20", "sourceId": "Q134262", "sourceLabel": "Tennessee Williams", "sourceImId": "Tennessee_Williams_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/78/Tennessee_Williams_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Tennessee_Williams_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/12/20/0409721", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5DF1F39F933A15751C1A966958260", "text": "I fancy myself, he said, \"the *Tennessee Williams* of /the dairy case/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0410524_0", "date": "1990-12-23", "sourceId": "Q7322", "sourceLabel": "Christopher Columbus", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_a_Man,_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Portrait_of_a_Man%2C_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_a_Man%2C_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/12/23/0410524", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4D71F3DF930A15751C1A966958260", "text": "He'd be considered the *Columbus* of /the art world/, only he wasn't even nearly the first European to claim others' cultures.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0410588_0", "date": "1990-12-23", "sourceId": "Q2071", "sourceLabel": "David Lynch", "sourceImId": "David_Lynch_Cannes_2017.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/David_Lynch_Cannes_2017.jpg/180px-David_Lynch_Cannes_2017.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1990/12/23/0410588", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5D61631F930A15751C1A966958260", "text": "That meant, on Wednesday, eager introductory remarks by Mr. Kapilow that largely duplicated his own program notes, some silly overstatements (\"Beethoven, the *David Lynch* of /his times/.", "author": "Rockwell, John", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0410716_0", "date": "1990-12-24", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1990/12/24/0410716", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DD1039F937A15751C1A966958260", "text": "But, in reality, I think I could be the *Michael Jordan* of /12th men/.", "author": "Curry, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0411789_0", "date": "1990-12-30", "sourceId": "Q342778", "sourceLabel": "Pat Boone", "sourceImId": "Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/180px-Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1990/12/30/0411789", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDD1339F933A05751C1A966958260", "text": "How did the *Pat Boone* of /rap/ -- slow, mediocre and unconvincing -- get the first No.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0412106_0", "date": "1990-12-30", "sourceId": "Q278804", "sourceLabel": "Bear Bryant", "sourceImId": "Bear_Bryant_1945.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/03/Bear_Bryant_1945.jpg/180px-Bear_Bryant_1945.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1990/12/30/0412106", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7DE1E30F933A05751C1A966958260", "text": "The reason Colorado is playing Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl is because Notre Dame (the *Bear Bryant* of /the times/), and not the Orange Bowl Committee, insisted a decision be made two weeks before pick-'em day.", "author": "Underwood, John", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0412462_0", "date": "1991-01-01", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/01/01/0412462", "aUrlId": "9D0CE6D7103EF932A35752C0A967958260", "text": "But I think it's clearly a warning to us as Democrats that we cannot let them make quotas the *Willie Horton* of /1992/.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0413837_0", "date": "1991-01-08", "sourceId": "Q955322", "sourceLabel": "Shoeless Joe Jackson", "sourceImId": "ShoelessJoeJackson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/ShoelessJoeJackson.jpg/180px-ShoelessJoeJackson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/01/08/0413837", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1D81E3AF93BA35752C0A967958260", "text": "He's sort of like the *Shoeless Joe Jackson* of /today/, isn't he?", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0414982_0", "date": "1991-01-13", "sourceId": "Q5686", "sourceLabel": "Charles Dickens", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_Charles_Dickens_(4671094).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Portrait_of_Charles_Dickens_%284671094%29.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_Charles_Dickens_%284671094%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/01/13/0414982", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DB163CF930A25752C0A967958260", "text": "To make matters more peculiar, |Mr. Ackroyd's| is not exactly a *Dickens* for /the 90's/, at least not the 1990's.", "author": "Kincaid, James R", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0416604_0", "date": "1991-01-20", "sourceId": "Q864751", "sourceLabel": "The Hatter", "sourceImId": "MadlHatterByTenniel.svg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/MadlHatterByTenniel.svg/180px-MadlHatterByTenniel.svg.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/01/20/0416604", "aUrlId": "9D0CE6DC163FF933A15752C0A967958260", "text": "Thomas: Forget the hair club, she's the *Mad Hatter* of /rap/.", "author": "Green, Penelope", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0418298_0", "date": "1991-01-27", "sourceId": "Q5264", "sourceLabel": "Hippocrates", "sourceImId": "Hippocrates_rubens.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/32/Hippocrates_rubens.jpg/180px-Hippocrates_rubens.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/01/27/0418298", "aUrlId": "9D0CEEDE1E3CF934A15752C0A967958260", "text": "I give you the *Hippocrates* of /the quick needle/, Dr.", "author": "Amis, Martin", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0419348_0", "date": "1991-02-01", "sourceId": "Q1511", "sourceLabel": "Richard Wagner", "sourceImId": "RichardWagner.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9d/RichardWagner.jpg/180px-RichardWagner.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/02/01/0419348", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7D71639F932A35751C0A967958260", "text": "But David Greenspan apparently aspires to be the *Richard Wagner* of /the genre/.", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0420740_0", "date": "1991-02-06", "sourceId": "Q153579", "sourceLabel": "Stephen Sondheim", "sourceImId": "Stephen_Sondheim_-_smoking.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Stephen_Sondheim_-_smoking.JPG/180px-Stephen_Sondheim_-_smoking.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/02/06/0420740", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7D81430F935A35751C0A967958260", "text": "In the elegant precision and savage acuity of lyrics for songs like Blizzard of Lies,\" \"The Wheelers and the Dealers,\" \"My Attorney Bernie,\" \"Can't Take You Nowhere\" and \"I'm Hip,\" to name several of the roughly 100 songs he's written, Mr. Frishberg might be described as the *Stephen Sondheim* of /jazz songwriting/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0421220_0", "date": "1991-02-08", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/02/08/0421220", "aUrlId": "9D0CE6D8173AF93BA35751C0A967958260", "text": "Vanilla Ice has been called the *Elvis Presley* of /rap/, but that's an insult to Presley, who transformed the blues and country music he drew on.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0421854_0", "date": "1991-02-10", "sourceId": "Q4441", "sourceLabel": "Emily Dickinson", "sourceImId": "Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(Restored).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg/180px-Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/02/10/0421854", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DD123DF933A25751C0A967958260", "text": "-- becoming the *Emily Dickinson* of /the perfectly turned hem/.", "author": "Mason, Deborah", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0423942_0", "date": "1991-02-17", "sourceId": "Q314929", "sourceLabel": "Dick Francis", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/02/17/0423942", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DF133BF934A25751C0A967958260", "text": "Sam Llewellyn has been described as the *Dick Francis* of /sailing/, and for good reason, Newgate Callendar said here last year.", "author": "Johnson, George", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0423984_0", "date": "1991-02-17", "sourceId": "Q5079691", "sourceLabel": "Charles Keating", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/02/17/0423984", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2DF103AF934A25751C0A967958260", "text": "This man is the *Charles Keating* of /Virginia/, said Mr.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0424173_0", "date": "1991-02-17", "sourceId": "Q553321", "sourceLabel": "Vince Lombardi", "sourceImId": "Vince_Lombardi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "a/a2/Vince_Lombardi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/02/17/0424173", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2D9163EF934A25751C0A967958260", "text": "The students consider Mr. Sporney the *Vince Lombardi* of /model-bridge building/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0427872_0", "date": "1991-03-05", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/03/05/0427872", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2D71E38F936A35750C0A967958260", "text": "Mr. Tarasov reflects this history in wearing fine European suits and ties but hardly as the *Donald Trump* of /Moscow/.", "author": "Fein, Esther B", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0430682_0", "date": "1991-03-17", "sourceId": "Q7416", "sourceLabel": "Margaret Thatcher", "sourceImId": "Margaret_Thatcher_stock_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Margaret_Thatcher_stock_portrait.jpg/180px-Margaret_Thatcher_stock_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1991/03/17/0430682", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFDB163DF934A25750C0A967958260", "text": "A front-runner for Ms. Vieira's \"60 Minutes\" job is Lesley Stahl, the *Margaret Thatcher* of /television news/.", "author": "James, Caryn", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
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{"id": "0432181_0", "date": "1991-03-24", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/03/24/0432181", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DC1439F937A15750C0A967958260", "text": "My father, the Ford Motor Company's distributor for the entire colony, was known as \"the *Henry Ford* of /Korea/.\"", "author": "Kusumoto, Sam", "desk": "Business World Magazine"},
{"id": "0432396_0", "date": "1991-03-24", "sourceId": "Q18218128", "sourceLabel": "Valentino", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/03/24/0432396", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7DF103DF937A15750C0A967958260", "text": "Willard Espy, the *Valentino* of /word lovers/, has built on this thought in Harvard Magazine to suggest", "author": "Safire, William", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0432850_0", "date": "1991-03-26", "sourceId": "Q26702", "sourceLabel": "Cardinal Richelieu", "sourceImId": "Cardinal_de_Richelieu.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8f/Cardinal_de_Richelieu.jpg/180px-Cardinal_de_Richelieu.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/03/26/0432850", "aUrlId": "9D0CE6D81338F935A15750C0A967958260", "text": "He was the *Cardinal Richelieu* of /10 Downing Street/, a civil servant whose mastery of foreign affairs had made him so indispensable to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her successor, John Major, that in the end he become too notorious for his own good.", "author": "Whitney, Craig R", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0433213_0", "date": "1991-03-27", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/03/27/0433213", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7DF1330F934A15750C0A967958260", "text": "A bagel's the Shakespeare, the *Tolstoy* of /flour/.", "author": "Alexander, Ron", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0433543_0", "date": "1991-03-29", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/03/29/0433543", "aUrlId": "9D0CE6DF133CF93AA15750C0A967958260", "text": "Mr. Cantor, the *P. T. Barnum* of /the solo show/, is the producer of that current exemplar of the genre, A Room of One's Own.\"", "author": "Collins, Glenn", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0434255_0", "date": "1991-04-01", "sourceId": "Q473208", "sourceLabel": "Roger Clemens", "sourceImId": "Roger_clemens_2004.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Roger_clemens_2004.jpg/180px-Roger_clemens_2004.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1991/04/01/0434255", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5D7153DF932A35757C0A967958260", "text": "Cheers seems to be the *Roger Clemens* of /prime-time television/, renewing its deal with NBC for top dollar.", "author": "Carter, Bill", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0436543_0", "date": "1991-04-11", "sourceId": "Q9439", "sourceLabel": "Queen Victoria", "sourceImId": "Queen_Victoria_by_Bassano.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e3/Queen_Victoria_by_Bassano.jpg/180px-Queen_Victoria_by_Bassano.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/04/11/0436543", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7D71038F932A25757C0A967958260", "text": "Mrs. Henry Parish 2d, as she prefers to be known professionally, could be called the *Queen Victoria* of /fabric swatches/.", "author": "Dullea, Georgia", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0436865_0", "date": "1991-04-12", "sourceId": "Q79015", "sourceLabel": "Clark Kent", "sourceImId": "Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6f/Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg/180px-Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1991/04/12/0436865", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2DC153FF931A25757C0A967958260", "text": "Although the juiciest version of the story has Mr. Viertel, the *Clark Kent* of /Broadway/, flattening Mr. Freydberg, that one is untrue.", "author": "Witchel, Alex", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0437373_0", "date": "1991-04-14", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/04/14/0437373", "aUrlId": "9D0CE0DC123CF937A25757C0A967958260", "text": "And as Augusta National's first black, Ron Townsend is a member under a microscope, the *Jackie Robinson* of /country-club golf/, a 15-handicap golfer with the corporate-honcho background that Augusta National prefers.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0437671_0", "date": "1991-04-15", "sourceId": "Q344793", "sourceLabel": "George Burns", "sourceImId": "George_Burns_Allan_Warren.tif", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/George_Burns_Allan_Warren.tif/lossy-page1-180px-George_Burns_Allan_Warren.tif.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1991/04/15/0437671", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3D71630F936A25757C0A967958260", "text": "And it was a fivegone conclusion that Mr. Borge -- who is becoming the *George Burns* of /the keyboard/ -- would win a career achievement award at the convention.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0442861_0", "date": "1991-05-04", "sourceId": "Q6418571", "sourceLabel": "Kitty Kelley", "sourceImId": "Kitty_Kelley_Photo_by_Raymond_Boyd_(cropped_and_modified).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Kitty_Kelley_Photo_by_Raymond_Boyd_%28cropped_and_modified%29.jpg/180px-Kitty_Kelley_Photo_by_Raymond_Boyd_%28cropped_and_modified%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1991/05/04/0442861", "aUrlId": "9D0CE6DB1638F937A35756C0A967958260", "text": "Mr. Fitzwater also attacked Mr. Sick, saying, \"Gary Sick is the *Kitty Kelley* of /foreign policy/.\"", "author": "Clymer, Adam", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0444480_0", "date": "1991-05-10", "sourceId": "Q467364", "sourceLabel": "Leona Helmsley", "sourceImId": "Leona_Helmsley_cropped_mug.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Leona_Helmsley_cropped_mug.jpg/180px-Leona_Helmsley_cropped_mug.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/05/10/0444480", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DF1130F933A25756C0A967958260", "text": "Cartoons depict him with his hand caught in a cookie jar, and a local columnist has compared him to other haughty hoarders, calling him the *Leona Helmsley* of /the San Francisco Bay area/.", "author": "Depalma, Anthony", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "0446849_0", "date": "1991-05-20", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1991/05/20/0446849", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7D9123CF933A15756C0A967958260", "text": "The company even revels in the abuse heaped on Spam, calling it \"the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the food world/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "0449342_0", "date": "1991-05-31", "sourceId": "Q1076161", "sourceLabel": "Dwight Gooden", "sourceImId": "Dwight_Gooden_2008-09-28.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/02/Dwight_Gooden_2008-09-28.jpg/180px-Dwight_Gooden_2008-09-28.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1991/05/31/0449342", "aUrlId": "9D0CE6DC1631F932A05756C0A967958260", "text": "This guy is the *Dwight Gooden* of /Medicaid billers/, James Durkin, the director of the state office that investigates Medicaid abuse, said at the time.", "author": "Verhovek, Sam Howe", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0449588_0", "date": "1991-06-02", "sourceId": "Q6418571", "sourceLabel": "Kitty Kelley", "sourceImId": "Kitty_Kelley_Photo_by_Raymond_Boyd_(cropped_and_modified).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Kitty_Kelley_Photo_by_Raymond_Boyd_%28cropped_and_modified%29.jpg/180px-Kitty_Kelley_Photo_by_Raymond_Boyd_%28cropped_and_modified%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1991/06/02/0449588", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFD61E39F931A35755C0A967958260", "text": "Who does Camille Paglia think she is, the *Kitty Kelley* of /academia/?", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0450111_0", "date": "1991-06-03", "sourceId": "Q311263", "sourceLabel": "John Hughes", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/06/03/0450111", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2DE163AF930A35755C0A967958260", "text": "Someone described me as the *John Hughes* of /domestic tragedy/, he said.", "author": "", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0451190_0", "date": "1991-06-08", "sourceId": "Q4605", "sourceLabel": "Sarah Bernhardt", "sourceImId": "Sarah_Bernhardt_by_Paul_Nadar_(crop).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/11/Sarah_Bernhardt_by_Paul_Nadar_%28crop%29.jpg/180px-Sarah_Bernhardt_by_Paul_Nadar_%28crop%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/06/08/0451190", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1DB113CF93BA35755C0A967958260", "text": "Famed in her lifetime (1831-91) for her teachings as well as her supposed acts of precognition and astral projection, |she| toured the world as a *Sarah Bernhardt* of /the spiritualist circuit/.", "author": "Gussow, Mel", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0451468_0", "date": "1991-06-09", "sourceId": "Q7352498", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/06/09/0451468", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5D8153EF93AA35755C0A967958260", "text": "Since |Mr. Costner| is \"a *Robin Hood* for /the 90's/,\" as the producers proclaim, this version of the medieval fable is violent, even though it has received a PG-13 rating.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0451475_0", "date": "1991-06-09", "sourceId": "Q2489036", "sourceLabel": "Klaas Storme", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/06/09/0451475", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1DD133EF93AA35755C0A967958260", "text": "The most compelling performance was that of |Mr. Weiss|, a *Zaza* for /the ancien regime/, progressively transforming himself over the course of the evening into the ghastly porcelain figurine who wound up dancing decorously with Casanova at the ball.", "author": "Richards, David", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0452266_0", "date": "1991-06-13", "sourceId": "Q721948", "sourceLabel": "Nolan Ryan", "sourceImId": "Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg/180px-Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/06/13/0452266", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFDA1E3BF930A25755C0A967958260", "text": "Thirtysomething joggers wondering whether they have any hopes of achieving a personal best might take encouragement from Francie Larrieu-Smith, the *Nolan Ryan* of /distance running/.", "author": "Kramon, Glenn", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0453403_0", "date": "1991-06-17", "sourceId": "Q12470450", "sourceLabel": "A. Kohar Ibrahim", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/06/17/0453403", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DE1F30F934A25755C0A967958260", "text": "That's not the way to become a Kawabata, a Mishima, a Tanazaki or an *Abe* for /their own time/.", "author": "Mitgang, Herbert", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0453844_0", "date": "1991-06-20", "sourceId": "Q550707", "sourceLabel": "Eddie Rickenbacker", "sourceImId": "Captain_Edward_Rickenbacker,_America's_premier_\"Ace\"_officially_credited_with_22_enemy_planes_and_the_proud_wearer_of_th_-_NARA_-_533720.tif", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Captain_Edward_Rickenbacker%2C_America%27s_premier_%22Ace%22_officially_credited_with_22_enemy_planes_and_the_proud_wearer_of_th_-_NARA_-_533720.tif/lossy-page1-180px-Captain_Edward_Rickenbacker%2C_America%27s_premier_%22Ace%22_officially_credited_with_22_enemy_planes_and_the_proud_wearer_of_th_-_NARA_-_533720.tif.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/06/20/0453844", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5D81039F933A15755C0A967958260", "text": "Not the *Eddie Rickenbacker* of /Air Sununu/.", "author": "Safire, William", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0454777_0", "date": "1991-06-23", "sourceId": "Q271939", "sourceLabel": "Chuck Yeager", "sourceImId": "Charles_Yeager_photo_portrait_head_on_shoulders_left_side.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/17/Charles_Yeager_photo_portrait_head_on_shoulders_left_side.jpg/180px-Charles_Yeager_photo_portrait_head_on_shoulders_left_side.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/06/23/0454777", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFDE163DF930A15755C0A967958260", "text": "Hawkes is already at work on plans for the vehicle, which he hopes will allow Earle to become the *Chuck Yeager* of /the sea/.", "author": "Orenstein, Peggy", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0454948_0", "date": "1991-06-23", "sourceId": "Q9077", "sourceLabel": "Moses", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/06/23/0454948", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7DC1E30F930A15755C0A967958260", "text": "If Mr. Greenberg can be described as the *Moses* of /the art world/, solemnly laying down the laws of painting, he is also its Ann Landers.", "author": "Solomon, Deborah", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0454960_0", "date": "1991-06-24", "sourceId": "Q335762", "sourceLabel": "Pat Riley", "sourceImId": "Pat_Riley.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/82/Pat_Riley.jpg/180px-Pat_Riley.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1991/06/24/0454960", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3D61739F937A15755C0A967958260", "text": "Pitino had the talent, the style, the look to be the *Pat Riley* of /the East/.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0455153_0", "date": "1991-06-25", "sourceId": "Q8704", "sourceLabel": "Walt Disney", "sourceImId": "Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walt_Disney_1946.JPG/180px-Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/06/25/0455153", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5D91E38F936A15755C0A967958260", "text": "Ralph Lauren is getting to be the *Walt Disney* of /fashion/.", "author": "Hochswender, Woody", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0455352_0", "date": "1991-06-26", "sourceId": "Q340137", "sourceLabel": "Norman Schwarzkopf", "sourceImId": "Herbert_Norman_Schwarzkopf_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f7/Herbert_Norman_Schwarzkopf_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Herbert_Norman_Schwarzkopf_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/06/26/0455352", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DB1339F935A15755C0A967958260", "text": "Leonard Humbrecht is the *Norman Schwarzkopf* of /Alsatian wine makers/: his name, as well as his wines, is on everyone's tongue and his picture is in every wine publication.", "author": "Prial, Frank J", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0456236_0", "date": "1991-06-29", "sourceId": "Q134183", "sourceLabel": "Magic Johnson", "sourceImId": "Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7d/Magic_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1991/06/29/0456236", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5DD173FF93AA15755C0A967958260", "text": "Politics is one thing; sports is another, Toni Kukoc, a Croat nicknamed the *Magic Johnson* of /Europe/, said in an interview.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0457223_0", "date": "1991-07-03", "sourceId": "Q285483", "sourceLabel": "Mary Martin", "sourceImId": "Mary_Martin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a1/Mary_Martin.jpg/180px-Mary_Martin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/07/03/0457223", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5DA103DF930A35754C0A967958260", "text": "We call him the *Mary Martin* of /Off Broadway/, Ms. Kurtz says, referring to the actress who washed that man right out of her hair more than 40 years ago in \"South Pacific.\"", "author": "Rothstein, Mervyn", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0458936_0", "date": "1991-07-11", "sourceId": "Q5604", "sourceLabel": "Frank Lloyd Wright", "sourceImId": "Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/99/Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg/180px-Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/07/11/0458936", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DC123AF932A25754C0A967958260", "text": "Many consider him the *Frank Lloyd Wright* of /industrial design/, not surprising since both men were born and raised in Wisconsin and did perhaps their most important work in the Middle West.", "author": "Wilkerson, Isabel", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0459273_0", "date": "1991-07-12", "sourceId": "Q55249", "sourceLabel": "Ken Russell", "sourceImId": "Ken_Russell_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/Ken_Russell_2008.jpg/180px-Ken_Russell_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1991/07/12/0459273", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFDC123FF931A25754C0A967958260", "text": "There are times when Mr. MacMillan can be mistaken for the *Ken Russell* of /British ballet/; like the film director, he would have us believe that true character can be revealed by the outrageous image.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0459422_0", "date": "1991-07-13", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/07/13/0459422", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFD7103CF930A25754C0A967958260", "text": "Tina Brown, who is the *P. T. Barnum* of /the magazine world/, obviously knows all this, even though she is originally from England, a country where journalism is not seasonal but schizoid, veering wildly between high dudgeon and women in thong swimsuits.", "author": "Quindlen, Anna", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0459865_0", "date": "1991-07-14", "sourceId": "Q66107", "sourceLabel": "Henry Kissinger", "sourceImId": "Henry_Kissinger.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e3/Henry_Kissinger.jpg/180px-Henry_Kissinger.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/07/14/0459865", "aUrlId": "9D0CE0DB1031F937A25754C0A967958260", "text": "Mr. Roach's interest goes beyond aspirations to become the *Henry Kissinger* of /the audio industry/.", "author": "Shapiro, Eben", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0460751_0", "date": "1991-07-17", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/07/17/0460751", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1DC1130F934A25754C0A967958260", "text": "JACK LANG, the French culture minister, described Mr. Davis as \"the *Picasso* of /jazz/.\"", "author": "Anderson, Susan Heller", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0461868_0", "date": "1991-07-21", "sourceId": "Q34851", "sourceLabel": "Elizabeth Taylor", "sourceImId": "Taylor,_Elizabeth_posed.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Taylor%2C_Elizabeth_posed.jpg/180px-Taylor%2C_Elizabeth_posed.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/07/21/0461868", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4D9133EF932A15754C0A967958260", "text": "But even if she turns out to be the *Liz Taylor* of /her day/, going through men like diamond necklaces, her audience is already lined up at theaters and newsstands and video stores.", "author": "James, Caryn", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0461989_0", "date": "1991-07-21", "sourceId": "Q220210", "sourceLabel": "George Steinbrenner", "sourceImId": "George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13,_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/19/George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13%2C_2010.jpg/180px-George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13%2C_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1991/07/21/0461989", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3DE1030F932A15754C0A967958260", "text": "In that history, Modell has been called the *George Steinbrenner* of /the Midwest/, another owner who meddles too much and hurts his team, and in the same breath he is praised as a man who provides the N.F.L., as it gears for the 90's and beyond, with continuity, a sense of history, intense loyalty and, judiciously, service.", "author": "George, Thomas", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0461993_0", "date": "1991-07-21", "sourceId": "Q9077", "sourceLabel": "Moses", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/07/21/0461993", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2DE1130F932A15754C0A967958260", "text": "Phrases like \"high priest\" and \"the *Moses* of /the art world/\" set the tone.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0464227_0", "date": "1991-08-01", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1991/08/01/0464227", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3DE103DF932A3575BC0A967958260", "text": "I want to become the *Michael Jordan* of /golf/, said Woods, who prefers being called Tiger to Eldrick.", "author": "Diaz, Jaime", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0465076_0", "date": "1991-08-04", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1991/08/04/0465076", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DD1231F937A3575BC0A967958260", "text": "I want to be the *Michael Jordan* of /golf/, said Mr. Woods after his victory on Sunday.", "author": "", "desk": "Week In Review Desk"},
{"id": "0465813_0", "date": "1991-08-09", "sourceId": "Q913", "sourceLabel": "Socrates", "sourceImId": "Socrates_Louvre.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a4/Socrates_Louvre.jpg/180px-Socrates_Louvre.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1991/08/09/0465813", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3D71239F93AA3575BC0A967958260", "text": "Saving the image of the game -- he fired Dave Pallone basically for being gay -- was his job, but as a man who saw himself as the *Socrates* of /sport/, that public-relations function would have eventually rubbed up against his higher conceits.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0466280_0", "date": "1991-08-11", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/08/11/0466280", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3DF133BF932A2575BC0A967958260", "text": "Soon, Americans could immediately recognize an Eisenstaedt picture, and several generations of photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, tried to emulate their hero, the *Babe Ruth* of /35-millimeter photography/.", "author": "Durniak, John", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0466343_0", "date": "1991-08-11", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1991/08/11/0466343", "aUrlId": "9D0CEEDA1E3AF932A2575BC0A967958260", "text": "On a recent evening on the Upper West Side, Earl Manigault recalled the days when he was the *Michael Jordan* of /Harlem/, a man who jumped so high he once believed he could take off after a running start and end up sitting on the rim.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0466892_0", "date": "1991-08-14", "sourceId": "Q375600", "sourceLabel": "Don Nelson", "sourceImId": "Don_Nelson_at_Suns_at_Warriors_3-15-09_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Don_Nelson_at_Suns_at_Warriors_3-15-09_1.jpg/180px-Don_Nelson_at_Suns_at_Warriors_3-15-09_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1991/08/14/0466892", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7DA123BF937A2575BC0A967958260", "text": "I call him the *Don Nelson* of /agents/, said longtime client John Lucas, who has now retired.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0467633_0", "date": "1991-08-18", "sourceId": "Q44176", "sourceLabel": "Hulk Hogan", "sourceImId": "Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c6/Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg/180px-Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1991/08/18/0467633", "aUrlId": "9D0CE6D61E3BF93BA2575BC0A967958260", "text": "In The National Review, on the other hand, Jim Atkinson, referring to the comedienne as \"the *Hulk Hogan* of /feminism/,\" perceives her as \"a cunning marketeer who has figured out how to parlay a form of vulgar reverse sexism into stardom.\"", "author": "O'Connor, John J", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0468225_0", "date": "1991-08-20", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/08/20/0468225", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFDB113EF933A1575BC0A967958260", "text": "Here was one of the great musical prodigies, a man who by the age of 18 had composed major works for the chamber and orchestral repertory, who was responsible for the revival of interest in Bach in the 19th century, who was the acknowledged leader of German musical life before his death at 38 in 1847, a composer Schumann called the *Mozart* of /the 19th century/.", "author": "Rothstein, Edward", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0468513_0", "date": "1991-08-22", "sourceId": "Q472547", "sourceLabel": "David Souter", "sourceImId": "DavidSouter.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2f/DavidSouter.jpg/180px-DavidSouter.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/08/22/0468513", "aUrlId": "9D0CE0DA153FF931A1575BC0A967958260", "text": "The nominee for health chief of New York State, Dr. Mark Chassin, is emerging as the *David Souter* of /gubernatorial appointees/, a man with little public record on major health issues and little freedom to stake out his positions.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0472147_0", "date": "1991-09-08", "sourceId": "Q2586583", "sourceLabel": "Henny Youngman", "sourceImId": "Henny_Youngman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/23/Henny_Youngman.jpg/180px-Henny_Youngman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/09/08/0472147", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFDB133AF93BA3575AC0A967958260", "text": "Gross is the *Henny Youngman* of /the Acropolis/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0472458_0", "date": "1991-09-09", "sourceId": "Q122634", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png/180px-Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/09/09/0472458", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7DB1E3BF93AA3575AC0A967958260", "text": "He is called the *Robin Hood* of /Patagonia/.", "author": "Nash, Nathaniel C", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0474006_0", "date": "1991-09-15", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/09/15/0474006", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFDB1131F936A2575AC0A967958260", "text": "Gates is the *Henry Ford* of /our generation/, and if you don't like it, go build a Honda.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0475339_0", "date": "1991-09-22", "sourceId": "Q1265202", "sourceLabel": "Stepin Fetchit", "sourceImId": "Stepin_Fetchit-Chubby_Johnson_in_Bend_of_the_River.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f8/Stepin_Fetchit-Chubby_Johnson_in_Bend_of_the_River.jpg/180px-Stepin_Fetchit-Chubby_Johnson_in_Bend_of_the_River.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/09/22/0475339", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7DB1639F931A1575AC0A967958260", "text": "As a Caucasian who has seen just about every Charlie Chan movie there is, I must respond to the article by Gish Jen about stereotypes that perpetuate Charlie Chan as the *Stepin Fetchit* of /Orientals/  [ \"Challenging the Asian Illusion,\" Aug. 11 ] .", "author": "", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0476016_0", "date": "1991-09-24", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/09/24/0476016", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1D8133FF937A1575AC0A967958260", "text": "What about news reports that Biosphere 2 is basically a survivalist cult built around the magnetic personality of John Allen, whom The Village Voice characterized as \"much more the Jim Jones than the *Johnny Appleseed* of /the ecology movement/?\"", "author": "Broad, William J", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "0476549_0", "date": "1991-09-27", "sourceId": "Q59215", "sourceLabel": "Robert Redford", "sourceImId": "Robert_Redford_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/Robert_Redford_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Robert_Redford_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/09/27/0476549", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3D81F3DF934A1575AC0A967958260", "text": "Macaulay Culkin, the 10-year-old star of \"Home Alone\" and the *Robert Redford* of /the kindergarten set/, can be seen in the flesh at Ensemble Studio Theater, 549 West 52d Street, on Oct. 9 and 10 for the opening of its annual Octoberfest.", "author": "Witchel, Alex", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0476983_0", "date": "1991-09-29", "sourceId": "Q5582", "sourceLabel": "Vincent van Gogh", "sourceImId": "Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-portrait_with_grey_felt_hat_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/aa/Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-portrait_with_grey_felt_hat_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-portrait_with_grey_felt_hat_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/09/29/0476983", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7DD143AF93AA1575AC0A967958260", "text": "A 1929 first edition of \"Tintin au Pays des Soviets\" recently sold for about $3,450 at current exchange rates, making Herge what Mr. Crochelet termed \"the *Van Gogh* of /the B.D./\"", "author": "Kenneally, Christopher", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0477239_0", "date": "1991-09-29", "sourceId": "Q1861386", "sourceLabel": "Bach", "sourceImId": "Quand_Madelon.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/09/Quand_Madelon.jpg/180px-Quand_Madelon.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/09/29/0477239", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3DB1630F93AA1575AC0A967958260", "text": "And I know just the music for the cassette player during the hourlong drive to the orchard: \"Stealin' Apples,\" a wonderful tune by |Fats Waller|, *a Bach of* /our time/.", "author": "", "desk": "Autumn Times Supplement"},
{"id": "0477414_0", "date": "1991-09-30", "sourceId": "Q35171", "sourceLabel": "Grover Cleveland", "sourceImId": "StephenGroverCleveland.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/55/StephenGroverCleveland.png/180px-StephenGroverCleveland.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/09/30/0477414", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1D7133CF933A0575AC0A967958260", "text": "Ms. Tandy is the 60th person to participate in the campaign, said Peter Rogers, president and creative director, if Claudette Colbert, the *Grover Cleveland* of /Blackglama/, is counted twice for separate ads in 1971 and 1978.", "author": "", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0478532_0", "date": "1991-10-06", "sourceId": "Q11930", "sourceLabel": "Kevin Costner", "sourceImId": "Kevin_Costner_C\u00e9sars_2013_3.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/Kevin_Costner_C%C3%A9sars_2013_3.jpg/180px-Kevin_Costner_C%C3%A9sars_2013_3.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1991/10/06/0478532", "aUrlId": "9D0CE6DD1638F935A35753C1A967958260", "text": "Part of the reason for Mr. Brooks's success is marketing: with his meat-and-potatoes image, goony grin and virtuous all-American values, he is the *Kevin Costner* of /country/.", "author": "Browne, David", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0478549_0", "date": "1991-10-06", "sourceId": "Q217557", "sourceLabel": "Joyce Carol Oates", "sourceImId": "Joyce_carol_oates_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Joyce_carol_oates_2014.jpg/180px-Joyce_carol_oates_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1991/10/06/0478549", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5D91E38F935A35753C1A967958260", "text": "He became the *Joyce Carol Oates* of /pop/, incredibly prolific with variable quality.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0478726_0", "date": "1991-10-06", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/10/06/0478726", "aUrlId": "9D0CE0DE133CF935A35753C1A967958260", "text": "Thomas B. Stoddard, executive director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, described Ms. Bergalis as \"the *Willie Horton* of /the AIDS crisis/.\"", "author": "Berke, Richard L", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0479337_0", "date": "1991-10-09", "sourceId": "Q410", "sourceLabel": "Carl Sagan", "sourceImId": "Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG/180px-Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/10/09/0479337", "aUrlId": "9D0CE0DF133FF93AA35753C1A967958260", "text": "One could call him the *Carl Sagan* of /the deep/.", "author": "Miller, Bryan", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0480435_0", "date": "1991-10-14", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/10/14/0480435", "aUrlId": "9D0CEEDD1E3AF937A25753C1A967958260", "text": "They all called her aloof; yet J.C. Alvarez, a former aide to Senator John Danforth and staffer at the E.E.O.C., suggested that she might want to turn her experience before the Senate into a book or movie, saying she wanted to be \"the *Rosa Parks* of /sexual harassment/.\"", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0481046_0", "date": "1991-10-17", "sourceId": "Q935", "sourceLabel": "Isaac Newton", "sourceImId": "GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg/180px-GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/10/17/0481046", "aUrlId": "9D0CEEDB1031F934A25753C1A967958260", "text": "Some of the judges on the Nobel committee described Dr. de Gennes as \"the *Isaac Newton* of /our time/\" because of his success in applying mathematics to generalized explanations of many different phenomena.", "author": "Browne, Malcolm W", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0481582_0", "date": "1991-10-20", "sourceId": "Q1166727", "sourceLabel": "Darryl Strawberry", "sourceImId": "Daryl_Strawberry_(29297363126).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7a/Daryl_Strawberry_%2829297363126%29.jpg/180px-Daryl_Strawberry_%2829297363126%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1991/10/20/0481582", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFDC173BF933A15753C1A967958260", "text": "In April 1989, Mr. Cohen became the *Darryl Strawberry* of /the compliance set/.", "author": "Cowan, Alison Leigh", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0481993_0", "date": "1991-10-21", "sourceId": "Q34453", "sourceLabel": "Boris Yeltsin", "sourceImId": "Boris_Yeltsin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Boris_Yeltsin.jpg/180px-Boris_Yeltsin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1991/10/21/0481993", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4D61030F932A15753C1A967958260", "text": "One person described me as the *Boris Yeltsin* of /American politics/, he said.", "author": "Suro, Roberto", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0482422_0", "date": "1991-10-24", "sourceId": "Q4859415", "sourceLabel": "Barbara Woodhouse", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/10/24/0482422", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7DC173FF937A15753C1A967958260", "text": "But Lady Caroline Wrey, otherwise known as Lady Velcro, the *Barbara Woodhouse* of /windows/, has a foolproof barometer.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0483487_0", "date": "1991-10-29", "sourceId": "Q33977", "sourceLabel": "Jules Verne", "sourceImId": "F\u00e9lix_Nadar_1820-1910_portraits_Jules_Verne.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/77/F%C3%A9lix_Nadar_1820-1910_portraits_Jules_Verne.jpg/180px-F%C3%A9lix_Nadar_1820-1910_portraits_Jules_Verne.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/10/29/0483487", "aUrlId": "9D0CEEDE153DF93AA15753C1A967958260", "text": "Gene Roddenberry, the creator and producer of \"Star Trek,\" was the *Jules Verne* of /his time/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0483574_0", "date": "1991-10-29", "sourceId": "Q1316", "sourceLabel": "Saddam Hussein", "sourceImId": "Saddam_Hussein_in_1998.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9a/Saddam_Hussein_in_1998.png/180px-Saddam_Hussein_in_1998.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/10/29/0483574", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3DE1130F93AA15753C1A967958260", "text": "I received a letter the other day which said the Governor has tried to make me the *Saddam Hussein* of /New York State/, said the Chief Judge, occasionally peeking through the Venetian blinds up the hill at the State Capitol, where the Governor sits.", "author": "Verhovek, Sam Howe", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0485880_0", "date": "1991-11-10", "sourceId": "Q12876261", "sourceLabel": "Diogenes", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/11/10/0485880", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3D6153AF933A25752C1A967958260", "text": "Terry Purvis-Smith, a visiting lecturer in composition, was attracted to Mr. Burke by a student essay on the *Diogenes* of /the Diag/.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0485953_0", "date": "1991-11-10", "sourceId": "Q34969", "sourceLabel": "Benjamin Franklin", "sourceImId": "Joseph_Siffrein_Duplessis_-_Benjamin_Franklin_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Joseph_Siffrein_Duplessis_-_Benjamin_Franklin_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Joseph_Siffrein_Duplessis_-_Benjamin_Franklin_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/11/10/0485953", "aUrlId": "9D0CEEDF123DF933A25752C1A967958260", "text": "Olympic athletes, for instance, hardly ever wear glasses sprinting across the finish line, and neither do most rock stars when performing, excepting of course the *Ben Franklin* of /rock/, Elton John.", "author": "Wasserstein, Wendy", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0486441_0", "date": "1991-11-12", "sourceId": "Q271884", "sourceLabel": "Norman Rockwell", "sourceImId": "Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/37/Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg/180px-Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/11/12/0486441", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2DE1E3BF931A25752C1A967958260", "text": "This will not come as a blow to many art critics and Conceptual Artists, who have long regarded Christo as the *Norman Rockwell* of /Conceptual Art/, and his wrapping projects as a one-note exercise.", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0486648_0", "date": "1991-11-13", "sourceId": "Q310819", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Carson", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Carson_1965.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Johnny_Carson_1965.jpg/180px-Johnny_Carson_1965.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/11/13/0486648", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFDD1E3CF930A25752C1A967958260", "text": "was given prominence on national television by two of the best known figures in the country, former Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald and Gay Byrne, the *Johnny Carson* of /Ireland/.", "author": "Clarity, James F", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0486749_0", "date": "1991-11-13", "sourceId": "Q908933", "sourceLabel": "Donna Summer", "sourceImId": "Nobel_Peace_Price_Concert_2009_Donna_Summer3.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dd/Nobel_Peace_Price_Concert_2009_Donna_Summer3.jpg/180px-Nobel_Peace_Price_Concert_2009_Donna_Summer3.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1991/11/13/0486749", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFD71030F930A25752C1A967958260", "text": "Aster Aweke, once known as the *Donna Summer* of /Ethiopia/, has recently released a new record, \"Kabu\" (Columbia), and it features her sinuous singing, backed by a full funky band, along with a horn section.", "author": "Watrous, Peter", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0487475_0", "date": "1991-11-17", "sourceId": "Q9439", "sourceLabel": "Queen Victoria", "sourceImId": "Queen_Victoria_by_Bassano.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e3/Queen_Victoria_by_Bassano.jpg/180px-Queen_Victoria_by_Bassano.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/11/17/0487475", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2DD113AF934A25752C1A967958260", "text": "He was introduced by the moderator at one candidates' forum as \"the *Queen Victoria* of /Louisiana politics/\" because he has been such a domineering figure for so long.", "author": "Suro, Roberto", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0487607_0", "date": "1991-11-17", "sourceId": "Q3809254", "sourceLabel": "John Fairchild", "sourceImId": "John_Fairchild_basketball.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/John_Fairchild_basketball.jpeg/180px-John_Fairchild_basketball.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/11/17/0487607", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2DA1231F934A25752C1A967958260", "text": "Not until 1888 did Ward McAllister -- the *John Fairchild* of /his day/ -- designate New York's \"400,\" those who would be at ease, and not make others ill at ease, in the ballroom of Mrs. William B. Astor Jr., then the city's social doyenne.", "author": "Miller, Judith", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0488274_0", "date": "1991-11-20", "sourceId": "Q59215", "sourceLabel": "Robert Redford", "sourceImId": "Robert_Redford_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/Robert_Redford_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Robert_Redford_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/11/20/0488274", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7D9113EF933A15752C1A967958260", "text": "He has become the *Robert Redford* of /hate/.", "author": "Applebome, Peter", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0488925_0", "date": "1991-11-23", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/11/23/0488925", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1D8133DF930A15752C1A967958260", "text": "I was the *Picasso* of /cardboard/, he said to scattered applause.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0489012_0", "date": "1991-11-24", "sourceId": "Q104000", "sourceLabel": "Lauren Bacall", "sourceImId": "Lauren_Bacall_1945_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/Lauren_Bacall_1945_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Lauren_Bacall_1945_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/11/24/0489012", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3DD1339F937A15752C1A967958260", "text": "France's Domaine Moussiere Sancerre of 1990 is described as \"the *Lauren Bacall* of /sancerres/ -- sultry, smoky, sophisticated,\" and Hidden Cellars Sauvignon Blanc of 1989 as \"tangos on your taste buds with lemony melon flavors.\"", "author": "Starkey, Joanne", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0490182_0", "date": "1991-11-28", "sourceId": "Q184556", "sourceLabel": "Sergei Bubka", "sourceImId": "Sergey_Bubka_2013-01-08.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/ba/Sergey_Bubka_2013-01-08.jpg/180px-Sergey_Bubka_2013-01-08.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1991/11/28/0490182", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5D6103DF93BA15752C1A967958260", "text": "Charles Hoff, the *Sergei Bubka* of /his day/, achieved the ninth of his 11 world indoor pole-vault records in 1926 at the armory on 168th Street.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0490651_0", "date": "1991-12-01", "sourceId": "Q91", "sourceLabel": "Abraham Lincoln", "sourceImId": "Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg/180px-Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/12/01/0490651", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFD61F3BF932A35751C1A967958260", "text": "Andy's very wise, he's the Solomon, the *Abe Lincoln* of /Mayberry/.", "author": "Zane, J Peder", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0491092_0", "date": "1991-12-02", "sourceId": "Q2138112", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/12/02/0491092", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7DE153FF931A35751C1A967958260", "text": "He's the *Babe Ruth* of /civil rights lobbyists/.", "author": "Holmes, Steven A", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "0492282_0", "date": "1991-12-08", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1991/12/08/0492282", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3DD163DF93BA35751C1A967958260", "text": "She's the *Michael Jordan* of /actresses/.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0492566_0", "date": "1991-12-09", "sourceId": "Q3051017", "sourceLabel": "Ernie Banks", "sourceImId": "14_Ernie_Banks_Medal_of_Freedom_White_House.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1c/14_Ernie_Banks_Medal_of_Freedom_White_House.jpg/180px-14_Ernie_Banks_Medal_of_Freedom_White_House.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/12/09/0492566", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7D8163BF93AA35751C1A967958260", "text": "Sticking his hand in a glass bowl, Abedi Pele drew out the name of his own national team, Ghana, for an elimination round with seasoned Algeria and up-and-coming Uganda, making it possible for a star like Abedi Pele to become the *Ernie Banks* of /Africa/, never reaching the championship round in his sport.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0493724_0", "date": "1991-12-13", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/12/13/0493724", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1D71E3EF930A25751C1A967958260", "text": "If the Governor decides to run, the Rochester serial murderer could become the *Willie Horton* of /1992/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0494773_0", "date": "1991-12-17", "sourceId": "Q2923786", "sourceLabel": "Brandon Tartikoff", "sourceImId": "Brandon_Tartikoff_at_the_1988_Emmy_Awards.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/91/Brandon_Tartikoff_at_the_1988_Emmy_Awards.jpg/180px-Brandon_Tartikoff_at_the_1988_Emmy_Awards.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1991/12/17/0494773", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2DA1730F934A25751C1A967958260", "text": "So in came the new executive producer, Al Harazin, trying to be the *Brandon Tartikoff* of /baseball/, turning around his series as Tartikoff overhauled NBC's prime-time schedule.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0494852_0", "date": "1991-12-18", "sourceId": "Q192707", "sourceLabel": "Charles Barkley", "sourceImId": "Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/06/Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg/180px-Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1991/12/18/0494852", "aUrlId": "9D0CE7DC133AF93BA25751C1A967958260", "text": "He's kind of like the *Charles Barkley* of /the Dolphins/.", "author": "Nobles, Charlie", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0495009_0", "date": "1991-12-19", "sourceId": "Q7352498", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1991/12/19/0495009", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFDD1238F93AA25751C1A967958260", "text": "The monthly bulletin of the International Foundation for Art Research dubbed |Professor Feller| a *Robin Hood* of /the arts/ because he frequently stole from one museum or private collection and lent or donated the spoils to another.", "author": "Honan, William H", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0495993_0", "date": "1991-12-23", "sourceId": "Q126462", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Paine", "sourceImId": "ThomasPaineStamp1969.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "e/e8/ThomasPaineStamp1969.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1991/12/23/0495993", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DB1F30F930A15751C1A967958260", "text": "MARTIN GARBUS, a Manhattan lawyer, said he feels like the *Thomas Paine* of /Prague/.", "author": "Brozan, Nadine", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0497237_0", "date": "1991-12-30", "sourceId": "Q30487", "sourceLabel": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "sourceImId": "Gorbachev_2019_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1991/12/30/0497237", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5DF1F31F933A05751C1A967958260", "text": "Will John F. Akers be remembered as the *Mikhail Gorbachev* of /I.B.M./?", "author": "", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0499117_0", "date": "1992-01-09", "sourceId": "Q41871", "sourceLabel": "Paul Newman", "sourceImId": "Paul_Newman_1954.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ed/Paul_Newman_1954.JPG/180px-Paul_Newman_1954.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/01/09/0499117", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DE1E3FF93AA35752C0A964958260", "text": "Although some in New York's Russian community have dubbed Mr. Solomin the *Paul Newman* of /Russia/, the bearded, 6-foot-tall, hazel-eyed performer bears more of a resemblance in person to the actor Robert Shaw, projecting the same on-stage gravitas and rugged introspection.", "author": "Collins, Glenn", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0500887_0", "date": "1992-01-17", "sourceId": "Q3355", "sourceLabel": "Amelia Earhart", "sourceImId": "Amelia_Earhart_1935.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d2/Amelia_Earhart_1935.jpg/180px-Amelia_Earhart_1935.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/01/17/0500887", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DC1F38F934A25752C0A964958260", "text": "In New York State, it seems, the *Amelia Earhart* of /women's courtroom dress/ was one Carolyn Peck of Syracuse.", "author": "Margolick, David", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0502719_0", "date": "1992-01-24", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1992/01/24/0502719", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3D91F39F937A15752C0A964958260", "text": "The Bills are not necessarily in trouble in Sunday's Super Bowl just because Thomas wants to be known as the *Michael Jordan* of /his team/, leaving the implication that Jim Kelly, the quarterback, is merely Scottie Pippen.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0503425_0", "date": "1992-01-26", "sourceId": "Q315487", "sourceLabel": "Bugsy Siegel", "sourceImId": "Mugshot_Benjamin_Siegel.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/99/Mugshot_Benjamin_Siegel.jpg/180px-Mugshot_Benjamin_Siegel.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/01/26/0503425", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDF1F3CF935A15752C0A964958260", "text": "Then there's Jerry Tarkanian, the bald, towel-chewing coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas whose vision of populating the desert with jump-shooting urban nomads has made him, to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the *Bugsy Siegel* of /basketball/.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0503557_0", "date": "1992-01-27", "sourceId": "Q9960", "sourceLabel": "Ronald Reagan", "sourceImId": "Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/16/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg/180px-Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/01/27/0503557", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4D81639F934A15752C0A964958260", "text": "The two candidates who top voter opinion surveys -- Senator Joseph Estrada, a grade B movie star who is sometimes described as the *Ronald Reagan* of /the Philippines/, and Miriam Defensor Santiago, a former immigration commissioner who is portraying herself as a dogged corruption fighter -- are being written off because they lack the backing of a large political machine.", "author": "Shenon, Philip", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0504397_0", "date": "1992-01-30", "sourceId": "Q44176", "sourceLabel": "Hulk Hogan", "sourceImId": "Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c6/Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg/180px-Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1992/01/30/0504397", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DB143DF933A05752C0A964958260", "text": "In the Delaware watershed, they say, the chinook salmon, a carpetbagger from the Pacific Northwest, would be the *Hulk Hogan* of /sport fish/, pursued with little finesse by anglers whose only goal is to land the biggest fish in the shortest time.", "author": "Strum, Charles", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0504790_0", "date": "1992-02-01", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1992/02/01/0504790", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DD173AF932A35751C0A964958260", "text": "(All right, kiddies: Dr. Huer was the scientific genius with the lightbulb-shaped head without whom Buck Rogers would surely have lost outer space to dark-eyed Killer Kane, who was sort of the *Willie Horton* of /the 25th century/.)", "author": "Baker, Russell", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0506507_0", "date": "1992-02-09", "sourceId": "Q637200", "sourceLabel": "Henry Higgins", "sourceImId": "Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg/180px-Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/02/09/0506507", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1DF1E3CF93AA35751C0A964958260", "text": "Mr. Easton, who likes to think of himself as the *Henry Higgins* of /Hollywood/ -- he is even incorporated as such: \"The Henry Higgins of Hollywood Inc.\" -- is called upon several times a day to be just that.", "author": "Shulevitz, Judith", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0507721_0", "date": "1992-02-15", "sourceId": "Q131237", "sourceLabel": "Carl Lewis", "sourceImId": "Save_The_World_Awards_2009_show06_-_Carl_Lewis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/81/Save_The_World_Awards_2009_show06_-_Carl_Lewis.jpg/180px-Save_The_World_Awards_2009_show06_-_Carl_Lewis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1992/02/15/0507721", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3DF173EF936A25751C0A964958260", "text": "But even if she did not, she has at least established herself as the *Carl Lewis* of /her sport/, its dominant sprinter.", "author": "Janofsky, Michael", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0507808_0", "date": "1992-02-16", "sourceId": "Q315808", "sourceLabel": "Neil Simon", "sourceImId": "Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/35/Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/02/16/0507808", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DE1438F935A25751C0A964958260", "text": "The association asked Fred Block, the *Neil Simon* of /Suffolk law/, to write a show, and, voila, the Island's first legal satirical revue was born.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0509435_0", "date": "1992-02-23", "sourceId": "Q340137", "sourceLabel": "Norman Schwarzkopf", "sourceImId": "Herbert_Norman_Schwarzkopf_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f7/Herbert_Norman_Schwarzkopf_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Herbert_Norman_Schwarzkopf_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/02/23/0509435", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4D7133EF930A15751C0A964958260", "text": "When people here dubbed Eduardo Ieno the *Norman Schwarzkopf* of /Naples/, it was because, by this city's standards, he had achieved something as decisive, bold and gutsy as the American general did in Kuwait: He forced Neapolitans to pay their water bills.", "author": "Cowell, Alan", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0509904_0", "date": "1992-02-26", "sourceId": "Q310586", "sourceLabel": "Jesse Jackson", "sourceImId": "Jesse_Jackson_at_Max_Palevsky_Cinema_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d8/Jesse_Jackson_at_Max_Palevsky_Cinema_crop.jpg/180px-Jesse_Jackson_at_Max_Palevsky_Cinema_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1992/02/26/0509904", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6D81F39F935A15751C0A964958260", "text": "In some ways, he is sort of the *Jesse Jackson* of /the right/, said Mr. Gingrich of Mr. Buchanan in an interview.", "author": "Toner, Robin", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0510044_0", "date": "1992-02-26", "sourceId": "Q1680077", "sourceLabel": "Diamond Jim Brady", "sourceImId": "Diamond_Jim_Brady.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Diamond_Jim_Brady.jpg/180px-Diamond_Jim_Brady.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/02/26/0510044", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DD1030F935A15751C0A964958260", "text": "He was the *Diamond Jim Brady* of /his day/, with more than a touch of the rock star thrown in, as he was pursued by mobs of adoring fans in the street.", "author": "Fabricant, Florence", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0510163_0", "date": "1992-02-27", "sourceId": "Q54168", "sourceLabel": "J. P. Morgan", "sourceImId": "JohnPierpontMorgan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e9/JohnPierpontMorgan.jpg/180px-JohnPierpontMorgan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/02/27/0510163", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DE143CF934A15751C0A964958260", "text": "Meanwhile, lending to blue-chip companies, which earned Mellon the sobriquet \"the *J. P. Morgan* of /the Alleghenies/,\" has fallen slightly since 1986, to about 46 percent of assets from 50 percent.", "author": "Berg, Eric N", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0510431_0", "date": "1992-02-29", "sourceId": "Q36105", "sourceLabel": "Charles Bronson", "sourceImId": "Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4d/Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG/180px-Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/02/29/0510431", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2DE1638F93AA15751C0A964958260", "text": "And even his wife becomes \"the *Charles Bronson* of /organic gardening/.\"", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0512675_0", "date": "1992-03-08", "sourceId": "Q23505", "sourceLabel": "George H. W. Bush", "sourceImId": "George_H._W._Bush,_President_of_the_United_States,_1989_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/90/George_H._W._Bush%2C_President_of_the_United_States%2C_1989_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-George_H._W._Bush%2C_President_of_the_United_States%2C_1989_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/03/08/0512675", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD81230F93BA35750C0A964958260", "text": "In that sense you are the *George Bush* of /New York City/, and what's going on here is not unlike what's going on in the Presidential races.", "author": "Quindlen, Anna", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0512675_1", "date": "1992-03-08", "sourceId": "Q887520", "sourceLabel": "Harold Stassen", "sourceImId": "Harold_E._Stassen.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Harold_E._Stassen.jpg/180px-Harold_E._Stassen.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/03/08/0512675", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD81230F93BA35750C0A964958260", "text": "And there's the *Harold Stassen* of /New York/, Herman Badillo, and the Paul Tsongas of New York, Richard Ravitch.", "author": "Quindlen, Anna", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0512675_2", "date": "1992-03-08", "sourceId": "Q283884", "sourceLabel": "Paul Tsongas", "sourceImId": "Senator_Paul_Tsongas.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "7/7d/Senator_Paul_Tsongas.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/03/08/0512675", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD81230F93BA35750C0A964958260", "text": "And there's the Harold Stassen of New York, Herman Badillo, and the *Paul Tsongas* of /New York/, Richard Ravitch.", "author": "Quindlen, Anna", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0512782_0", "date": "1992-03-09", "sourceId": "Q307", "sourceLabel": "Galileo Galilei", "sourceImId": "Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg/180px-Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/03/09/0512782", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1D8163AF93AA35750C0A964958260", "text": "Senator Daniel P. Moynihan is no defender of Mr. Mitchell as the *Galileo* of /welfare reform/.", "author": "Roberts, Sam", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0514005_0", "date": "1992-03-14", "sourceId": "Q1336253", "sourceLabel": "Phil Donahue", "sourceImId": "Phil_Donahue_at_the_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Phil_Donahue_at_the_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/180px-Phil_Donahue_at_the_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1992/03/14/0514005", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2D91530F937A25750C0A964958260", "text": "John V. Killen, an executive at Fidelity Bank, thinks of himself as the *Phil Donahue* of /the fair/.", "author": "Wayne, Leslie", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0514099_0", "date": "1992-03-15", "sourceId": "Q2865273", "sourceLabel": "Arthur Murray", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1992/03/15/0514099", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1DB123BF936A25750C0A964958260", "text": "When it became evident that Ms. Ryan's jig had an extra jive, she was sent to a dance teacher, Donny Golden of Mineola, the *Arthur Murray* of /Irish jigging/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0515459_0", "date": "1992-03-20", "sourceId": "Q5809", "sourceLabel": "Che Guevara", "sourceImId": "CheHigh.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/58/CheHigh.jpg/180px-CheHigh.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/03/20/0515459", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DE1F3FF933A15750C0A964958260", "text": "Jerry Brown is going to be extremely dangerous, Mr. Hart said, \"because in essence he's going to be the *Che Guevara* of /the 1992 Presidential election/.", "author": "Toner, Robin", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0516396_0", "date": "1992-03-24", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/03/24/0516396", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DA133AF937A15750C0A964958260", "text": "Now it happens that generous, kindly and peaceful soccer may be the *Johnny Appleseed* of /sports/, carrying real grass to domes.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0517697_0", "date": "1992-03-30", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1992/03/30/0517697", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3DE1339F933A05750C0A964958260", "text": "You editorialize March 3 that I am turning New York into the *Willie Horton* of /1992/ by suggesting that \"New York and other large cities are responsible for their own dire fiscal straits because they are indifferent to rapacious unions.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0518518_0", "date": "1992-04-02", "sourceId": "Q485508", "sourceLabel": "Charles Manson", "sourceImId": "MansonB33920_8-14-17_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/MansonB33920_8-14-17_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-MansonB33920_8-14-17_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/04/02/0518518", "aUrlId": "9E0CE5DD163EF931A35757C0A964958260", "text": "Mr. Rubino described Mr. Lehder, who is serving a term of life plus 135 years in a Federal prison, as \"the *Charles Manson* of /this case/,\" and suggested that his history of drug use made him an unreliable witness.", "author": "Rohter, Larry", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0519231_0", "date": "1992-04-05", "sourceId": "Q7199", "sourceLabel": "Marcel Proust", "sourceImId": "Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b8/Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg/180px-Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/04/05/0519231", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2D6113FF936A35757C0A964958260", "text": "For some reason he has rejected the gold (there is nothing, for example, from Roger Kahn, the *Proust* of /the Brooklyn Dodgers/) for the dross -- including selections by Steve Howe about his drug problems and by Steve Garvey about his marital problems, as well as an interminable piece by Tommy Lasorda, which reflects the manager's amiable logorrhea.", "author": "Anderson, Michael", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0520605_0", "date": "1992-04-12", "sourceId": "Q712928", "sourceLabel": "Cameron Mackintosh", "sourceImId": "Sir_Cameron_Mackintosh.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/Sir_Cameron_Mackintosh.jpg/180px-Sir_Cameron_Mackintosh.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1992/04/12/0520605", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7D61638F931A25757C0A964958260", "text": "I want to be the *Cameron Mackintosh* of /Poland/, Mr. Kubiak said of the producer of \"Miss Saigon\" and other highly profitable musicals.", "author": "Engelberg, Stephen", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0521792_0", "date": "1992-04-16", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1992/04/16/0521792", "aUrlId": "9E0CE5D9123DF935A25757C0A964958260", "text": "But the plain kitchen hutch was the *Cinderella* of /the show/.", "author": "Slesin, Suzanne", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0523892_0", "date": "1992-04-26", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "1992/04/26/0523892", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6DB133BF935A15757C0A964958260", "text": "To her fans, Annie Dillard is an avatar, or at the very least, as Bernays puts it, \"the *Mother Teresa* of /her particular genre/.\"", "author": "Cantwell, Mary", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0526474_0", "date": "1992-05-07", "sourceId": "Q271939", "sourceLabel": "Chuck Yeager", "sourceImId": "Charles_Yeager_photo_portrait_head_on_shoulders_left_side.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/17/Charles_Yeager_photo_portrait_head_on_shoulders_left_side.jpg/180px-Charles_Yeager_photo_portrait_head_on_shoulders_left_side.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/05/07/0526474", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6D91338F934A35756C0A964958260", "text": "But if Jordan is the *Chuck Yeager* of /basketball/, Julius Erving was its Charles Lindbergh and Connie Hawkins was its Wright Brothers.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0527307_0", "date": "1992-05-10", "sourceId": "Q80048", "sourceLabel": "Al Capone", "sourceImId": "Al_Capone_in_1930.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/Al_Capone_in_1930.jpg/180px-Al_Capone_in_1930.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/05/10/0527307", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD8113AF933A25756C0A964958260", "text": "field agent was not your run-of-the-mill public servant, but a rabid zealot (\"the *Al Capone* of /the auditors/\"), Jill could use a traffic cop to sort out all the suspects eager to dance on the dead man's grave.", "author": "Stasio, Marilyn", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0527805_0", "date": "1992-05-11", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1992/05/11/0527805", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD71F31F932A25756C0A964958260", "text": "If welfare emerges as the *Willie Horton* of /1992/, Mr. Cuomo may have wound up on the wrong side of it in a national campaign, even though he sought to curb the soaring costs of social spending programs.", "author": "Roberts, Sam", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0528150_0", "date": "1992-05-13", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1992/05/13/0528150", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6DB1638F930A25756C0A964958260", "text": "So Hall, who had earlier called himself the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the American League/ because he was omitted from the All-Star ballot, went searching for a little respect.", "author": "Curry, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0528388_0", "date": "1992-05-14", "sourceId": "Q73136", "sourceLabel": "Stanley Kramer", "sourceImId": "Stanley_Kramer.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/58/Stanley_Kramer.JPG/180px-Stanley_Kramer.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/05/14/0528388", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD91139F937A25756C0A964958260", "text": "Gordon is the *Stanley Kramer* of /theater producers/, said Steven Mikulan, the theater editor of The L.A. Weekly, referring to the film maker best known for his liberal movies of the 1950's and 60's.", "author": "Weinraub, Bernard", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0528618_0", "date": "1992-05-14", "sourceId": "Q131545", "sourceLabel": "Harry Houdini", "sourceImId": "Harry_Houdini_by_LaPine_Studios,_1915.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/36/Harry_Houdini_by_LaPine_Studios%2C_1915.png/180px-Harry_Houdini_by_LaPine_Studios%2C_1915.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/05/14/0528618", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2D71630F937A25756C0A964958260", "text": "Over the past two years, Governor Florio has become the *Harry Houdini* of /state government/, he said, \"inventing one trick after another to disguise massive overspending.", "author": "Gray, Jerry", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0529227_0", "date": "1992-05-17", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/05/17/0529227", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DB113DF934A25756C0A964958260", "text": "It is easy to sympathize with African resentment of the attitude epitomized by Mr. Trevor-Roper, or for that matter by Saul Bellow asking, \"Who is the *Tolstoy* of /the Zulus/?\"", "author": "Wheatcroft, Geoffrey", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0530662_0", "date": "1992-05-22", "sourceId": "Q480427", "sourceLabel": "Dred Scott", "sourceImId": "Dred_Scott_photograph_(circa_1857).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/48/Dred_Scott_photograph_%28circa_1857%29.jpg/180px-Dred_Scott_photograph_%28circa_1857%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/05/22/0530662", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6D91F39F931A15756C0A964958260", "text": "Mr. Coleman's lawyer, Kathleen A. Behan, a member of Arnold & Porter who was not representing Mr. Coleman when the filing deadline was missed, said the case would be remembered as \"the *Dred Scott* of /death penalty law/.\"", "author": "Applebome, Peter", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0531233_0", "date": "1992-05-24", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/05/24/0531233", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6D8153EF937A15756C0A964958260", "text": "Though he dislikes the comparison because the rate of blacks entering professional golf has actually diminished, he is often called the *Jackie Robinson* of /golf/.", "author": "Diaz, Jaime", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0532182_0", "date": "1992-05-29", "sourceId": "Q320633", "sourceLabel": "Francis Scott Key", "sourceImId": "Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg/180px-Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/05/29/0532182", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3DC173CF93AA15756C0A964958260", "text": "It was \"Country Joe\" McDonald, the *Francis Scott Key* of /the Vietnam era/, who dominated the movie, at one point leading 500,000 fans in an obscene variant of a familiar high-school cheer.", "author": "Margolick, David", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0533054_0", "date": "1992-06-01", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/06/01/0533054", "aUrlId": "9E0CEEDF163CF932A35755C0A964958260", "text": "In those years he and the Grays' catcher, the late Josh Gibson, were considered the Lou Gehrig and the *Babe Ruth* of /the team that won nine consecutive pennants in what are still called the Negro Leagues/.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0533773_0", "date": "1992-06-05", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1992/06/05/0533773", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DC1538F936A35755C0A964958260", "text": "Even today, the infomercial remains the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /advertising/, shunned and doubted for many reasons: state and Federal investigations of infomercial producers, complaints about product performance and, most crucial, a belief that a lengthy commercial disguised as a conventional program -- like a talk show complete with host, theme song and studio audience -- unfairly masks what is nothing more than a sales spiel.", "author": "", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0533783_0", "date": "1992-06-05", "sourceId": "Q1349086", "sourceLabel": "Freddie Laker", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1992/06/05/0533783", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6DF1138F936A35755C0A964958260", "text": "He was the *Freddie Laker* of /his time/: just as Mr. Laker and imitators like People Express opened up air travel to the masses in the late 1970's, Mr. Cook, the creator of the packaged holiday, opened up the world of international leisure travel to the middle class of the last century.", "author": "", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0533804_0", "date": "1992-06-05", "sourceId": "Q184378", "sourceLabel": "Rock Hudson", "sourceImId": "Rock_Hudson_1954.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dd/Rock_Hudson_1954.jpg/180px-Rock_Hudson_1954.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/06/05/0533804", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD71F3BF936A35755C0A964958260", "text": "While |he| may project too much sophistication to be a *Rock Hudson* for /our time/, Mr. Bacon is at the very least our Gig Young.", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0534624_0", "date": "1992-06-08", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1992/06/08/0534624", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DE1F3DF93BA35755C0A964958260", "text": "She is a roan daughter of Darn That Alarm, owned by the Valley View Farm and trained by Red Terrill, who said today: \"She's the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the fillies/.", "author": "Durso, Joseph", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0535323_0", "date": "1992-06-11", "sourceId": "Q332032", "sourceLabel": "Alice Cooper", "sourceImId": "Alice_Cooper_Live_in_London_2012-10-28.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f7/Alice_Cooper_Live_in_London_2012-10-28.jpg/180px-Alice_Cooper_Live_in_London_2012-10-28.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1992/06/11/0535323", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6DE153EF932A25755C0A964958260", "text": "In a way, Skinny Puppy is more effective with the invisibility of recordings than it is onstage; sometimes, Ogre can come across as the *Alice Cooper* of /industrial rock/.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0536108_0", "date": "1992-06-14", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/06/14/0536108", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1DA1130F937A25755C0A964958260", "text": "Besides his theater, Dr. Schoen has his own company of actors, making him the *Shakespeare* of /suburbia/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0536121_0", "date": "1992-06-14", "sourceId": "Q235965", "sourceLabel": "Barbara Cartland", "sourceImId": "Dame_Barbara_Cartland_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ee/Dame_Barbara_Cartland_Allan_Warren.jpg/180px-Dame_Barbara_Cartland_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1992/06/14/0536121", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DB1F30F937A25755C0A964958260", "text": "How great a responsibility does the *Barbara Cartland* of /weddingdom/ owe her readers?", "author": "Alexander, Ron", "desk": "Styles of The Times"},
{"id": "0536680_0", "date": "1992-06-17", "sourceId": "Q1710869", "sourceLabel": "Judas", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1992/06/17/0536680", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DD133EF934A25755C0A964958260", "text": "At the tip of the iceberg were several hundred Russian ultra-nationalists and Communist die-hards who gathered tonight around the television transmitting tower at Ostankino, a frequent site for protests near Moscow, denouncing |Mr. Yeltsin| as a *Judas* for \"selling out\" Russia. //", "author": "Schmemann, Serge", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0537499_0", "date": "1992-06-21", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/06/21/0537499", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6D71E38F932A15755C0A964958260", "text": "If I wasn't such a softy, I'd rip it out and start over, but this cuke is the *John Wayne* of /the cucurbit world/.", "author": "Raver, Anne", "desk": "Styles of The Times"},
{"id": "0539189_0", "date": "1992-06-28", "sourceId": "Q7352612", "sourceLabel": "Robin Leach", "sourceImId": "Robin_Leach_and_Bibbses.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/31/Robin_Leach_and_Bibbses.jpg/180px-Robin_Leach_and_Bibbses.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1992/06/28/0539189", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD7113CF93BA15755C0A964958260", "text": "Julian Sands, an actor, wants to become the *Robin Leach* of /gardening/.", "author": "", "desk": "Styles of The Times"},
{"id": "0540143_0", "date": "1992-07-02", "sourceId": "Q53393", "sourceLabel": "Jimmy Connors", "sourceImId": "Jimmy_Conners_1994.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/97/Jimmy_Conners_1994.jpg/180px-Jimmy_Conners_1994.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1992/07/02/0540143", "aUrlId": "9E0CEEDA1631F931A35754C0A964958260", "text": "Miss Chenchikova, for instance, is the *Jimmy Connors* of /ballet/: She throws herself full force into her dancing without regard to niceties of form.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0541591_0", "date": "1992-07-10", "sourceId": "Q1091285", "sourceLabel": "Holly Woodlawn", "sourceImId": "HollyWoodlawnMay07.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/35/HollyWoodlawnMay07.jpg/180px-HollyWoodlawnMay07.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1992/07/10/0541591", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DA173DF933A25754C0A964958260", "text": "At times she looks like an older version of the *Holly Woodlawn* of \"/Trash/.\"", "author": "Canby, Vincent", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0541934_0", "date": "1992-07-12", "sourceId": "Q140412", "sourceLabel": "John Donne", "sourceImId": "John_Donne_BBC_News.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/74/John_Donne_BBC_News.jpg/180px-John_Donne_BBC_News.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/07/12/0541934", "aUrlId": "9E0CEED91338F931A25754C0A964958260", "text": "In 1990 our reviewer, Edward Hirsch, called |her| \"a *John Donne* of /the postwar American suburbs/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0541941_0", "date": "1992-07-12", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/07/12/0541941", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2DE1038F931A25754C0A964958260", "text": "No question that |Sam Walton| was a *Napoleon* of /merchandising/, keeping his troops lean and competitive, demanding 16-hour days of his managers, giving his \"associates\" pep talks, exhorting them to look customers in the eye, personally leading them in the company cheer (\"Give me a W!", "author": "Lingeman, Richard", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0542029_0", "date": "1992-07-12", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1992/07/12/0542029", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1D9113AF931A25754C0A964958260", "text": "Her trainer, Red Terrill, has been saying for months that she was \"the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /horses/,\" the one who got no respect.", "author": "Durso, Joseph", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0542239_0", "date": "1992-07-12", "sourceId": "Q207955", "sourceLabel": "Omar Bradley", "sourceImId": "Omar_Bradley,_official_military_photo,_1949.JPEG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Omar_Bradley%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1949.JPEG/180px-Omar_Bradley%2C_official_military_photo%2C_1949.JPEG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/07/12/0542239", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DE1331F931A25754C0A964958260", "text": "In an army that has as many men in running shoes and jeans jackets as in camouflage fatigues, Col. Divjak has become the *Omar Bradley* of /the war/, the soldiers' soldier who prefers to be where the action is.", "author": "Burns, John F", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0542818_0", "date": "1992-07-15", "sourceId": "Q230935", "sourceLabel": "Annie Oakley", "sourceImId": "Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e8/Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg/180px-Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/07/15/0542818", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DE103CF936A25754C0A964958260", "text": "Sort of the *Annie Oakley* for /women who love too much/.", "author": "O'Neill, Molly", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0543182_0", "date": "1992-07-16", "sourceId": "Q49214", "sourceLabel": "Dan Quayle", "sourceImId": "Dan_Quayle.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3c/Dan_Quayle.jpg/180px-Dan_Quayle.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/07/16/0543182", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1DD1631F935A25754C0A964958260", "text": "(He called King Herod \"the *Dan Quayle* of /his day/\" in a silly display of Salome tactics.)", "author": "Safire, William", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0543317_0", "date": "1992-07-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1992/07/17/0543317", "aUrlId": "9E0CEED9133AF934A25754C0A964958260", "text": "He's the *Michael Jordan* of /management in Digital/.", "author": "Rifkin, Glenn", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0544003_0", "date": "1992-07-19", "sourceId": "Q235975", "sourceLabel": "Mary Lou Retton", "sourceImId": "Retton-m.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b9/Retton-m.jpg/180px-Retton-m.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/07/19/0544003", "aUrlId": "9E0CEED9133EF93AA25754C0A964958260", "text": "Kim Zmeskal, a ferocious competitor and legitimate challenger to Svetlana Boginskaya of the Unified Team for the Olympic all-around title in gymnastics, could become the *Mary Lou Retton* of /1992/.", "author": "Janofsky, Michael", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0544528_0", "date": "1992-07-22", "sourceId": "Q943107", "sourceLabel": "Lowell Thomas", "sourceImId": "Lowell_Thomas,_Jr._1975.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Lowell_Thomas%2C_Jr._1975.jpg/180px-Lowell_Thomas%2C_Jr._1975.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/07/22/0544528", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD61739F931A15754C0A964958260", "text": "If Mr. McKay presented himself as the *Lowell Thomas* of /the Olympics/, Mr. Costas will be more like the guide on Disney's Jungle Ride.", "author": "Carter, Bill", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0545424_0", "date": "1992-07-26", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/07/26/0545424", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DD133CF935A15754C0A964958260", "text": "Dr. Barbara McClintock is the *Greta Garbo* of /the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0546947_0", "date": "1992-08-02", "sourceId": "Q180850", "sourceLabel": "Tom Jones", "sourceImId": "Sir_Tom_Jones_at_The_Queen's_Birthday_Party_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ee/Sir_Tom_Jones_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Sir_Tom_Jones_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1992/08/02/0546947", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4D7133DF931A3575BC0A964958260", "text": "|He|'s the *Tom Jones* for /the geriatric set/, said a fan, Carole Zwycewicz.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0547073_0", "date": "1992-08-02", "sourceId": "Q6771843", "sourceLabel": "Marlin Fitzwater", "sourceImId": "Marlin_Fitzwater_DOD.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Marlin_Fitzwater_DOD.jpg/180px-Marlin_Fitzwater_DOD.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/08/02/0547073", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDA133FF931A3575BC0A964958260", "text": "publicist, Mike Moran, the *Marlin Fitzwater* of /the U.S.O.C./, tearing into the Dream Team as \"arrogant\" and \"out of touch with reality.\"", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0547235_0", "date": "1992-08-02", "sourceId": "Q51566", "sourceLabel": "Spike Lee", "sourceImId": "Spike_Lee_(2012).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fc/Spike_Lee_%282012%29.jpg/180px-Spike_Lee_%282012%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0-br", "fId": "1992/08/02/0547235", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6DD1E30F931A3575BC0A964958260", "text": "Some in the film world call him the *Spike Lee* of /England/.", "author": "Miller, J B", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0547319_0", "date": "1992-08-03", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/08/03/0547319", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3DE1F3BF930A3575BC0A964958260", "text": "Mr. Cave is the *Elvis* of /punk/, a beloved and semitragic cult icon who for years has been battling the demon of his own image.", "author": "Schoemer, Karen", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0549300_0", "date": "1992-08-11", "sourceId": "Q366563", "sourceLabel": "Dick Clark", "sourceImId": "Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ca/Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG/180px-Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/08/11/0549300", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD71E3BF932A2575BC0A964958260", "text": "Worse, perhaps, than the continual cheerfulness of Bob Costas -- the *Dick Clark* of /Barcelona/ -- or the quantity of the advertising was its quality, or lack thereof.", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0550630_0", "date": "1992-08-16", "sourceId": "Q313697", "sourceLabel": "Ross Perot", "sourceImId": "RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/RossPerotColor.jpg/180px-RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1992/08/16/0550630", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DF123CF935A2575BC0A964958260", "text": "Mr. Taft lost when the *Ross Perot* of /his day/, former President Theodore Roosevelt, ran as a third-party candidate and split the Republican vote in 1912.", "author": "Clymer, Adam", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0550712_0", "date": "1992-08-16", "sourceId": "Q80761", "sourceLabel": "Dante", "sourceImId": "Dante_Bonfim.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/15/Dante_Bonfim.jpg/180px-Dante_Bonfim.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/08/16/0550712", "aUrlId": "9E0CEEDC1431F935A2575BC0A964958260", "text": "Our reviewer, Verlyn Klinkenborg, saw |Mr. Hamper| as a *Dante* of /blue-collar hell/.", "author": "Graeber, Laurel", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0551023_0", "date": "1992-08-18", "sourceId": "Q23685", "sourceLabel": "Jimmy Carter", "sourceImId": "JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5a/JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg/180px-JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/08/18/0551023", "aUrlId": "9E0CE5DC1538F93BA2575BC0A964958260", "text": "Five months ago, Patrick J. Buchanan said President Bush was becoming \"the *Jimmy Carter* of /the Republican Party/.\"", "author": "Berke, Richard L", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0551481_0", "date": "1992-08-20", "sourceId": "Q864751", "sourceLabel": "The Hatter", "sourceImId": "MadlHatterByTenniel.svg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/MadlHatterByTenniel.svg/180px-MadlHatterByTenniel.svg.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/08/20/0551481", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDC1531F933A1575BC0A964958260", "text": "Because the man standing at the pivoting front door, turning off the waterfall to be heard above his howling dachshunds, is not the *Mad Hatter* of /Architecture/.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0551555_0", "date": "1992-08-21", "sourceId": "Q9077", "sourceLabel": "Moses", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/08/21/0551555", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3D71138F932A1575BC0A964958260", "text": "Though clearly shocked by the dimensions of his defeat, which saw several Cabinet Ministers and the Speaker of the House lose their seats, Sir Lynden, whose supporters called him \"the *Moses* of /the Bahamas/,\" accepted the rejection of his leadership calmly and without the rancor that characterized the months of campaigning.", "author": "Rohter, Larry", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0551865_0", "date": "1992-08-23", "sourceId": "Q9640", "sourceLabel": "Lyndon B. Johnson", "sourceImId": "37_Lyndon_Johnson_3x4.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c3/37_Lyndon_Johnson_3x4.jpg/180px-37_Lyndon_Johnson_3x4.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/08/23/0551865", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DC1339F930A1575BC0A964958260", "text": "Mr. Keating, 48 years old, has been described as the *Lyndon B. Johnson* of /Australian politics/, an expert in the sort of back-room maneuvering that he used to drive Mr. Hawke from the leadership last December.", "author": "Sanger, David E", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0552306_0", "date": "1992-08-24", "sourceId": "Q19837", "sourceLabel": "Steve Jobs", "sourceImId": "Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg/180px-Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1992/08/24/0552306", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DD1339F937A1575BC0A964958260", "text": "But now the 36-year-old entrepreneur, often called the *Steve Jobs* of /Japan/ in reference to the Apple Computer co-founder, is in the midst of a fight to save his company from bankruptcy.", "author": "Pollack, Andrew", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0553702_0", "date": "1992-08-31", "sourceId": "Q179051", "sourceLabel": "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar", "sourceImId": "Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1992/08/31/0553702", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDE1530F932A0575BC0A964958260", "text": "It's kind of what makes |him| a *Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* of /our sport/.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0553711_0", "date": "1992-08-31", "sourceId": "Q5341865", "sourceLabel": "Ed Williams", "sourceImId": "Edward_Bennett_Williams.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/73/Edward_Bennett_Williams.jpg/180px-Edward_Bennett_Williams.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/08/31/0553711", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7D91030F932A0575BC0A964958260", "text": "However, Mr. Dragoul now has a new pro-bono lawyer -- Bobby Lee Cook, \"the *Ed Williams* of /the South/\" -- who is said to understand that concealing the truth about the Government's guilty knowledge of bank fraud is not the best way to obtain leniency from Judge Shoob.", "author": "Safire, William", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0554188_0", "date": "1992-09-03", "sourceId": "Q7322", "sourceLabel": "Christopher Columbus", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_a_Man,_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Portrait_of_a_Man%2C_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_a_Man%2C_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/03/0554188", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DB1E3DF930A3575AC0A964958260", "text": "Fairchild was the *Columbus* of /American horticulture/, said the Kampong's superintendent, Larry Schokman.", "author": "Raver, Anne", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0554215_0", "date": "1992-09-03", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/03/0554215", "aUrlId": "9E0CE5DB143FF930A3575AC0A964958260", "text": "John McEnroe, the *Picasso* of /players/, has ultimately been defeated by his inability to control Drop Dead.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0554877_0", "date": "1992-09-06", "sourceId": "Q722156", "sourceLabel": "Buster Crabbe", "sourceImId": "Buster_Crabbe_-_publicity.GIF", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/24/Buster_Crabbe_-_publicity.GIF/180px-Buster_Crabbe_-_publicity.GIF", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/06/0554877", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6DF1730F935A3575AC0A964958260", "text": "Harvey Weisenberg is the *Buster Crabbe* of /the New York State Assembly/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0555702_0", "date": "1992-09-11", "sourceId": "Q961851", "sourceLabel": "Nelson Riddle", "sourceImId": "Nelson_Riddle_1958.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/46/Nelson_Riddle_1958.JPG/180px-Nelson_Riddle_1958.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/11/0555702", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDC113CF932A2575AC0A964958260", "text": "They have been lavishly arranged by Ray Santos, the *Nelson Riddle* of /Latin American pop/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0555702_1", "date": "1992-09-11", "sourceId": "Q392", "sourceLabel": "Bob Dylan", "sourceImId": "Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg/180px-Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/11/0555702", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDC113CF932A2575AC0A964958260", "text": "Although the 50-year-old Brazilian singer and songwriter has been called the *Bob Dylan* of /Brazil/, he is more than that.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0555712_0", "date": "1992-09-11", "sourceId": "Q622636", "sourceLabel": "Spike Jones", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1992/09/11/0555712", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1D8163FF932A2575AC0A964958260", "text": "Tomorrow night, he will lead a klezmer group in tricky, funny music by Mickey Katz, the *Spike Jones* of /klezmer music/.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0556304_0", "date": "1992-09-13", "sourceId": "Q76532", "sourceLabel": "William Joyce", "sourceImId": "The_Capture_of_William_Joyce,_Germany,_1945_BU6910.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/The_Capture_of_William_Joyce%2C_Germany%2C_1945_BU6910.jpg/180px-The_Capture_of_William_Joyce%2C_Germany%2C_1945_BU6910.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/13/0556304", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1D91E30F930A2575AC0A964958260", "text": "As Frank's life devolves into various slapstick (and unconvincing) scenes that would fit comfortably into the screenplay of a B movie, his daughter, Holly, tries to reunite her parents by shacking up with Lane Lawlor, a right-wing fanatic whom Frank calls \"the *Lord Haw-Haw* of /the northern Rockies/.\"", "author": "Parini, Jay", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0556547_0", "date": "1992-09-15", "sourceId": "Q44616", "sourceLabel": "Wyatt Earp", "sourceImId": "Wyatt_Earp_portrait.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Wyatt_Earp_portrait.png/180px-Wyatt_Earp_portrait.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/15/0556547", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2DC123AF936A2575AC0A964958260", "text": "But after that last class bell rings, the 41-year-old father of two turns into the *Wyatt Earp* of /the wasp world/.", "author": "Malcolm, Andrew H", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0556993_0", "date": "1992-09-17", "sourceId": "Q56016", "sourceLabel": "Katharine Hepburn", "sourceImId": "Katharine_Hepburn_promo_pic.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/08/Katharine_Hepburn_promo_pic.jpg/180px-Katharine_Hepburn_promo_pic.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/17/0556993", "aUrlId": "9E0CEEDD143EF934A2575AC0A964958260", "text": "Millicent Fenwick was the *Katharine Hepburn* of /politics/, said Charles Millard, a former aide and now a Republican New York City Councilman.", "author": "Lambert, Bruce", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0556993_1", "date": "1992-09-17", "sourceId": "Q464724", "sourceLabel": "Bella Abzug", "sourceImId": "Bella_Savitsky_Abzug.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/36/Bella_Savitsky_Abzug.jpg/180px-Bella_Savitsky_Abzug.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/17/0556993", "aUrlId": "9E0CEEDD143EF934A2575AC0A964958260", "text": "Others called her the *Bella Abzug* of /Somerset County/, a nod to the outspoken former Congresswoman.", "author": "Lambert, Bruce", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0557538_0", "date": "1992-09-20", "sourceId": "Q4616", "sourceLabel": "Marilyn Monroe", "sourceImId": "Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/46/Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg/180px-Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/20/0557538", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DA1138F933A1575AC0A964958260", "text": "ALMA MAHLER-WERFEL was the *Marilyn Monroe* of /her day/.", "author": "Macintyre, Ben", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0558269_0", "date": "1992-09-23", "sourceId": "Q230762", "sourceLabel": "Dale Carnegie", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1992/09/23/0558269", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6DF1238F930A1575AC0A964958260", "text": "And much of it may not even be who the players are as much as how Pat Riley, the *Dale Carnegie* of /coaches/, can motivate them.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0558523_0", "date": "1992-09-24", "sourceId": "Q348696", "sourceLabel": "Walt Frazier", "sourceImId": "Frazier_with_Santiago27s3.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "4/41/Frazier_with_Santiago27s3.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1992/09/24/0558523", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7D9143DF937A1575AC0A964958260", "text": "While he never became the *Walt Frazier* of /the Knicks/, as he had dreamed as a boy watching games from the nose-bleed seats in Madison Square Garden, he was many times a fine Mark Jackson.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0559861_0", "date": "1992-09-30", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/09/30/0559861", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DF103DF933A0575AC0A964958260", "text": "He is remembered as the \"the *Elvis Presley* of /African politics/\" and called a lion, a giant and a prophet.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0560361_0", "date": "1992-10-03", "sourceId": "Q41342", "sourceLabel": "Mary Tyler Moore", "sourceImId": "Mary_Tyler_Moore_rework.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Mary_Tyler_Moore_rework.jpg/180px-Mary_Tyler_Moore_rework.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1992/10/03/0560361", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DD1E3CF930A35753C1A964958260", "text": "She's been called the *Mary Tyler Moore* of /kitties/ by Cat Fancy magazine, said Karen Payne, Princess Kitty's owner and a club adviser.", "author": "Miller, Griffin", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0561249_0", "date": "1992-10-07", "sourceId": "Q4895262", "sourceLabel": "Bert Parks", "sourceImId": "Bert_parks_1956.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/93/Bert_parks_1956.JPG/180px-Bert_parks_1956.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/10/07/0561249", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6DD163BF934A35753C1A964958260", "text": "I feel like the *Bert Parks* of /Capitol Hill/, ROGER MUDD remarked Monday evening as for the fourth consecutive year, he served as the master of ceremonies for a literary evening to benefit the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.", "author": "Brozan, Nadine", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0563421_0", "date": "1992-10-16", "sourceId": "Q5229109", "sourceLabel": "Dave Kingman", "sourceImId": "Dave_Kong_Kingman.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/22/Dave_Kong_Kingman.JPG/180px-Dave_Kong_Kingman.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/10/16/0563421", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6D7163EF935A25753C1A964958260", "text": "Or do you wish to be memorialized as the *Dave Kingman* of /the 1990's/?", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0563533_0", "date": "1992-10-17", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/10/17/0563533", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDE1338F934A25753C1A964958260", "text": "|Michael Tracy| is a *Michelangelo* of the memorial wall, the sprawling street-side shrines to victims of urban violence that have sprung up around New York with unnerving frequency in recent years.", "author": "Gonzalez, David", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0563963_0", "date": "1992-10-18", "sourceId": "Q240496", "sourceLabel": "Lizzie Borden", "sourceImId": "Lizzie_borden.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Lizzie_borden.jpg/180px-Lizzie_borden.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/10/18/0563963", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2D61F3EF93BA25753C1A964958260", "text": "Winnie Ruth Judd is the *Lizzie Borden* of /Phoenix/.", "author": "Gewen, Barry", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0564700_0", "date": "1992-10-21", "sourceId": "Q213614", "sourceLabel": "Cyrano de Bergerac", "sourceImId": "Savinien_de_Cyrano_de_Bergerac.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9e/Savinien_de_Cyrano_de_Bergerac.JPG/180px-Savinien_de_Cyrano_de_Bergerac.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/10/21/0564700", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7D6123FF932A15753C1A964958260", "text": "A sous-chef, in other words, is vice chef, sometimes shadow chef, frequently chef-by-fiat, often actually ghost chef, the *Cyrano de Bergerac* of /cuisine/.", "author": "O'Neill, Molly", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0566366_0", "date": "1992-10-29", "sourceId": "Q313697", "sourceLabel": "Ross Perot", "sourceImId": "RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/RossPerotColor.jpg/180px-RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1992/10/29/0566366", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7D81E3BF93AA15753C1A964958260", "text": "The founder of the giant Hyundai industrial group and now this country's most outspoken presidential candidate, Chung Ju Yung, is tired of hearing himself described as the *Ross Perot* of /South Korea/.", "author": "Sanger, David E", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0566594_0", "date": "1992-10-30", "sourceId": "Q239062", "sourceLabel": "Winnie Madikizela-Mandela", "sourceImId": "Winnie_Mandela_190814.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/98/Winnie_Mandela_190814.jpg/180px-Winnie_Mandela_190814.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1992/10/30/0566594", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6DC103DF933A05753C1A964958260", "text": "They are closer to the assertive image that led an article in the conservative journal The American Spectator to label her \"the *Winnie Mandela* of /American politics/.\"", "author": "Barringer, Felicity", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0566750_0", "date": "1992-10-31", "sourceId": "Q6389584", "sourceLabel": "Kennedy", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1992/10/31/0566750", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDC1E3CF932A05753C1A964958260", "text": "(Her translation: \"|Clinton| is like a *Kennedy* for /the poor boys/.\")", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0568267_0", "date": "1992-11-06", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/11/06/0568267", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DA1439F935A35752C1A964958260", "text": "The Metropolitan Museum of Art calls the great Chinese painter Tung Chi-chang (1555-1636) \"the *Picasso* of /the Ming Dynasty/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0568296_0", "date": "1992-11-06", "sourceId": "Q2685", "sourceLabel": "Arnold Schwarzenegger", "sourceImId": "Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/80/Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg/180px-Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/11/06/0568296", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD71438F935A35752C1A964958260", "text": "Sparks is the *Arnold Schwarzenegger* of /New York steakhouses/: big, brash and brawny.", "author": "Miller, Bryan", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0568315_0", "date": "1992-11-06", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/11/06/0568315", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2DD1138F935A35752C1A964958260", "text": "She describes herself as \"the *Donald Trump* of /the horse show world/,\" buying and selling horses like so many pieces of real estate, pocketing a profit and never shedding a tear as she watches her property being trucked away.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0569742_0", "date": "1992-11-12", "sourceId": "Q741023", "sourceLabel": "Roger Maris", "sourceImId": "Roger_Maris_1960.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/Roger_Maris_1960.png/180px-Roger_Maris_1960.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/11/12/0569742", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DF133FF931A25752C1A964958260", "text": "It brought in more than $50 million in pay-per-view billings from 1.45 million homes, \"sort of the *Roger Maris* of /pay-per-view events/,\" Mr. Abraham said, mixing his sports.", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0570452_0", "date": "1992-11-15", "sourceId": "Q39829", "sourceLabel": "Stephen King", "sourceImId": "Stephen_King,_Comicon.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e3/Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg/180px-Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1992/11/15/0570452", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DE123BF936A25752C1A964958260", "text": "It is almost an exact analogy to call Sir Walter Scott the *Stephen King* of /his day/.", "author": "James, Jamie", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0570584_0", "date": "1992-11-15", "sourceId": "Q149127", "sourceLabel": "Pat Buchanan", "sourceImId": "Patrickjbuchanan.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6f/Patrickjbuchanan.JPG/180px-Patrickjbuchanan.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1992/11/15/0570584", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7D6133DF936A25752C1A964958260", "text": "The first was from Barbara Ehrenreich, the *Pat Buchanan* of /radical feminism/, calling Mr. Buttafuoco a \"Guido-type person,\" and then, lest you miss the slur, asking pardon for \"the obnoxious ethnic reference.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0570735_0", "date": "1992-11-15", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1992/11/15/0570735", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2DF1E30F936A25752C1A964958260", "text": "Didn't you once say you wanted to be the *Madonna* of /tennis/?", "author": "Pener, Degen", "desk": "Styles of The Times"},
{"id": "0571427_0", "date": "1992-11-19", "sourceId": "Q314712", "sourceLabel": "Barry Bonds", "sourceImId": "BarryBonds1993.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/BarryBonds1993.jpg/180px-BarryBonds1993.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1992/11/19/0571427", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3DB123DF93AA25752C1A964958260", "text": "The 27-year-old Hayes is not the *Barry Bonds* of /third basemen/, and he might have had a career season when he hit .257 and delivered 18 homers and 66 runs batted in, but he silenced the criticism at a troubling position, and now the nagging questions will start again.", "author": "Curry, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0572900_0", "date": "1992-11-26", "sourceId": "Q8027", "sourceLabel": "Martin Luther King, Jr.", "sourceImId": "Martin_Luther_King,_Jr..jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr..jpg/180px-Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr..jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/11/26/0572900", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1DE143FF935A15752C1A964958260", "text": "Don't expect boilerplate Euro-bashing from Mr. Frank, who has been called the *Martin Luther King* of /American Indians/.", "author": "Egan, Timothy", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0573421_0", "date": "1992-11-29", "sourceId": "Q5679", "sourceLabel": "Lord Byron", "sourceImId": "George_Gordon_Byron,_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg/180px-George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/11/29/0573421", "aUrlId": "9E0CEEDF163EF93AA15752C1A964958260", "text": "Leonard Cohen, the *Lord Byron* of /Rock-and-Roll/", "author": "Schoemer, Karen", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0576115_0", "date": "1992-12-13", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/12/13/0576115", "aUrlId": "9E0CE5D7163AF930A25751C1A964958260", "text": "Father Ritter himself was often mentioned in the same sentence with Mother Teresa, but perhaps Charles M. Sennott's phrase, \"the *Donald Trump* of /Catholicism/,\" better captures the personal drive and entrepreneurial spirit that led to Covenant House's phenomenal growth.", "author": "Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0576218_0", "date": "1992-12-13", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/12/13/0576218", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3DB123DF930A25751C1A964958260", "text": "I'M the *Bill Gates* of /computer culture/, says Jeff Armstrong, who's been satirizing the Microsoft chairman and lesser members of the industry for six years as one of the world's first high-tech comedians.", "author": "Karlin, Susan", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0576330_0", "date": "1992-12-13", "sourceId": "Q37079", "sourceLabel": "Tom Cruise", "sourceImId": "Tom_cruise_1989.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a5/Tom_cruise_1989.jpg/180px-Tom_cruise_1989.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1992/12/13/0576330", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0D7143EF930A25751C1A964958260", "text": "I'm the *Tom Cruise* of /Somalia/.", "author": "Lorch, Donatella", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0576566_0", "date": "1992-12-14", "sourceId": "Q711688", "sourceLabel": "Mark Morris", "sourceImId": "Mark_Morris,_2006.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/97/Mark_Morris%2C_2006.jpg/180px-Mark_Morris%2C_2006.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1992/12/14/0576566", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DC1730F937A25751C1A964958260", "text": "It is perfectly in tune with revisionist French versions of \"Romeo and Juliet\" set on the Eastern side of the Berlin wall, Swedish productions like Mr. Ek's \"Swan Lake,\" which puts men as well as women in tutus just like \"The Hard Nut\" and the kind of \"Giselle\" with spoken text that Mr. Gallotta, the *Mark Morris* of /France/, threatens to put on next year.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0577852_0", "date": "1992-12-20", "sourceId": "Q589905", "sourceLabel": "Red Adair", "sourceImId": "Red_Adair_Elk_Hills_fire_1977.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Red_Adair_Elk_Hills_fire_1977.jpg/180px-Red_Adair_Elk_Hills_fire_1977.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1992/12/20/0577852", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DB1F3FF933A15751C1A964958260", "text": "LAWRENCE S. EAGLEBURGER doesn't look much like the *Red Adair* of /foreign policy/, flaunting his lame-duck status with a crippled bird pin stuck in his lapel.", "author": "Sciolino, Elaine", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0579154_0", "date": "1992-12-27", "sourceId": "Q313578", "sourceLabel": "Vanilla Ice", "sourceImId": "Vanilla_Ice.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c0/Vanilla_Ice.jpg/180px-Vanilla_Ice.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1992/12/27/0579154", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6DC113AF934A15751C1A964958260", "text": "-- Billy Ray Cyrus could be the *Vanilla Ice* of /country/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0580232_0", "date": "1993-01-01", "sourceId": "Q213919", "sourceLabel": "George Foreman", "sourceImId": "George_Foreman_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/69/George_Foreman_2009.jpg/180px-George_Foreman_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1993/01/01/0580232", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDE1E31F932A35752C0A965958260", "text": "Smith told her she would become \"the *George Foreman* of /running/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0581156_0", "date": "1993-01-06", "sourceId": "Q128121", "sourceLabel": "Mick Jagger", "sourceImId": "Rolling_Stones_04.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/74/Rolling_Stones_04.jpg/180px-Rolling_Stones_04.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/01/06/0581156", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2D71131F935A35752C0A965958260", "text": "I feel like the *Mick Jagger* of /the 5-to-11 set/, he said.", "author": "Fein, Esther B", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0581807_0", "date": "1993-01-10", "sourceId": "Q888302", "sourceLabel": "Bob Vila", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/01/10/0581807", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFD9163AF933A25752C0A965958260", "text": "You have to be partners with the house, said Mr. Weaver, who has become the *Bob Vila* of /earth ships/.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Styles of The Times"},
{"id": "0583116_0", "date": "1993-01-15", "sourceId": "Q186292", "sourceLabel": "Joey Bishop", "sourceImId": "Joey_Bishop_1967.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6d/Joey_Bishop_1967.JPG/180px-Joey_Bishop_1967.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/01/15/0583116", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5DE133DF936A25752C0A965958260", "text": "Or will the waspish host of television's first post-modern talk show turn out to be the *Joey Bishop* of /the 1990's/?", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0583131_0", "date": "1993-01-15", "sourceId": "Q313697", "sourceLabel": "Ross Perot", "sourceImId": "RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/RossPerotColor.jpg/180px-RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/01/15/0583131", "aUrlId": "9F0CE3DA1F3DF936A25752C0A965958260", "text": "A conservative, he is widely called \"the *Ross Perot* of /Los Angeles/\" for his wealth and businesslike solutions to urban problems.", "author": "Reinhold, Robert", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0585384_0", "date": "1993-01-24", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/01/24/0585384", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1DF143EF937A15752C0A965958260", "text": "Bills offensive coordinator Ted Marchibroda calls quarterback Jim Kelly the *Michael Jordan* of /the Buffalo team/.", "author": "Smith, Timothy W", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0585396_0", "date": "1993-01-24", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1993/01/24/0585396", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DD123EF937A15752C0A965958260", "text": "In short, Leo Szilard was the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /20th-century physics/, an et al.", "author": "Teresi, Dick", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0588226_0", "date": "1993-02-05", "sourceId": "Q77688", "sourceLabel": "Ruth Westheimer", "sourceImId": "Ruth_Westheimer_(10877).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Ruth_Westheimer_%2810877%29.jpg/180px-Ruth_Westheimer_%2810877%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1993/02/05/0588226", "aUrlId": "9F0CE0DF1E31F936A35751C0A965958260", "text": "At one point Dr. Joyce Brothers, the *Dr. Ruth* of /yesteryear/, shows up as a coroner.", "author": "Canby, Vincent", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0588786_0", "date": "1993-02-07", "sourceId": "Q278804", "sourceLabel": "Bear Bryant", "sourceImId": "Bear_Bryant_1945.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/03/Bear_Bryant_1945.jpg/180px-Bear_Bryant_1945.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/02/07/0588786", "aUrlId": "9F0CEED61430F934A35751C0A965958260", "text": "I told him, \"I didn't know you were the *Bear Bryant* of /New York City/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0589436_0", "date": "1993-02-10", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/02/10/0589436", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5DE143EF933A25751C0A965958260", "text": "Erving was the *Michael Jordan* of /his time/, but what a different time that was.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0589685_0", "date": "1993-02-11", "sourceId": "Q217557", "sourceLabel": "Joyce Carol Oates", "sourceImId": "Joyce_carol_oates_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Joyce_carol_oates_2014.jpg/180px-Joyce_carol_oates_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1993/02/11/0589685", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5DB1530F932A25751C0A965958260", "text": "He types and types: he is the *Joyce Carol Oates* of /science writing/.", "author": "Angier, Natalie", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0592045_0", "date": "1993-02-22", "sourceId": "Q318165", "sourceLabel": "Luke Perry", "sourceImId": "Luke_Perry_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/db/Luke_Perry_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/180px-Luke_Perry_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/02/22/0592045", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7DD1F3CF931A15751C0A965958260", "text": "Less elaborate science-fiction than clever adventure caper, \"The Tomorrow People\" is lively and imaginative entertainment, its international cast featuring Kristian Schmid, an Australian 18-year-old soap star who, Nickelodeon insists, has become the *Luke Perry* of /London/.", "author": "O'Connor, John J", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0592228_0", "date": "1993-02-23", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/02/23/0592228", "aUrlId": "9F0CE4D91531F930A15751C0A965958260", "text": "Though she confined the effort to independent shops and did not approach any chains or discount stores, she said, \"Now I'm thinking maybe I should just go across the country with my books and my red ribbons and be the *Johnny Appleseed* of /AIDS ribbons/.\"", "author": "Brozan, Nadine", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0592311_0", "date": "1993-02-24", "sourceId": "Q3925", "sourceLabel": "Grace Kelly", "sourceImId": "Grace_Kelly30419.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Grace_Kelly30419.jpg/180px-Grace_Kelly30419.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1993/02/24/0592311", "aUrlId": "9F0CEEDC143BF937A15751C0A965958260", "text": "Wasn't she the *Grace Kelly* of /the Himalayas/ who in 1963 went to live in a palace in Gangtok as the bride of the Chogyal, a man revered by his subjects as the reincarnation of an ancient Buddhist holy man?", "author": "Kaufman, Michael T", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0593365_0", "date": "1993-02-28", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/02/28/0593365", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5D7143FF93BA15751C0A965958260", "text": "Lynn Hunter, a British Columbia New Democrat, called her \"the *Madonna* of /Canadian politics/.\"", "author": "Farnsworth, Clyde H", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0594094_0", "date": "1993-03-05", "sourceId": "Q270707", "sourceLabel": "Dorothy Parker", "sourceImId": "Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg/180px-Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/03/05/0594094", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1DA1F3BF936A35750C0A965958260", "text": "Taking the stage at 11 is Cindy Lee Berryhill, reclaiming her title as the *Dorothy Parker* of /folk/ with a set of her dry-as-ice, bittersweet compositions.", "author": "Powers, Ann", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0594507_0", "date": "1993-03-07", "sourceId": "Q46636", "sourceLabel": "Jack Kevorkian", "sourceImId": "Jack_Kevorkian_National_Press_Club.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f9/Jack_Kevorkian_National_Press_Club.jpg/180px-Jack_Kevorkian_National_Press_Club.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/03/07/0594507", "aUrlId": "9F0CE3DF103BF934A35750C0A965958260", "text": "Jim Florio \"the *Jack Kevorkian* of /economic development/.\"", "author": "King, Wayne", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0594844_0", "date": "1993-03-08", "sourceId": "Q5950", "sourceLabel": "James Brown", "sourceImId": "Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Jamesbrown4.jpg/180px-Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1993/03/08/0594844", "aUrlId": "9F0CE0DE103CF93BA35750C0A965958260", "text": "All the great Latin bands came through, from Oscar D'Leon, the *James Brown* of /Latin music/, to Eddie Palmieri, the music's crazy, brilliant uncle; Mario Bauza, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, El Gran Combo and Mongo Santamaria all showed up.", "author": "", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0595190_0", "date": "1993-03-10", "sourceId": "Q18179336", "sourceLabel": "Alain Marcel", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/03/10/0595190", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2DD1031F933A25750C0A965958260", "text": "First, it used a slightly adapted version of Tony Walton's set from the 1987 revival at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, with stage direction (by the *Alain Marcel* of /Berlin/, Helmut Baumann, who runs the Theater des Westens) that stuck closely to the New York version.", "author": "Rockwell, John", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0596107_0", "date": "1993-03-15", "sourceId": "Q6294", "sourceLabel": "Hillary Clinton", "sourceImId": "HillaryPA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/HillaryPA.jpg/180px-HillaryPA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1993/03/15/0596107", "aUrlId": "9F0CE0DB143BF936A25750C0A965958260", "text": "Will Miss van Hamel, who has been Mr. McKenzie's partner offstage as well as on and who has a dance company of her own, become the *Hillary Rodham Clinton* of /Ballet Theater/?", "author": "Dunning, Jennifer", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0596463_0", "date": "1993-03-17", "sourceId": "Q375356", "sourceLabel": "Dick Cavett", "sourceImId": "DickCavettApr10.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/DickCavettApr10.jpg/180px-DickCavettApr10.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1993/03/17/0596463", "aUrlId": "9F0CEEDF123CF934A25750C0A965958260", "text": "Perhaps being a prophet in the Age of Aquarius means becoming the *Dick Cavett* of /late-night theology/.", "author": "O'Neill, Molly", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0596753_0", "date": "1993-03-19", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/03/19/0596753", "aUrlId": "9F0CE0DF123AF93AA25750C0A965958260", "text": "In New York legal lore, Mr. Solerwitz is the *Babe Ruth* of /ripoffs/, having been convicted of stealing more than $5 million in the 1980's.", "author": "Margolick, David", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0597081_0", "date": "1993-03-21", "sourceId": "Q392", "sourceLabel": "Bob Dylan", "sourceImId": "Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg/180px-Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/03/21/0597081", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7DD153BF932A15750C0A965958260", "text": "Merchant describes as \"the *Bob Dylan* of /Italy/\" (a particularly hard concept, even with headphones).", "author": "Orenstein, Peggy", "desk": "Styles of The Times"},
{"id": "0597222_0", "date": "1993-03-21", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1993/03/21/0597222", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7DB103FF932A15750C0A965958260", "text": "Lofton senses that the Cleveland Indians -- the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /major-league teams/, the perennial second-division dwellers of the American League East -- are on the cusp of something different and big.", "author": "Smith, Claire", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0597319_0", "date": "1993-03-21", "sourceId": "Q5809", "sourceLabel": "Che Guevara", "sourceImId": "CheHigh.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/58/CheHigh.jpg/180px-CheHigh.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/03/21/0597319", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2DB1531F932A15750C0A965958260", "text": "The person pushing the bill is none other than Sir George Young, a gawky housing minister who fights for the poor and homeless in that traitor-to-his-class spirit and is lately lampooned by The Spectator as \"the *Che Guevara* of /the leaseholders/.\"", "author": "Darnton, John", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0597754_0", "date": "1993-03-24", "sourceId": "Q294927", "sourceLabel": "Jerry Lewis", "sourceImId": "Jerry_Lewis_-_1960s.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Jerry_Lewis_-_1960s.jpg/180px-Jerry_Lewis_-_1960s.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/03/24/0597754", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6D6113DF937A15750C0A965958260", "text": "For himself, Mr. Lang leaves his options open, not precluding a run for the presidency after Mr. Mitterrand retires (a prospect that makes his detractors, those who see him as the *Jerry Lewis* of /politics/, cringe at his presumption).", "author": "Rockwell, John", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0598111_0", "date": "1993-03-26", "sourceId": "Q5928", "sourceLabel": "Jimi Hendrix", "sourceImId": "Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ae/Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png/180px-Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "1993/03/26/0598111", "aUrlId": "9F0CEEDB133CF935A15750C0A965958260", "text": "Sugar Blue, who has been called the *Jimi Hendrix* of /the harmonica/, has played with everyone from Willie Dixon to the Rolling Stones.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0598329_0", "date": "1993-03-27", "sourceId": "Q555370", "sourceLabel": "Ed McMahon", "sourceImId": "EdMcMahon05.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/49/EdMcMahon05.jpg/180px-EdMcMahon05.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1993/03/27/0598329", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFD91030F934A15750C0A965958260", "text": "Thomas F. McLarty 3d, President Clinton's childhood friend whom they all call Mack and who is now White House chief of staff, was the chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party for some of that time, describing himself \"as kind of the *Ed McMahon* of /that traveling minstrel show/.\"", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0599779_0", "date": "1993-04-03", "sourceId": "Q190152", "sourceLabel": "Larry Bird", "sourceImId": "Larrybird.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bb/Larrybird.jpg/180px-Larrybird.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/04/03/0599779", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5DD1231F930A35757C0A965958260", "text": "Scouts came regularly to the Chieftains' cozy gym then, watched Smith average 29.2 points a game and dubbed her the *Larry Bird* of /women's basketball/.", "author": "Bondy, Filip", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0600119_0", "date": "1993-04-04", "sourceId": "Q319682", "sourceLabel": "Louis B. Mayer", "sourceImId": "Louis_B_Mayer_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d4/Louis_B_Mayer_cropped.jpg/180px-Louis_B_Mayer_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/04/04/0600119", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DB1631F937A35757C0A965958260", "text": "Roger Corman, the *Louis B. Mayer* of /B Movies/, earned his degree in engineering at Stanford, and Jonathan Winters, the comedian, and Patrick Ewing, the center for the Knicks, both majored in art -- at Kenyon and Georgetown, respectively.", "author": "Kaufman, Margo", "desk": "Education Life Supplement"},
{"id": "0600140_0", "date": "1993-04-04", "sourceId": "Q173585", "sourceLabel": "Jessica Lange", "sourceImId": "Lange_PF_2013.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/73/Lange_PF_2013.JPG/180px-Lange_PF_2013.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/04/04/0600140", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2DF1E31F937A35757C0A965958260", "text": "She is kind of the *Jessica Lange* of /Austin/: she's been romantically linked with all the cool guys.", "author": "Schoemer, Karen", "desk": "Styles of The Times"},
{"id": "0600666_0", "date": "1993-04-07", "sourceId": "Q60045", "sourceLabel": "Albert Speer", "sourceImId": "Bundesarchiv_Bild_146II-277,_Albert_Speer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146II-277%2C_Albert_Speer.jpg/180px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146II-277%2C_Albert_Speer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1993/04/07/0600666", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DB123CF934A35757C0A965958260", "text": "A former Peace Corps volunteer and the child of leftist Russian Jews, he now works for an American company that sells \"the *Albert Speer* of /baby formulas/\" to third-world countries and is so notorious it once co-starred on \"60 Minutes\" with Union Carbide and the Dalkon Shield.", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0601653_0", "date": "1993-04-11", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/04/11/0601653", "aUrlId": "980CE7DB1330F932A25757C0A965958260", "text": "By the early 1920's, Bobby Douglas, the first black in the Basketball Hall of Fame, became the *Johnny Appleseed* of /basketball/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0601989_0", "date": "1993-04-14", "sourceId": "Q47213", "sourceLabel": "Warren Buffett", "sourceImId": "Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg/180px-Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/04/14/0601989", "aUrlId": "9F0CE4DD1139F937A25757C0A965958260", "text": "I would like to think we can be the *Warren Buffett* of /biotech/, said Mr. Frazier, 41, referring to the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, who is known for his investing prowess.", "author": "", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0602520_0", "date": "1993-04-16", "sourceId": "Q169452", "sourceLabel": "Shaquille O'Neal", "sourceImId": "Shaqmiami.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a7/Shaqmiami.jpg/180px-Shaqmiami.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/04/16/0602520", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDE173DF935A25757C0A965958260", "text": "David Nied, sort of the *Shaquille O'Neal* of /major league baseball/, silenced the New York Mets here.", "author": "Friend, Tom", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0602706_0", "date": "1993-04-17", "sourceId": "Q7226", "sourceLabel": "Joan of Arc", "sourceImId": "Contemporaine_afb_jeanne_d_arc.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/Contemporaine_afb_jeanne_d_arc.png/180px-Contemporaine_afb_jeanne_d_arc.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/04/17/0602706", "aUrlId": "9F0CE4DF1139F934A25757C0A965958260", "text": "Since 1863, through all the decades in Washington when women were merely ornaments, this |19-foot-tall warrior| guarded the capital with her sword and shield and piercing gaze, a *Joan of Arc* for /democracy/.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0602876_0", "date": "1993-04-18", "sourceId": "Q1124", "sourceLabel": "Bill Clinton", "sourceImId": "Bill_Clinton_portrait_(2015).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/83/Bill_Clinton_portrait_%282015%29.jpg/180px-Bill_Clinton_portrait_%282015%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1993/04/18/0602876", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6D6113BF93BA25757C0A965958260", "text": "If Woo is the *Bill Clinton* of /the race/, then Riordan is the Ross Perot.", "author": "Fritsch, Jane", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0602906_0", "date": "1993-04-18", "sourceId": "Q553321", "sourceLabel": "Vince Lombardi", "sourceImId": "Vince_Lombardi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "a/a2/Vince_Lombardi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/04/18/0602906", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDB153AF93BA25757C0A965958260", "text": "My Mother is the *Vince Lombardi* of /beauty/: Looking good isn't everything, it's the only thing.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0604282_0", "date": "1993-04-23", "sourceId": "Q94081", "sourceLabel": "Bob Hope", "sourceImId": "Bob_Hope,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Bob_Hope%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Bob_Hope%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/04/23/0604282", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6D71230F930A15757C0A965958260", "text": "is loaded with rap-related cameos that work only if you recognize the players (Fab 5 Freddy, Kid Capri, Naughty by Nature and the *Bob Hope* of /rap cinema/, Ice-T), and have little intrinsic humor of their own.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0604418_0", "date": "1993-04-25", "sourceId": "Q503258", "sourceLabel": "Busby Berkeley", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/04/25/0604418", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDC1439F936A15757C0A965958260", "text": "At 66, the man who once qualified as the *Busby Berkeley* of /the acid set/ is right back where he started -- directing what he calls \"these nutty pieces\" in out-of-the-way places for audiences that tend to number in the dozens, not the thousands.", "author": "Richards, David", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0604474_0", "date": "1993-04-25", "sourceId": "Q213919", "sourceLabel": "George Foreman", "sourceImId": "George_Foreman_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/69/George_Foreman_2009.jpg/180px-George_Foreman_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1993/04/25/0604474", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5DF1638F936A15757C0A965958260", "text": "My gut feeling is that I'm going to start calling myself the *George Foreman* of /tennis/, said McEnroe, who just completed an exhibition tour with Andre Agassi and faces his next tennis assignment in the NBC booth at next month's French Open.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0605816_0", "date": "1993-05-02", "sourceId": "Q5480", "sourceLabel": "Bart Simpson", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/05/02/0605816", "aUrlId": "9F0CE0D71439F931A35756C0A965958260", "text": "The director Peter Sellars, the *Bart Simpson* of /multicultural politics/, assures us that \"dance is at the heart of culture.\"", "author": "O'Connor, John J", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0605847_0", "date": "1993-05-02", "sourceId": "Q8743", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Edison", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg/180px-Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/05/02/0605847", "aUrlId": "9F0CE3DD1738F931A35756C0A965958260", "text": "There are major characters but no heroes in this antiromance of 1907 in Battle Creek, Mich., where Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the *Edison* of /clean living/, presides over pilgrims who hope to escape the ills and smells that flesh is heir to.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0605921_0", "date": "1993-05-02", "sourceId": "Q211731", "sourceLabel": "Timothy Leary", "sourceImId": "Timothy-Leary-Los-Angeles-1989.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "c/c7/Timothy-Leary-Los-Angeles-1989.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1993/05/02/0605921", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2DB113BF931A35756C0A965958260", "text": "He's an eloquent and imaginative poet of the psychedelic experience, said Mr. Leary, an unabashed admirer, who is already on record calling Mr. McKenna \"the *Timothy Leary* of /the 90's/.\"", "author": "Gabriel, Trip", "desk": "Styles of The Times"},
{"id": "0606538_0", "date": "1993-05-04", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/05/04/0606538", "aUrlId": "9F0CEED91E3CF937A35756C0A965958260", "text": "He wants to be the *Bill Gates* of /the 1990's/, said Denise Caruso, editor of Digital Media, an industry newsletter, referring to Mr. Allen's college friend with whom he founded Microsoft in the late 1970's.", "author": "Fisher, Lawrence M", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0606853_0", "date": "1993-05-05", "sourceId": "Q498019", "sourceLabel": "Richard Simmons", "sourceImId": "RichardSimmonsSept2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/02/RichardSimmonsSept2011.jpg/180px-RichardSimmonsSept2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/05/05/0606853", "aUrlId": "9F0CE3DA103EF936A35756C0A965958260", "text": "Graham Kerr is the *Richard Simmons* of /cooking teachers/.", "author": "Miller, Bryan", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0606897_0", "date": "1993-05-05", "sourceId": "Q364990", "sourceLabel": "Pat Robertson", "sourceImId": "Pat_Robertson_Paparazzo_Photography.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0d/Pat_Robertson_Paparazzo_Photography.jpg/180px-Pat_Robertson_Paparazzo_Photography.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/05/05/0606897", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DF1230F936A35756C0A965958260", "text": "If pornography bothers you, you may welcome the recurrent appearances of Andrea Dworkin, the *Pat Robertson* of /feminism/, who asserts that like everything else about American society, pornography is a conspiracy against women.", "author": "Goodman, Walter", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0607593_0", "date": "1993-05-09", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1993/05/09/0607593", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2DF1338F93AA35756C0A965958260", "text": "Scott Sanderson is the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /baseball/.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0607682_0", "date": "1993-05-09", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/05/09/0607682", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7D8173AF93AA35756C0A965958260", "text": "Actor: Jason Scott Lee  Vital statistics: Age 26, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 155 pounds  Training routine: Six to eight hours a day, six days a week, for 10 months, plus weeks of work with those nasty Oriental weapons, the nunchukus  Salary: A reported $250,000 Movie: \"Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story\" (opened on Friday)  Pitch: A Bruce Lee movie without Bruce Lee  Budget: $15 million to $20 million Character: Bruce Lee, the *Michelangelo* of /martial arts/  Lethal Weapons: Jeet kune do (Lee's personal brand of  mayhem) and the accompanying vocal hee-yah-ahhhhs  Lethal line: \"I have to finish my workout.", "author": "Marin, Rick", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0608627_0", "date": "1993-05-13", "sourceId": "Q5673", "sourceLabel": "Hans Christian Andersen", "sourceImId": "HCA_1860_by_Franz_Hanfstaengl.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8a/HCA_1860_by_Franz_Hanfstaengl.jpg/180px-HCA_1860_by_Franz_Hanfstaengl.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/05/13/0608627", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5DC113FF930A25756C0A965958260", "text": "I guess I am running the risk of becoming the *Hans Christian Andersen* of /opera/, Mr. Menotti said.", "author": "Brozan, Nadine", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0608957_0", "date": "1993-05-15", "sourceId": "Q327071", "sourceLabel": "Paul Revere", "sourceImId": "J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg/180px-J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/05/15/0608957", "aUrlId": "9F0CE0DB103DF936A25756C0A965958260", "text": "Dr. Commoner, the director of the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems at Queens College, is being honored as \"the *Paul Revere* of /Ecology/.\"", "author": "Brozan, Nadine", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0609056_0", "date": "1993-05-16", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1993/05/16/0609056", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2D91539F935A25756C0A965958260", "text": "Parking is the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /transportation/ -- it gets no respect, but it's critical to development.", "author": "Wallace, David J", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "0609450_0", "date": "1993-05-16", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/05/16/0609450", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5DB1131F935A25756C0A965958260", "text": "Surrounding this core group is a slew of other principal players: Paige Katz (Kim Cattrall), popping back into Harry's life as Tony's fiancee; Tabba Schwartzkopf (Bebe Neuwirth), star of Tony's new sitcom \"Church Windows\"; Tully Woiwode (Nick Mancuso), an artist; Chap Starfall (Robert Morse), a seedy singer whose repertory includes \"Let's Face the Music and Dance,\" and Eli's son, Chickie Levitt (Brad Dourif), a cyberspace genius known as the *Einstein* of /the New World/.", "author": "O'Connor, John J", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0609467_0", "date": "1993-05-16", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/05/16/0609467", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7DC1230F935A25756C0A965958260", "text": "He sat on a couch against the wall, where he was introduced to \"the *Madonna* of /Russia/,\" a tall, exotic woman in Michael Jackson-like ersatz military wear.", "author": "Marchese, John", "desk": "Styles of the Times"},
{"id": "0609956_0", "date": "1993-05-19", "sourceId": "Q4535129", "sourceLabel": "Sol Hurok", "sourceImId": "Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg/180px-Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/05/19/0609956", "aUrlId": "9F0CE3DE1F3AF93AA25756C0A965958260", "text": "These days he is relishing his role as the *Sol Hurok* of /the comedy festival/, which he is producing with George Wein, promoter of the Newport Jazz Festival.", "author": "", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0610287_0", "date": "1993-05-21", "sourceId": "Q943181", "sourceLabel": "Philip Taaffe", "sourceImId": "Philip_Taaffe_(NYC_2001).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Philip_Taaffe_%28NYC_2001%29.jpg/180px-Philip_Taaffe_%28NYC_2001%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/05/21/0610287", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6D8103BF932A15756C0A965958260", "text": "Fred Tomaselli might be called the *Philip Taaffe* of /pharmaceuticals/.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0610850_0", "date": "1993-05-23", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/05/23/0610850", "aUrlId": "9F0CEED81731F930A15756C0A965958260", "text": "When you've got Steve Wynn involved, who I think is the *P. T. Barnum* of /our century/, it's going to be difficult to ignore, said Mr. Amann, the casino supporter.", "author": "Johnson, Kirk", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0611510_0", "date": "1993-05-27", "sourceId": "Q355314", "sourceLabel": "Jack Welch", "sourceImId": "JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/JackWelchApril2012.jpg/180px-JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/05/27/0611510", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDD143CF934A15756C0A965958260", "text": "may not make sense,\" Mr. Gates continued, without offering an opinion on whether Mr. Gerstner is the *Jack Welch* of /the computer industry/.", "author": "Lohr, Steve", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0612641_0", "date": "1993-06-02", "sourceId": "Q294358", "sourceLabel": "Warren Christopher", "sourceImId": "Warren_Christopher.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/37/Warren_Christopher.jpg/180px-Warren_Christopher.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/06/02/0612641", "aUrlId": "9F0CEEDE163BF931A35755C0A965958260", "text": "She is the *Warren Christopher* of /the inner city/, and operates with the tact and cool-headed discretion of a well-traveled diplomat.", "author": "Wilkerson, Isabel", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0612971_0", "date": "1993-06-04", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/06/04/0612971", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1DA1339F937A35755C0A965958260", "text": "He has been called the *Michelangelo* of /floats/.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0613743_0", "date": "1993-06-07", "sourceId": "Q311885", "sourceLabel": "Patrick Henry", "sourceImId": "Patrick_henry.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ea/Patrick_henry.JPG/180px-Patrick_henry.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/06/07/0613743", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDA1539F934A35755C0A965958260", "text": "Fittingly, the *Patrick Henry* of /this drama/ is an American-trained lawyer, Anselm B. Clouden, who by evoking the seafaring ways of his ancestors, and their descendants' supposed mistreatment at the hands of Grenadians, has begun to arouse strong nationalist passions in his neighbors.", "author": "French, Howard W", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0614470_0", "date": "1993-06-11", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/06/11/0614470", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6D61139F932A25755C0A965958260", "text": "This was soon after the *Elvis* of /basketball/ had left the building.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0614699_0", "date": "1993-06-12", "sourceId": "Q15524996", "sourceLabel": "Jimmy Breslin", "sourceImId": "Jimmy_Breslin_at_the_2008_Brooklyn_Book_Festival.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4d/Jimmy_Breslin_at_the_2008_Brooklyn_Book_Festival.jpg/180px-Jimmy_Breslin_at_the_2008_Brooklyn_Book_Festival.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/06/12/0614699", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7DB103CF931A25755C0A965958260", "text": "Mr. Barnicle, who has been called the *Jimmy Breslin* of /Boston/, joked in a recent column about buying an ascot and a hat in honor of his new employers from New York.", "author": "Rimer, Sara", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0615573_0", "date": "1993-06-15", "sourceId": "Q312348", "sourceLabel": "Thurgood Marshall", "sourceImId": "Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg/180px-Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/06/15/0615573", "aUrlId": "9F0CE3DB103EF936A25755C0A965958260", "text": "She is the *Thurgood Marshall* of /gender equality law/, said Janet Benshoof, the president of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, an abortion-rights advocacy group, repeating a common description of Judge Ginsburg.", "author": "Lewis, Neil A", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0616689_0", "date": "1993-06-20", "sourceId": "Q230762", "sourceLabel": "Dale Carnegie", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/06/20/0616689", "aUrlId": "9F0CE4DB1631F933A15755C0A965958260", "text": "But Christopher Beach, director of the Performing Arts Center, described |Dr. Lenz| as \"no more than a *Dale Carnegie* of /the 90's/.\"", "author": "Lombardi, Kate Stone", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0617020_0", "date": "1993-06-22", "sourceId": "Q308840", "sourceLabel": "Jean-Claude Van Damme", "sourceImId": "Van_Damme_Cannes_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d2/Van_Damme_Cannes_2010.jpg/180px-Van_Damme_Cannes_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/06/22/0617020", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5D9103FF931A15755C0A965958260", "text": "In his place in the revival is Steve Blanchard, who may be the *Jean-Claude Van Damme* of /musical actors/.", "author": "Gussow, Mel", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0617369_0", "date": "1993-06-24", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/06/24/0617369", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2DD113DF937A15755C0A965958260", "text": "Before he became a Svengali to Boris Becker, a multimillionaire tennis manager, a touted prospect for high office in Romania and the *Donald Trump* of /fledgling Romanian capitalism/, Ion (pronounced Yon) Tiriac played here two decades ago against such stars as Rod Laver, Clark Graebner and Stan Smith.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Home Desk"},
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{"id": "0618352_0", "date": "1993-06-28", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/06/28/0618352", "aUrlId": "9F0CE3DD1E3DF93BA15755C0A965958260", "text": "Agassi, who is the *Madonna* of /his sport/, a sly marketer of his own flashy image, was more than up to the verbal duel.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0619263_0", "date": "1993-07-04", "sourceId": "Q319099", "sourceLabel": "Michael Dukakis", "sourceImId": "Dukakis1988rally_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/Dukakis1988rally_cropped.jpg/180px-Dukakis1988rally_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/07/04/0619263", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5D6123BF937A35754C0A965958260", "text": "Pete Sampras's reputation as the *Michael Dukakis* of /tennis/ was reconfirmed this weekend when the results of a London radio station contest about Wimbledon players were published.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0619887_0", "date": "1993-07-06", "sourceId": "Q51516", "sourceLabel": "John Madden", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/07/06/0619887", "aUrlId": "9F0CEED7133EF935A35754C0A965958260", "text": "Let us not yet anoint John McEnroe as the *John Madden* of /tennis/ on the strength of his Wimbledon analysis.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0620076_0", "date": "1993-07-07", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/07/07/0620076", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDB1331F934A35754C0A965958260", "text": "His father was alternately called the Bull and the *Babe Ruth* of /the Caribbean/.", "author": "Rhoden, William C", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0620660_0", "date": "1993-07-11", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "1993/07/11/0620660", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1DF1438F932A25754C0A965958260", "text": "She may not, as some of her activists-in-arms suggest, be the *Mother Teresa* of /progressive politics/, but she will, by all accounts, bring a steadying, working-person's perspective to an office that has suffered through a series of less-than-attentive, let-them-eat-cake administrators for roughly a dozen years.", "author": "Noble, Barbara Presley", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0620690_0", "date": "1993-07-11", "sourceId": "Q6660303", "sourceLabel": "Liz Smith", "sourceImId": "LizSmithSept2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/98/LizSmithSept2011.jpg/180px-LizSmithSept2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1993/07/11/0620690", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7D71238F932A25754C0A965958260", "text": "Miss Lynch is the *Liz Smith* of /the Sagaponack Store/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0620775_0", "date": "1993-07-11", "sourceId": "Q77688", "sourceLabel": "Ruth Westheimer", "sourceImId": "Ruth_Westheimer_(10877).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Ruth_Westheimer_%2810877%29.jpg/180px-Ruth_Westheimer_%2810877%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1993/07/11/0620775", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DD173AF932A25754C0A965958260", "text": "SOUNDING like the *Dr. Ruth* of /ballet/, David Richardson, a teacher and dancer at the American Ballet Theater, explained the art of partnering to a pas de deux class at the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A.", "author": "Hershenson, Roberta", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0621332_0", "date": "1993-07-13", "sourceId": "Q1889422", "sourceLabel": "Felix Unger", "sourceImId": "Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cd/Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG/180px-Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/07/13/0621332", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFD81E30F930A25754C0A965958260", "text": "Uecker went on to relate how Drysdale was \"the *Felix Unger* of /sports/,\" hated fingerprints on his bathroom mirror and \"if you slept at his house and weren't up by 5 or 6, he'd make the bed no matter if you were in it.\"", "author": "Friend, Tom", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0621422_0", "date": "1993-07-14", "sourceId": "Q49214", "sourceLabel": "Dan Quayle", "sourceImId": "Dan_Quayle.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3c/Dan_Quayle.jpg/180px-Dan_Quayle.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/07/14/0621422", "aUrlId": "9F0CEEDC1E3DF937A25754C0A965958260", "text": "Others were less generous, portraying Mr. Cayne as the *Dan Quayle* of /Bear Stearns/, a consummate strategist in his career and his game but sometimes given to saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.", "author": "Myerson, Allen R", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0623263_0", "date": "1993-07-22", "sourceId": "Q1316", "sourceLabel": "Saddam Hussein", "sourceImId": "Saddam_Hussein_in_1998.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9a/Saddam_Hussein_in_1998.png/180px-Saddam_Hussein_in_1998.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/07/22/0623263", "aUrlId": "9F0CE0DE1F3EF931A15754C0A965958260", "text": "Until recently, General Aidid -- now defined as a war criminal, terrorist, the *Saddam Hussein* of /Africa/ -- was Washington's best friend in Somalia.", "author": "Kennedy, Frances", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0623442_0", "date": "1993-07-23", "sourceId": "Q40912", "sourceLabel": "Frank Sinatra", "sourceImId": "Frank_Sinatra_'57.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg/180px-Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/07/23/0623442", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7DC1631F930A15754C0A965958260", "text": "After explaining that \"all the material has been satirized for your protection,\" Mr. Maher introduces his guests: the comics Larry Miller and Jerry Seinfeld (\"the *Frank Sinatra* of /nouveau comedians/\"); Robin Quivers, the longtime partner of the shock radio and television personality Howard Stern; and, from out of left -- or perhaps right -- field, the political consultant Ed Rollins.", "author": "O'Connor, John J", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "0632371_0", "date": "1993-09-03", "sourceId": "Q239691", "sourceLabel": "Sandy Dennis", "sourceImId": "Up_the_Down_Staircase_(1967)_trailer_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8f/Up_the_Down_Staircase_%281967%29_trailer_1.jpg/180px-Up_the_Down_Staircase_%281967%29_trailer_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/09/03/0632371", "aUrlId": "9F0CEEDA1730F930A3575AC0A965958260", "text": "(Ms. Lewis, who has many similar mannerisms, may be fast becoming the *Sandy Dennis* of /her generation/.)", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "0635361_0", "date": "1993-09-19", "sourceId": "Q264490", "sourceLabel": "Gianni Versace", "sourceImId": "Versace_Firenze.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Versace_Firenze.jpg/180px-Versace_Firenze.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1993/09/19/0635361", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDC1F3BF93AA2575AC0A965958260", "text": "As the *Gianni Versace* of /the Shore Association of Nassau Girl Scouts/, Mrs. Geller was responsible for sending out on a runway, five times, four junior girl scouts and one brownie, each holding a doll dressed exactly the same as they were.", "author": "", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0635557_0", "date": "1993-09-19", "sourceId": "Q122003", "sourceLabel": "Julio Iglesias", "sourceImId": "Julio_Iglesias09.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Julio_Iglesias09.jpg/180px-Julio_Iglesias09.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1993/09/19/0635557", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7DD163EF93AA2575AC0A965958260", "text": "Once again, Luis Miguel -- a Mexican born in Puerto Rico of Spanish-Italian parents whose full name is Luis Miguel Gallego -- has been confirmed as Latin heartthrob numero uno, the *Julio Iglesias* of /his generation/.", "author": "Rohter, Larry", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
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{"id": "0636797_0", "date": "1993-09-26", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/09/26/0636797", "aUrlId": "9F0CE4DF173BF935A1575AC0A965958260", "text": "He's such a bizarre character, sort of the *Shakespeare* of /microbiology/.", "author": "Hamilton, Robert A", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0636952_0", "date": "1993-09-26", "sourceId": "Q123867", "sourceLabel": "Marquis de Sade", "sourceImId": "Marquis_de_sade.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/20/Marquis_de_sade.jpg/180px-Marquis_de_sade.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/09/26/0636952", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7D81F3FF935A1575AC0A965958260", "text": "When we introduced Word in October 1983, in its first incarnation it was dubbed the *Marquis de Sade* of /word processors/, which was not altogether unfair.", "author": "Lewis, Peter H", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0637349_0", "date": "1993-09-28", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/09/28/0637349", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1D7103CF93BA1575AC0A965958260", "text": "Because of his accomplishments as a test and stunt pilot and as a aviation engineer, he was referred to by one admirer as \"the *Leonardo da Vinci* of /flight/.\"", "author": "Krebs, Albin", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0637435_0", "date": "1993-09-29", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/09/29/0637435", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1D91438F93AA1575AC0A965958260", "text": "Because of his accomplishments as a test and stunt pilot and as an aviation engineer, he was referred to by one admirer as \"the *Leonardo da Vinci* of /flight/.\"", "author": "Krebs, Albin", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0639702_0", "date": "1993-10-09", "sourceId": "Q9696", "sourceLabel": "John F. Kennedy", "sourceImId": "John_F._Kennedy,_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c3/John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg/180px-John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/10/09/0639702", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1DE123BF93AA35753C1A965958260", "text": "Although President Clinton has always invited us to think of him as the *Jack Kennedy* of /the 1990's generation/, the more I watch him the more he reminds me of Lyndon Johnson.", "author": "Baker, Russell", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0641579_0", "date": "1993-10-15", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/10/15/0641579", "aUrlId": "9F0CEED71F3EF936A25753C1A965958260", "text": "The persona that the 64-year-old Mr. Spence might seem to convey is that of a *John Wayne* of /the courtroom/; the title of his 1982 autobiography is \"Gunning for Justice.\"", "author": "Hoffman, Jan", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0642116_0", "date": "1993-10-17", "sourceId": "Q41166", "sourceLabel": "Jonathan Swift", "sourceImId": "Jonathan_Swift_by_Charles_Jervas_detail.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4b/Jonathan_Swift_by_Charles_Jervas_detail.jpg/180px-Jonathan_Swift_by_Charles_Jervas_detail.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/10/17/0642116", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1DE153BF934A25753C1A965958260", "text": "One British critic, Charles Brener of The Times of London, has called her the *Jonathan Swift* of /the American 90's/.", "author": "Edwards, Ivana", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0642904_0", "date": "1993-10-19", "sourceId": "Q4885397", "sourceLabel": "Ben Cartwright", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/10/19/0642904", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDC133CF93AA25753C1A965958260", "text": "He is the *Ben Cartwright* of /his own Ponderosa/, an 800-acre spread along Route 34 in Monmouth County that started out 50 years ago as a general aviation field (now called Allaire Airport) that eventually came to include an industrial park, driving range, lucrative gravel quarry and, three years ago, an amusement park called Ed Brown's Playground.", "author": "Strum, Charles", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0642934_0", "date": "1993-10-19", "sourceId": "Q350844", "sourceLabel": "Christian Lacroix", "sourceImId": "Christian_Lacroix_-_2018_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Christian_Lacroix_-_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Christian_Lacroix_-_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/10/19/0642934", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7D91E3FF93AA25753C1A965958260", "text": "You might just be discovering the *Christian Lacroix* of /the 90's/.\"", "author": "Spindler, Amy M", "desk": ""},
{"id": "0644305_0", "date": "1993-10-24", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/10/24/0644305", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2DE123DF937A15753C1A965958260", "text": "Someone from the Gewandhaus wanted to know if Mr. Masur, with his trademark bolo tie, was the *John Wayne* of /New York/.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0644390_0", "date": "1993-10-24", "sourceId": "Q134180", "sourceLabel": "Truman Capote", "sourceImId": "TrumanCapote1959.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b0/TrumanCapote1959.jpg/180px-TrumanCapote1959.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/10/24/0644390", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DC103FF937A15753C1A965958260", "text": "I can be the *Truman Capote* of /the atelier/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0644532_0", "date": "1993-10-24", "sourceId": "Q130853", "sourceLabel": "Pl\u00e1cido Domingo", "sourceImId": "Concierto_de_Pl\u00e1cido_Domingo_con_motivo_del_A\u00f1o_Jubilar_Mariano_(7-06-2019)_01.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e7/Concierto_de_Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo_con_motivo_del_A%C3%B1o_Jubilar_Mariano_%287-06-2019%29_01.jpg/180px-Concierto_de_Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo_con_motivo_del_A%C3%B1o_Jubilar_Mariano_%287-06-2019%29_01.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/10/24/0644532", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1DE1E30F937A15753C1A965958260", "text": "Ovations should be earned, not orchestrated, and you are not yet the *Placido Domingo* of /late-night television/.", "author": "", "desk": "Styles of The Times"},
{"id": "0644685_0", "date": "1993-10-25", "sourceId": "Q298237", "sourceLabel": "Benedict Arnold", "sourceImId": "Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg/180px-Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/10/25/0644685", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2D7163CF936A15753C1A965958260", "text": "I'm like the *Benedict Arnold* of /New Orleans/, going to Atlanta of all places.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0644689_0", "date": "1993-10-25", "sourceId": "Q1691357", "sourceLabel": "Joe Carter", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/10/25/0644689", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDA173CF936A15753C1A965958260", "text": "|I| get to be the *Joe Carter* for /this game/, I get to hit the home run, huh?", "author": "George, Thomas", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0645546_0", "date": "1993-10-29", "sourceId": "Q8743", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Edison", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg/180px-Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/10/29/0645546", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDD163CF93AA15753C1A965958260", "text": "Ms. Fernandez, who made the issue her own public advocacy cause after the death of Mr. Hyde, her fiance, said Dr. Kevorkian was embarrassed when she praised him \"as the *Thomas Edison* of /medicine/.\"", "author": "Clines, Francis X", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0648618_0", "date": "1993-11-09", "sourceId": "Q394607", "sourceLabel": "Agnes Nixon", "sourceImId": "Agnes_Nixon_2010_Daytime_Emmy_Awards_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/41/Agnes_Nixon_2010_Daytime_Emmy_Awards_1.jpg/180px-Agnes_Nixon_2010_Daytime_Emmy_Awards_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1993/11/09/0648618", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DA133EF93AA35752C1A965958260", "text": "The woman with the answers, the *Agnes Nixon* of \"/Decision/\" -- soap-opera fans the world over know Agnes Nixon as the, uh, guiding light behind \"One Life to Live\" and \"All My Children\" -- is Ann Sternberg, a Health Department official who used to be an NBC News documentary producer.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
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{"id": "0650428_0", "date": "1993-11-16", "sourceId": "Q93188", "sourceLabel": "Errol Flynn", "sourceImId": "Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Errol_Flynn1.jpg/180px-Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/11/16/0650428", "aUrlId": "9F0CEED71431F935A25752C1A965958260", "text": "Their leader is Jaba Ioseliani, who is often described as charming and charismatic -- the *Errol Flynn* of /Georgia/, in one Westerner's words.", "author": "Bonner, Raymond", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0651362_0", "date": "1993-11-21", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/11/21/0651362", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5DE153FF932A15752C1A965958260", "text": "Kim, pronouncing herself \"the *Willie Horton* of /AIDS/,\" a strained analogy, denies that she is fighting homosexuals.", "author": "Klein, Alvin", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0652872_0", "date": "1993-11-28", "sourceId": "Q1001", "sourceLabel": "Mahatma Gandhi", "sourceImId": "Portrait_Gandhi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Portrait_Gandhi.jpg/180px-Portrait_Gandhi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/11/28/0652872", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDA1331F93BA15752C1A965958260", "text": "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the *Mahatma Gandhi* of /this political moment/.", "author": "Dreifus, Claudia", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0652962_0", "date": "1993-11-29", "sourceId": "Q5507789", "sourceLabel": "Fulbert of Falaise", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/11/29/0652962", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFD8153AF93AA15752C1A965958260", "text": "In the Balkans, *the Chamberlain for* /our time/, |Lord Owen|, after blaming the U.S. for failing to supply the troops to force his surrender terms on the Bosnians, is among those Europeans now touting a get-tender-with-Serbia policy.", "author": "Safire, William", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0653379_0", "date": "1993-12-02", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/12/02/0653379", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1DD143EF931A35751C1A965958260", "text": "I think I'm the *Picasso* of /mime/, Marcel Marceau said between rehearsals for his new show, at the Espace Pierre Cardin off the Champs-Elysees.", "author": "Riding, Alan", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0654409_0", "date": "1993-12-07", "sourceId": "Q1801942", "sourceLabel": "Leon Lett", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1993/12/07/0654409", "aUrlId": "9F0CE3D71F3DF934A35751C1A965958260", "text": "Malamala said he was feeling like \"the *Leon Lett* of /the New York Jets/\" following the game.", "author": "Smith, Timothy W", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0654795_0", "date": "1993-12-09", "sourceId": "Q313776", "sourceLabel": "George Wallace", "sourceImId": "George_C_Wallace_(Alabama_Governor).png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9b/George_C_Wallace_%28Alabama_Governor%29.png/180px-George_C_Wallace_%28Alabama_Governor%29.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/12/09/0654795", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1DE163AF93AA35751C1A965958260", "text": "I would call them the *George Wallace* of /C.R.A./", "author": "Cushman, John H Jr", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0654976_0", "date": "1993-12-10", "sourceId": "Q7317", "sourceLabel": "Giuseppe Verdi", "sourceImId": "Tournachon,_Gaspard-F\u00e9lix_-_Giuseppe_Verdi_(1813-1901)_(Zeno_Fotografie).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/74/Tournachon%2C_Gaspard-F%C3%A9lix_-_Giuseppe_Verdi_%281813-1901%29_%28Zeno_Fotografie%29.jpg/180px-Tournachon%2C_Gaspard-F%C3%A9lix_-_Giuseppe_Verdi_%281813-1901%29_%28Zeno_Fotografie%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/12/10/0654976", "aUrlId": "9F0CE1DC1F38F933A25751C1A965958260", "text": "Ferruccio Busoni is once supposed to have scoffed at his pupil Kurt Weill, asking, \"What do you want to become, a *Verdi* of /the poor/?\"", "author": "Rothstein, Edward", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "0654992_0", "date": "1993-12-10", "sourceId": "Q82464", "sourceLabel": "Dorian Gray", "sourceImId": "Lippincott_doriangray.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/24/Lippincott_doriangray.jpg/180px-Lippincott_doriangray.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/12/10/0654992", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DE113BF933A25751C1A965958260", "text": "Also on hand is Aerosmith, the *Dorian Gray* of /rock bands/, to serve the same purpose Alice Cooper did in the first film.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0656445_0", "date": "1993-12-17", "sourceId": "Q23380", "sourceLabel": "Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres", "sourceImId": "Ingres,_Self-portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/94/Ingres%2C_Self-portrait.jpg/180px-Ingres%2C_Self-portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1993/12/17/0656445", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2DD163AF934A25751C1A965958260", "text": "No wonder the English critic Herbert Read called the young Mr. Freud \"the *Ingres* of /Existentialism/.\"", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0659117_0", "date": "1993-12-30", "sourceId": "Q83338", "sourceLabel": "Robin Williams", "sourceImId": "Robin_Williams_2011a_(2).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Robin_Williams_2011a_%282%29.jpg/180px-Robin_Williams_2011a_%282%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1993/12/30/0659117", "aUrlId": "9F0CEED91131F933A05751C1A965958260", "text": "In person, he is the *Robin Williams* of /literary interviews/, albeit more soft-spoken, with a bit of Southern drawl from childhood still clinging to his speech.", "author": "Egan, Timothy", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0659619_0", "date": "1994-01-02", "sourceId": "Q83807", "sourceLabel": "Ed Sullivan", "sourceImId": "Ed_Sullivan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ea/Ed_Sullivan.jpg/180px-Ed_Sullivan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/01/02/0659619", "aUrlId": "9C07E6DA123EF931A35752C0A962958260", "text": "Does he become the *Ed Sullivan* of /foreign policy/, managing a really good show but enjoying no stardom himself?", "author": "", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0660258_0", "date": "1994-01-06", "sourceId": "Q79015", "sourceLabel": "Clark Kent", "sourceImId": "Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6f/Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg/180px-Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/01/06/0660258", "aUrlId": "9F02E0DC1E3EF935A35752C0A962958260", "text": "C1  At home with Robert Wilson: the *Clark Kent* of /modern theater/.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0660595_0", "date": "1994-01-07", "sourceId": "Q244441", "sourceLabel": "Pete Seeger", "sourceImId": "Pete_Seeger_sings_(cropped).JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/77/Pete_Seeger_sings_%28cropped%29.JPG/180px-Pete_Seeger_sings_%28cropped%29.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/01/07/0660595", "aUrlId": "9E06E4DC1631F934A35752C0A962958260", "text": "Ladino, one of the three major Jewish languages, has produced a rich and extensive repertory of Judeo-Spanish songs, many of which have been collected by Joseph Elias, who is regarded as the *Pete Seeger* of /Ladino music/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0660857_0", "date": "1994-01-09", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/01/09/0660857", "aUrlId": "9900E2DE1F3EF93AA35752C0A962958260", "text": "Barnum was basically a great showman, Mr. Pelton said, a master of advertising -- a Yale professor once called him the *Shakespeare* of /advertising/ -- and of crowd psychology.", "author": "Ryan, Bill", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0661248_0", "date": "1994-01-10", "sourceId": "Q192707", "sourceLabel": "Charles Barkley", "sourceImId": "Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/06/Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg/180px-Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/01/10/0661248", "aUrlId": "9C05E0DE1531F933A25752C0A962958260", "text": "Once she caught her breath, which wasn't easy given a hacking attack of asthma, Tonya Harding called herself the *Charles Barkley* of /figure skating/ late Saturday night, then proceeded to verbally slam-dunk her competition at the coming Winter Olympics.", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0662187_0", "date": "1994-01-16", "sourceId": "Q5577", "sourceLabel": "Salvador Dal\u00ed", "sourceImId": "Salvador_Dali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/27/Salvador_Dali_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Salvador_Dali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/01/16/0662187", "aUrlId": "9501E6DF1231F935A25752C0A962958260", "text": "He's the *Salvador Dali* of /the movement/,\" he wrote, \"a surrealist in his designs, a showman by temperament, a prankster.\"", "author": "Schuon, Marshall", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0662389_0", "date": "1994-01-16", "sourceId": "Q192707", "sourceLabel": "Charles Barkley", "sourceImId": "Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/06/Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg/180px-Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/01/16/0662389", "aUrlId": "9B00E1DA1E31F935A25752C0A962958260", "text": "When Miss Harding, who has described herself as the *Charles Barkley* of /skating/, told reporters, \"If anybody wanted to beat Nancy it was me,\" the wording sounded a little strange.", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "Week In Review Desk"},
{"id": "0663246_0", "date": "1994-01-20", "sourceId": "Q23434", "sourceLabel": "Ernest Hemingway", "sourceImId": "ErnestHemingway.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/ErnestHemingway.jpg/180px-ErnestHemingway.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/01/20/0663246", "aUrlId": "9407E5D81430F933A15752C0A962958260", "text": "Now called the *Hemingway* of /Westchester/, he has been paid an advance of $225,000 to write a wartime memoir, to be titled \"The Partisan.\"", "author": "Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0664050_0", "date": "1994-01-23", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/01/23/0664050", "aUrlId": "9E0DE0DA1030F930A15752C0A962958260", "text": "|He| was kind of like a *Michael Jordan* of /football/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0665094_0", "date": "1994-01-28", "sourceId": "Q1827287", "sourceLabel": "Lionel Trilling", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/01/28/0665094", "aUrlId": "9F01E5DF1739F93BA15752C0A962958260", "text": "Marv Levy, the *Lionel Trilling* of /coaches/, will probably be offered an endowed chair at Columbia when he retires.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0665224_0", "date": "1994-01-29", "sourceId": "Q927916", "sourceLabel": "Jim Brown", "sourceImId": "JimBrownByPhilKonstantin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/57/JimBrownByPhilKonstantin.jpg/180px-JimBrownByPhilKonstantin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/01/29/0665224", "aUrlId": "9506E7DD1439F93AA15752C0A962958260", "text": "Cookie was the *Jim Brown* of /the American Football League/; he was the icon of the league, said Booker Edgerson, a member of the Bills 1964 championship team and a 10-year veteran.", "author": "Rhoden, William C", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0666537_0", "date": "1994-02-04", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1994/02/04/0666537", "aUrlId": "9E04E1DA1139F937A35751C0A962958260", "text": "The terrors of the code, as overseen by Joseph Breen (who was nicknamed \"the *Hitler* of /Hollywood/\" in some quarters), went beyond the letter of the document and brought about a more generalized moral purge.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0667236_0", "date": "1994-02-06", "sourceId": "Q82925", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Conrad", "sourceImId": "Joseph_Conrad.PNG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/07/Joseph_Conrad.PNG/180px-Joseph_Conrad.PNG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/02/06/0667236", "aUrlId": "9405E0DE1F30F935A35751C0A962958260", "text": "Mark Richard may be called the *Joseph Conrad* of /our day/, she says.", "author": "Norman, Michael", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0667238_0", "date": "1994-02-06", "sourceId": "Q122634", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png/180px-Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/02/06/0667238", "aUrlId": "9406E7DD1F30F935A35751C0A962958260", "text": "MS. CHUTE'S device is to make Lloyd the *Robin Hood* of /Egypt/.", "author": "Hulbert, Ann", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0667248_0", "date": "1994-02-06", "sourceId": "Q73823", "sourceLabel": "Dirty Harry", "sourceImId": "Dirty_Harry_USA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/92/Dirty_Harry_USA.jpg/180px-Dirty_Harry_USA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/02/06/0667248", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5DD1F30F935A35751C0A962958260", "text": "As a prelude to his encounter with Old Possum, the *Dirty Harry* of /contemporary critical theory/ (as The Village Voice has memorably called him) offers us an autobiographical \"confession.\"", "author": "Sutherland, John", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0667638_0", "date": "1994-02-08", "sourceId": "Q171454", "sourceLabel": "Oral Roberts", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/02/08/0667638", "aUrlId": "9C03E5DB1738F93BA35751C0A962958260", "text": "One of his rare detractors paid him a backhanded compliment by dubbing him \"the *Oral Roberts* of /prevention/.\"", "author": "Brody, Jane E", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "0668171_0", "date": "1994-02-11", "sourceId": "Q5605637", "sourceLabel": "Greg Gumbel", "sourceImId": "Greg_Gumbel_2005.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/60/Greg_Gumbel_2005.jpg/180px-Greg_Gumbel_2005.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/02/11/0668171", "aUrlId": "9C02E5DE1338F932A25751C0A962958260", "text": "Hallvard Flatland, the *Greg Gumbel* of /Norwegian television/, said: \"Our main interests are cross-country skiing and ski jumping.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0668494_0", "date": "1994-02-13", "sourceId": "Q497827", "sourceLabel": "Sam Walton", "sourceImId": "SamWalton-1936.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/SamWalton-1936.jpg/180px-SamWalton-1936.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/02/13/0668494", "aUrlId": "9807E7DB1338F930A25751C0A962958260", "text": "A businessman as well as a physician, he has been called the *Sam Walton* of /heart surgery/.", "author": "Myerson, Allen R", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0670187_0", "date": "1994-02-21", "sourceId": "Q2895601", "sourceLabel": "Ben Wright", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/02/21/0670187", "aUrlId": "9C05EFDB133BF932A15751C0A962958260", "text": "Yet Saturday's cross-country dispatch from the Nordic combined competition by Phil Liggett, the *Ben Wright* of /the snow/, and Jeff Hastings, sparkled with action and emotion.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0670357_0", "date": "1994-02-22", "sourceId": "Q179497", "sourceLabel": "Oliver Stone", "sourceImId": "Oliver_Stone_Cannes_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/33/Oliver_Stone_Cannes_2010.jpg/180px-Oliver_Stone_Cannes_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/02/22/0670357", "aUrlId": "9A00E6DB103BF931A15751C0A962958260", "text": "It is the sort of effect that has made Mr. Svetlanov an unquestioned master of overpowering orchestral spectacle, the *Oliver Stone* of /conductors/.", "author": "Ross, Alex", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0670493_0", "date": "1994-02-23", "sourceId": "Q1691357", "sourceLabel": "Joe Carter", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/02/23/0670493", "aUrlId": "9C00EEDB113BF930A15751C0A962958260", "text": "He has dreamed about being the Joe Carter of 1994 before there was a *Joe Carter* of /1993/.", "author": "Curry, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0670493_1", "date": "1994-02-23", "sourceId": "Q3178736", "sourceLabel": "Joe Carter", "sourceImId": "Joe_Carter_1998.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Joe_Carter_1998.jpg/180px-Joe_Carter_1998.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/02/23/0670493", "aUrlId": "9C00EEDB113BF930A15751C0A962958260", "text": "He has dreamed about being the *Joe Carter* of /1994/ before there was a Joe Carter of 1993.", "author": "Curry, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0671076_0", "date": "1994-02-27", "sourceId": "Q177302", "sourceLabel": "Phidias", "sourceImId": "The_Sculptor_Phidias-Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/The_Sculptor_Phidias-Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek.jpg/180px-The_Sculptor_Phidias-Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/02/27/0671076", "aUrlId": "9905E5D9103BF934A15751C0A962958260", "text": "Is Duane Hanson the *Phidias* of /Our Time/?", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0671076_1", "date": "1994-02-27", "sourceId": "Q706462", "sourceLabel": "Duane Hanson", "sourceImId": "Duane-Hanson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f9/Duane-Hanson.jpg/180px-Duane-Hanson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "FAL", "fId": "1994/02/27/0671076", "aUrlId": "9905E5D9103BF934A15751C0A962958260", "text": "Phidias was the *Duane Hanson* of /his day/.", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0671226_0", "date": "1994-02-27", "sourceId": "Q913", "sourceLabel": "Socrates", "sourceImId": "Socrates_Louvre.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a4/Socrates_Louvre.jpg/180px-Socrates_Louvre.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1994/02/27/0671226", "aUrlId": "9A01E2DD163AF934A15751C0A962958260", "text": "It cries for a *Socrates* of /the streets/, probing, hectoring, making us think beyond our comfort zones.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0672349_0", "date": "1994-03-04", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/03/04/0672349", "aUrlId": "9507E6D9103AF937A35750C0A962958260", "text": "Unbeknownst to Jack until it's too late, his hostage, Natalie Voss (Kristy Swanson), happens to be the only daughter of a publicity-hungry billionaire (Ray Wise) known as \"the *Donald Trump* of /California/.\"", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0672558_0", "date": "1994-03-06", "sourceId": "Q4583", "sourceLabel": "Anne Frank", "sourceImId": "Anne_Frank_lacht_naar_de_schoolfotograaf.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Anne_Frank_lacht_naar_de_schoolfotograaf.jpg/180px-Anne_Frank_lacht_naar_de_schoolfotograaf.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/03/06/0672558", "aUrlId": "9A07E1D9113BF935A35750C0A962958260", "text": "If only the French publishers of \"Zlata's Diary\" had never thought or spoken the phrase \"the *Anne Frank* of /Sarajevo/\"!", "author": "Prose, Francine", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0672899_0", "date": "1994-03-06", "sourceId": "Q3194742", "sourceLabel": "Keith Hernandez", "sourceImId": "Keith_Hernandez_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Keith_Hernandez_2010.jpg/180px-Keith_Hernandez_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/03/06/0672899", "aUrlId": "9504E4D71E3AF935A35750C0A962958260", "text": "He was the *Keith Hernandez* of /this team/, Darling said, calling on his days with the Mets for an analogy.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0673268_0", "date": "1994-03-09", "sourceId": "Q313697", "sourceLabel": "Ross Perot", "sourceImId": "RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/RossPerotColor.jpg/180px-RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/03/09/0673268", "aUrlId": "9F0CE7D7163DF93AA35750C0A962958260", "text": "Leading businessmen like Konstantin Boravoi, who is known as the *Ross Perot* of /Russia/, have local E-mail addresses.", "author": "Specter, Michael", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0673751_0", "date": "1994-03-11", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/03/11/0673751", "aUrlId": "9A0CE4DB153DF932A25750C0A962958260", "text": "Now comes the *Babe Ruth* of /golf/, John Daly.", "author": "Dorman, Larry", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0673909_0", "date": "1994-03-12", "sourceId": "Q5480", "sourceLabel": "Bart Simpson", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/03/12/0673909", "aUrlId": "940DE6D8123DF931A25750C0A962958260", "text": "But take a healthy dose of the man once characterized as the *Bart Simpson* of /the Senate/, who has elevated the sustained whine to a rhetorical form.", "author": "Quindlen, Anna", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0674080_0", "date": "1994-03-13", "sourceId": "Q177984", "sourceLabel": "Peter Sellers", "sourceImId": "Peter_Sellers_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/Peter_Sellers_Allan_Warren.jpg/180px-Peter_Sellers_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/03/13/0674080", "aUrlId": "9D07E1DA143DF930A25750C0A962958260", "text": "Mr. Kubrick told him, \"I think you're becoming the *Peter Sellers* of /the cutting room/,\" and encouraged him to direct.", "author": "Strickland, Carol", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0674686_0", "date": "1994-03-16", "sourceId": "Q1340213", "sourceLabel": "Garry Trudeau", "sourceImId": "Gary_Trudeau_2012_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2a/Gary_Trudeau_2012_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Gary_Trudeau_2012_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1994/03/16/0674686", "aUrlId": "9F05E5DA113DF935A25750C0A962958260", "text": "Now, Mr. Miller said, the boy had become the *Garry Trudeau* of /English class/, using software that lets him write his essays as comic strips.", "author": "Celis, William 3D", "desk": "National Desk;"},
{"id": "0674767_0", "date": "1994-03-16", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/03/16/0674767", "aUrlId": "9903E4D6113DF935A25750C0A962958260", "text": "Who is the *Tolstoy* of /the Zulus/?", "author": "Lyall, Sarah", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0675491_0", "date": "1994-03-20", "sourceId": "Q4583", "sourceLabel": "Anne Frank", "sourceImId": "Anne_Frank_lacht_naar_de_schoolfotograaf.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Anne_Frank_lacht_naar_de_schoolfotograaf.jpg/180px-Anne_Frank_lacht_naar_de_schoolfotograaf.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/03/20/0675491", "aUrlId": "9A05E3DC1F3DF933A15750C0A962958260", "text": "When one thinks, unavoidably, of a recently published diary of an 11-year-old in Sarajevo, which some have perceived as a calculated attempt to manufacture an *Anne Frank* for /the 90's/, the genuineness of Anne's unshakable innocence and its compelling theatricalization is reinforced.", "author": "", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0675505_0", "date": "1994-03-20", "sourceId": "Q177302", "sourceLabel": "Phidias", "sourceImId": "The_Sculptor_Phidias-Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/The_Sculptor_Phidias-Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek.jpg/180px-The_Sculptor_Phidias-Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/03/20/0675505", "aUrlId": "9405E4DD163CF933A15750C0A962958260", "text": "In Michael Kimmelman's essay \"Is Duane Hanson the *Phidias* of /Our Time/?\"", "author": "", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0676038_0", "date": "1994-03-22", "sourceId": "Q192707", "sourceLabel": "Charles Barkley", "sourceImId": "Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/06/Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg/180px-Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/03/22/0676038", "aUrlId": "9403E5D8153CF931A15750C0A962958260", "text": "Mostly recruited only by Big Ten Conference schools, he has been dubbed the *Charles Barkley* of /Marquette's conference/, the Great Midwest.", "author": "Nobles, Charlie", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0677001_0", "date": "1994-03-27", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/03/27/0677001", "aUrlId": "9F0CEED61E3CF934A15750C0A962958260", "text": "Robert Schmuhl, chairman of the Department of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame, said Houston had become the *Willie Horton* of /the 1992 campaign/.", "author": "Berke, Richard L", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0678117_0", "date": "1994-04-03", "sourceId": "Q49004", "sourceLabel": "Patrick Swayze", "sourceImId": "Patrick_Swayze.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Patrick_Swayze.jpg/180px-Patrick_Swayze.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/04/03/0678117", "aUrlId": "9F0CE0DB173FF930A35757C0A962958260", "text": "As the Fairground Boy, Jon Marshall Sharp (late of \"The Red Shoes\") sports a bare torso under a black leather vest and has the right cheekbones to be the *Patrick Swayze* of /this \"Carousel.\"/", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0679390_0", "date": "1994-04-10", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/04/10/0679390", "aUrlId": "9A02E0DC143FF933A25757C0A962958260", "text": "|He| was like a *Babe Ruth* for /us/, but he was our Babe Ruth.", "author": "Goldstein, Warren", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0680944_0", "date": "1994-04-17", "sourceId": "Q193406", "sourceLabel": "Pocahontas", "sourceImId": "Pocahontas_gravure.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/82/Pocahontas_gravure.jpg/180px-Pocahontas_gravure.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/04/17/0680944", "aUrlId": "9804EFD6113EF934A25757C0A962958260", "text": "He is prodded to action by |Lily|, a *Pocahontas* for /the 90's/ who is awesome with a bow and arrow.", "author": "Davis, Kenneth C", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0682162_0", "date": "1994-04-22", "sourceId": "Q5488961", "sourceLabel": "Frank Perdue", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/04/22/0682162", "aUrlId": "9B00E1D91331F931A15757C0A962958260", "text": "Not from the man who called Edward I. Koch \"the *Frank Perdue* of /New York City/\" when he was running against the former Mayor in the 1985 Democratic primary.", "author": "Sack, Kevin", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0683662_0", "date": "1994-04-28", "sourceId": "Q83359", "sourceLabel": "James Dean", "sourceImId": "James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a4/James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg/180px-James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/04/28/0683662", "aUrlId": "9A03E3D71730F93BA15757C0A962958260", "text": "His death at the age of 35 has turned him into the *James Dean* of /the 1990's/, proclaimed Paris Match, one of numerous magazines that carried his photograph on its cover.", "author": "Riding, Alan", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0684057_0", "date": "1994-05-01", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/01/0684057", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1D91F31F932A35756C0A962958260", "text": "As \"The Final Problem\" narrated it, Holmes had been pursued to the Bernese Oberland by the *Napoleon* of Crime, the fiendish Professor Moriarty, and both died when, locked in ferocious struggle, they fell into the churning abyss of the Reichenbach Falls.", "author": "Hofmann, Paul", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0684057_1", "date": "1994-05-01", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/01/0684057", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1D91F31F932A35756C0A962958260", "text": "The inevitable memorial tablet, in English, at the lower terminal of the cableway reads: \"Across this 'dreadful cauldron' occurred the culminating event in the career of Sherlock Holmes, the world's greatest detective, when on May 4, 1891, he vanquished Prof. Moriarty, the *Napoleon* of /Crime/.", "author": "Hofmann, Paul", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0684171_0", "date": "1994-05-01", "sourceId": "Q4441", "sourceLabel": "Emily Dickinson", "sourceImId": "Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(Restored).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg/180px-Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/01/0684171", "aUrlId": "9E06E1DE1530F932A35756C0A962958260", "text": "A painter, he was the *Emily Dickinson* of /the art world/.", "author": "Stevens, Andrea", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0684570_0", "date": "1994-05-02", "sourceId": "Q41042", "sourceLabel": "Harold Pinter", "sourceImId": "Harold-pinter-atp.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Harold-pinter-atp.jpg/180px-Harold-pinter-atp.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/05/02/0684570", "aUrlId": "950CEED71330F931A35756C0A962958260", "text": "In earlier years, he was the *Harold Pinter* of /dance/, largely because what he left unsaid in his studies of relationships was as important as what he expressed directly.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0685821_0", "date": "1994-05-08", "sourceId": "Q4535129", "sourceLabel": "Sol Hurok", "sourceImId": "Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg/180px-Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/08/0685821", "aUrlId": "9E07E5DB1739F93BA35756C0A962958260", "text": "SAM ALBERT may be the quintessential schmoozer and self-promoter, a computer management consultant who calls himself \"the *Sol Hurok* of /the information systems business/.\"", "author": "Rifkin, Glenn", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0685830_0", "date": "1994-05-08", "sourceId": "Q16977", "sourceLabel": "Deng Xiaoping", "sourceImId": "Deng_Xiaoping_and_Jimmy_Carter_at_the_arrival_ceremony_for_the_Vice_Premier_of_China._-_NARA_-_183157-restored(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/16/Deng_Xiaoping_and_Jimmy_Carter_at_the_arrival_ceremony_for_the_Vice_Premier_of_China._-_NARA_-_183157-restored%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Deng_Xiaoping_and_Jimmy_Carter_at_the_arrival_ceremony_for_the_Vice_Premier_of_China._-_NARA_-_183157-restored%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/08/0685830", "aUrlId": "9C06E1DB1739F93BA35756C0A962958260", "text": "As a veteran of the Congress Party governments led by Mr. Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, and grandson, Rajiv Gandhi, the 72-year-old Mr. Rao has become, in effect, the *Deng Xiaoping* of /India/ -- an aging party leader who, in his sunset years, has abandoned many, if not all, of the economic precepts that had guided earlier governments, challenging not only the old orthodoxies but an entrenched network of vested interests that had built up under the old system.", "author": "Burns, John F", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0685978_0", "date": "1994-05-08", "sourceId": "Q452267", "sourceLabel": "Aldrich Ames", "sourceImId": "Aldrich_Ames_mugshot.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/Aldrich_Ames_mugshot.jpg/180px-Aldrich_Ames_mugshot.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/08/0685978", "aUrlId": "9906E4DA1539F93BA35756C0A962958260", "text": "Mr. Brock's role in the Paula Jones affair is curious indeed, so much so that some might take him for a Clinton mole in the conservative camp -- the *Aldrich Ames* of /The American Spectator/.", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0686097_0", "date": "1994-05-08", "sourceId": "Q187850", "sourceLabel": "Mathew Brady", "sourceImId": "Mathew_Brady_1875_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/Mathew_Brady_1875_cropped.jpg/180px-Mathew_Brady_1875_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/08/0686097", "aUrlId": "9802E4DB1130F93BA35756C0A962958260", "text": "In 75 films, Muky became the *Mathew Brady* of /New York's movie panorama/, of neo-realism transplanted from postwar Europe.", "author": "Strum, Charles", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0686448_0", "date": "1994-05-10", "sourceId": "Q4911006", "sourceLabel": "Bill Stern", "sourceImId": "Bill_Stern_1949.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7b/Bill_Stern_1949.jpg/180px-Bill_Stern_1949.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/10/0686448", "aUrlId": "9907E0DF1339F933A25756C0A962958260", "text": "Frazier is the *Bill Stern* of /basketball analysis/, an embellisher blindly dishing and swishing his Lesser Word Power in 20 Minutes approach to broadcasting.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0687037_0", "date": "1994-05-13", "sourceId": "Q134183", "sourceLabel": "Magic Johnson", "sourceImId": "Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7d/Magic_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/05/13/0687037", "aUrlId": "9D06E1DC1E39F930A25756C0A962958260", "text": "Once upon a time, Mason could have been the *Magic Johnson* of /Turkey or Venezuela/, a very large man with superior open-court dribbling.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0688818_0", "date": "1994-05-22", "sourceId": "Q27804586", "sourceLabel": "Blaine Trump", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/05/22/0688818", "aUrlId": "9C00E7D61538F931A15756C0A962958260", "text": "(If there is a club worth going to, Mr. McGrath, the *Blaine Trump* of /lower Manhattan/, is on its permanent guest list.)", "author": "Steinhauer, Jennifer", "desk": "Styles of The Times"},
{"id": "0688898_0", "date": "1994-05-22", "sourceId": "Q1156395", "sourceLabel": "Peter Lynch", "sourceImId": "Peter-lynch.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/Peter-lynch.png/180px-Peter-lynch.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1994/05/22/0688898", "aUrlId": "9F07EFDE1338F931A15756C0A962958260", "text": "One is William H. Gross, 50, managing director of the Pacific Investment Management Company and sometimes called the *Peter Lynch* of /the bond business/.", "author": "Eaton, Leslie", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0689343_0", "date": "1994-05-24", "sourceId": "Q190631", "sourceLabel": "Bette Midler", "sourceImId": "Bette_Midler_2015_(2).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/Bette_Midler_2015_%282%29.jpg/180px-Bette_Midler_2015_%282%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/05/24/0689343", "aUrlId": "9D05EFD81E38F937A15756C0A962958260", "text": "At one point, Erik's lawyer, Leslie Abramson, the *Bette Midler* of /the criminal courtroom/, stuck tacks into the photograph of a naked child's torso for shamelessly vivid illustration.", "author": "O'Connor, John J", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0689494_0", "date": "1994-05-25", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/25/0689494", "aUrlId": "990CE7D61F38F936A15756C0A962958260", "text": "He was the natural, the *Babe Ruth* of /jazz/, and before the word crossover had any meaning, he was one of very few black men who were listened to or watched by whites in an America so much whiter than it is now.", "author": "Kaufman, Michael T", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0689932_0", "date": "1994-05-27", "sourceId": "Q238948", "sourceLabel": "Typhoid Mary", "sourceImId": "Mary_Mallon_(Typhoid_Mary).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Mary_Mallon_%28Typhoid_Mary%29.jpg/180px-Mary_Mallon_%28Typhoid_Mary%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/27/0689932", "aUrlId": "9E0DE1DD143BF934A15756C0A962958260", "text": "Aside from a fondness for golf, |Mr. Watkins| will be remembered at 1600 Pennsylvania as a *Typhoid Mary* of /travel arrangements/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0690176_0", "date": "1994-05-29", "sourceId": "Q170596", "sourceLabel": "T. E. Lawrence", "sourceImId": "Te_lawrence.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/Te_lawrence.jpg/180px-Te_lawrence.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/05/29/0690176", "aUrlId": "9C00EFDE1F38F93AA15756C0A962958260", "text": "If Istanbul is the *T. E. Lawrence* of /world capitals/, sword unsheathed and racing on horseback toward another clash with history, then Washington is Indiana Jones -- handsome and dashing in its porkpie hat and bullwhip, but only playing a part.", "author": "Wines, Michael", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0691458_0", "date": "1994-06-05", "sourceId": "Q318399", "sourceLabel": "Anthony Trollope", "sourceImId": "Anthony_Trollope_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Anthony_Trollope_1.jpg/180px-Anthony_Trollope_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/06/05/0691458", "aUrlId": "9404EFDA163BF936A35755C0A962958260", "text": "If Raymond Carver, the *Anthony Trollope* of /American white trash/, had been just a little bit nuttier -- and was still alive and writing -- or if Stephen King could write at all, either one of them would be proud to produce something like \"Pluto, Animal Lover.\"", "author": "Queenan, Joe", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0691809_0", "date": "1994-06-05", "sourceId": "Q157191", "sourceLabel": "Marcel Marceau", "sourceImId": "Marcel_Marceau_-_1971.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2f/Marcel_Marceau_-_1971.jpg/180px-Marcel_Marceau_-_1971.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/06/05/0691809", "aUrlId": "990CE3D9163AF936A35755C0A962958260", "text": "Mr. Golden is the *Marcel Marceau* of /city politics/, gifted at uttering nothing while brightly demonstrating inclusiveness.", "author": "Clines, Francis X", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk;"},
{"id": "0692271_0", "date": "1994-06-08", "sourceId": "Q42229", "sourceLabel": "Mel Gibson", "sourceImId": "Mel_Gibson_Cannes_2016_3.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/07/Mel_Gibson_Cannes_2016_3.jpg/180px-Mel_Gibson_Cannes_2016_3.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/06/08/0692271", "aUrlId": "9407E0DF153AF93BA35755C0A962958260", "text": "David Hobson, who I'm told is sometimes referred to as the *Mel Gibson* of /opera Down Under/, is a dashing Rodolfo, even managing to look meltingly sensitive in a black leather jacket.", "author": "O'Connor, John", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0694707_0", "date": "1994-06-20", "sourceId": "Q342778", "sourceLabel": "Pat Boone", "sourceImId": "Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/180px-Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/06/20/0694707", "aUrlId": "9E07EFD6123DF933A15755C0A962958260", "text": "If Vanilla Ice is the *Pat Boone* of /hip-hop/, watering down a vibrant black musical form to make it appeal to a generic pop audience, then G. Love is its Elvis Presley.", "author": "Strauss, Michael", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0695595_0", "date": "1994-06-26", "sourceId": "Q945011", "sourceLabel": "Norman Podhoretz", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/06/26/0695595", "aUrlId": "9D0DE4DB163DF935A15755C0A962958260", "text": "Edward Said thus becomes the *Norman Podhoretz* of /the Palestinians/.", "author": "Shipler, David K", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0695640_0", "date": "1994-06-26", "sourceId": "Q194280", "sourceLabel": "Hugh Hefner", "sourceImId": "Hugh_Hefner_Glamourcon_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5c/Hugh_Hefner_Glamourcon_2010.jpg/180px-Hugh_Hefner_Glamourcon_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/06/26/0695640", "aUrlId": "9C04E5D7133DF935A15755C0A962958260", "text": "THE FILM BEGINS IN Tibet, where Cranston is, in the words of Mr. Baldwin, \"like the *Hugh Hefner* of /Tibet/.\"", "author": "Weinraub, Bernard", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0696637_0", "date": "1994-06-30", "sourceId": "Q1545", "sourceLabel": "Cyndi Lauper", "sourceImId": "Cindy_Lauper_Kinky_Boots_red_carpet_premiere_Capitol_Theatre_(33326507463).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d5/Cindy_Lauper_Kinky_Boots_red_carpet_premiere_Capitol_Theatre_%2833326507463%29.jpg/180px-Cindy_Lauper_Kinky_Boots_red_carpet_premiere_Capitol_Theatre_%2833326507463%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/06/30/0696637", "aUrlId": "9902E1D8153CF933A05755C0A962958260", "text": "Discussing his new novel, \"Thank You for Smoking,\" Christopher Buckley declares himself \"the *Cyndi Lauper* of /American letters/ -- I just want to have fun.\"", "author": "Witchel, Alex", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0697585_0", "date": "1994-07-05", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/07/05/0697585", "aUrlId": "9905E4DE1E3CF936A35754C0A962958260", "text": "If Jones was the *Michael Jordan* of /her time/, scoring at will, Cain, 33, is the Magic Johnson of hers.", "author": "Rhoden, William C", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0697585_1", "date": "1994-07-05", "sourceId": "Q134183", "sourceLabel": "Magic Johnson", "sourceImId": "Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7d/Magic_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/07/05/0697585", "aUrlId": "9905E4DE1E3CF936A35754C0A962958260", "text": "If Jones was the Michael Jordan of her time, scoring at will, Cain, 33, is the *Magic Johnson* of /hers/.", "author": "Rhoden, William C", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0697643_0", "date": "1994-07-05", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/07/05/0697643", "aUrlId": "980DE2DB1E3CF936A35754C0A962958260", "text": "Romario is the *Michael Jordan* of /soccer/ and Bebeto is the Magic Johnson of soccer, said American defender Paul Caligiuri.", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0697643_1", "date": "1994-07-05", "sourceId": "Q134183", "sourceLabel": "Magic Johnson", "sourceImId": "Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7d/Magic_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/07/05/0697643", "aUrlId": "980DE2DB1E3CF936A35754C0A962958260", "text": "Romario is the Michael Jordan of soccer and Bebeto is the *Magic Johnson* of /soccer/, said American defender Paul Caligiuri.", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0697823_0", "date": "1994-07-06", "sourceId": "Q178628", "sourceLabel": "Paolo Rossi", "sourceImId": "Paolo_Rossi_(football).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/Paolo_Rossi_%28football%29.jpg/180px-Paolo_Rossi_%28football%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/07/06/0697823", "aUrlId": "9C04E0D91F3CF935A35754C0A962958260", "text": "I am hoping to be the *Paolo Rossi* of /this World Cup/, Baggio had said, referring to the hero of the 1982 World Cup championship.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0698493_0", "date": "1994-07-10", "sourceId": "Q102341", "sourceLabel": "Farrah Fawcett", "sourceImId": "Farrah_Fawcett_1977.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/ba/Farrah_Fawcett_1977.JPG/180px-Farrah_Fawcett_1977.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/07/10/0698493", "aUrlId": "9C03E7D6173FF933A25754C0A962958260", "text": "Much of the delight in the 48-year-old Ms. Lumley, a familiar actress in Britain, comes from the fact that she has played a succession of cool, glamorous, upper-class women, including a James Bond girl in the film \"On Her Majesty's Secret Service\" and a secret agent in \"The New Avengers,\" a 1976 British television series that made her a sex symbol, the *Farrah Fawcett* of /public-school boys/.", "author": "Gabriel, Trip", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0699777_0", "date": "1994-07-17", "sourceId": "Q134262", "sourceLabel": "Tennessee Williams", "sourceImId": "Tennessee_Williams_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/78/Tennessee_Williams_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Tennessee_Williams_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/07/17/0699777", "aUrlId": "9906E4DC123FF934A25754C0A962958260", "text": "I think Beth Henley is the *Tennessee Williams* of /this generation/ with this berserk edge.\"", "author": "Volk, Patricia", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0699904_0", "date": "1994-07-17", "sourceId": "Q333405", "sourceLabel": "Perry Como", "sourceImId": "Perry_Como_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/Perry_Como_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Perry_Como_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/07/17/0699904", "aUrlId": "9806E1DB103FF934A25754C0A962958260", "text": "He's the *Perry Como* of /rock-and-roll/.\"", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0699913_0", "date": "1994-07-17", "sourceId": "Q315808", "sourceLabel": "Neil Simon", "sourceImId": "Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/35/Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/07/17/0699913", "aUrlId": "9903E1DA103FF934A25754C0A962958260", "text": "Warren Kliewer, its artistic director, has on a tentative September schedule \"The Truth,\" a vintage comedy by Clyde Fitch, who has been variously called the American Oscar Wilde and the *Neil Simon* of /the 19th century/.", "author": "Klein, Alvin", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0699963_0", "date": "1994-07-17", "sourceId": "Q312081", "sourceLabel": "Gary Busey", "sourceImId": "Gary_Busey_2007.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/Gary_Busey_2007.jpg/180px-Gary_Busey_2007.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/07/17/0699963", "aUrlId": "9F01E2D9113FF934A25754C0A962958260", "text": "(I like to think of myself as the *Gary Busey* of /in-line skating/, since Mr. Busey is still vehemently opposed to wearing a helmet even after having applied his head firmly to the pavement in a motorcycle accident.)", "author": "Spindler, Amy M", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0700205_0", "date": "1994-07-18", "sourceId": "Q160278", "sourceLabel": "John D. Rockefeller", "sourceImId": "John_D._Rockefeller_1885_140x190.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "3/37/John_D._Rockefeller_1885_140x190.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/07/18/0700205", "aUrlId": "9C06E6D71F3FF93BA25754C0A962958260", "text": "called him \"the *John D. Rockefeller* of /whistle-blowers/.\"", "author": "Frantz, Douglas; Nasar, Sylvia", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0700647_0", "date": "1994-07-20", "sourceId": "Q1618", "sourceLabel": "Charles Lindbergh", "sourceImId": "Col_Charles_Lindbergh.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/75/Col_Charles_Lindbergh.jpg/180px-Col_Charles_Lindbergh.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/07/20/0700647", "aUrlId": "9D04E2DC173EF933A15754C0A962958260", "text": "He could be the *Charles Lindbergh* of /this era/.\"", "author": "Purdy, Matthew", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0701723_0", "date": "1994-07-24", "sourceId": "Q363383", "sourceLabel": "Armand Hammer", "sourceImId": "Armand_Hammer_82.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fc/Armand_Hammer_82.jpg/180px-Armand_Hammer_82.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/07/24/0701723", "aUrlId": "9C05E2D8133EF937A15754C0A962958260", "text": "But such conspicuous spending only enhances Turner's image here as the *Armand Hammer* of /post-Communist Russia/ -- the most ubiquitous, best-connected American businessman.", "author": "Stanley, Alessandra", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0702482_0", "date": "1994-07-28", "sourceId": "Q102462", "sourceLabel": "James Stewart", "sourceImId": "Annex_-_Stewart,_James_(Call_Northside_777)_01.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e8/Annex_-_Stewart%2C_James_%28Call_Northside_777%29_01.jpg/180px-Annex_-_Stewart%2C_James_%28Call_Northside_777%29_01.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/07/28/0702482", "aUrlId": "9D05EFD61E3EF93BA15754C0A962958260", "text": "He's the *Jimmy Stewart* of /our generation/.\"", "author": "Weinraub, Bernard", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0703085_0", "date": "1994-07-31", "sourceId": "Q7648747", "sourceLabel": "Susanne Bartsch", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/07/31/0703085", "aUrlId": "9F02E4DD1439F932A05754C0A962958260", "text": "John Bartlett is becoming the *Susanne Bartsch* of /the men's wear industry/.", "author": "Shaw, Dan", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0703200_0", "date": "1994-07-31", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/07/31/0703200", "aUrlId": "9400E2DC1439F932A05754C0A962958260", "text": "In many ways, Wendell Smith was the *Jackie Robinson* of /sports journalism/.", "author": "Rhoden, William C;", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0704092_0", "date": "1994-08-04", "sourceId": "Q357444", "sourceLabel": "Lou Gehrig", "sourceImId": "GehrigCU.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2f/GehrigCU.jpg/180px-GehrigCU.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/08/04/0704092", "aUrlId": "9900E0DC1331F937A3575BC0A962958260", "text": "Dan Marino, the *Lou Gehrig* of /quarterbacks/, had surely been dipped in the waters of the river Styx.", "author": "Dorman, Larry", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0704518_0", "date": "1994-08-07", "sourceId": "Q3308441", "sourceLabel": "Eppie Lederer", "sourceImId": "Ann_Landers.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Ann_Landers.jpg/180px-Ann_Landers.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/08/07/0704518", "aUrlId": "9905E0DF123EF934A3575BC0A962958260", "text": "Daniel S. Hamermesh, a professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin who has published several articles on academic etiquette and jokingly calls himself the *Ann Landers* of /higher education/, says he thinks young professors \"may be even meaner than their predecessors because they grew up in the 'Me Generation,' believing that virtually everything is due them.\"", "author": "Honan, William H", "desk": "Education Life Supplement"},
{"id": "0704966_0", "date": "1994-08-08", "sourceId": "Q319072", "sourceLabel": "Rush Limbaugh", "sourceImId": "Limbaugh_Award_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Limbaugh_Award_cropped.jpg/180px-Limbaugh_Award_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/08/08/0704966", "aUrlId": "9F00E5D61E31F93BA3575BC0A962958260", "text": "Three years after Connecticut adopted an income tax, Tom Scott, the *Rush Limbaugh* of /state politics/, says lingering resentment over that move could make him a serious candidate for governor.", "author": "Rabinovitz, Jonathan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0705713_0", "date": "1994-08-12", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/08/12/0705713", "aUrlId": "9E06E0DC1530F931A2575BC0A962958260", "text": "The press called Mr. Fratoni the *Napoleon* of /the green tables/; to friends in politics and in the milieu, as the Riviera's criminal underground is known, he was Jean-Do.", "author": "Prial, Frank J", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0705773_0", "date": "1994-08-12", "sourceId": "Q357676", "sourceLabel": "Jack Kemp", "sourceImId": "JackKempCropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/JackKempCropped.jpg/180px-JackKempCropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/08/12/0705773", "aUrlId": "9501E6D71530F931A2575BC0A962958260", "text": "|He| could be a *Jack Kemp* of /the left/, said his friend and lawyer, Art Kaminsky.", "author": "Eskenazi, Gerald", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0705807_0", "date": "1994-08-12", "sourceId": "Q39464", "sourceLabel": "Pol Pot", "sourceImId": "PolPot.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/38/PolPot.jpg/180px-PolPot.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "Attribution", "fId": "1994/08/12/0705807", "aUrlId": "9F06E3DE1230F931A2575BC0A962958260", "text": "He concluded that President Suharto was \"the *Pol Pot* of /East Timor/.\"", "author": "Lewis, Anthony", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0706342_0", "date": "1994-08-14", "sourceId": "Q3701575", "sourceLabel": "David Gergen", "sourceImId": "David_Gergen.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/David_Gergen.jpg/180px-David_Gergen.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/08/14/0706342", "aUrlId": "9B01EFD61330F937A2575BC0A962958260", "text": "Fifteen days ago, when the Players Association set last Friday as its strike date, silent Steve Howe suddenly turned into the *David Gergen* of /the Yankees/.", "author": "Curry, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0706546_0", "date": "1994-08-16", "sourceId": "Q1126679", "sourceLabel": "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/08/16/0706546", "aUrlId": "9A06E7D61030F935A2575BC0A962958260", "text": "Though he came to personify terrorism in the 1970's, \"Carlos the Jackal\" spent most of the last decade drinking whisky in an apartment in downtown Damascus, living off his reputation as the *Scarlet Pimpernel* of /international terrorism/, intelligence officials said.", "author": "Weiner, Tim", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0707104_0", "date": "1994-08-19", "sourceId": "Q505423", "sourceLabel": "Jerry Rice", "sourceImId": "Jerry_Rice.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fb/Jerry_Rice.jpg/180px-Jerry_Rice.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/08/19/0707104", "aUrlId": "9F01E0DC1639F93AA2575BC0A962958260", "text": "Moore was to be the *Jerry Rice* of /the Jets' sophisticated 49ers-style attack this season/.", "author": "Eskenazi, Gerald", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0707417_0", "date": "1994-08-21", "sourceId": "Q310819", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Carson", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Carson_1965.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Johnny_Carson_1965.jpg/180px-Johnny_Carson_1965.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/08/21/0707417", "aUrlId": "9C07E3D81639F932A1575BC0A962958260", "text": "CALL Prof. John J. Donovan the *Johnny Carson* of /the training circuit/.", "author": "Flynn, Laurie", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0708660_0", "date": "1994-08-28", "sourceId": "Q212762", "sourceLabel": "Burt Bacharach", "sourceImId": "Burt_Bacharach_1972.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Burt_Bacharach_1972.JPG/180px-Burt_Bacharach_1972.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/08/28/0708660", "aUrlId": "9C05EFDF1239F93BA1575BC0A962958260", "text": "Someone -- often a contemporary composer trying to address the masses -- is always remarking with approval that Mozart tailored his music for particular occasions, that he was just a working stiff, the *Burt Bacharach* of /his day/.", "author": "Ross, Alex", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0709090_0", "date": "1994-08-29", "sourceId": "Q163042", "sourceLabel": "David Duke", "sourceImId": "David_Duke_(Belgium_2008).png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/06/David_Duke_%28Belgium_2008%29.png/180px-David_Duke_%28Belgium_2008%29.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/08/29/0709090", "aUrlId": "9E00E4DF1F39F93AA1575BC0A962958260", "text": "Ms. Reiley at one point called Mr. McSlarrow \"the *David Duke* of /Northern Virginia/,\" a reference to the white supremacist who lost a 1990 race in Louisiana for the United States Senate.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0710383_0", "date": "1994-09-05", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/09/05/0710383", "aUrlId": "9C06E0DD1338F936A3575AC0A962958260", "text": "Lawrence O. Selhorst, chairman and chief executive of the American Spring Wire Corporation and one of several new board members recruited by Mr. Hastings, admiringly calls Lincoln's legendary compensation system \"the *Babe Ruth* of /incentive programs/.\"", "author": "Feder, Barnaby J", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0710973_0", "date": "1994-09-09", "sourceId": "Q2915964", "sourceLabel": "Emily Post", "sourceImId": "Brooklyn_Museum_-_Emily_Post_-_Emil_Fuchs_-_overall.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/34/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Emily_Post_-_Emil_Fuchs_-_overall.jpg/180px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Emily_Post_-_Emil_Fuchs_-_overall.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/09/09/0710973", "aUrlId": "9F02E7D61E38F93AA3575AC0A962958260", "text": "If there were an *Emily Post* for /the 90's/, the rule would be you move when someone asks you to change seats, he said.", "author": "Berger, Joseph", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0711111_0", "date": "1994-09-10", "sourceId": "Q51566", "sourceLabel": "Spike Lee", "sourceImId": "Spike_Lee_(2012).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fc/Spike_Lee_%282012%29.jpg/180px-Spike_Lee_%282012%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0-br", "fId": "1994/09/10/0711111", "aUrlId": "990DE7DF163BF933A2575AC0A962958260", "text": "Alan King, the *Spike Lee* of /tennis/, who attends nearly every day, was in his usual box.", "author": "Gabriel, Trip", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk;"},
{"id": "0711230_0", "date": "1994-09-11", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/09/11/0711230", "aUrlId": "9F00E4DD1038F932A2575AC0A962958260", "text": "Kevin Smith, the *Cinderella* of /this year's Sundance festival/, shot this black-and-white movie in the New Jersey store where he himself worked.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0711422_0", "date": "1994-09-11", "sourceId": "Q1383354", "sourceLabel": "Harry Callahan", "sourceImId": "Harry_Callahan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Harry_Callahan.jpg/180px-Harry_Callahan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/09/11/0711422", "aUrlId": "9904E6DB1F38F932A2575AC0A962958260", "text": "|Jim McMahon| is a *Harry Callahan* for /the information age/.", "author": "Flynn, Laurie", "desk": "Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0712633_0", "date": "1994-09-18", "sourceId": "Q935", "sourceLabel": "Isaac Newton", "sourceImId": "GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg/180px-GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/09/18/0712633", "aUrlId": "9A0DEFDC1138F93BA2575AC0A962958260", "text": "Before then, Einstein was already esteemed by many physicists as the *Newton* of /the 20th century/.", "author": "Kanigel, Robert", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0713760_0", "date": "1994-09-23", "sourceId": "Q117012", "sourceLabel": "Yoko Ono", "sourceImId": "Yokoono2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/53/Yokoono2.jpg/180px-Yokoono2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1994/09/23/0713760", "aUrlId": "9D06E7DA143AF930A1575AC0A962958260", "text": "But Ms. Love won't be the *Yoko Ono* of /alternative rock/, mourning with the fans.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0713837_0", "date": "1994-09-23", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/09/23/0713837", "aUrlId": "9B06E2D7143AF930A1575AC0A962958260", "text": "In 1991 four sixth-grade girls in the Museum of the City of New York's Wednesday afternoon history club researched this event in the life of Elizabeth Jennings, whom they called the *Rosa Parks* of /her time/, and presented their play, \"Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Her Rights\" at the museum's first history fair.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0714306_0", "date": "1994-09-25", "sourceId": "Q1126679", "sourceLabel": "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/09/25/0714306", "aUrlId": "9401E2DD123AF936A1575AC0A962958260", "text": "He's become the *Scarlet Pimpernel* of /American foreign policy/, popping up to solve impossible crises, said Charles William Maynes, editor of Foreign Policy.", "author": "Sciolino, Elaine", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0714747_0", "date": "1994-09-27", "sourceId": "Q43270", "sourceLabel": "Pieter Brueghel the Elder", "sourceImId": "Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_The_Painter_and_the_Buyer,_1565_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/41/Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_The_Painter_and_the_Buyer%2C_1565_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_The_Painter_and_the_Buyer%2C_1565_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/09/27/0714747", "aUrlId": "9900E1DD1E3AF934A1575AC0A962958260", "text": "The art critic Robert Hughes calls Mr. Crumb \"the *Bruegel* of /the 20th century/.\"", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0715444_0", "date": "1994-10-02", "sourceId": "Q167856", "sourceLabel": "James Fenimore Cooper", "sourceImId": "James_Fenimore_Cooper_by_Jarvis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fa/James_Fenimore_Cooper_by_Jarvis.jpg/180px-James_Fenimore_Cooper_by_Jarvis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/10/02/0715444", "aUrlId": "9D06EFD8163AF931A35753C1A962958260", "text": "Tom Clancy is the *James Fenimore Cooper* of /his day/, which is to say, the most successful bad writer of his generation.", "author": "Buckley, Christopher", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0717778_0", "date": "1994-10-13", "sourceId": "Q600273", "sourceLabel": "Marshall Faulk", "sourceImId": "Marshall_Faulk.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Marshall_Faulk.jpg/180px-Marshall_Faulk.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/10/13/0717778", "aUrlId": "9E01EEDB173CF930A25753C1A962958260", "text": "He was the *Marshall Faulk* of /1990/.\"", "author": "Eskenazi, Gerald", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0719952_0", "date": "1994-10-23", "sourceId": "Q2865105", "sourceLabel": "Arthur Frommer", "sourceImId": "ArthurFrommer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f0/ArthurFrommer.jpg/180px-ArthurFrommer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1994/10/23/0719952", "aUrlId": "9A05E5D81E3CF930A15753C1A962958260", "text": "BECAUSE he has visited just about every unusual landmark and landscape Long Island has to offer, Bob Cammann has been dubbed the *Arthur Frommer* of /the Island/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0720541_0", "date": "1994-10-25", "sourceId": "Q192218", "sourceLabel": "Ted Bundy", "sourceImId": "Ted_Bundy_headshot.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/Ted_Bundy_headshot.jpg/180px-Ted_Bundy_headshot.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/10/25/0720541", "aUrlId": "9901E4DA143FF936A15753C1A962958260", "text": "In the fall issue of The American Scholar, in an anguished, angry article titled \"A Loss for Words: Plagiarism and Silence,\" Mr. Bowers has outlined his two-year quest to track down Mr. Sumner and put a stop to the man he calls \"the *Ted Bundy* of /the poetry world/.\"", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0720551_0", "date": "1994-10-25", "sourceId": "Q44176", "sourceLabel": "Hulk Hogan", "sourceImId": "Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c6/Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg/180px-Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/10/25/0720551", "aUrlId": "980DEFDA143FF936A15753C1A962958260", "text": "Libby's cousin Andrew, an art director who's \"so incredibly creative that, as my mother says, no one's holding their breath for grandchildren,\" opines that \"David Mamet is the *Hulk Hogan* of /the American theater/ and that his word processor should be tested for steroids.\"", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0720831_0", "date": "1994-10-26", "sourceId": "Q11132", "sourceLabel": "Sandra Day O'Connor", "sourceImId": "Sandra_Day_O'Connor_1982.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/10/Sandra_Day_O%27Connor_1982.jpg/180px-Sandra_Day_O%27Connor_1982.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/10/26/0720831", "aUrlId": "9C05EFD6153FF935A15753C1A962958260", "text": "Her husband, 54, praises her \"guts and courage\" in overcoming tremendous obstacles, like the time a trumpet section walked out in protest when the conductor turned out to be a woman, and he eagerly calls her \"the *Sandra Day O'Connor* of /the music world/.\"", "author": "Lawson, Carol", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0721907_0", "date": "1994-10-30", "sourceId": "Q617173", "sourceLabel": "Brendan Suhr", "sourceImId": "Brendan_Suhr_in_2007.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e6/Brendan_Suhr_in_2007.jpg/180px-Brendan_Suhr_in_2007.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/10/30/0721907", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFD8113FF933A05753C1A962958260", "text": "Gary Bettman, the *Brendan Suhr* of /sports commissioners/, cut the power on the dawning of hockey.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0722421_0", "date": "1994-11-02", "sourceId": "Q521145", "sourceLabel": "Mario Cuomo", "sourceImId": "GovernorMarioCuomo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/33/GovernorMarioCuomo.jpg/180px-GovernorMarioCuomo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/11/02/0722421", "aUrlId": "9D01E7DE163EF931A35752C1A962958260", "text": "Moments later, Mr. Martin, standing next to Mr. Giuliani, became momentarily nonplused when a television reporter asked him, \"Does this embrace make you the *Mario Cuomo* of /Suffolk County politics/?\"", "author": "Mitchell, Alison", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0722481_0", "date": "1994-11-02", "sourceId": "Q963129", "sourceLabel": "Lawrence Taylor", "sourceImId": "LT_Portrait_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/01/LT_Portrait_2.jpg/180px-LT_Portrait_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/11/02/0722481", "aUrlId": "9B03E7DB163EF931A35752C1A962958260", "text": "Butkus was the *Lawrence Taylor* of /his time/.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0722481_1", "date": "1994-11-02", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/11/02/0722481", "aUrlId": "9B03E7DB163EF931A35752C1A962958260", "text": "Jordan, of course, is the *Elvis* of /contemporary sports/, the epitome of the electronic marketing boom.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0723309_0", "date": "1994-11-06", "sourceId": "Q6214300", "sourceLabel": "Joey Buttafuoco", "sourceImId": "Buttafuoco.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e0/Buttafuoco.jpg/180px-Buttafuoco.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/11/06/0723309", "aUrlId": "9F04E2D7173EF935A35752C1A962958260", "text": "I'm the *Joey Buttafuoco* of /the music world/.\"", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0724557_0", "date": "1994-11-10", "sourceId": "Q4009028", "sourceLabel": "Vaughn Meader", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/11/10/0724557", "aUrlId": "9C03E2D91E3EF933A25752C1A962958260", "text": "A comedian on the verge of becoming the *Vaughn Meader* of /our time/ got a reprieve when the Bush son who most resembles Dad, George W., won.", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0725000_0", "date": "1994-11-13", "sourceId": "Q5709887", "sourceLabel": "Heloise", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1994/11/13/0725000", "aUrlId": "9C01E5D7163EF930A25752C1A962958260", "text": "WILLIAM MAYNE has a wonderful creation in Hob, a protective household spirit, usually invisible, who is the *Heloise* of /the unseen world/.", "author": "Gorman, James", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0725345_0", "date": "1994-11-13", "sourceId": "Q52651", "sourceLabel": "Jesse Owens", "sourceImId": "Jesse_Owens_1936.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/19/Jesse_Owens_1936.jpg/180px-Jesse_Owens_1936.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/11/13/0725345", "aUrlId": "9807E6D91731F930A25752C1A962958260", "text": "She was the *Jesse Owens* of /women's track and field/, and like Jesse, she changed the sport for all time, he said.", "author": "Litsky, Frank", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0725363_0", "date": "1994-11-13", "sourceId": "Q7328603", "sourceLabel": "Richard Ravitch", "sourceImId": "Ravitch_crop.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Ravitch_crop.jpeg/180px-Ravitch_crop.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1994/11/13/0725363", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5D71731F930A25752C1A962958260", "text": "Ray Grebey was the *Richard Ravitch* of /the players' 50-day strike that season/.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0725402_0", "date": "1994-11-14", "sourceId": "Q213626", "sourceLabel": "Jesse James", "sourceImId": "Jesse_james_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/22/Jesse_james_portrait.jpg/180px-Jesse_james_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/11/14/0725402", "aUrlId": "9F03E5D61731F937A25752C1A962958260", "text": "1 suspect, Leroy Linen, 41, was in custody yesterday, facing a felony charge as the *Jesse James* of /Scofflaws/.", "author": "Mcfadden, Robert D", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0725647_0", "date": "1994-11-15", "sourceId": "Q4724", "sourceLabel": "Le Corbusier", "sourceImId": "Le_Corbusier_(1964).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Le_Corbusier_%281964%29.jpg/180px-Le_Corbusier_%281964%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1994/11/15/0725647", "aUrlId": "9C07E0DF1531F936A25752C1A962958260", "text": "Courreges was often called the *Corbusier* of /Paris couture/ when his career peaked in 1965.", "author": "Spindler, Amy M", "desk": "Style Desk;"},
{"id": "0727868_0", "date": "1994-11-27", "sourceId": "Q240937", "sourceLabel": "Jessye Norman", "sourceImId": "Jessye_Norman-_In_Conversation_with_Tom_Hall_(15977754135)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Jessye_Norman-_In_Conversation_with_Tom_Hall_%2815977754135%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Jessye_Norman-_In_Conversation_with_Tom_Hall_%2815977754135%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/11/27/0727868", "aUrlId": "980CEFDF1430F934A15752C1A962958260", "text": "IT might be called the *Jessye Norman* of /pipe organs/, custom designed and fitted and possessed of a powerful pair of lungs.", "author": "Hershenson, Roberta", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0728921_0", "date": "1994-12-03", "sourceId": "Q7199", "sourceLabel": "Marcel Proust", "sourceImId": "Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b8/Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg/180px-Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/12/03/0728921", "aUrlId": "9A06EFDD1639F930A35751C1A962958260", "text": "Bosnia is the *Marcel Proust* of /news stories/.", "author": "Baker, Russell", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0729197_0", "date": "1994-12-04", "sourceId": "Q9696", "sourceLabel": "John F. Kennedy", "sourceImId": "John_F._Kennedy,_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c3/John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg/180px-John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/12/04/0729197", "aUrlId": "9D06E1DA1630F937A35751C1A962958260", "text": "A seasoned foreign correspondent, she often finds herself preceded by an eager James A. Baker 3d, then Secretary of State, as she grills people like Askar Akaev, \"the *John F. Kennedy* of /Central Asia/,\" an upbeat physicist who was elected President of what she sees as the only genuinely democratic new republic in the region, mountainous Kyrgyzstan.", "author": "Kobak, Annette", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0729988_0", "date": "1994-12-08", "sourceId": "Q381941", "sourceLabel": "Greg Norman", "sourceImId": "Greg_Norman,_Open_2008_(2).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dc/Greg_Norman%2C_Open_2008_%282%29.jpg/180px-Greg_Norman%2C_Open_2008_%282%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/12/08/0729988", "aUrlId": "9F07E1D71239F93BA35751C1A962958260", "text": "was formed to appease Charles Blair Macdonald, a mouthy, mustached Chicago golfer who considered himself the *Greg Norman* of /a century ago/.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0731545_0", "date": "1994-12-16", "sourceId": "Q54545", "sourceLabel": "Martina Navratilova", "sourceImId": "Martinanav.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/31/Martinanav.jpg/180px-Martinanav.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1994/12/16/0731545", "aUrlId": "9D0DEED81438F935A25751C1A962958260", "text": "She's the *Martina Navratilova* of /gymnastics/, is what she is.", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0731771_0", "date": "1994-12-18", "sourceId": "Q177854", "sourceLabel": "Lorenzo de' Medici", "sourceImId": "Verrocchio_Lorenzo_de_Medici.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/29/Verrocchio_Lorenzo_de_Medici.jpg/180px-Verrocchio_Lorenzo_de_Medici.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/12/18/0731771", "aUrlId": "940DE7DF1239F93BA25751C1A962958260", "text": "Over the years, this man, whom one of the Russian artists calls \"the *Lorenzo de' Medici* of /Russian art/\" spent more than $3 million of his own money, operating under secretive and quasi-legal conditions that posed considerable risk both to himself and to the artists whom he befriended and patronized on his many trips to the former Soviet Union.", "author": "Robinson, Harlow", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0732979_0", "date": "1994-12-23", "sourceId": "Q314185", "sourceLabel": "George Mikan", "sourceImId": "GeorgeMikan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2a/GeorgeMikan.jpg/180px-GeorgeMikan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/12/23/0732979", "aUrlId": "9B07E2DF1F38F930A15751C1A962958260", "text": "He was the *George Mikan* of /Israel/, Calhoun said, referring to the former Minneapolis Lakers star who was the first great big man in American basketball.", "author": "Cavanaugh, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0733507_0", "date": "1994-12-26", "sourceId": "Q216810", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "King_Kong_(1933)_movie_poster_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg/180px-King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1994/12/26/0733507", "aUrlId": "9800EFDF173BF935A15751C1A962958260", "text": "Les Miserables is the one role that Robert Karp, a New York City Board of Education administrator who is arguably the *King Kong* of /walk-ons/, still covets.", "author": "Mcneil, Donald G Jr", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0733931_0", "date": "1994-12-29", "sourceId": "Q348011", "sourceLabel": "Joe Montana", "sourceImId": "Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8c/Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg/180px-Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1994/12/29/0733931", "aUrlId": "9E06E0D7153BF93AA15751C1A962958260", "text": "He was known as the *Joe Montana* of /Big Waves/, and was a do-it-all: broadcaster, author, businessman, health enthusiast, traveler.", "author": "Friend, Tom", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0734586_0", "date": "1995-01-02", "sourceId": "Q8877", "sourceLabel": "Steven Spielberg", "sourceImId": "Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que_Fran\u00e7aise_2_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/29/Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_Fran%C3%A7aise_2_cropped.jpg/180px-Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_Fran%C3%A7aise_2_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/01/02/0734586", "aUrlId": "990CEFDE1039F931A35752C0A963958260", "text": "FUTURE: Some industry executives call Mr. Knight the *Spielberg* of /hip-hop/, but they wonder if he can stay out of legal trouble.", "author": "Strauss, Neil", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0735124_0", "date": "1995-01-05", "sourceId": "Q30755", "sourceLabel": "Auguste Rodin", "sourceImId": "Auguste_Rodin_fotografato_da_Nadar_nel_1891.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Auguste_Rodin_fotografato_da_Nadar_nel_1891.jpg/180px-Auguste_Rodin_fotografato_da_Nadar_nel_1891.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/01/05/0735124", "aUrlId": "990CE7DD1E3CF936A35752C0A963958260", "text": "His friend the Marquis de Lafayette recommended D'Angers, the *Rodin* of /his time/, as anyone visiting the Louvre's Richelieu Court can see.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0735173_0", "date": "1995-01-05", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/01/05/0735173", "aUrlId": "990CE7D7113EF936A35752C0A963958260", "text": "The office of Rush Limbaugh, the *Babe Ruth* of /the talk-show circuit/, said Mr. Limbaugh was on vacation.", "author": "Holmes, Steven A", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0735946_0", "date": "1995-01-09", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/01/09/0735946", "aUrlId": "990CE7DD143BF93AA35752C0A963958260", "text": "The need to cut either welfare or promised retirement benefits exists only in the political posturing that is the *Willie Horton* of /the 1990's/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0736539_0", "date": "1995-01-13", "sourceId": "Q255463", "sourceLabel": "Camille Paglia", "sourceImId": "Camille_Paglia.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Camille_Paglia.jpg/180px-Camille_Paglia.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1995/01/13/0736539", "aUrlId": "990CEED91539F930A25752C0A963958260", "text": "Ms. Minter seems to be flirting with the idea that there is something glamorous as well as perverse about the sexual obsessions she chronicles; perhaps she wants to be the *Camille Paglia* of /the visual arts/.", "author": "Karmel, Pepe", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0737073_0", "date": "1995-01-15", "sourceId": "Q6101", "sourceLabel": "Marco Polo", "sourceImId": "Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg/180px-Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/01/15/0737073", "aUrlId": "990CE3DE123FF936A25752C0A963958260", "text": "A friend of his, he tells us, gave him a chronicle of the famous 14th-century North African traveler Ibn Battuta (the *Marco Polo* of /Islam/, he has been called), who left his Moroccan birthplace, at the age of 21, on travels that took him, over the course of 30 years, eastward to India and China, northward to Central Asia and deep into Africa.", "author": "Ajami, Fouad", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0737125_0", "date": "1995-01-15", "sourceId": "Q193368", "sourceLabel": "Ted Turner", "sourceImId": "Ted_Turner_LF.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Ted_Turner_LF.JPG/180px-Ted_Turner_LF.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1995/01/15/0737125", "aUrlId": "990CE7D91731F936A25752C0A963958260", "text": "He has been the *Ted Turner* of /his sport/, at times colorizing it unmercifully, but ever able.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0737169_0", "date": "1995-01-15", "sourceId": "Q106143", "sourceLabel": "Samuel Pepys", "sourceImId": "Samuel_Pepys.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/21/Samuel_Pepys.jpg/180px-Samuel_Pepys.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/01/15/0737169", "aUrlId": "990CE0DB1730F936A25752C0A963958260", "text": "Pugh presents himself as the *Samuel Pepys* of /the park/, witness to the eerie, violent goings-on.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0737254_0", "date": "1995-01-16", "sourceId": "Q327071", "sourceLabel": "Paul Revere", "sourceImId": "J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg/180px-J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/01/16/0737254", "aUrlId": "990CE0DB1F39F935A25752C0A963958260", "text": "These days, |Mr. Moorlach| is making speeches, appearing on radio shows and trying to capitalize on his new image as a *Paul Revere* of /municipal finance/.", "author": "Wayne, Leslie", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0737800_0", "date": "1995-01-19", "sourceId": "Q313721", "sourceLabel": "Cornelius Vanderbilt", "sourceImId": "Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Daguerrotype2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/57/Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Daguerrotype2.jpg/180px-Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Daguerrotype2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/01/19/0737800", "aUrlId": "990CE0D81E38F93AA25752C0A963958260", "text": "If the mild-mannered entrepreneur wants to become the *Cornelius Vanderbilt* of /late 20th-century Brazil/, his compatriots learned long ago not to laugh at his vision of a private railroad extending across Brazil's western frontier.", "author": "Brooke, James", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0738148_0", "date": "1995-01-20", "sourceId": "Q209390", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Joyner-Kersee", "sourceImId": "Jackie_joyner_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "e/ee/Jackie_joyner_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/01/20/0738148", "aUrlId": "990CE6DE113CF933A15752C0A963958260", "text": "Raschker, the *Jackie Joyner-Kersee* of /Masters track and field/, has won dozens of other national and world titles in the sprints, hurdles, jumps and heptathlon.", "author": "Bloom, Marc", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0740755_0", "date": "1995-02-01", "sourceId": "Q49575", "sourceLabel": "Dizzy Gillespie", "sourceImId": "Dizzy_Gillespie_playing_horn_1955.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Dizzy_Gillespie_playing_horn_1955.jpg/180px-Dizzy_Gillespie_playing_horn_1955.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/02/01/0740755", "aUrlId": "990CE4D91738F932A35751C0A963958260", "text": "One might doubt that the cheek of a halibut would constitute a substantial repast for a healthy adult, but the thick, meaty portion seems to have come from the *Dizzy Gillespie* of /the deep/.", "author": "Miller, Bryan", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0740881_0", "date": "1995-02-01", "sourceId": "Q240933", "sourceLabel": "Joan Rivers", "sourceImId": "Joan_Rivers_2010_-_David_Shankbone.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/70/Joan_Rivers_2010_-_David_Shankbone.jpg/180px-Joan_Rivers_2010_-_David_Shankbone.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1995/02/01/0740881", "aUrlId": "990CE5DF1131F932A35751C0A963958260", "text": "At age 59, Mrs. Fue looks and acts like the *Joan Rivers* of /Woodstown/.", "author": "Mclarin, Kimberly J", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk;"},
{"id": "0741684_0", "date": "1995-02-05", "sourceId": "Q183528", "sourceLabel": "Philip Johnson", "sourceImId": "Philip_Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/07/Philip_Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg/180px-Philip_Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/02/05/0741684", "aUrlId": "990CE2DE103EF936A35751C0A963958260", "text": "Probably no one has profited more from this system than Josef Kleihues, who has become the *Philip Johnson* of /Berlin/ -- an eminent architect with an unusual combination of political power and esthetic clout.", "author": "Goldberger, Paul", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0741881_0", "date": "1995-02-06", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "1995/02/06/0741881", "aUrlId": "990CE2DB143EF935A35751C0A963958260", "text": "Mrs. Porter was once called \"the *Mother Teresa* of /Houston/,\" and she is no less experienced in dealing with the news media.", "author": "Verhovek, Sam Howe", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0742308_0", "date": "1995-02-09", "sourceId": "Q521145", "sourceLabel": "Mario Cuomo", "sourceImId": "GovernorMarioCuomo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/33/GovernorMarioCuomo.jpg/180px-GovernorMarioCuomo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1995/02/09/0742308", "aUrlId": "990CE2DD1E3DF93AA35751C0A963958260", "text": "Is he going to be the *Mario Cuomo* of /1996/?", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0742588_0", "date": "1995-02-10", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1995/02/10/0742588", "aUrlId": "990CE4D71F30F933A25751C0A963958260", "text": "A recent editorial in The Hindustan Times, one of the country's most influential newspapers, described Mr. Seshan as \"the *Fuhrer* of /the Indian poll 'Reich'/ \" for his habit of issuing directives that his critics say reach far beyond election statutes.", "author": "Burns, John F", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0742594_0", "date": "1995-02-11", "sourceId": "Q1954907", "sourceLabel": "Robert Novak", "sourceImId": "Bob_Novak.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "4/45/Bob_Novak.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/02/11/0742594", "aUrlId": "990CEFDC1539F932A25751C0A963958260", "text": "Mr. Will ventured so far as to try to get Ms. Rivlin to say something one could understand about the relation between the budget and interest rates, and even Sam Donaldson, the *Robert Novak* of /the middling left/, avoided treating the subject as if it were a wrestling match.", "author": "Goodman, Walter", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0742770_0", "date": "1995-02-12", "sourceId": "Q1241100", "sourceLabel": "Ron Rosenbaum", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/02/12/0742770", "aUrlId": "990CE4DA1339F931A25751C0A963958260", "text": "As a society, we simply cannot afford to wait until a *Ron Rosenbaum* of /the 21st century/ unearths the racist and misogynistic horror of the paradigm of behavioral genetics.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0742777_0", "date": "1995-02-12", "sourceId": "Q154421", "sourceLabel": "Ed Asner", "sourceImId": "EdAsnerHWOFMay2013.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/EdAsnerHWOFMay2013.jpg/180px-EdAsnerHWOFMay2013.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/02/12/0742777", "aUrlId": "990CE6D61039F931A25751C0A963958260", "text": "Characters that never saw the light of day include Nipsy and Russell (either two possums or two raccoons), Bossy Beaver and Doyle (\"sort of the *Ed Asner* of /beavers/ and his moronic sidekick\") and the amoeba stars of \"As the Petri Dish Turns.\"", "author": "Gates, Anita", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0743054_0", "date": "1995-02-12", "sourceId": "Q905", "sourceLabel": "Franz Kafka", "sourceImId": "Kafka1906_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4c/Kafka1906_cropped.jpg/180px-Kafka1906_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/02/12/0743054", "aUrlId": "990CE7DB1430F931A25751C0A963958260", "text": "Robert Frank and Lee Friedlander may have racked up as many honors, and Richard Avedon may have gained wider name recognition, but none of them can claim to possess her black-crepe glamour as the *Kafka* of /American photography/.", "author": "Woodward, Richard B", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0743158_0", "date": "1995-02-13", "sourceId": "Q5488961", "sourceLabel": "Frank Perdue", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/02/13/0743158", "aUrlId": "990CE0D8143FF930A25751C0A963958260", "text": "I was once the *Frank Perdue* of /Leningrad/, he said.", "author": "", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0743308_0", "date": "1995-02-14", "sourceId": "Q134183", "sourceLabel": "Magic Johnson", "sourceImId": "Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7d/Magic_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/02/14/0743308", "aUrlId": "990CE1DF123EF937A25751C0A963958260", "text": "With his black hair parted slightly to the right, Holman was the playmaker, the *Magic Johnson* of /his time/.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0744055_0", "date": "1995-02-19", "sourceId": "Q8446", "sourceLabel": "Kurt Cobain", "sourceImId": "Nirvana_around_1992.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/19/Nirvana_around_1992.jpg/180px-Nirvana_around_1992.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1995/02/19/0744055", "aUrlId": "990CE7DA1539F93AA25751C0A963958260", "text": "Some possible portents of doom: a recording that advertises Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as \"the 'Star Wars' of symphonic music\" and Ludwig van B. himself as the *Kurt Cobain* of /his generation/; a famous young virtuoso playing \"The Four Seasons\" in a music video broadcast on the Weather Channel; arousing anthologies of \"Sensual Classics\" aimed at heterosexual or homosexual listeners; disks of Arvo Part's music stamped with a descriptive blurb from Michael Stipe of R.E.M.", "author": "Ross, Alex", "desk": "Arts & Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0744122_0", "date": "1995-02-19", "sourceId": "Q1126679", "sourceLabel": "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/02/19/0744122", "aUrlId": "990CE0DD1F39F93AA25751C0A963958260", "text": "Sometimes, however, Mr. Gore gets carried away in his role as the *Scarlet Pimpernel* of /American diplomacy/.", "author": "Purdum, Todd S; Sciolino, Elaine", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0744172_0", "date": "1995-02-19", "sourceId": "Q23", "sourceLabel": "George Washington", "sourceImId": "Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg/180px-Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/02/19/0744172", "aUrlId": "990CE7DA143BF93AA25751C0A963958260", "text": "We Federalists were searching for a *George Washington* of /the atomic age/ who would inspire nations to yield some of their sovereignty, like the states of America, to create a more perfect union than the United Nations.", "author": "Frankel, Max", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0744341_0", "date": "1995-02-19", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/02/19/0744341", "aUrlId": "990CE6DA153EF93AA25751C0A963958260", "text": "They call him the *Bill Gates* of /Japan/.", "author": "Pollack, Andrew", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0745877_0", "date": "1995-02-28", "sourceId": "Q131814", "sourceLabel": "Tina Turner", "sourceImId": "Tina_Turner_50th_Anniversary_Tour.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/Tina_Turner_50th_Anniversary_Tour.jpg/180px-Tina_Turner_50th_Anniversary_Tour.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1995/02/28/0745877", "aUrlId": "990CE4DE133AF93BA15751C0A963958260", "text": "If Bill Blass has one more season as outstanding as his last two, he will have earned the right to be called the *Tina Turner* of /the fashion industry/.", "author": "White, Constance C R", "desk": "Style Desk;"},
{"id": "0746816_0", "date": "1995-03-05", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/03/05/0746816", "aUrlId": "990CE7DA1E3AF936A35750C0A963958260", "text": "But in 1974, Brent Musburger started broadcasting the college tournament for CBS and became the *Johnny Appleseed* of /alliteration/, using the phrase he had known as a high school reporter for the old Chicago American.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0748567_0", "date": "1995-03-13", "sourceId": "Q4535129", "sourceLabel": "Sol Hurok", "sourceImId": "Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg/180px-Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/03/13/0748567", "aUrlId": "990CE1DE103FF930A25750C0A963958260", "text": "Ralph Mercado, now the *Sol Hurok* of /Latin music in New York/, did the booking.", "author": "Watrous, Peter", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0748676_0", "date": "1995-03-14", "sourceId": "Q296647", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Lauren", "sourceImId": "Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg/180px-Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/03/14/0748676", "aUrlId": "990CE4DC143BF937A25750C0A963958260", "text": "The shift here from commercial power to the search for the creative was most apparent by the turnout for Fabio Piras, another recent St. Martin's graduate, who scheduled his runway show at the same time that Margaret Howell, considered the *Ralph Lauren* of /London/, was holding her first runway show in 15 years.", "author": "Spindler, Amy M", "desk": "Style Desk;"},
{"id": "0749200_0", "date": "1995-03-17", "sourceId": "Q317465", "sourceLabel": "Abdul Sattar Edhi", "sourceImId": "Abdul_Sattar_Edhi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/Abdul_Sattar_Edhi.jpg/180px-Abdul_Sattar_Edhi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/03/17/0749200", "aUrlId": "990CE7D71638F934A25750C0A963958260", "text": "No -- I'd rather call Mother Teresa the *Abdul Sattar Edhi* of /Calcutta/.", "author": "Burns, John F", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0752308_0", "date": "1995-04-01", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1995/04/01/0752308", "aUrlId": "990CE6D81130F932A35757C0A963958260", "text": "With her pouting smile, suggestive clothing and theatrical command of a microphone, Selena was often described as the *Madonna* of /the Mexican-American world/ and was an idol and heartthrob on both sides of the border.", "author": "Verhovek, Sam Howe", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0752494_0", "date": "1995-04-02", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1995/04/02/0752494", "aUrlId": "990CE1DE163DF931A35757C0A963958260", "text": "He was the *Madonna* of /his time/, especially by 1969, when he guaranteed a Super Bowl victory for his underdog team, and delivered.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0752494_1", "date": "1995-04-02", "sourceId": "Q6691", "sourceLabel": "Homer", "sourceImId": "Homer_British_Museum.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1c/Homer_British_Museum.jpg/180px-Homer_British_Museum.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/04/02/0752494", "aUrlId": "990CE1DE163DF931A35757C0A963958260", "text": "Roone Arledge of ABC emerged as the *Homer* of /an enormously profitable televised mythology that brought us epic battles in slo-mo and instant replay/.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0753814_0", "date": "1995-04-09", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1995/04/09/0753814", "aUrlId": "990CE1D81738F93AA35757C0A963958260", "text": "In three hours of stepping in and out of a limousine and in and out of restaurants, some fancy, some less so, he was greeted by strangers who clearly saw him as a crusader for good in the world, the *Ralph Nader* of /food/, Our Man in the Public Dining Room.", "author": "Weber, Bruce", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk;"},
{"id": "0754152_0", "date": "1995-04-09", "sourceId": "Q8018", "sourceLabel": "Augustine of Hippo", "sourceImId": "Augustine_Lateran.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Augustine_Lateran.jpg/180px-Augustine_Lateran.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/04/09/0754152", "aUrlId": "990CE7DC1E3EF93AA35757C0A963958260", "text": "Now, for most of \"Me Against the World,\" |2Pac| comes across as a *St. Augustine* of /gangster rap/: after leading a life of sin, he wants to steer others away from his own mistakes.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0754496_0", "date": "1995-04-11", "sourceId": "Q344977", "sourceLabel": "Don King", "sourceImId": "Don_king.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6b/Don_king.jpg/180px-Don_king.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1995/04/11/0754496", "aUrlId": "990CE3D7133CF932A25757C0A963958260", "text": "|The ritual| was like \"being a *Don King* for /the roosters/,\" he said, referring to the boxing promoter.", "author": "Hernandez, Raymond", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0755076_0", "date": "1995-04-14", "sourceId": "Q504025", "sourceLabel": "Bill Bradley", "sourceImId": "Senator_Bill_Bradley_(D-NJ).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/db/Senator_Bill_Bradley_%28D-NJ%29.jpg/180px-Senator_Bill_Bradley_%28D-NJ%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/04/14/0755076", "aUrlId": "990CE5DF113AF937A25757C0A963958260", "text": "Here is Rebecca Lobo, the *Bill Bradley* of /the Nineties/, smart, nice, dedicated, the cover girl of the University of Connecticut's unbeaten National Collegiate Athletic Association championship team.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0755076_1", "date": "1995-04-14", "sourceId": "Q53325", "sourceLabel": "Arthur Ashe", "sourceImId": "Arthur_Ashe_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/60/Arthur_Ashe_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Arthur_Ashe_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "1995/04/14/0755076", "aUrlId": "990CE5DF113AF937A25757C0A963958260", "text": "Just a 19-year-old amateur, but disciplined, talented, and a social diplomat, Woods may be the *Arthur Ashe* of /the Nineties/.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0756313_0", "date": "1995-04-19", "sourceId": "Q37693", "sourceLabel": "Paul Gauguin", "sourceImId": "Paul_Gauguin_111.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/Paul_Gauguin_111.jpg/180px-Paul_Gauguin_111.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/04/19/0756313", "aUrlId": "990CE4D7163FF93AA25757C0A963958260", "text": "No sweat, |I| thought, by now considering myself a *Gauguin* of /goat cheese/.", "author": "Miller, Bryan", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0757457_0", "date": "1995-04-23", "sourceId": "Q333468", "sourceLabel": "Robert Maxwell", "sourceImId": "Robert_Maxwell_1989.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7c/Robert_Maxwell_1989.jpg/180px-Robert_Maxwell_1989.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1995/04/23/0757457", "aUrlId": "990CE0DD173CF930A15757C0A963958260", "text": "The cause of all this fuss and feathers is that -- brace yourself -- he fired one agent (the wife of his close friend, the novelist Julian Barnes), and hired another, Andrew Wylie, an American now referred to in the British papers as \"the Jackal\" and \"the *Robert Maxwell* of /agenting/,\" who got him a juicy advance for the British edition, rumored to be close to $800,000.", "author": "Buckley, Christopher", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0757484_0", "date": "1995-04-23", "sourceId": "Q47213", "sourceLabel": "Warren Buffett", "sourceImId": "Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg/180px-Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1995/04/23/0757484", "aUrlId": "990CE1D9123CF930A15757C0A963958260", "text": "If Only There Was a *Warren Buffett* for /Mutual Funds/", "author": "Gould, Carole", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0757794_0", "date": "1995-04-24", "sourceId": "Q193871", "sourceLabel": "Marshall McLuhan", "sourceImId": "Marshall_McLuhan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f8/Marshall_McLuhan.jpg/180px-Marshall_McLuhan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/04/24/0757794", "aUrlId": "990CEED61130F937A15757C0A963958260", "text": "In a sense, this is a race to emerge as the *Marshall McLuhan* of /the 90's/, a popular interpreter of digital technology, the way Professor McLuhan served as the sage of the mass media in the 1960's and 70's.", "author": "Lohr, Steve", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0757794_1", "date": "1995-04-24", "sourceId": "Q298237", "sourceLabel": "Benedict Arnold", "sourceImId": "Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg/180px-Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/04/24/0757794", "aUrlId": "990CEED61130F937A15757C0A963958260", "text": "But he has received a barrage of angry electronic-mail messages from cyberspace regulars, accusing him, Mr. Stoll says, of being \"the *Benedict Arnold* of /the computer world/.\"", "author": "Lohr, Steve", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0759317_0", "date": "1995-05-01", "sourceId": "Q83410", "sourceLabel": "Cary Grant", "sourceImId": "Grant,_Cary_(Suspicion)_01_Crisco_edit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/27/Grant%2C_Cary_%28Suspicion%29_01_Crisco_edit.jpg/180px-Grant%2C_Cary_%28Suspicion%29_01_Crisco_edit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/05/01/0759317", "aUrlId": "990CE7D61139F932A35756C0A963958260", "text": "He was the *Cary Grant* of /public relations/, Mr. Cowan said.", "author": "Thomas, Robert Mcg Jr", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0759532_0", "date": "1995-05-02", "sourceId": "Q151231", "sourceLabel": "Annie Lennox", "sourceImId": "Annie_Lennox_SING_campaign,_Vienna_2010_b.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Annie_Lennox_SING_campaign%2C_Vienna_2010_b.jpg/180px-Annie_Lennox_SING_campaign%2C_Vienna_2010_b.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/05/02/0759532", "aUrlId": "990CE1D91238F931A35756C0A963958260", "text": "Siouxsie Sioux (originally Susan Janet Dallion), the leader of Siouxsie and the Banshees, is the *Annie Lennox* of /the gothic-rock underground/, whose denizens were in full force at Roseland in black gowns and capes, black eyeliner, black hair dye and white face powder.", "author": "Strauss, Neil", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0760016_0", "date": "1995-05-04", "sourceId": "Q134183", "sourceLabel": "Magic Johnson", "sourceImId": "Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7d/Magic_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/05/04/0760016", "aUrlId": "990CE7DA173AF937A35756C0A963958260", "text": "Once hailed as the *Magic Johnson* of /Europe/, Kukoc has made great strides in his game since signing an eight-year, $17.6 million contract with the three-time champion Bulls in 1993.", "author": "Wise, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0762154_0", "date": "1995-05-13", "sourceId": "Q216124", "sourceLabel": "Stonewall Jackson", "sourceImId": "Stonewall_Jackson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/82/Stonewall_Jackson.jpg/180px-Stonewall_Jackson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/05/13/0762154", "aUrlId": "990CEFD9123BF930A25756C0A963958260", "text": "What this agreement tells us is that this Mayor is not the *Stonewall Jackson* of /labor relations/, said Edward F. Ott, the political director of Local 1180 of the Communications Workers of America, which represents about 10,000 city administrative employees.", "author": "Firestone, David", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0762368_0", "date": "1995-05-14", "sourceId": "Q21847069", "sourceLabel": "Annie Osborn", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/05/14/0762368", "aUrlId": "990CE7DB1E3BF937A25756C0A963958260", "text": "But in the last five years |it| has become something of a *Cinderella* of /the siding industry/, swept from its humble beginnings by consumer demand for maintenance-free living.", "author": "Charles, Eleanor", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "0764270_0", "date": "1995-05-22", "sourceId": "Q8743", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Edison", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg/180px-Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/05/22/0764270", "aUrlId": "990CE2D8103FF931A15756C0A963958260", "text": "Some see him as the *Thomas Edison* of /the information age/; others see John D. Rockefeller.", "author": "Lohr, Steve", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0764316_0", "date": "1995-05-22", "sourceId": "Q5950", "sourceLabel": "James Brown", "sourceImId": "Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Jamesbrown4.jpg/180px-Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1995/05/22/0764316", "aUrlId": "990CE4DB1730F931A15756C0A963958260", "text": "It figured it would unfold this way for Vijay Singh, the *James Brown* of /golf/, the hardest working man in the game.", "author": "Dorman, Larry", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0764448_0", "date": "1995-05-23", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1995/05/23/0764448", "aUrlId": "990CE0D6163CF930A15756C0A963958260", "text": "But Fumio Matsuda, who is head of the Japan Automobile Consumers Union and is often described as the *Ralph Nader* of /Japan/, said officials there simply did not care as much about safety as did officials in the United States.", "author": "Pollack, Andrew", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0765760_0", "date": "1995-05-30", "sourceId": "Q296729", "sourceLabel": "Tony Bennett", "sourceImId": "Tony_Bennett_in_2003_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6d/Tony_Bennett_in_2003_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Tony_Bennett_in_2003_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1995/05/30/0765760", "aUrlId": "990CE7D9163CF933A05756C0A963958260", "text": "Pepsico is hoping that, for Generation-Xers, he will be the *Tony Bennett* of /soda pop/.", "author": "Collins, Glenn", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0765926_0", "date": "1995-05-31", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1995/05/31/0765926", "aUrlId": "990CE2DD143AF932A05756C0A963958260", "text": "Walter Winchell, after all, branded his client, Mr. Cassidy, \"the *Fuhrer* of /Flatbush/.\"", "author": "Hoffman, Jan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0766855_0", "date": "1995-06-04", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/06/04/0766855", "aUrlId": "9C0DE3D71E39F937A35755C0A963958260", "text": "The Senator seems less interested in evenhandedly addressing a cultural crisis than in anointing *a Willie Horton for* /'96/.", "author": "Rich, Frank  Robert Dole;", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0768089_0", "date": "1995-06-11", "sourceId": "Q9711", "sourceLabel": "Honor\u00e9 de Balzac", "sourceImId": "Honor\u00e9_de_Balzac_(1842)_Detail.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e6/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac_%281842%29_Detail.jpg/180px-Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac_%281842%29_Detail.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/06/11/0768089", "aUrlId": "990CEED6153BF932A25755C0A963958260", "text": "The novelist who is fast becoming the *Balzac* of /the contemporary Midwest/ sets her newest book on the campus of a big agricultural university and puts a 700-pound pig right in the middle.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0768829_0", "date": "1995-06-14", "sourceId": "Q319247", "sourceLabel": "Mark Messier", "sourceImId": "Mark_Messier_-_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f0/Mark_Messier_-_2009.jpg/180px-Mark_Messier_-_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1995/06/14/0768829", "aUrlId": "990CE7DB1E3FF937A25755C0A963958260", "text": "Long ago, Lindros was anointed by the system, declared to be the *Mark Messier* of /the 21st century/, and so his limited productivity was the most noticeable.", "author": "Moran, Malcolm", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0769742_0", "date": "1995-06-18", "sourceId": "Q217557", "sourceLabel": "Joyce Carol Oates", "sourceImId": "Joyce_carol_oates_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Joyce_carol_oates_2014.jpg/180px-Joyce_carol_oates_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1995/06/18/0769742", "aUrlId": "990CEEDD123EF93BA25755C0A963958260", "text": "She is a veteran of the last years of Hollywood's studio system, an Academy Award-winning actress with more than 40 films to her credit, a touring hoofer-singer-headliner in her own lounge act, a reincarnation advocate who (at least in my local bookstore, where the New Age section shelf placards read \"The Unexplained, UFO-related, Wicca, Out-of-Body, Shirley MacLaine\") has created a whole new area of metaphysical study, and, given that \"My Lucky Stars\" is her eighth autobiographical work, she is by now practically the *Joyce Carol Oates* of /Hollywood memoirists/.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0770285_0", "date": "1995-06-21", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/06/21/0770285", "aUrlId": "990CE7DD123DF932A15755C0A963958260", "text": "At long last, the *Johnny Appleseed* of /massive penny-stock fraud/ has been brought to justice, he said.", "author": "Henriques, Diana B", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0771074_0", "date": "1995-06-25", "sourceId": "Q873", "sourceLabel": "Meryl Streep", "sourceImId": "Meryl_Streep_at_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_(32801846044)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1a/Meryl_Streep_at_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2832801846044%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Meryl_Streep_at_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2832801846044%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1995/06/25/0771074", "aUrlId": "990CE5DD173EF936A15755C0A963958260", "text": "These shifts are so quick, yet so dramatic, that one observer has called her the *Meryl Streep* of /anchorwomen/.", "author": "Jefferson, Margo", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0771235_0", "date": "1995-06-25", "sourceId": "Q83807", "sourceLabel": "Ed Sullivan", "sourceImId": "Ed_Sullivan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ea/Ed_Sullivan.jpg/180px-Ed_Sullivan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/06/25/0771235", "aUrlId": "990CEFD61531F936A15755C0A963958260", "text": "HE'S the *Ed Sullivan* of /the insomniac set/.", "author": "Eichenwald, Kurt", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0771862_0", "date": "1995-06-29", "sourceId": "Q3603336", "sourceLabel": "Abby Hoffman", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/06/29/0771862", "aUrlId": "990CE7DE173DF93AA15755C0A963958260", "text": "He is sort of like the *Abby Hoffman* of /the movement/, said Zephyr, a Manhattan man who calls himself the \"elder statesman\" of graffiti makers.", "author": "Belluck, Pam", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0772401_0", "date": "1995-07-02", "sourceId": "Q1126679", "sourceLabel": "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/07/02/0772401", "aUrlId": "990CE1DC1438F931A35754C0A963958260", "text": "For Americans, Harry Wu may very well be the *Scarlet Pimpernel* of /China/.", "author": "Sciolino, Elaine", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0772688_0", "date": "1995-07-02", "sourceId": "Q23434", "sourceLabel": "Ernest Hemingway", "sourceImId": "ErnestHemingway.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/ErnestHemingway.jpg/180px-ErnestHemingway.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/07/02/0772688", "aUrlId": "990CE0D81730F931A35754C0A963958260", "text": "Gallico, a columnist for The Daily News, was called the *Hemingway* of /the sports page/ and reportedly was paid more than Grantland Rice, Damon Runyon, Westbrook Pegler and other oft-quoted writers.", "author": "Tuite, James", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0772904_0", "date": "1995-07-04", "sourceId": "Q5950", "sourceLabel": "James Brown", "sourceImId": "Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Jamesbrown4.jpg/180px-Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1995/07/04/0772904", "aUrlId": "990CE3D9103DF937A35754C0A963958260", "text": "India was followed by the *James Brown* of /the salsa world/, Oscar D'Leon, whose band went on to support Ms. Cruz.", "author": "Watrous, Peter", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0773003_0", "date": "1995-07-05", "sourceId": "Q49214", "sourceLabel": "Dan Quayle", "sourceImId": "Dan_Quayle.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3c/Dan_Quayle.jpg/180px-Dan_Quayle.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/07/05/0773003", "aUrlId": "990CE1DE173AF936A35754C0A963958260", "text": "Judge Lance A. Ito must feel like the *Dan Quayle* of /the trial bench/, condemned by an early negative impression.", "author": "Graham, Fred", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0774127_0", "date": "1995-07-11", "sourceId": "Q721948", "sourceLabel": "Nolan Ryan", "sourceImId": "Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg/180px-Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/07/11/0774127", "aUrlId": "990CE6DA1638F932A25754C0A963958260", "text": "He's the *Nolan Ryan* of /the 90's/.", "author": "Curry, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0774861_0", "date": "1995-07-14", "sourceId": "Q344977", "sourceLabel": "Don King", "sourceImId": "Don_king.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6b/Don_king.jpg/180px-Don_king.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1995/07/14/0774861", "aUrlId": "990CE5D81F3EF937A25754C0A963958260", "text": "He is a party elephant, the *Don King* of /the club-date business/.", "author": "Nieves, Evelyn", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0775170_0", "date": "1995-07-16", "sourceId": "Q213430", "sourceLabel": "Larry King", "sourceImId": "LarryKingSept10_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/LarryKingSept10_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-LarryKingSept10_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1995/07/16/0775170", "aUrlId": "990CE6DE133AF935A25754C0A963958260", "text": "There are few people who love him but many who feel a deep respect for him,\" said Lubos Beniak, the *Larry King* of /Czech television/.", "author": "Perlez, Jane", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0775537_0", "date": "1995-07-17", "sourceId": "Q366086", "sourceLabel": "Rupert Brooke", "sourceImId": "Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d6/Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg/180px-Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/07/17/0775537", "aUrlId": "990CE5D6163CF934A25754C0A963958260", "text": "Because of that lyricism, coupled with his good looks, he was also once labeled \"the *Rupert Brooke* of /the Depression/,\" in a barbed reference to the British war poet who died during World War I.", "author": "", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0775612_0", "date": "1995-07-18", "sourceId": "Q366086", "sourceLabel": "Rupert Brooke", "sourceImId": "Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d6/Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg/180px-Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/07/18/0775612", "aUrlId": "990CE0DF1439F93BA25754C0A963958260", "text": "Because of that lyricism, coupled with his good looks, he was also once labeled \"the *Rupert Brooke* of /the Depression/,\" in a barbed reference to the handsome British war poet who died during World War I..", "author": "Pace, Eric", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0776903_0", "date": "1995-07-23", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/07/23/0776903", "aUrlId": "990CE2D71139F930A15754C0A963958260", "text": "Until three years ago, when the cosmic visionary from Waco, Tex., who has been called the *P. T. Barnum* of /the avant-garde/ and the guru of visual stage art, came upon a 30,000-square-foot industrial laboratory on six acres in Water Mill, where Western Union scientists onceexperimented.", "author": "Klein, Alvin", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0777236_0", "date": "1995-07-23", "sourceId": "Q392", "sourceLabel": "Bob Dylan", "sourceImId": "Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg/180px-Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/07/23/0777236", "aUrlId": "990CE7D71431F930A15754C0A963958260", "text": "The lead vocalist and guitarist, Robert Krestan, is known as the *Bob Dylan* of /the Czech Republic/.", "author": "", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0777315_0", "date": "1995-07-24", "sourceId": "Q2449527", "sourceLabel": "Susan Smith", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/07/24/0777315", "aUrlId": "990CE7DA143AF937A15754C0A963958260", "text": "In an opinion article published today in The Los Angeles Times, Mr. Jackson wrote that Mr. Wilson was \"the *Susan Smith* of /national politics/, reaching for a racial scapegoat,\" an allusion to the white South Carolina woman who confessed to drowning her two sons after claiming for nine days that a black carjacker had abducted them.", "author": "Ayres, B Drummond Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0777722_0", "date": "1995-07-26", "sourceId": "Q254983", "sourceLabel": "William Safire", "sourceImId": "President_Bush_presents_William_Safire_the_2006_President_Medal_of_Freedom.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/50/President_Bush_presents_William_Safire_the_2006_President_Medal_of_Freedom.jpg/180px-President_Bush_presents_William_Safire_the_2006_President_Medal_of_Freedom.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/07/26/0777722", "aUrlId": "990CE6D7153BF935A15754C0A963958260", "text": "Mr. Jacobs might be called the *William Safire* of /food writing/, and it has nothing to do with his politics.", "author": "Fabricant, Florence;", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0778793_0", "date": "1995-07-30", "sourceId": "Q948598", "sourceLabel": "Albert Pinkham Ryder", "sourceImId": "Albert_Pinkham_Ryder.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/Albert_Pinkham_Ryder.jpg/180px-Albert_Pinkham_Ryder.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/07/30/0778793", "aUrlId": "990CE7DA1338F933A05754C0A963958260", "text": "Indeed, their intimate atmosphere coupled with the enamel-like surface of the color makes Mr. Wasow the *Albert Pinkham Ryder* of /the group/.", "author": "Raynor, Vivien", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0778992_0", "date": "1995-07-30", "sourceId": "Q5598", "sourceLabel": "Rembrandt", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/07/30/0778992", "aUrlId": "990CE1DC153CF933A05754C0A963958260", "text": "He is the *Rembrandt* of /roller-coaster designers/.", "author": "Callendar, Newgate", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0779787_0", "date": "1995-08-03", "sourceId": "Q7186", "sourceLabel": "Marie Curie", "sourceImId": "Marie_Curie_(Nobel-Chem).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/Marie_Curie_%28Nobel-Chem%29.jpg/180px-Marie_Curie_%28Nobel-Chem%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/08/03/0779787", "aUrlId": "990CE3D71738F930A3575BC0A963958260", "text": "You will become the *Marie Curie* of /pool chemistry/, noting with dismay the yellow of high chlorine and the blood red of intense pH.", "author": "", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0780580_0", "date": "1995-08-06", "sourceId": "Q8704", "sourceLabel": "Walt Disney", "sourceImId": "Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walt_Disney_1946.JPG/180px-Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/08/06/0780580", "aUrlId": "990CE2DD143CF935A3575BC0A963958260", "text": "He already has a grand vision: he won't be merely a multimedia artist, he'll be a mogul, the *Walt Disney* of /21st century cyberspace/.", "author": "Krantz, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0780779_0", "date": "1995-08-06", "sourceId": "Q3772", "sourceLabel": "Quentin Tarantino", "sourceImId": "Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/180px-Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/08/06/0780779", "aUrlId": "990CEEDE1430F935A3575BC0A963958260", "text": "Last January, he organized a weeklong series of lectures about, and arty Cantonese movies by, the director Wong Kar-wai, known as the *Quentin Tarantino* of /Hong Kong/.", "author": "Lii, Jane H", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0781898_0", "date": "1995-08-12", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/08/12/0781898", "aUrlId": "990CE1DB113FF931A2575BC0A963958260", "text": "Herve Filion, described by his lawyer as the *Babe Ruth* of /harness racing/, turned himself in to the authorities here today amid charges that he and two other harness drivers threw races at Yonkers Raceway earlier this summer.", "author": "Hernandez, Raymond", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0781959_0", "date": "1995-08-13", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/08/13/0781959", "aUrlId": "990CE5DC1239F930A2575BC0A963958260", "text": "Most of the crowd at Action Park came to see the *Elvis* of /polka/, Jimmy Sturr.", "author": "Newman, Andy", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0782306_0", "date": "1995-08-13", "sourceId": "Q2263", "sourceLabel": "Tom Hanks", "sourceImId": "TomHanksJan2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/TomHanksJan2009.jpg/180px-TomHanksJan2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/08/13/0782306", "aUrlId": "990CEFDE133EF930A2575BC0A963958260", "text": "I think of him as the *Tom Hanks* of /money management/, he said.", "author": "Wyatt, Edward", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0784760_0", "date": "1995-08-26", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/08/26/0784760", "aUrlId": "990CEFD61E39F935A1575BC0A963958260", "text": "Dean is called the *Babe Ruth* of /arm wrestling/ because he was the undisputed champ from 1978 to 1986, retired, got divorced, went into a depression, ballooned to 700 pounds, then dieted by \"cutting out the fat in my food,\" he said, came back to arm wrestling last year and won the championship again in October.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0785565_0", "date": "1995-08-29", "sourceId": "Q3431786", "sourceLabel": "Mark Fuhrman", "sourceImId": "Mark_Fuhrman_in_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mark_Fuhrman_in_2008.jpg/180px-Mark_Fuhrman_in_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/08/29/0785565", "aUrlId": "990CEEDE1F3FF93AA1575BC0A963958260", "text": "Dr. Oziel became the *Mark Fuhrman* of /the Menendez trial/, his own character and past stealing the limelight much as those of Detective Fuhrman have in the Simpson trial.", "author": "Mydans, Seth", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0785760_0", "date": "1995-08-30", "sourceId": "Q240496", "sourceLabel": "Lizzie Borden", "sourceImId": "Lizzie_borden.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Lizzie_borden.jpg/180px-Lizzie_borden.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/08/30/0785760", "aUrlId": "990CE6DC1031F933A0575BC0A963958260", "text": "This was supposed to be the *Lizzie Borden* of /Congresses/, the one whose fiscal broadax would whack away at friend and foe alike in the name of a balanced budget.", "author": "Wines, Michael", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0785939_0", "date": "1995-09-01", "sourceId": "Q231861", "sourceLabel": "Berenice Abbott", "sourceImId": "Berenice_Abbott_by_Hank_ONeal_NYC_1979.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/43/Berenice_Abbott_by_Hank_ONeal_NYC_1979.jpg/180px-Berenice_Abbott_by_Hank_ONeal_NYC_1979.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/09/01/0785939", "aUrlId": "990CE7D91739F932A3575AC0A963958260", "text": "Many of the photographs were taken by the *Berenice Abbott* of /New York beer culture/, a local figure known as Uncle Ernie O.", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0786021_0", "date": "1995-09-01", "sourceId": "Q184746", "sourceLabel": "Jane Goodall", "sourceImId": "Jane_Goodall_HK.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dc/Jane_Goodall_HK.jpg/180px-Jane_Goodall_HK.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.5", "fId": "1995/09/01/0786021", "aUrlId": "990CE2DB123EF932A3575AC0A963958260", "text": "By all accounts, this artist was the *Jane Goodall* of /his day/, passing years deep in the forest to observe his subjects.", "author": "Cotter, Holland", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0786550_0", "date": "1995-09-03", "sourceId": "Q57592", "sourceLabel": "Magnus Hirschfeld", "sourceImId": "Magnus_Hirschfeld.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/Magnus_Hirschfeld.jpg/180px-Magnus_Hirschfeld.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1995/09/03/0786550", "aUrlId": "990CE1D71731F930A3575AC0A963958260", "text": "A poster headed \"Two Jewish Scribblers,\" a denunciation of Schreker and Ernst Toch, called Schreker \"the *Magnus Hirschfeld* of /opera composers/,\" referring to a famous psychiatrist of the day, and declared contemptuously that \"there was no sexual-pathological aberration he would not have set to music.\"", "author": "James, Jamie", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0786967_0", "date": "1995-09-06", "sourceId": "Q561852", "sourceLabel": "Willie Mays", "sourceImId": "Willie_Mays_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/80/Willie_Mays_cropped.jpg/180px-Willie_Mays_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/09/06/0786967", "aUrlId": "990CE1D6113DF935A3575AC0A963958260", "text": "How does it feel to be the *Willie Mays* of /heart surgery/?", "author": "Bumiller, Elisabeth", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0787852_0", "date": "1995-09-10", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/09/10/0787852", "aUrlId": "990CE7D6163FF933A2575AC0A963958260", "text": "Descriptions of Mr. King as \"a street Machiavelli, a ghetto Einstein\" and of Muhammad Ali as \"the *Einstein* of /the Sweet Science/\" hit the eye like a head-butt, and calling Ali's victory over George Foreman \"an epic, a miracle, a revolution\" throws rhetoric over the event while illuminating nothing.", "author": "Barra, Allen", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0789033_0", "date": "1995-09-17", "sourceId": "Q8704", "sourceLabel": "Walt Disney", "sourceImId": "Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walt_Disney_1946.JPG/180px-Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/09/17/0789033", "aUrlId": "990CEFDE113AF934A2575AC0A963958260", "text": "But the modern form of comics and animation was created in the two decades after World War II by Osamu Tezuka, who is known as the *Walt Disney* of /Japan/.", "author": "Pollack, Andrew", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0789198_0", "date": "1995-09-17", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1995/09/17/0789198", "aUrlId": "990CE4DF103FF934A2575AC0A963958260", "text": "There are 78 hair salons for men, women or both, including an evocatively named pair -- Fantasy of Italy Hair Design just south of Dyckman, and Fantastic Unisex at 149th Street -- and the Broadway Barber Shop at 104th, where Kay Demetriou, apparently the *Cal Ripken* of /barbers/, has not missed a day of snipping and shaving, he says, in more than 50 years.", "author": "Weber, Bruce", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0789404_0", "date": "1995-09-18", "sourceId": "Q727953", "sourceLabel": "Michael Eisner", "sourceImId": "MichaelEisnerOct10.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/60/MichaelEisnerOct10.jpg/180px-MichaelEisnerOct10.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1995/09/18/0789404", "aUrlId": "990CE6DC113AF93BA2575AC0A963958260", "text": "Mr. Karmazin says the fears are unfounded and contends he is not about to become the *Michael Eisner* of /radio/, let alone its Citizen Kane.", "author": "Ramirez, Anthony", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0789605_0", "date": "1995-09-19", "sourceId": "Q7352498", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/09/19/0789605", "aUrlId": "990CE1DE113EF93AA2575AC0A963958260", "text": "|Mr. Ramos|, a *Robin Hood* of /the soil/ among the homesteaders, occupied the Fazenda Santa Elina against the warnings of organized land reform movements.", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0790066_0", "date": "1995-09-22", "sourceId": "Q504455", "sourceLabel": "Andrew Dice Clay", "sourceImId": "Andrew_Dice_Clay_Indestructible_12_lolflix.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Andrew_Dice_Clay_Indestructible_12_lolflix.jpg/180px-Andrew_Dice_Clay_Indestructible_12_lolflix.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1995/09/22/0790066", "aUrlId": "990CE2DD1F3AF931A1575AC0A963958260", "text": "Mr. Ezsterhas, the *Andrew Dice Clay* of /screenwriting/, bludgeons the audience with such tirelessly crude thoughts that when a group of chimps get loose in the showgirls' dressing room and all they do is defecate, the film enjoys a rare moment of good taste.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0790586_0", "date": "1995-09-24", "sourceId": "Q57592", "sourceLabel": "Magnus Hirschfeld", "sourceImId": "Magnus_Hirschfeld.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/Magnus_Hirschfeld.jpg/180px-Magnus_Hirschfeld.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1995/09/24/0790586", "aUrlId": "990CE6DF173DF937A1575AC0A963958260", "text": "To the Editor:  In his piece on Franz Schreker  [ \"Dastardly Doings In Elysium, Lavishly Scored,\" Sept. 3 ] , Jamie James refers to Magnus Hirschfeld as \"a famous psychiatrist of the day\" in the context of noting that a Nazi poster had slanderously called Schreker \"the *Magnus Hirschfeld* of /opera composers/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0790824_0", "date": "1995-09-24", "sourceId": "Q233951", "sourceLabel": "Birgit Nilsson", "sourceImId": "Birgit-Nilsson-standing-and-singing-on-the-stage-391837722733.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4a/Birgit-Nilsson-standing-and-singing-on-the-stage-391837722733.jpg/180px-Birgit-Nilsson-standing-and-singing-on-the-stage-391837722733.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/09/24/0790824", "aUrlId": "990CE0DE1230F937A1575AC0A963958260", "text": "George Gershwin adored the brassy singing of Ethel Merman, the *Birgit Nilsson* of /Broadway/, as well as the stylish crooning of Fred Astaire, whose voice barely reached the balcony.", "author": "Tommasini, Anthony", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0791075_0", "date": "1995-09-26", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1995/09/26/0791075", "aUrlId": "990CE7DC113AF935A1575AC0A963958260", "text": "John W. Barr often jokes that his firm, |Barr Devlin Associates|, which is advising the Potomac Electric Power Company in its merger with the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, is *the Rodney Dangerfield among* /advisers to the utility industry/.", "author": "Strom, Stephanie", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0791171_0", "date": "1995-09-27", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/09/27/0791171", "aUrlId": "990CE7DD1E39F934A1575AC0A963958260", "text": "Professor Gates, who regards Dr. Simmons as a mentor, said, \"She's the *Jackie Robinson* of /college presidents/.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Obituary"},
{"id": "0795126_0", "date": "1995-10-08", "sourceId": "Q232340", "sourceLabel": "Edie Sedgwick", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1995/10/08/0795126", "aUrlId": "9F01E1D81239F93BA35753C1A963958260", "text": "She's the *Edie Sedgwick* of /1995/, he said.", "author": "Gabriel, Trip", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0795889_0", "date": "1995-10-09", "sourceId": "Q37103", "sourceLabel": "Florence Nightingale", "sourceImId": "Florence_Nightingale_CDV_by_H_Lenthall.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8a/Florence_Nightingale_CDV_by_H_Lenthall.jpg/180px-Florence_Nightingale_CDV_by_H_Lenthall.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/10/09/0795889", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDF1339F93AA35753C1A963958260", "text": "|High technology| has been the *Florence Nightingale* for /the new-issue market in 1995/, said David L. Menlow, president of the I.P.O.", "author": "Truell, Peter", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0796540_0", "date": "1995-10-11", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "1995/10/11/0796540", "aUrlId": "9F07E1DB1339F932A25753C1A963958260", "text": "They may not be the *Mother Teresa* of /banking/, but they are far from the Mark Fuhrman of banking, said Kenneth Thomas, an independent consultant based in Miami.", "author": "Holmes, Steven A", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0796540_1", "date": "1995-10-11", "sourceId": "Q3431786", "sourceLabel": "Mark Fuhrman", "sourceImId": "Mark_Fuhrman_in_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mark_Fuhrman_in_2008.jpg/180px-Mark_Fuhrman_in_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/10/11/0796540", "aUrlId": "9F07E1DB1339F932A25753C1A963958260", "text": "They may not be the Mother Teresa of banking, but they are far from the *Mark Fuhrman* of /banking/, said Kenneth Thomas, an independent consultant based in Miami.", "author": "Holmes, Steven A", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0798086_0", "date": "1995-10-15", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/10/15/0798086", "aUrlId": "9E03E6DD1039F936A25753C1A963958260", "text": "Or maybe just the *Donald Trump* of /schlock novelists/: long on bluster, short on certain crucial specifics.", "author": "Becker, Alida;", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0798921_0", "date": "1995-10-16", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1995/10/16/0798921", "aUrlId": "9906E3D91039F935A25753C1A963958260", "text": "I'm the *Cal Ripken* of /American politics/, Mr. Dole said during a campaign stop at a factory in Manchester this week.", "author": "Holmes, Steven A;", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0800631_0", "date": "1995-10-20", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/10/20/0800631", "aUrlId": "9E0CE5DB1139F933A15753C1A963958260", "text": "Son, by now a billionaire, is one of Japan's rare entrepreneurial success stories and is sometimes called the *Bill Gates* of /Japan/, after the Microsoft founder.", "author": "Pollack, Andrew", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0801497_0", "date": "1995-10-22", "sourceId": "Q15040587", "sourceLabel": "Toots Shor", "sourceImId": "Hank_Sanicola,_Toots_Shor_Frank_Sinatra_1947.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Hank_Sanicola%2C_Toots_Shor_Frank_Sinatra_1947.jpg/180px-Hank_Sanicola%2C_Toots_Shor_Frank_Sinatra_1947.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/10/22/0801497", "aUrlId": "9806E7D71139F931A15753C1A963958260", "text": "Mr. Salinger, a vice chairman of the Burson-Marsteller public relations agency, knows or has known everyone -- he's the *Toots Shor* of /current affairs/ -- and he also tells a good story.", "author": "Shribman, David M;", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0802605_0", "date": "1995-10-24", "sourceId": "Q6757092", "sourceLabel": "Marcia Clark", "sourceImId": "Marcia_clark_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/13/Marcia_clark_2011.jpg/180px-Marcia_clark_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/10/24/0802605", "aUrlId": "9900E5DB1E39F937A15753C1A963958260", "text": "The last thing I want is to become known as the *Marcia Clark* of /South Texas/, said Nueces County District Attorney Carlos Valdez.", "author": "Verhovek, Sam Howe", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0803393_0", "date": "1995-10-26", "sourceId": "Q310184", "sourceLabel": "George Balanchine", "sourceImId": "G._Balanchine_(young).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/G._Balanchine_%28young%29.jpg/180px-G._Balanchine_%28young%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/10/26/0803393", "aUrlId": "9C03E4D91639F935A15753C1A963958260", "text": "This is incredible, said Chief Scagnelli, the new head of the Police Department's Traffic Control Division or, as one official put it, the *George Balanchine* of /traffic control/.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0804529_0", "date": "1995-10-29", "sourceId": "Q484265", "sourceLabel": "Andrew Carnegie", "sourceImId": "Andrew_Carnegie,_three-quarter_length_portrait,_seated,_facing_slightly_left,_1913-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/09/Andrew_Carnegie%2C_three-quarter_length_portrait%2C_seated%2C_facing_slightly_left%2C_1913-crop.jpg/180px-Andrew_Carnegie%2C_three-quarter_length_portrait%2C_seated%2C_facing_slightly_left%2C_1913-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/10/29/0804529", "aUrlId": "9C03E6D81F39F93AA15753C1A963958260", "text": "Richer than any business partners in history, |either man| could become an *Andrew Carnegie* for /the digital age/, endowing schools, libraries or foundations with a  century or more of funds.", "author": "Egan, Timothy", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0804738_0", "date": "1995-10-29", "sourceId": "Q484265", "sourceLabel": "Andrew Carnegie", "sourceImId": "Andrew_Carnegie,_three-quarter_length_portrait,_seated,_facing_slightly_left,_1913-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/09/Andrew_Carnegie%2C_three-quarter_length_portrait%2C_seated%2C_facing_slightly_left%2C_1913-crop.jpg/180px-Andrew_Carnegie%2C_three-quarter_length_portrait%2C_seated%2C_facing_slightly_left%2C_1913-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/10/29/0804738", "aUrlId": "990CE2DA1638F93AA15753C1A963958260", "text": "Richer than any business partners in history, |either man| could become an *Andrew Carnegie* for /the digital age, endowing schools, libraries or foundations with a century or more of funds/.", "author": "Egan, Timothy", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0806081_0", "date": "1995-11-02", "sourceId": "Q213626", "sourceLabel": "Jesse James", "sourceImId": "Jesse_james_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/22/Jesse_james_portrait.jpg/180px-Jesse_james_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/11/02/0806081", "aUrlId": "9501E1DA1639F931A35752C1A963958260", "text": "For the people who tracked |the man| known as a *Jesse James* among /culture thieves/, nothing makes them happier than the thought of Mr. Shumway's growing old in prison.", "author": "Egan, Timothy", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0806816_0", "date": "1995-11-05", "sourceId": "Q1156395", "sourceLabel": "Peter Lynch", "sourceImId": "Peter-lynch.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/Peter-lynch.png/180px-Peter-lynch.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1995/11/05/0806816", "aUrlId": "9A05E0DC1739F936A35752C1A963958260", "text": "A former securities lawyer with a perpetually bemused look, he is the *Peter Lynch* of /litigation/, a bottom-up, kick-the-tires, taste-the-pudding kind of guy who aims to determine how investors might profit from pending litigation.", "author": "Ramirez, Anthony", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0807033_0", "date": "1995-11-05", "sourceId": "Q313697", "sourceLabel": "Ross Perot", "sourceImId": "RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/RossPerotColor.jpg/180px-RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/11/05/0807033", "aUrlId": "9805E7D91739F936A35752C1A963958260", "text": "Call me the *Ross Perot* of /Queens/, he said.", "author": "Herszenhorn, David M", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0807533_0", "date": "1995-11-08", "sourceId": "Q48745", "sourceLabel": "Lee Harvey Oswald", "sourceImId": "CE2894.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/CE2894.jpg/180px-CE2894.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/11/08/0807533", "aUrlId": "9803E6DE1439F93BA35752C1A963958260", "text": "The Likud party leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been doing his best to paint  Yigal Amir, Mr. Rabin's assassin, as a lone gunman -- the *Lee Harvey Oswald* of /Israel/.", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0807597_0", "date": "1995-11-08", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/11/08/0807597", "aUrlId": "9B00EFDE1439F93BA35752C1A963958260", "text": "As the NBC correspondent, John Larson, tells the story, that officer, Bob Perez, is the *Johnny Appleseed* of /the accusations/.", "author": "Goodman, Walter", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0808034_0", "date": "1995-11-10", "sourceId": "Q222071", "sourceLabel": "Courtney Love", "sourceImId": "Life_Ball_2014_Courtney_Love_Crop.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/Life_Ball_2014_Courtney_Love_Crop.png/180px-Life_Ball_2014_Courtney_Love_Crop.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1995/11/10/0808034", "aUrlId": "9407E4D91439F933A25752C1A963958260", "text": "Is |Carol Channing| the *Courtney Love* for /mature audiences/?", "author": "Marks, Peter", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0808051_0", "date": "1995-11-10", "sourceId": "Q271884", "sourceLabel": "Norman Rockwell", "sourceImId": "Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/37/Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg/180px-Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/11/10/0808051", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3D91439F933A25752C1A963958260", "text": "It is tempting, but too easy, to think of Ansel Adams as simply the *Norman Rockwell* of /landscape photography/: immensely popular but critically negligible.", "author": "Hagen, Charles", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0808386_0", "date": "1995-11-12", "sourceId": "Q150851", "sourceLabel": "Colin Powell", "sourceImId": "Colin_Powell_(15570753996)_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6d/Colin_Powell_%2815570753996%29_cropped.jpg/180px-Colin_Powell_%2815570753996%29_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/11/12/0808386", "aUrlId": "9907E4DF1539F931A25752C1A963958260", "text": "That sense was used by Shakespeare in a play about Coriolanus, the *Colin Powell* of /his ancient time/: \"I say unto you, what he hath done Famouslie.", "author": "Safire, William Colin Powell;", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0810029_0", "date": "1995-11-19", "sourceId": "Q357444", "sourceLabel": "Lou Gehrig", "sourceImId": "GehrigCU.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2f/GehrigCU.jpg/180px-GehrigCU.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/11/19/0810029", "aUrlId": "980CE6D71239F93AA25752C1A963958260", "text": "Two years later, in a note to Mr. Carret, he said, \"You are the *Lou Gehrig* of /investing/.\"", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0810374_0", "date": "1995-11-20", "sourceId": "Q80938", "sourceLabel": "John Travolta", "sourceImId": "John_Travolta_Deauville_2013_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b7/John_Travolta_Deauville_2013_2.jpg/180px-John_Travolta_Deauville_2013_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1995/11/20/0810374", "aUrlId": "9C05EEDE1339F933A15752C1A963958260", "text": "Said Patrick Lang, a World Cup coordinator: \"I'm sure he would like to be the *John Travolta* of /skiing/.", "author": "Lloyd, Barbara;", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0811451_0", "date": "1995-11-26", "sourceId": "Q2586583", "sourceLabel": "Henny Youngman", "sourceImId": "Henny_Youngman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/23/Henny_Youngman.jpg/180px-Henny_Youngman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/11/26/0811451", "aUrlId": "9F07E5DC1039F935A15752C1A963958260", "text": "In his first two-year term, Mr. Peters, a short, stocky man of 47 with graying hair and graying mustache, has firmly established himself as the *Henny Youngman* of /the mayoral business/, the city hall king of the one-liners.", "author": "Ryan, Bill", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0812887_0", "date": "1995-12-03", "sourceId": "Q5679", "sourceLabel": "Lord Byron", "sourceImId": "George_Gordon_Byron,_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg/180px-George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/12/03/0812887", "aUrlId": "9D05E4D71139F930A35751C1A963958260", "text": "MADAME, you will live, and you will be the *Lord Byron* of /France/,\" Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand wrote prophetically to George Sand after reading  her novel \"Lelia\" in 1833.", "author": "Goreau, Angeline", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0813152_0", "date": "1995-12-03", "sourceId": "Q8743", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Edison", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg/180px-Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/12/03/0813152", "aUrlId": "9C07E1DE1E39F930A35751C1A963958260", "text": "Clearly, Mr. Gingrich was the *Thomas Edison* of /Gopac/, and he was comfortable  with the language of the entrepreneurs on his team.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0813441_0", "date": "1995-12-04", "sourceId": "Q216810", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "King_Kong_(1933)_movie_poster_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg/180px-King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/12/04/0813441", "aUrlId": "9B0CE1DB1E39F937A35751C1A963958260", "text": "Like the light confetti snowfall that caps the 90-minute entertainment, this  \"Christmas Carol\" lingers in the memory not so much for Dickens's sentimental sermon on human kindness or for the music and lyrics, but rather for the visual  candies that abound: purple corpses with orange chains flying over the stage, ghosts emerging from smoky fireplaces, pale gray tombstones rising against the London skyline and the *King Kong* of /turkeys/.", "author": "Van Gelder, Lawrence", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0815065_0", "date": "1995-12-10", "sourceId": "Q270648", "sourceLabel": "P. D. James", "sourceImId": "PD_James_Cologne.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7f/PD_James_Cologne.JPG/180px-PD_James_Cologne.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/12/10/0815065", "aUrlId": "9B03E1D81F39F933A25751C1A963958260", "text": "Although the author has been called \"the *P. D. James* of /Japan/,\" the characters in this psychological suspense tale indulge in irrational behavior that would get them committed, if not arrested, in a James novel.", "author": "Stasio, Marilyn", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0815068_0", "date": "1995-12-10", "sourceId": "Q182580", "sourceLabel": "Shirley Temple", "sourceImId": "Temple_Black_1990.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/50/Temple_Black_1990.jpg/180px-Temple_Black_1990.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/12/10/0815068", "aUrlId": "9C06E0D81F39F933A25751C1A963958260", "text": "THIS enthralling, heartbreaking book restores to attention Philippa Schuyler, child prodigy of the 1930's, pianist, composer, Harlem's Mozart, \"the *Shirley Temple* of /American Negroes/.\"", "author": "Rose, Phyllis", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0816796_0", "date": "1995-12-17", "sourceId": "Q23380", "sourceLabel": "Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres", "sourceImId": "Ingres,_Self-portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/94/Ingres%2C_Self-portrait.jpg/180px-Ingres%2C_Self-portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/12/17/0816796", "aUrlId": "9E06E2DF1439F934A25751C1A963958260", "text": "When Mr. Freud was young, he was once called \"the *Ingres* of /existentialism/\" for his meticulous drawings of anxious figures.", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael;", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0816853_0", "date": "1995-12-18", "sourceId": "Q31073", "sourceLabel": "Walter Cronkite", "sourceImId": "Walter_Cronkite_(1985).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Walter_Cronkite_%281985%29.jpg/180px-Walter_Cronkite_%281985%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "1995/12/18/0816853", "aUrlId": "9E02E6DE1439F93BA25751C1A963958260", "text": "A Growth Industry  Orion Samuelson, the *Walter Cronkite* of /farm broadcasting/, has come a long way from Green Bay, Wis., where he read livestock prices on local TV, to the Tribune Tower in Chicago, where he is at the forefront of an increasingly technology-driven field.", "author": "", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0817116_0", "date": "1995-12-19", "sourceId": "Q36322", "sourceLabel": "Jane Austen", "sourceImId": "CassandraAusten-JaneAusten(c.1810)_hires.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/CassandraAusten-JaneAusten%28c.1810%29_hires.jpg/180px-CassandraAusten-JaneAusten%28c.1810%29_hires.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1995/12/19/0817116", "aUrlId": "9C00EFDC1439F93AA25751C1A963958260", "text": "The writer Stephen King, noting Mr. Ross's gift for character and witty dialogue, once called him \"the *Jane Austen* of /the political espionage story/.\"", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0817311_0", "date": "1995-12-20", "sourceId": "Q40032", "sourceLabel": "T. R. Knight", "sourceImId": "TR_Knight_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d2/TR_Knight_cropped.jpg/180px-TR_Knight_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1995/12/20/0817311", "aUrlId": "9407EFDA1439F933A15751C1A963958260", "text": "Maybe He's the *007* of /Hoops/", "author": "Wise, Mike;", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0818001_0", "date": "1995-12-24", "sourceId": "Q2923786", "sourceLabel": "Brandon Tartikoff", "sourceImId": "Brandon_Tartikoff_at_the_1988_Emmy_Awards.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/91/Brandon_Tartikoff_at_the_1988_Emmy_Awards.jpg/180px-Brandon_Tartikoff_at_the_1988_Emmy_Awards.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1995/12/24/0818001", "aUrlId": "9401EEDD1539F937A15751C1A963958260", "text": "Now he is in a position roughly equivalent to head of programming at a television network or production chief at a movie studio; he finds it an apt comparison when it's suggested that he might become the *Brandon Tartikoff* of /cyber-space/.", "author": "Kornbluth, Jesse", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0820352_0", "date": "1996-01-05", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/01/05/0820352", "aUrlId": "9E00E1DB1239F936A35752C0A960958260", "text": "SADLY, pedestrians are the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /New York transit/.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0822045_0", "date": "1996-01-12", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/01/12/0822045", "aUrlId": "9C05E5DD1039F931A25752C0A960958260", "text": "To which Edrick Van, a London dealer, replied, \"But I thought the Pope was the *Madonna* of /the art world/.\"", "author": "Vogel, Carol", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0823245_0", "date": "1996-01-17", "sourceId": "Q55800", "sourceLabel": "Oprah Winfrey", "sourceImId": "Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Oprah_in_2014.jpg/180px-Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/01/17/0823245", "aUrlId": "980CE2DB1139F934A25752C0A960958260", "text": "In stepped Ann Landers, the *Oprah Winfrey* of /newspapers/, who on Jan. 7 made the rare move of devoting her column to a book, describing \"The Right to Privacy\" as \"eye-opening and educational\" and \"well worth the money.\"", "author": "", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0823248_0", "date": "1996-01-17", "sourceId": "Q348011", "sourceLabel": "Joe Montana", "sourceImId": "Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8c/Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg/180px-Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/01/17/0823248", "aUrlId": "9807E1DB1139F934A25752C0A960958260", "text": "When a Guy starts cooking, he wants to be the *Joe Montana* of /mousse/, the Michael Jordan of  julienne, the Cal Ripken Jr. of roasting.", "author": "Kifner, John", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0823248_1", "date": "1996-01-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/01/17/0823248", "aUrlId": "9807E1DB1139F934A25752C0A960958260", "text": "When a Guy starts cooking, he wants to be the Joe Montana of mousse, the *Michael Jordan* of /julienne/, the Cal Ripken Jr. of roasting.", "author": "Kifner, John", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0824180_0", "date": "1996-01-20", "sourceId": "Q8027", "sourceLabel": "Martin Luther King, Jr.", "sourceImId": "Martin_Luther_King,_Jr..jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr..jpg/180px-Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr..jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/20/0824180", "aUrlId": "9B02E7DB1E39F933A15752C0A960958260", "text": "Mr. Gaston replied that what black people needed was \"a *Martin Luther King* of /economics/ who will fire the people up like they are being fired up for civil rights.\"", "author": "Stout, David", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0824224_0", "date": "1996-01-21", "sourceId": "Q319072", "sourceLabel": "Rush Limbaugh", "sourceImId": "Limbaugh_Award_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Limbaugh_Award_cropped.jpg/180px-Limbaugh_Award_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/01/21/0824224", "aUrlId": "9E02EEDA1339F932A15752C0A960958260", "text": "First off, thunders Cherry, the *Rush Limbaugh* of /hockey commentary/, \"I'll say that Ulf is a rough, tough player who's very effective.", "author": "Klein, Jeff Z", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0825044_0", "date": "1996-01-24", "sourceId": "Q11812", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Jefferson", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3f/Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg/180px-Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/24/0825044", "aUrlId": "980DE7DC1F39F937A15752C0A960958260", "text": "Last year's overnight sensation, Edward Burns of \"The Brothers McMullen,\" came out of nowhere and now has Jennifer Aniston acting in his new film and Robert Redford, the *Thomas Jefferson* of /Sundance/, helping as a creative consultant.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0825111_0", "date": "1996-01-24", "sourceId": "Q720558", "sourceLabel": "Joe Namath", "sourceImId": "Joe_Namath.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8a/Joe_Namath.jpg/180px-Joe_Namath.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/24/0825111", "aUrlId": "9B02E0DC1F39F937A15752C0A960958260", "text": "He was also asked: \"Are you the *Joe Namath* of /the 90's/?\"", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0825253_0", "date": "1996-01-25", "sourceId": "Q83359", "sourceLabel": "James Dean", "sourceImId": "James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a4/James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg/180px-James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/25/0825253", "aUrlId": "9C05EFD71639F936A15752C0A960958260", "text": "Mr. Cybulski's performance,  full of cynical bravado, established him as the *James Dean* of /Poland/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen;", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0825448_0", "date": "1996-01-25", "sourceId": "Q83359", "sourceLabel": "James Dean", "sourceImId": "James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a4/James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg/180px-James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/25/0825448", "aUrlId": "9E01E1DC103AF936A15752C0A960958260", "text": "Mr. Cybulski's performance, full of cynical bravado, established him as the *James Dean* of /Poland/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0825563_0", "date": "1996-01-26", "sourceId": "Q36107", "sourceLabel": "Muhammad Ali", "sourceImId": "Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/89/Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/26/0825563", "aUrlId": "9901E4D71F39F935A15752C0A960958260", "text": "It is titanium, the *Muhammad Ali* of /metals/ because it floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee and can take -- and deliver -- one heck of a punch.", "author": "Dorman, Larry", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0825822_0", "date": "1996-01-28", "sourceId": "Q8016", "sourceLabel": "Winston Churchill", "sourceImId": "Sir_Winston_S_Churchill.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Sir_Winston_S_Churchill.jpg/180px-Sir_Winston_S_Churchill.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/28/0825822", "aUrlId": "9C01E7DE1639F93BA15752C0A960958260", "text": "Have I told you I think Newt Gingrich is the *Winston Churchill* of /our age/?\"", "author": "Deparle, Jason;", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0826050_0", "date": "1996-01-28", "sourceId": "Q637200", "sourceLabel": "Henry Higgins", "sourceImId": "Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg/180px-Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/28/0826050", "aUrlId": "9F02E2DC1639F93BA15752C0A960958260", "text": "He's often referred to in the media as the *Henry Higgins* of /the black music world/.", "author": "Morris, Bob", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0826221_0", "date": "1996-01-28", "sourceId": "Q1889422", "sourceLabel": "Felix Unger", "sourceImId": "Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cd/Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG/180px-Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/28/0826221", "aUrlId": "9C03E3DA1639F93BA15752C0A960958260", "text": "But the final word rests with Mr. Dorian, a lifelong movie fan whose office  is a library of film books, who can't read or watch a film without a yellow note pad in his lap and who calls himself the *Felix Unger* of /collectors of movie-related tidbits/.", "author": "", "desk": "Television"},
{"id": "0826222_0", "date": "1996-01-28", "sourceId": "Q188385", "sourceLabel": "Gertrude Stein", "sourceImId": "Gertrude_Stein_1935-01-04.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/25/Gertrude_Stein_1935-01-04.jpg/180px-Gertrude_Stein_1935-01-04.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/28/0826222", "aUrlId": "980CE1D91139F93BA15752C0A960958260", "text": "Until recently, Mr. Koch held a kind of a salon for prominent New Yorkers on  Saturday evenings, as if he were the *Gertrude Stein* of /the late 20th century/.", "author": "Sontag, Deborah", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0826314_0", "date": "1996-01-29", "sourceId": "Q7933536", "sourceLabel": "Willie Sutton", "sourceImId": "Willie_Sutton.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "1/19/Willie_Sutton.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/29/0826314", "aUrlId": "9407E4DE1039F93AA15752C0A960958260", "text": "WHEN it comes to gulling the news media, Joey Skaggs is an undisputed pro, the *Willie Sutton* of /the counterfeit news release/.", "author": "Landler, Mark", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0826614_0", "date": "1996-01-31", "sourceId": "Q5709887", "sourceLabel": "Heloise", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/01/31/0826614", "aUrlId": "9E01E4D61639F932A05752C0A960958260", "text": "I didn't expect to be, like, the *Heloise* of /the 90's/, Mr. Green says, popping open the can of Spam.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0826617_0", "date": "1996-01-31", "sourceId": "Q44301", "sourceLabel": "Jim Morrison", "sourceImId": "Jim_Morrison_1969.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7f/Jim_Morrison_1969.JPG/180px-Jim_Morrison_1969.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/01/31/0826617", "aUrlId": "9B02E4D61639F932A05752C0A960958260", "text": "But \"Excess and Punishment,\" which opens today at the Film Forum, makes no attempt to lionize Schiele as the *Jim Morrison* of /Austrian Expressionists/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0827620_0", "date": "1996-02-04", "sourceId": "Q1111386", "sourceLabel": "Robert Moses", "sourceImId": "Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg/180px-Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/02/04/0827620", "aUrlId": "9900E0D61739F937A35751C0A960958260", "text": "Mr. Gill said he was delighted with the board's action, adding, \"Lee Koppelman is the *Robert Moses* of /Long Island/, and his support is very important.\"", "author": "Rather, John", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0827896_0", "date": "1996-02-05", "sourceId": "Q214477", "sourceLabel": "Julia Child", "sourceImId": "Julia_Child_portrait_by_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1996/02/05/0827896", "aUrlId": "9807E1DD1439F936A35751C0A960958260", "text": "But with his wife rapidly gaining a reputation as \"the *Julia Child* of /cookbook editors/\" and with their own jointly cooked meals becoming such a New York institution that the critic Stanley Kauffmann once described their East 66th Street apartment as \"the best restaurant in New York,\" Mr. Jones focused his writing increasingly on food.", "author": "Thomas, Robert Mcg Jr", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0828535_0", "date": "1996-02-08", "sourceId": "Q214800", "sourceLabel": "Calvin Klein", "sourceImId": "Calvin_Klein_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/Calvin_Klein_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Calvin_Klein_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/02/08/0828535", "aUrlId": "9E07E6D61439F93BA35751C0A960958260", "text": "Russell Colley, a thwarted women's fashion designer who used his consolation  career as a mechanical engineer to become the *Calvin Klein* of /space wear/, died on Sunday at the Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield, Ohio.", "author": "Thomas, Robert Mcg Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0828890_0", "date": "1996-02-10", "sourceId": "Q201608", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Rodman", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg/180px-Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1996/02/10/0828890", "aUrlId": "9C02E1DD1539F933A25751C0A960958260", "text": "But here she is anyway, the *Dennis Rodman* of /the running set/ with her spiked  haircut, an earring in her eyebrow, a tattoo of a rat on one leg and Edvard Munch's \"The Scream\" on the other.", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0828923_0", "date": "1996-02-10", "sourceId": "Q236278", "sourceLabel": "Tonya Harding", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/02/10/0828923", "aUrlId": "9804E7DC1539F933A25751C0A960958260", "text": "Peyton is the *Tanya Harding* of /the plot/, seething with lower-class resentments.", "author": "O'Connor, John J", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0829303_0", "date": "1996-02-11", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/02/11/0829303", "aUrlId": "9502E7D81539F932A25751C0A960958260", "text": "If H. G. Wells is the *Shakespeare* of /science fiction/, then Samuel R. Delany  is its James Joyce, said Prof. David Samuelson of California State University at Long Beach, who has been studying Mr. Delany's work for 20 years.", "author": "Goldberg, Carey", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0829501_0", "date": "1996-02-11", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/02/11/0829501", "aUrlId": "9A00E4D81139F932A25751C0A960958260", "text": "Mr. Dole is the *Mozart* of /resentment/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0831070_0", "date": "1996-02-18", "sourceId": "Q180099", "sourceLabel": "Margaret Mead", "sourceImId": "Margaret_Mead_(1901-1978).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/99/Margaret_Mead_%281901-1978%29.jpg/180px-Margaret_Mead_%281901-1978%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "No restrictions", "fId": "1996/02/18/0831070", "aUrlId": "9C01E6DA1339F93BA25751C0A960958260", "text": "Richard Curtis is the *Margaret Mead* of /Hell's Kitchen/, a \"street ethnographer.\"", "author": "Ramirez, Anthony", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0832619_0", "date": "1996-02-25", "sourceId": "Q214548", "sourceLabel": "Andy Williams", "sourceImId": "Andy_Williams_1963.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/Andy_Williams_1963.JPG/180px-Andy_Williams_1963.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/02/25/0832619", "aUrlId": "9905E7DE1139F936A15751C0A960958260", "text": "For a while he starred in on-location Christmas shows, making him the *Andy Williams* of /Long Island/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0832695_0", "date": "1996-02-25", "sourceId": "Q11813", "sourceLabel": "James Madison", "sourceImId": "James_Madison.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1d/James_Madison.jpg/180px-James_Madison.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/02/25/0832695", "aUrlId": "9C0CE0DE1139F936A15751C0A960958260", "text": "GARY SHAW of Greenlawn has become the *James Madison* of /Belarus/.", "author": "", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0833151_0", "date": "1996-02-28", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/02/28/0833151", "aUrlId": "9E07E3D91139F93BA15751C0A960958260", "text": "As portrayed by Sean Tierney, a copywriter at Deutsch, |Buzz| serves as *a Johnny Appleseed for* /flora/, pitching the benefits of buying flowers to men and women in everyday places like an airport, a dentist's office, a golf course and  a park.", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0833253_0", "date": "1996-02-28", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/02/28/0833253", "aUrlId": "9901E3D81139F93BA15751C0A960958260", "text": "It has dreamed up Buzz, |a portly young man| who will serve as *a Johnny Appleseed for* /flora/ in a two-year campaign with a $20 million budget.", "author": "", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0833973_0", "date": "1996-03-03", "sourceId": "Q269890", "sourceLabel": "Don Rickles", "sourceImId": "Don_Rickles_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/70/Don_Rickles_1.jpg/180px-Don_Rickles_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/03/03/0833973", "aUrlId": "9505EEDC1E39F930A35750C0A960958260", "text": "Albano called Margiotta the *Don Rickles* of /the Republican Party/, D'Amato recalls, then his shoulders start rocking, he whistles and throws his fist in the air exultantly, makes a hockey-game Whoooh noise followed by other stadium shouts.", "author": "Weiss, Philip Alfonse M D'Amato;", "desk": "his retired jersey, hanging behind one basket, had a better view. Pam,"},
{"id": "0834527_0", "date": "1996-03-05", "sourceId": "Q311885", "sourceLabel": "Patrick Henry", "sourceImId": "Patrick_henry.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ea/Patrick_henry.JPG/180px-Patrick_henry.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/03/05/0834527", "aUrlId": "9905E1D61E39F936A35750C0A960958260", "text": "He was even listed as a speaker at an April conference at Lake Tahoe that will include Louis Beam, who has served as an ambassador at large for the Aryan  Nations, a white supremacist group, and is described by admirers as \"the *Patrick Henry* of /our movement/.\"", "author": "Thomas, Jo", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0835139_0", "date": "1996-03-08", "sourceId": "Q314805", "sourceLabel": "Elliott Gould", "sourceImId": "6.20.09ElliotGould1SecondFilm.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d7/6.20.09ElliotGould1SecondFilm.jpg/180px-6.20.09ElliotGould1SecondFilm.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1996/03/08/0835139", "aUrlId": "9904EEDA1F39F93BA35750C0A960958260", "text": "All coy grins and daffy mugging, Mr. Stiller plays the role as if aspiring to become the *Elliott Gould* of /his generation/.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0835769_0", "date": "1996-03-10", "sourceId": "Q5604", "sourceLabel": "Frank Lloyd Wright", "sourceImId": "Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/99/Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg/180px-Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/03/10/0835769", "aUrlId": "9400E7D61F39F933A25750C0A960958260", "text": "Instead of coming upon a *Frank Lloyd Wright* of /the A.&P./", "author": "Hitt, Jack", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0836529_0", "date": "1996-03-14", "sourceId": "Q1399", "sourceLabel": "Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli", "sourceImId": "Ridolfo_del_Ghirlandaio_001.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2f/Ridolfo_del_Ghirlandaio_001.jpg/180px-Ridolfo_del_Ghirlandaio_001.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/03/14/0836529", "aUrlId": "9C07E6DE1639F937A25750C0A960958260", "text": "For Bennett S. LeBow, the *Niccolo Machiavelli* of /the foxy deal/, yesterday's agreement to settle a giant class-action lawsuit against his Liggett Group tobacco company is being viewed as his masterpiece.", "author": "Collins, Glenn;", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0837444_0", "date": "1996-03-17", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1996/03/17/0837444", "aUrlId": "9C0DE3DF1739F934A25750C0A960958260", "text": "He talked of being the *Tyson* of /virtually another era/.", "author": "Eskenazi, Gerald;", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0837471_0", "date": "1996-03-17", "sourceId": "Q888302", "sourceLabel": "Bob Vila", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/03/17/0837471", "aUrlId": "9C0DEFDF1739F934A25750C0A960958260", "text": "The 34-year-old Mr. Bunting likes to say he is the *Bob Vila* of /computerdom/,  but he more closely resembles Susan Powter as a marketing phenonmenon.", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0838761_0", "date": "1996-03-24", "sourceId": "Q299331", "sourceLabel": "Mario Lanza", "sourceImId": "Mario_Lanza_Pinkerton.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Mario_Lanza_Pinkerton.jpg/180px-Mario_Lanza_Pinkerton.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/03/24/0838761", "aUrlId": "9C00EFDC1439F937A15750C0A960958260", "text": "And I was not the *Mario Lanza* of /the school/.", "author": "Wetzler, Cynthia Magriel;", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0839428_0", "date": "1996-03-26", "sourceId": "Q212531", "sourceLabel": "Kate Moss", "sourceImId": "KateMoss.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/KateMoss.jpg/180px-KateMoss.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/03/26/0839428", "aUrlId": "980CE1DF1539F935A15750C0A960958260", "text": "With his melting posture, moody eroticism and haunted gaze, Mr. Malkovich bids fair to become the *Kate Moss* of /acting/.", "author": "Brantley, Ben;", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0839520_0", "date": "1996-03-27", "sourceId": "Q212963", "sourceLabel": "Samuel Adams", "sourceImId": "SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg/180px-SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/03/27/0839520", "aUrlId": "9F07E1DE1539F934A15750C0A960958260", "text": "One told me I was the *Sam Adams* of /the Middle East/, Mr. Khoury said, grinning.", "author": "Macfarquhar, Neil", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0840002_0", "date": "1996-03-29", "sourceId": "Q457840", "sourceLabel": "Will Rogers", "sourceImId": "Will_Rogers_-_1940s_-_color.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5b/Will_Rogers_-_1940s_-_color.JPG/180px-Will_Rogers_-_1940s_-_color.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/03/29/0840002", "aUrlId": "9B01E3D91539F93AA15750C0A960958260", "text": "The National Rifle Association -- the *Will Rogers* of /lobbying groups/, having never met a gun it didn't like -- wanted all semiautomatics back on the market, and a House majority was happy to accommodate it.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0840751_0", "date": "1996-04-01", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/04/01/0840751", "aUrlId": "9F0CE0DB1039F932A35757C0A960958260", "text": "As the critic Molly Haskell puts it, \"He was the *Leonardo* of /cinema/, and she was his Mona Lisa.\"", "author": "O'Connor, John J Marlene Dietrich;", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0841523_0", "date": "1996-04-05", "sourceId": "Q62975", "sourceLabel": "Sharon Stone", "sourceImId": "Sharon_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Sharon_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg/180px-Sharon_Stone_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1996/04/05/0841523", "aUrlId": "9402E7DD1339F936A35757C0A960958260", "text": "Watch out for the variety called Painted Fingers, a *Sharon Stone* of /a plant/ with fuchsia-tipped leaves that scrape the air above a selection of Vuitton bags.", "author": "Muschamp, Herbert", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0842318_0", "date": "1996-04-08", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/04/08/0842318", "aUrlId": "9F04E4DF1039F93BA35757C0A960958260", "text": "In the year that has passed since Mr. Salinas was last seen publicly, he has  become the *Elvis* of /former presidents/.", "author": "Depalma, Anthony;", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0842399_0", "date": "1996-04-08", "sourceId": "Q1631", "sourceLabel": "\u00c9dith Piaf", "sourceImId": "\u00c9dith_Piaf_914-6440.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2a/%C3%89dith_Piaf_914-6440.jpg/180px-%C3%89dith_Piaf_914-6440.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1996/04/08/0842399", "aUrlId": "9D06E6DE1039F93BA35757C0A960958260", "text": "In a place like the Monkey Bar, I had to be able to play everything from tangos  to the songs of Om Kalsoum,\" the late singer he described as \"the *Edith Piaf* of  /Egypt/.\"", "author": "Brozan, Nadine", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0842911_0", "date": "1996-04-11", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/04/11/0842911", "aUrlId": "9C05E3D91039F932A25757C0A960958260", "text": "in 25  1/3 innings) and won 44 games for the Texas Rangers over the last three years to the former Mets pitcher's 15, Rogers has inexplicably been treated like the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the Yankee staff/.", "author": "Curry, Jack;", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0843912_0", "date": "1996-04-15", "sourceId": "Q505850", "sourceLabel": "Rube Goldberg", "sourceImId": "Rube_Goldberg_1928.png", "sourceImThumb": "8/85/Rube_Goldberg_1928.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/04/15/0843912", "aUrlId": "9C04EFD81139F936A25757C0A960958260", "text": "|He| rejected all machinery except the typewriter and the letter bomb, becoming a *Rube Goldberg* of /destruction/, a technologist who spent 17 years perfecting his murderous craft.", "author": "Rothstein, Edward", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0845200_0", "date": "1996-04-21", "sourceId": "Q93188", "sourceLabel": "Errol Flynn", "sourceImId": "Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Errol_Flynn1.jpg/180px-Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/04/21/0845200", "aUrlId": "9905EEDF1F39F932A15757C0A960958260", "text": "This prideful detachment was, of course, a mask: though one friend admiringly called him \"the *Errol Flynn* of /losers/,\" others realized that Wilder was simply too unsure of his own gifts to make the fullest use of them.", "author": "Teachout, Terry", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0845244_0", "date": "1996-04-21", "sourceId": "Q319072", "sourceLabel": "Rush Limbaugh", "sourceImId": "Limbaugh_Award_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Limbaugh_Award_cropped.jpg/180px-Limbaugh_Award_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/04/21/0845244", "aUrlId": "9F0DE4DE1F39F932A15757C0A960958260", "text": "Harry Hurley is \"the *Rush Limbaugh* of /Atlantic City/,\" said a competing morning talk radio host, Don Williams of WOND-AM, whose dominance of 14,000 listeners has been challenged by Mr. Hurley's growing popularity.", "author": "Kent, Bill", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0845834_0", "date": "1996-04-24", "sourceId": "Q216810", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "King_Kong_(1933)_movie_poster_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg/180px-King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/04/24/0845834", "aUrlId": "9906E2D81F39F937A15757C0A960958260", "text": "Starbucks, the *King Kong* of /coffee bars/, is starting to move into the supermarket ice cream displays.", "author": "", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0846131_0", "date": "1996-04-25", "sourceId": "Q23", "sourceLabel": "George Washington", "sourceImId": "Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg/180px-Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/04/25/0846131", "aUrlId": "9F02EEDF1639F936A15757C0A960958260", "text": "To me, David Ben-Gurion is the *George Washington* of /the State of Israel/ and Jackie Kennedy was the queen of the United States, he said.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0846208_0", "date": "1996-04-25", "sourceId": "Q3106664", "sourceLabel": "T. Berry Brazelton", "sourceImId": "T_Berry_Brazleton.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/91/T_Berry_Brazleton.jpg/180px-T_Berry_Brazleton.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/04/25/0846208", "aUrlId": "9A0DE1D61F39F936A15757C0A960958260", "text": "I just treat them like children, said Mrs. MacDougall, the *T. Berry Brazelton* of /the decorating world/.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0846470_0", "date": "1996-04-27", "sourceId": "Q193070", "sourceLabel": "Matt Dillon", "sourceImId": "Matt_Dillon_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/78/Matt_Dillon_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg/180px-Matt_Dillon_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/04/27/0846470", "aUrlId": "9501E7DB1639F934A15757C0A960958260", "text": "|He| is a *Matt Dillon* for /the 90's/, who in one recent episode actually saved an innocent man from a lynch mob.", "author": "James, Caryn", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0846499_0", "date": "1996-04-27", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/04/27/0846499", "aUrlId": "9500E4DB1639F934A15757C0A960958260", "text": "He won such wide acclaim that he was sometimes called \"the *Picasso* of /commercial artists/,\" and his work was included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian Institution.", "author": "Thomas, Robert Mcg Jr", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0848246_0", "date": "1996-05-05", "sourceId": "Q1277029", "sourceLabel": "Red Skelton", "sourceImId": "Red_Skelton_1960.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Red_Skelton_1960.jpg/180px-Red_Skelton_1960.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/05/05/0848246", "aUrlId": "9D01E5DD1439F936A35756C0A960958260", "text": "Prof. P. Jeffrey Hopkins of the University of Virginia, Thurman's colleague and fellow translator, calls him \"the *Red Skelton* of /Tibetan Buddhism/.\"", "author": "Kamenetz, Rodger;", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0848296_0", "date": "1996-05-05", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "1996/05/05/0848296", "aUrlId": "950CE0DD1439F936A35756C0A960958260", "text": "She was hailed as \"clearly the *Mother Teresa* of /the small screen/.\"", "author": "O'Connor, John J;", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0848305_0", "date": "1996-05-05", "sourceId": "Q658874", "sourceLabel": "Ernest Gallo", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/05/05/0848305", "aUrlId": "940DEFDD1439F936A35756C0A960958260", "text": "Dr. Herodotus Damianos, Pindar's owner, is *the Ernest  Gallo of* /the North Fork/.", "author": "Goldberg, Howard G", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0848753_0", "date": "1996-05-06", "sourceId": "Q1001", "sourceLabel": "Mahatma Gandhi", "sourceImId": "Portrait_Gandhi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Portrait_Gandhi.jpg/180px-Portrait_Gandhi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/05/06/0848753", "aUrlId": "9C05E1D81439F935A35756C0A960958260", "text": "Elsewhere, the 36-year-old candidate has been mobbed by enthusiastic lower-caste villagers who seem delighted by her description of herself as \"the *Gandhi* of /Mirzapur/\" -- meaning Mohandas K. Gandhi, the leader of India's freedom struggle and, most Indians would say, the greatest of all its crusaders for the  poor.", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0848805_0", "date": "1996-05-06", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/05/06/0848805", "aUrlId": "9806E6D71439F935A35756C0A960958260", "text": "Why, Perhaps, It's Called Classical  If television is the *Elvis* of /communications technologies/ and the Internet is Nirvana, radio is more like Bach.", "author": "", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0848831_0", "date": "1996-05-06", "sourceId": "Q203990", "sourceLabel": "Marie Taglioni", "sourceImId": "Maria_Taglioni_Kriehuber.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Maria_Taglioni_Kriehuber.jpg/180px-Maria_Taglioni_Kriehuber.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/05/06/0848831", "aUrlId": "940CE4D71439F935A35756C0A960958260", "text": "Ms. Kent has become the *Marie Taglioni* of /the 1990's/, but with spunk, a dancer whose poetic lyricism calls to mind descriptions of that great 19th-century ballerina.", "author": "Dunning, Jennifer", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0849224_0", "date": "1996-05-08", "sourceId": "Q5950", "sourceLabel": "James Brown", "sourceImId": "Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Jamesbrown4.jpg/180px-Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/05/08/0849224", "aUrlId": "990CE4DD1539F93BA35756C0A960958260", "text": "He's the *James Brown* of /salsa/, with a tightly choreographed set and precise pop arrangements for his tunes.", "author": "Watrous, Peter", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0849554_0", "date": "1996-05-10", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/05/10/0849554", "aUrlId": "9404E0DA1539F933A25756C0A960958260", "text": "Mr. Burry is the *Michael Jordan* of /integrating insurance and health care/, so he commands a pretty big salary, said William Silverman, a spokesman for Blue Cross.", "author": "", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0850533_0", "date": "1996-05-14", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/05/14/0850533", "aUrlId": "9806EEDA1239F937A25756C0A960958260", "text": "In 1980, three years after he founded the Croquet Association, the governing body of the sport in the United States, Mr. Osborn said, \"I look forward to the  time when I can go from one city to another, 52 weeks a year, like the *Johnny Appleseed* of /croquet/.\"", "author": "Van Gelder, Lawrence", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0851153_0", "date": "1996-05-17", "sourceId": "Q720", "sourceLabel": "Genghis Khan", "sourceImId": "Genghis_Khan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4e/Genghis_Khan.jpg/180px-Genghis_Khan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/05/17/0851153", "aUrlId": "9D0CE6DD1339F934A25756C0A960958260", "text": "At the fireside, Mr. Dlamini told the story of Shaka, the *Genghis Khan* of /the Zulus/, from his illegitimate birth in a minor clan to his leadership of armies that swept southern Africa in the early 19th century.", "author": "Mcneil, Donald G Jr", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0851475_0", "date": "1996-05-19", "sourceId": "Q201608", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Rodman", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg/180px-Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1996/05/19/0851475", "aUrlId": "9C00E3DA1339F93AA25756C0A960958260", "text": "You could tell she was the *Dennis Rodman* of /mountain biking/.", "author": "Browne, David", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0851798_0", "date": "1996-05-19", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/05/19/0851798", "aUrlId": "9F03EED71339F93AA25756C0A960958260", "text": "Mrs. Benenson, some of whose supporters see her as officious, even imperious, expresses responsibility to the tranquil oasis created in 1831 by |Samuel Ruggles|, a *Trump* of /his time/.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0852275_0", "date": "1996-05-21", "sourceId": "Q42992", "sourceLabel": "Golda Meir", "sourceImId": "Golda_Meir_03265u.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/90/Golda_Meir_03265u.jpg/180px-Golda_Meir_03265u.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/05/21/0852275", "aUrlId": "9504EFDC1039F932A15756C0A960958260", "text": "Some people say Claire Shulman is the *Golda Meir* of /Queens/, said John S. Dyson, the outgoing Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Finance, responsible for cultural financing.", "author": "Belluck, Pam", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0852275_1", "date": "1996-05-21", "sourceId": "Q5125309", "sourceLabel": "Claire Shulman", "sourceImId": "Claire_Shulman_2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b3/Claire_Shulman_2012.jpg/180px-Claire_Shulman_2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/05/21/0852275", "aUrlId": "9504EFDC1039F932A15756C0A960958260", "text": "I say Golda Meir was the *Claire Shulman* of  /Israel/.", "author": "Belluck, Pam", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0853475_0", "date": "1996-05-26", "sourceId": "Q1168491", "sourceLabel": "Charlie Brown", "sourceImId": "Linus_and_Charlie_Brown.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Linus_and_Charlie_Brown.jpg/180px-Linus_and_Charlie_Brown.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/05/26/0853475", "aUrlId": "9506E6D91139F935A15756C0A960958260", "text": "Still, this is New Jersey, the *Charlie Brown* of /franchises/, where high expectations get tangled like a kite in a tree, where \"good grief\" is a normal post-game comment.", "author": "Roberts, Selena", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0853767_0", "date": "1996-05-28", "sourceId": "Q723274", "sourceLabel": "John Robinson", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/05/28/0853767", "aUrlId": "9F05E6D61139F93BA15756C0A960958260", "text": "If I could be remembered as the *John Robinson* of /my generation/, he said, \"that would be high praise.\"", "author": "Niebuhr, Gustav", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0854862_0", "date": "1996-06-02", "sourceId": "Q310839", "sourceLabel": "Adlai Stevenson I", "sourceImId": "Adlai_Ewing_Stevenson_I_head-on-shoulders.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/Adlai_Ewing_Stevenson_I_head-on-shoulders.jpg/180px-Adlai_Ewing_Stevenson_I_head-on-shoulders.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/06/02/0854862", "aUrlId": "9A06E4DF1F39F931A35755C0A960958260", "text": "It should have been no great surprise that a significant majority of  Israeli Jews would vote their fears in an anxious time, finding Mr. Peres, whose aloofness and political stumbles make him the *Adlai Stevenson* of /Israeli politics/, less credible on the issue that mattered most to them: security.", "author": "Erlanger, Steven;", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0855013_0", "date": "1996-06-02", "sourceId": "Q327071", "sourceLabel": "Paul Revere", "sourceImId": "J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg/180px-J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/06/02/0855013", "aUrlId": "940CEFDE1F39F931A35755C0A960958260", "text": "In his role as the *Paul Revere* for /demographic dangers/, |Mr. Lamm| said the New Deal ought to be overhauled and entitlements curbed.", "author": "Tollerson, Ernest", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0856237_0", "date": "1996-06-09", "sourceId": "Q313697", "sourceLabel": "Ross Perot", "sourceImId": "RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/RossPerotColor.jpg/180px-RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1996/06/09/0856237", "aUrlId": "950CE3DB1639F93AA35755C0A960958260", "text": "He's the *Ross Perot* of /East Hampton/, said Bruce Moore, owner of Bruce's Seafood market.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0856351_0", "date": "1996-06-09", "sourceId": "Q8743", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Edison", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg/180px-Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/06/09/0856351", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1DA1639F93AA35755C0A960958260", "text": "It said that since there seems to be a  general consensus that Gates is the *Edison* of /his day/, you ought to hit him up for money.", "author": "Strunsky, Steve", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0857201_0", "date": "1996-06-12", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/06/12/0857201", "aUrlId": "9D04E4DB1739F931A25755C0A960958260", "text": "I call Lexmark the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /printer companies/, said Steve Milunovich, an analyst at Morgan Stanley & Company, which co-managed the company's November offering.", "author": "Zuckerman, Laurence", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0857282_0", "date": "1996-06-12", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/06/12/0857282", "aUrlId": "9403E1D6173EF931A25755C0A960958260", "text": "I call Lexmark the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /printer companies/,'' said Steve Milunovich, an analyst at Morgan Stanley & Company, which co-managed the company's November offering.", "author": "Zuckerman, Laurence", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0857512_0", "date": "1996-06-13", "sourceId": "Q1111386", "sourceLabel": "Robert Moses", "sourceImId": "Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg/180px-Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/06/13/0857512", "aUrlId": "9C06EFDA1739F930A25755C0A960958260", "text": "Whatever their origin, it is unlikely the walks came about without the permission, if not the involvement, of William H. Reynolds, the *Robert Moses* of  /Long Beach/.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0857634_0", "date": "1996-06-14", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/06/14/0857634", "aUrlId": "9A0DE7D81739F937A25755C0A960958260", "text": "He said he would bid on free agents \"if the *Michael Jordan* of /hockey/\" becomes available.", "author": "Lapointe, Joe", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0858002_0", "date": "1996-06-16", "sourceId": "Q1398", "sourceLabel": "Virgil", "sourceImId": "Parco_della_Grotta_di_Posillipo5_(crop).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/Parco_della_Grotta_di_Posillipo5_%28crop%29.jpg/180px-Parco_della_Grotta_di_Posillipo5_%28crop%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/06/16/0858002", "aUrlId": "990DEFDF1439F935A25755C0A960958260", "text": "A historian and journalist by training, he has nonetheless striven for years to bear witness to Montana history in fiction, and to become if not the Homer at least the *Virgil* of /generations of Scots who migrated to northwestern Montana before and after it became a state in 1889/.", "author": "Foote, Timothy", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0859503_0", "date": "1996-06-23", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/06/23/0859503", "aUrlId": "9504EFDB1539F930A15755C0A960958260", "text": "But Kevin J. Kinsella, known as the *P. T. Barnum* of /biotech/,  has come very close to living the myth.", "author": "Fisher, Lawrence M", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0859504_0", "date": "1996-06-23", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/06/23/0859504", "aUrlId": "9B07EFDB1539F930A15755C0A960958260", "text": "INVESTING IT /Page 4/ Kevin J. Kinsella, known as the *P. T. Barnum* of /biotech/, sees genomics as the basis of all future drug discovery.", "author": "", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0860266_0", "date": "1996-06-26", "sourceId": "Q7322", "sourceLabel": "Christopher Columbus", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_a_Man,_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Portrait_of_a_Man%2C_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_a_Man%2C_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/06/26/0860266", "aUrlId": "9903E0DD1239F935A15755C0A960958260", "text": "Our goal is to be the *Christopher Columbus* of /doner/.\"", "author": "Kinzer, Stephen", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0860364_0", "date": "1996-06-26", "sourceId": "Q12306", "sourceLabel": "Millard Fillmore", "sourceImId": "Millard_Fillmore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/Millard_Fillmore.jpg/180px-Millard_Fillmore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/06/26/0860364", "aUrlId": "940DE0DC1239F935A15755C0A960958260", "text": "Ayh lived only a few more years and seems to have been the *Millard Fillmore* of /Pharoahs/.", "author": "Stout, David", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0862081_0", "date": "1996-07-03", "sourceId": "Q312348", "sourceLabel": "Thurgood Marshall", "sourceImId": "Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg/180px-Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/07/03/0862081", "aUrlId": "9B07EED61339F930A35754C0A960958260", "text": "Her decision, in fact, can be read in several ways, and not all of the interpretations are easy to reconcile with the vision of equal-treatment feminism that she championed as the *Thurgood Marshall* of /the women's movement in the 1970's/.", "author": "Rosen, Jeffrey Antonin Scalia;", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0862461_0", "date": "1996-07-05", "sourceId": "Q95034", "sourceLabel": "John Barrymore", "sourceImId": "John_Barrymore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/16/John_Barrymore.jpg/180px-John_Barrymore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/07/05/0862461", "aUrlId": "9B0CE0DC1039F936A35754C0A960958260", "text": "FOR most of this century, the Hudson has been the *John Barrymore* of /rivers/, noble in profile but a sorry wreck.", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0862685_0", "date": "1996-07-06", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/07/06/0862685", "aUrlId": "9502E7D91039F935A35754C0A960958260", "text": "Precious is her name, but at the plate she is the power lady, the *Babe Ruth* of /a no-nonsense league/.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0862725_0", "date": "1996-07-06", "sourceId": "Q327071", "sourceLabel": "Paul Revere", "sourceImId": "J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg/180px-J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/07/06/0862725", "aUrlId": "9506E5DB1E39F935A35754C0A960958260", "text": "Ms. Turock, 59, blond, with a voice like honey, has been called \"the *Paul Revere* of /the Information Age/\" by the Librarian of Congress, James Billington.", "author": "Smith, Dinitia", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0863379_0", "date": "1996-07-09", "sourceId": "Q11812", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Jefferson", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3f/Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg/180px-Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/07/09/0863379", "aUrlId": "9404E4DC1139F93AA35754C0A960958260", "text": "And I guess you could say Frank Thomas is the *Thomas Jefferson* of /baseball/.\"", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0864251_0", "date": "1996-07-14", "sourceId": "Q497827", "sourceLabel": "Sam Walton", "sourceImId": "SamWalton-1936.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/SamWalton-1936.jpg/180px-SamWalton-1936.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/07/14/0864251", "aUrlId": "9506E6DD1E39F937A25754C0A960958260", "text": "Though little known to the general public, Dobson is the *Sam Walton* of /the family values movement/, a distributor with unparalleled reach.", "author": "Deparle, Jason;", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0866407_0", "date": "1996-07-21", "sourceId": "Q7245", "sourceLabel": "Mark Twain", "sourceImId": "MarkTwain.LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/31/MarkTwain.LOC.jpg/180px-MarkTwain.LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/07/21/0866407", "aUrlId": "980CE1D61F39F932A15754C0A960958260", "text": "The image I always have is, this is a  river town, and he's like the *Mark Twain* of /early music/.", "author": "Oestreich, James R", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0867025_0", "date": "1996-07-25", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/07/25/0867025", "aUrlId": "9903E7DF1739F936A15754C0A960958260", "text": "meetings and bridge parties, folding chairs, the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the home-furnishings world/, are stashed in a closet when not in use.", "author": "Trucco, Terry", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0867603_0", "date": "1996-07-27", "sourceId": "Q190924", "sourceLabel": "Michael Johnson", "sourceImId": "Michael_Johnson_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/Michael_Johnson_2008.jpg/180px-Michael_Johnson_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/07/27/0867603", "aUrlId": "9C07EEDA1739F934A15754C0A960958260", "text": "Godina, competing in his first Games, considered himself the *Michael Johnson* of /shot-putters/.", "author": "Rhoden, William C", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0867931_0", "date": "1996-07-28", "sourceId": "Q1261570", "sourceLabel": "Frank Gifford", "sourceImId": "FrankGifford.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "4/48/FrankGifford.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/07/28/0867931", "aUrlId": "9C0DE4D61739F93BA15754C0A960958260", "text": "There were potshots at other commentators, most notably John Tesh, whom Todd  called \"the *Frank Gifford* of /gymnastics/.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0868645_0", "date": "1996-07-31", "sourceId": "Q7416", "sourceLabel": "Margaret Thatcher", "sourceImId": "Margaret_Thatcher_stock_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Margaret_Thatcher_stock_portrait.jpg/180px-Margaret_Thatcher_stock_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1996/07/31/0868645", "aUrlId": "9F07E1DA1439F932A05754C0A960958260", "text": "For Benjamin Netanyahu, the conservative new Prime Minister, cutting those subsidies and slashing that work force rank high in a quest to become the *Margaret Thatcher* of /Israel/.", "author": "Jehl, Douglas", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0869199_0", "date": "1996-08-03", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/08/03/0869199", "aUrlId": "9F06EEDD103FF930A3575BC0A960958260", "text": "And, of course, the *Michael Jordan* of /Brazilian basketball for the past 20 years/, has simply been known as Oscar.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0869687_0", "date": "1996-08-04", "sourceId": "Q190924", "sourceLabel": "Michael Johnson", "sourceImId": "Michael_Johnson_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/Michael_Johnson_2008.jpg/180px-Michael_Johnson_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/08/04/0869687", "aUrlId": "9A03EEDF1E3FF937A3575BC0A960958260", "text": "It's one thing to win a gold medal, but the way he dominated, he was the *Michael Johnson* of /the tennis field/ today.''", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0869846_0", "date": "1996-08-05", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/08/05/0869846", "aUrlId": "9806E5DD163EF936A3575BC0A960958260", "text": "And like a *Martha Stewart* of /the classroom/, |she| had tips for any occasion: dividing up the teachers for an exercise, she noted that a quick way to place children in groups is to deal out a deck of cards and then call out a grouping based on cards drawn.", "author": "Judson, George", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0870148_0", "date": "1996-08-08", "sourceId": "Q2171232", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "Reggae_artist_King_Kong_in_2007_(2).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/32/Reggae_artist_King_Kong_in_2007_%282%29.jpg/180px-Reggae_artist_King_Kong_in_2007_%282%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/08/08/0870148", "aUrlId": "9401E2DB143EF93BA3575BC0A960958260", "text": "|CLIFF| is tethered at three angles, a *King Kong* among /Rottweilers/.", "author": "Koenig, Sarah", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0870295_0", "date": "1996-08-09", "sourceId": "Q103767", "sourceLabel": "Charlie Parker", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/82/Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/08/09/0870295", "aUrlId": "9E07E4DF123EF93AA3575BC0A960958260", "text": "But for all its admiration, ''Basquiat'' winds up no closer to that assessment than to the critic Robert Hughes's more jaundiced one: ''Far from being the *Charlie Parker* of /SoHo/ (as his promoters claimed), he became its Jessica Savitch.''", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0870300_0", "date": "1996-08-09", "sourceId": "Q43423", "sourceLabel": "Aesop", "sourceImId": "Vel\u00e1zquez_-_Esopo_(Museo_del_Prado,_1639-41).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a7/Vel%C3%A1zquez_-_Esopo_%28Museo_del_Prado%2C_1639-41%29.jpg/180px-Vel%C3%A1zquez_-_Esopo_%28Museo_del_Prado%2C_1639-41%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/08/09/0870300", "aUrlId": "9F04E0DF123EF93AA3575BC0A960958260", "text": "Eric Rohmer's ''Rendezvous in Paris'' is an oasis of contemplative intelligence in the summer movie season, presenting three graceful and elegant parables with the moral agility that distinguishes Mr. Rohmer as the *Aesop* of /amour/.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0870316_0", "date": "1996-08-09", "sourceId": "Q213550", "sourceLabel": "Billy Graham", "sourceImId": "Billy_Graham_bw_photo,_April_11,_1966.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e0/Billy_Graham_bw_photo%2C_April_11%2C_1966.jpg/180px-Billy_Graham_bw_photo%2C_April_11%2C_1966.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/08/09/0870316", "aUrlId": "9D06E1DC123EF93AA3575BC0A960958260", "text": "As in the past, the preponderance are Venetian pictures: Tiepolos, Guardis, Canalettos and a Jacopo Bellini that is surgically precise, and movingly so: a small depiction of the sallow, toothless and hollow-eyed St. Bernardino of Siena, who as a popular preacher was something like the *Billy Graham* of /Bellini's day/.", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0870605_0", "date": "1996-08-11", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/08/11/0870605", "aUrlId": "9401E0DA163EF932A2575BC0A960958260", "text": "The scullery maid was the lowest position,'' Ms. Maher said, ''like the *Cinderella* of /the place/.''", "author": "Liebenson, Bess", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0870785_0", "date": "1996-08-11", "sourceId": "Q132524", "sourceLabel": "Ayn Rand", "sourceImId": "Ayn_Rand.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Ayn_Rand.png/180px-Ayn_Rand.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1996/08/11/0870785", "aUrlId": "9B03E2DA133EF932A2575BC0A960958260", "text": "That would probably be bearable if the books weren't getting progressively less readable; but she's the *Ayn Rand* of /the spirit realm/.", "author": "Mendelsohn, Daniel", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0871265_0", "date": "1996-08-13", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/08/13/0871265", "aUrlId": "9C03EFDF1731F930A2575BC0A960958260", "text": "The people who ran things four years ago are out, and people who made Republican images in happier days are back -- people like Michael J. Deaver, the *Michelangelo* of /the balloon drop/, and the joint impresarios here, William I. Greener 3d and Paul J. Manafort, who both made their names in the 1980's, heyday of Ronald Reagan.", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0871746_0", "date": "1996-08-16", "sourceId": "Q55800", "sourceLabel": "Oprah Winfrey", "sourceImId": "Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Oprah_in_2014.jpg/180px-Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/08/16/0871746", "aUrlId": "9A00E3DB1E31F935A2575BC0A960958260", "text": "They bemoaned its dearth of fresh ideas and its reliance on the technological and dramatic capabilities of television, epitomized by Elizabeth Dole's performance as the *Oprah Winfrey* of /nominating night/.", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0872309_0", "date": "1996-08-19", "sourceId": "Q5928", "sourceLabel": "Jimi Hendrix", "sourceImId": "Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ae/Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png/180px-Jimi_Hendrix_1967.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "1996/08/19/0872309", "aUrlId": "9A05E7DC1730F93AA2575BC0A960958260", "text": "He even tried to be the *Jimi Hendrix* of /the harp/, performing a distorted solo version of ''The Star-Spangled Banner,'' complete with modulated feedback.", "author": "Strauss, Neil", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0872803_0", "date": "1996-08-22", "sourceId": "Q40504", "sourceLabel": "Jim Carrey", "sourceImId": "Jim_Carrey_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8b/Jim_Carrey_2008.jpg/180px-Jim_Carrey_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/08/22/0872803", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D81030F931A1575BC0A960958260", "text": "America's flashiest extrovert, the *Jim Carrey* of /capitalism/, has gone existential on us.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0873205_0", "date": "1996-08-25", "sourceId": "Q136687", "sourceLabel": "Tommy Hilfiger", "sourceImId": "TommyHilfiger.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4e/TommyHilfiger.JPG/180px-TommyHilfiger.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1996/08/25/0873205", "aUrlId": "9800E6DB1639F936A1575BC0A960958260", "text": "We consider Mossimo the *Tommy Hilfiger* of /Generation X/.''", "author": "Brush, Michael", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0873229_0", "date": "1996-08-25", "sourceId": "Q357676", "sourceLabel": "Jack Kemp", "sourceImId": "JackKempCropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/JackKempCropped.jpg/180px-JackKempCropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/08/25/0873229", "aUrlId": "9B04E1DC1739F936A1575BC0A960958260", "text": "Throw in his stocky build and silvery hair, and |Mr. Mandl| comes across almost like a *Jack Kemp* for /the Rotary Club crowd/.", "author": "Landler, Mark", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0873390_0", "date": "1996-08-25", "sourceId": "Q106465", "sourceLabel": "John Grisham", "sourceImId": "John_Grisham_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f6/John_Grisham_crop.jpg/180px-John_Grisham_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/08/25/0873390", "aUrlId": "9403E7D71530F936A1575BC0A960958260", "text": "And this was before, of course, I knew that Jane Austen was going to turn out to be the *John Grisham* of /the Romantic novel set/.''", "author": "Purdum, Todd S", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0873426_0", "date": "1996-08-25", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/08/25/0873426", "aUrlId": "9C0DE1DD1330F936A1575BC0A960958260", "text": "But alas, the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /Saddle River/ got no enduring respect from the Clintons.", "author": "Buckley, Christopher", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0873568_0", "date": "1996-08-26", "sourceId": "Q234952", "sourceLabel": "Betsy Ross", "sourceImId": "RossBetsy.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/RossBetsy.jpg/180px-RossBetsy.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/08/26/0873568", "aUrlId": "9F0DE3D61439F935A1575BC0A960958260", "text": "Sometimes called the *Betsy Ross* of /the personal computer/, Ms. Kare did path-breaking work on the original Macintosh in the early 1980's,  including the image of a miniature Mac with a smiley face that greets users when the machine is turned on, and the trash can.", "author": "Zuckerman, Laurence", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0873866_0", "date": "1996-08-28", "sourceId": "Q103774", "sourceLabel": "Ravi Shankar", "sourceImId": "Ravi_Shankar_2009_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c1/Ravi_Shankar_2009_crop.jpg/180px-Ravi_Shankar_2009_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1996/08/28/0873866", "aUrlId": "9901E6D61339F93BA1575BC0A960958260", "text": "Gazing fondly at his creations with a mysterious, beatific smile, Mr. Romano was obviously the *Ravi Shankar* of /tomato chefs/.", "author": "Hamlin, Suzanne", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0874139_0", "date": "1996-08-29", "sourceId": "Q521145", "sourceLabel": "Mario Cuomo", "sourceImId": "GovernorMarioCuomo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/33/GovernorMarioCuomo.jpg/180px-GovernorMarioCuomo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/08/29/0874139", "aUrlId": "9C04E6D71E39F93AA1575BC0A960958260", "text": "Conceivably, Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, 53, though he is turning away from elective politics for the moment and may end up as the *Mario Cuomo* of /his generation/.", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0874232_0", "date": "1996-08-30", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/08/30/0874232", "aUrlId": "9C00E4D61F39F933A0575BC0A960958260", "text": "She became known as the *Cinderella* of /the Sweatshops/ because after she interviewed James Graham Phelps Stokes, a millionaire who helped run University Settlement, he asked her to marry him.", "author": "Greenhouse, Steven", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0875285_0", "date": "1996-09-04", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/09/04/0875285", "aUrlId": "9D06E3D81138F937A3575AC0A960958260", "text": "|Edberg| always showed up, a *Cal Ripken* of /the courts/.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0875520_0", "date": "1996-09-06", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/09/06/0875520", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5DA163BF935A3575AC0A960958260", "text": "Mr. Bregovich, partly sarcastic, partly serious and partly flushed from the wine, replied, ''I am the *John Wayne* of /the restaurant frontier/.''", "author": "Strauss, Neil", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0875849_0", "date": "1996-09-08", "sourceId": "Q448496", "sourceLabel": "Deborah Tannen", "sourceImId": "Deborah_Tannen_at_the_Kennedy_Center_-_cropped_and_black_and_white.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/17/Deborah_Tannen_at_the_Kennedy_Center_-_cropped_and_black_and_white.jpg/180px-Deborah_Tannen_at_the_Kennedy_Center_-_cropped_and_black_and_white.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/09/08/0875849", "aUrlId": "9F01E2D71138F93BA3575AC0A960958260", "text": "Delpit, who won a MacArthur ''genius'' grant in 1990, is the *Deborah Tannen* of /school reform/, explaining to many white educators why ''you just don't understand.''", "author": "Mosle, Sara", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0877245_0", "date": "1996-09-15", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/09/15/0877245", "aUrlId": "9F0CE0DB1E3BF936A2575AC0A960958260", "text": "If you're picturing me grilling my eggplant at home all week because I can't compete with Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg for a table at Della Femina's (He's that big bald advertising guy who's kind of the *Donald Trump* of /East Hampton/), forget it.", "author": "", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0877451_0", "date": "1996-09-15", "sourceId": "Q55800", "sourceLabel": "Oprah Winfrey", "sourceImId": "Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Oprah_in_2014.jpg/180px-Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/09/15/0877451", "aUrlId": "9B0CEEDD143AF936A2575AC0A960958260", "text": "4  For talk, news and advice on everything from cooking to culture, listeners turn to the *Oprah Winfrey* of /Korean radio/.", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0877682_0", "date": "1996-09-16", "sourceId": "Q3308115", "sourceLabel": "Michael Clark", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/09/16/0877682", "aUrlId": "9405E5D6123AF935A2575AC0A960958260", "text": "Joaquin Cortes, a 27-year-old flamenco dancer who is being marketed by his management as the equivalent of a rock star, turns out to be the *Michael Clark* of /Spanish dance/.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0878125_0", "date": "1996-09-19", "sourceId": "Q296698", "sourceLabel": "Costa-Gavras", "sourceImId": "Costa-Gavras_C\u00e9sar_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c9/Costa-Gavras_C%C3%A9sar_2018.jpg/180px-Costa-Gavras_C%C3%A9sar_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1996/09/19/0878125", "aUrlId": "9401E3DD1F3AF93AA2575AC0A960958260", "text": "Not just the *Costa-Gavras* of /European contemporary dance/, Mr. Bruce has previously turned to the theme of ''the disappeared'' in Latin America.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0878601_0", "date": "1996-09-22", "sourceId": "Q613136", "sourceLabel": "Walter Reed", "sourceImId": "WalterReed.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4e/WalterReed.jpeg/180px-WalterReed.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/09/22/0878601", "aUrlId": "9506E4DF113AF931A1575AC0A960958260", "text": "Harry Hamlin is attractive as the adult John, the one-time wastrel who miraculously redeems himself as the *Walter Reed* of /an off-stage fever epidemic/.", "author": "Canby, Vincent", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0879966_0", "date": "1996-09-29", "sourceId": "Q102462", "sourceLabel": "James Stewart", "sourceImId": "Annex_-_Stewart,_James_(Call_Northside_777)_01.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e8/Annex_-_Stewart%2C_James_%28Call_Northside_777%29_01.jpg/180px-Annex_-_Stewart%2C_James_%28Call_Northside_777%29_01.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/09/29/0879966", "aUrlId": "9A07E7DE163CF93AA1575AC0A960958260", "text": "AMY HECKERLING, WHO wrote and directed ''Clueless'' and calls Mr. Pope ''the *Jimmy Stewart* of /D.P./", "author": "Bandon, Alexandra", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0880417_0", "date": "1996-09-30", "sourceId": "Q4912331", "sourceLabel": "Billy Carter", "sourceImId": "Jimmy_and_Billy_Carter_trimmed.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Jimmy_and_Billy_Carter_trimmed.jpg/180px-Jimmy_and_Billy_Carter_trimmed.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/09/30/0880417", "aUrlId": "9C02EFD9103CF933A0575AC0A960958260", "text": "And North Wilkesboro has always had a reputation as the *Billy Carter* of /Nascar tracks/: not a place to go on a first date.", "author": "Siano, Joseph", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0881092_0", "date": "1996-10-04", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/10/04/0881092", "aUrlId": "9906E3D6153FF937A35753C1A960958260", "text": "In its award citation, the Swedish Academy noted that Ms. Szymborska has been described as ''the *Mozart* of /poetry/, not without justice in view of her wealth of inspiration and the veritable ease with which her words seem to fall into place.''", "author": "Perlez, Jane", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0881370_0", "date": "1996-10-06", "sourceId": "Q436187", "sourceLabel": "George Raft", "sourceImId": "George_Raft_in_Invisible_Stripes_trailer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7a/George_Raft_in_Invisible_Stripes_trailer.jpg/180px-George_Raft_in_Invisible_Stripes_trailer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/10/06/0881370", "aUrlId": "9803E1DE153DF935A35753C1A960958260", "text": "James Mont, dapper and mustachioed, was the *George Raft* of /American design/, a carnation in his buttonhole and brass knuckles in his pocket.", "author": "Owens, Mitchell", "desk": "Home Design Magazine"},
{"id": "0882026_0", "date": "1996-10-08", "sourceId": "Q887520", "sourceLabel": "Harold Stassen", "sourceImId": "Harold_E._Stassen.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Harold_E._Stassen.jpg/180px-Harold_E._Stassen.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/10/08/0882026", "aUrlId": "9400E5DF163EF93BA35753C1A960958260", "text": "Now, after accidents of circumstance, the *Harold Stassen* of /Utah/ may be poised to represent the state's Second Congressional District, which includes most of Salt Lake County.", "author": "Brooke, James", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0882093_0", "date": "1996-10-08", "sourceId": "Q215777", "sourceLabel": "Hank Aaron", "sourceImId": "Hank_Aaron.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Hank_Aaron.jpg/180px-Hank_Aaron.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/10/08/0882093", "aUrlId": "9F0CE3D9163EF93BA35753C1A960958260", "text": "He's the *Hank Aaron* of /tax increasers/.''", "author": "Seelye, Katharine Q", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0884346_0", "date": "1996-10-20", "sourceId": "Q83359", "sourceLabel": "James Dean", "sourceImId": "James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a4/James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg/180px-James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/10/20/0884346", "aUrlId": "9C03EFDF1531F933A15753C1A960958260", "text": "Valentino was the *James Dean* of /the silent period/,'' said Michael Edelson, a film historian who teaches at the State University at Stony Brook.", "author": "Delatiner, Barbara", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0884732_0", "date": "1996-10-20", "sourceId": "Q317638", "sourceLabel": "Jimmy Hoffa", "sourceImId": "James_R._Hoffa_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6f/James_R._Hoffa_NYWTS.jpg/180px-James_R._Hoffa_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1996/10/20/0884732", "aUrlId": "9401E1DF1630F933A15753C1A960958260", "text": "Etiquette will continue to be the *Jimmy Hoffa* of /belief systems/ for as long as your publication endorses the notion that French fries, asparagus and shrimp are hand foods.", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0887445_0", "date": "1996-11-03", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/11/03/0887445", "aUrlId": "9904E4DB1F39F930A35752C1A960958260", "text": "She has been the *Rosa Parks* of /the gay and lesbian movement in Queens/,'' said Mr. Dromm, co-chairman of the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee.", "author": "Lii, Jane H", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0888251_0", "date": "1996-11-07", "sourceId": "Q7317", "sourceLabel": "Giuseppe Verdi", "sourceImId": "Tournachon,_Gaspard-F\u00e9lix_-_Giuseppe_Verdi_(1813-1901)_(Zeno_Fotografie).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/74/Tournachon%2C_Gaspard-F%C3%A9lix_-_Giuseppe_Verdi_%281813-1901%29_%28Zeno_Fotografie%29.jpg/180px-Tournachon%2C_Gaspard-F%C3%A9lix_-_Giuseppe_Verdi_%281813-1901%29_%28Zeno_Fotografie%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/11/07/0888251", "aUrlId": "9D07E5DA1E38F934A35752C1A960958260", "text": "As a curtain raiser for his stewardship in Washington, he could scarcely have come up with a more exotic production than the 1860's adventure-romance in the rain forest by Antonio Carlos Gomes, who was known as ''the *Verdi* of /Brazil/.''", "author": "Blumenthal, Ralph", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0888802_0", "date": "1996-11-10", "sourceId": "Q368866", "sourceLabel": "Joe Orton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/11/10/0888802", "aUrlId": "9900EFD61E38F933A25752C1A960958260", "text": "Ms. Eisenman, 30, is a social satirist, sort of the *Joe Orton* of /visual artists/.", "author": "Harris, William", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0889510_0", "date": "1996-11-13", "sourceId": "Q34851", "sourceLabel": "Elizabeth Taylor", "sourceImId": "Taylor,_Elizabeth_posed.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Taylor%2C_Elizabeth_posed.jpg/180px-Taylor%2C_Elizabeth_posed.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/11/13/0889510", "aUrlId": "9B05E1DB113BF930A25752C1A960958260", "text": "Bijan wants Jordan to be the *Elizabeth Taylor* of /men's fragrances/ -- not the now-retired Gabriela Sabatini, whose Gabriela perfume is no Chanel No.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0890270_0", "date": "1996-11-17", "sourceId": "Q214477", "sourceLabel": "Julia Child", "sourceImId": "Julia_Child_portrait_by_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1996/11/17/0890270", "aUrlId": "9C05E0D71F3BF934A25752C1A960958260", "text": "We began with Escoffier and were influenced by Alice Waters,'' said Markus Peter, referring to the *Julia Child* of /Berkeley, Calif./, who championed the use of organic and locally grown produce.", "author": "Schumer, Fran", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0890745_0", "date": "1996-11-19", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/11/19/0890745", "aUrlId": "9C07E4DB103AF93AA25752C1A960958260", "text": "She was the *Jackie Robinson* of /tennis/, being first and doing it with so much pride and dignity.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0890930_0", "date": "1996-11-20", "sourceId": "Q954184", "sourceLabel": "Deion Sanders", "sourceImId": "Deion_Sanders_2011_CROP.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7f/Deion_Sanders_2011_CROP.jpg/180px-Deion_Sanders_2011_CROP.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1996/11/20/0890930", "aUrlId": "9A0CEFDE1E3AF933A15752C1A960958260", "text": "Mr. Brown, who reveled in his reputation as the *Deion Sanders* of /city government/ -- brashness and talent in equal measure -- has responded in an uncharacteristic way: he apologized.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0891496_0", "date": "1996-11-24", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/11/24/0891496", "aUrlId": "9C01E0DC1E3AF937A15752C1A960958260", "text": "Having once sold farmers' digests to feed stores, the *Henry Ford* of /journalism/ returned to America from World War I and began his new magazine in 1922, condensing articles in longhand in the New York Public Library, typing them up and delivering the pieces by hand to a mail train for the printers; by the late 1920's, subscriptions were being handled by the Pleasantville Women's Club, and by 1936, unfazed by the Depression, his secular Good News Bible was reaching 1.8 million readers.", "author": "Iyer, Pico", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0891519_0", "date": "1996-11-24", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/11/24/0891519", "aUrlId": "9C06E3D91E3AF937A15752C1A960958260", "text": "Then, raising ambivalence to the level of an art form, Mr. Milazzo suggests that Realism has become the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /categories/ because more bad art is committed in its name than in those of Abstraction and Conceptualism.", "author": "Raynor, Vivien", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0891559_0", "date": "1996-11-24", "sourceId": "Q8704", "sourceLabel": "Walt Disney", "sourceImId": "Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walt_Disney_1946.JPG/180px-Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/11/24/0891559", "aUrlId": "9F07E2D61F3AF937A15752C1A960958260", "text": "Osamu Tezuka, known as the *Walt Disney* of /Japan/, developed the modern Japanese form of comics and animation in the decades after World War II.", "author": "", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0891933_0", "date": "1996-11-25", "sourceId": "Q5431219", "sourceLabel": "Faith Popcorn", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/11/25/0891933", "aUrlId": "9F07EFDD133DF936A15752C1A960958260", "text": "Salon, a publication on the World Wide Web, called him the *Faith Popcorn* of /his generation/, promoting youth trends with pop slogans of dubious validity.", "author": "Gabriel, Trip", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0893152_0", "date": "1996-12-02", "sourceId": "Q182882", "sourceLabel": "John James Audubon", "sourceImId": "John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg/180px-John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/12/02/0893152", "aUrlId": "9E0DE5D6123CF931A35751C1A960958260", "text": "Dazzlingly brilliant watercolors of more than 70 different kinds of North American trout, done from photographs of fish freshly caught (and quickly to be released) by the artist, who is still in his teens, is an undergraduate at Yale and is successfully filling the need for an *Audubon* of /fish/.", "author": "Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0893306_0", "date": "1996-12-03", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/12/03/0893306", "aUrlId": "9D03E4D8103CF930A35751C1A960958260", "text": "But a new study from Hotwired, the Internet media service of Wired Ventures Inc., concludes that banner advertising perhaps ought not to be considered the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /interactive advertising/.", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0893389_0", "date": "1996-12-04", "sourceId": "Q272929", "sourceLabel": "Rosie O'Donnell", "sourceImId": "Rosie_O'Donnell_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8c/Rosie_O%27Donnell_2.jpg/180px-Rosie_O%27Donnell_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1996/12/04/0893389", "aUrlId": "9C05E7DC113CF937A35751C1A960958260", "text": "Ms. Rosenberg writes like the *Rosie O'Donnell* of /cookie makers/, which can be a little scary.", "author": "Hamlin, Suzanne", "desk": "Living Desk"},
{"id": "0893750_0", "date": "1996-12-06", "sourceId": "Q253384", "sourceLabel": "Loretta Young", "sourceImId": "Loretta_Young_in_She_Had_to_Say_Yes_trailer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Loretta_Young_in_She_Had_to_Say_Yes_trailer.jpg/180px-Loretta_Young_in_She_Had_to_Say_Yes_trailer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/12/06/0893750", "aUrlId": "9B07E5DD173FF935A35751C1A960958260", "text": "I'm the *Loretta Young* of /drag/.''", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0894123_0", "date": "1996-12-08", "sourceId": "Q452206", "sourceLabel": "Judith Krantz", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/12/08/0894123", "aUrlId": "9F06E0D71E3CF93BA35751C1A960958260", "text": "One book that lives way beyond its potential is A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS (Topaz/Dutton Signet, $14.95), by Heather Graham, who turns out to be the *Judith Krantz* of /holiday fiction/.", "author": "Plunket, Robert", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0894534_0", "date": "1996-12-09", "sourceId": "Q7226", "sourceLabel": "Joan of Arc", "sourceImId": "Contemporaine_afb_jeanne_d_arc.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/Contemporaine_afb_jeanne_d_arc.png/180px-Contemporaine_afb_jeanne_d_arc.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/12/09/0894534", "aUrlId": "9D06E7DA133FF93AA35751C1A960958260", "text": "|She| enraged conservatives and became something of a *Joan of Arc* among /moderates/ in 1994 when she mounted a futile bid for the chairmanship of the state party.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0895003_0", "date": "1996-12-12", "sourceId": "Q60029", "sourceLabel": "Oskar Schindler", "sourceImId": "Schindler,_Oskar.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/38/Schindler%2C_Oskar.jpg/180px-Schindler%2C_Oskar.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/12/12/0895003", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DB163EF931A25751C1A960958260", "text": "But to me, John Rabe is the *Oskar Schindler* of /China/, another example of good in the face of evil.''", "author": "Chen, David W", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0896612_0", "date": "1996-12-20", "sourceId": "Q51516", "sourceLabel": "John Madden", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/12/20/0896612", "aUrlId": "9B01EED71431F933A15751C1A960958260", "text": "He spoke with his usual candor, and his partner, Verne Lundquist, thought he might eventually become ''the *John Madden* of /basketball announcers/.''", "author": "Friend, Tom", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0896911_0", "date": "1996-12-22", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/12/22/0896911", "aUrlId": "9500E3D61F3EF931A15751C1A960958260", "text": "His 16-by-8-foot sign, ''DEMILITARIZED ZONE - AHEAD,'' made him the *Picasso* of /the regiment/.", "author": "", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0896921_0", "date": "1996-12-22", "sourceId": "Q453251", "sourceLabel": "Horatio Alger", "sourceImId": "Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg/180px-Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1996/12/22/0896921", "aUrlId": "9806E2DE1631F931A15751C1A960958260", "text": "He is the *Horatio Alger* of /the sexual revolution/, a poor Kentucky boy who parlays a string of seedy Ohio strip joints into a porn publishing empire, getting rich and having fun while thumbing his nose at the establishment.", "author": "Bernstein, Nina", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0897637_0", "date": "1996-12-26", "sourceId": "Q75021", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Mason", "sourceImId": "JackieMasonOct06.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/20/JackieMasonOct06.jpg/180px-JackieMasonOct06.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1996/12/26/0897637", "aUrlId": "9A04E1D91F31F935A15751C1A960958260", "text": "That had to be part of the equation,'' she said, adding that her spiritual adviser was ''the *Jackie Mason* of /rabbinic law/, very funny, very brilliant.''", "author": "", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0897644_0", "date": "1996-12-26", "sourceId": "Q21511391", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Edison", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1996/12/26/0897644", "aUrlId": "9500E6D81F31F935A15751C1A960958260", "text": "|David| is an *Edison* of /magic/!''", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0897742_0", "date": "1996-12-27", "sourceId": "Q172140", "sourceLabel": "Michael Crichton", "sourceImId": "MichaelCrichton.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/MichaelCrichton.jpg/180px-MichaelCrichton.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1996/12/27/0897742", "aUrlId": "9B05E0D81630F934A15751C1A960958260", "text": "Jules Verne was the *Michael Crichton* of /the 19th century/, a fabulist whose ability to link technology with imagination to create riveting pop-culture products was uncanny.", "author": "Bernstein, Richard", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0898757_0", "date": "1997-01-01", "sourceId": "Q183528", "sourceLabel": "Philip Johnson", "sourceImId": "Philip_Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/07/Philip_Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg/180px-Philip_Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/01/01/0898757", "aUrlId": "9A00EFD61130F932A35752C0A961958260", "text": "Institute of Fine Arts since 1967, refers to Michelozzo as ''the *Philip Johnson* of /the 15th century/.'')", "author": "Goldberger, Paul", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0898757_1", "date": "1997-01-01", "sourceId": "Q41508", "sourceLabel": "Ludwig Mies van der Rohe", "sourceImId": "Mies_van_der_Rohe_Portraet_1934.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Mies_van_der_Rohe_Portraet_1934.jpg/180px-Mies_van_der_Rohe_Portraet_1934.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/01/01/0898757", "aUrlId": "9A00EFD61130F932A35752C0A961958260", "text": "In 20th-century terms, if the visionary, uncompromising Brunelleschi was the *Mies van der Rohe* of /the quattrocento/, his follower Michelozzo was its pliant, agile Philip Johnson,'' Mr. Trachtenberg wrote.", "author": "Goldberger, Paul", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0898766_0", "date": "1997-01-01", "sourceId": "Q263007", "sourceLabel": "Neil Smith", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1997/01/01/0898766", "aUrlId": "9506E3DF1E30F932A35752C0A961958260", "text": "|Barker|, an unheralded three-year starter at left end from the Minnesota Vikings by way of Long Island, played like a *Neil Smith* of /the N.F.C./", "author": "Weiner, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0898946_0", "date": "1997-01-02", "sourceId": "Q392", "sourceLabel": "Bob Dylan", "sourceImId": "Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg/180px-Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/01/02/0898946", "aUrlId": "9A00E5DF1F30F931A35752C0A961958260", "text": "Singing and rapping amid the sonic detritus of four decades, the *Bob Dylan* of /the digital-sampling era/ ponders the death of modernism, the anxiety of influence and a ''karaoke weekend at the suicide shack,'' turning disorientation into a dance move.", "author": "Strauss, Neil", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0899132_0", "date": "1997-01-03", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/01/03/0899132", "aUrlId": "9401E3DF1739F930A35752C0A961958260", "text": "After all is said, after all is done, Sam Brach, Holocaust survivor, butcher, philanthropist, political power broker, supermarket pioneer, may well be remembered as the *Bill Gates* of /kosher in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens/.", "author": "Onishi, Norimitsu", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0899700_0", "date": "1997-01-05", "sourceId": "Q8704", "sourceLabel": "Walt Disney", "sourceImId": "Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walt_Disney_1946.JPG/180px-Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/01/05/0899700", "aUrlId": "9A00E3D6153EF936A35752C0A961958260", "text": "Buena Vista Home Entertainment, the distribution arm of Disney, recently acquired a library of Japanimation created by a man often hailed as ''the *Walt Disney* of /Japan/,'' Hiyao Miyazaki.", "author": "", "desk": "Education Life Supplement"},
{"id": "0901834_0", "date": "1997-01-15", "sourceId": "Q31073", "sourceLabel": "Walter Cronkite", "sourceImId": "Walter_Cronkite_(1985).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Walter_Cronkite_%281985%29.jpg/180px-Walter_Cronkite_%281985%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "1997/01/15/0901834", "aUrlId": "9C02E3D71138F936A25752C0A961958260", "text": "Palmer's enduring believability has, in fact, made him the *Walter Cronkite* of /sweat/.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0902211_0", "date": "1997-01-17", "sourceId": "Q392", "sourceLabel": "Bob Dylan", "sourceImId": "Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg/180px-Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/01/17/0902211", "aUrlId": "9A04E7DD173BF934A25752C0A961958260", "text": "Mr. Djordjevic (pronounced GEORGE-uh-vitch) has emerged as the *Bob Dylan* of /the protest movement that has swept Serbia since the Government's annulment of election victories by the opposition in 14 of the country's 18 largest cities/.", "author": "Hedges, Chris", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0902375_0", "date": "1997-01-18", "sourceId": "Q36724", "sourceLabel": "Attila", "sourceImId": "Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg/180px-Eugene_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_Attila_fragment.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/01/18/0902375", "aUrlId": "950DE1DC143BF93BA25752C0A961958260", "text": "It also isn't known why the local Shona people weren't living in cities when the hunter-explorer Adam Renders arrived in 1868, although this slice of Africa was in turmoil from droughts, disease, slavers and invasions by whites and by rival tribes fleeing the fierce empire-building of Shaka, the *Attila* of /Zululand/, hundreds of miles to the south.", "author": "Mcneil, Donald G Jr", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0904614_0", "date": "1997-01-26", "sourceId": "Q43203", "sourceLabel": "Clint Eastwood", "sourceImId": "ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/07/ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg/180px-ClintEastwoodCannesMay08.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1997/01/26/0904614", "aUrlId": "9C02EEDA123AF935A15752C0A961958260", "text": "As Mr. Dowlin arrived in San Francisco nine years ago, a local newspaper columnist suggested that the city would need the *Clint Eastwood* of /librarians/ to deal with its lawless athenaeum.", "author": "Golden, Tim", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0905330_0", "date": "1997-01-30", "sourceId": "Q392", "sourceLabel": "Bob Dylan", "sourceImId": "Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg/180px-Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/01/30/0905330", "aUrlId": "9E07E5DD163DF933A05752C0A961958260", "text": "In the late 1960's and early 70's, the English folk and rock singer Roy Harper was set to burst out of the underground and become the *Bob Dylan* of /the United Kingdom/.", "author": "Strauss, Neil", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0905488_0", "date": "1997-01-31", "sourceId": "Q333405", "sourceLabel": "Perry Como", "sourceImId": "Perry_Como_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/Perry_Como_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Perry_Como_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/01/31/0905488", "aUrlId": "9C06E0D7173DF932A05752C0A961958260", "text": "Kenny G. (whose last name is Gorelick) is the *Perry Como* of /saxophonists/, a crooner of comforting melodies, the musical equivalent of warm milk.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0907512_0", "date": "1997-02-09", "sourceId": "Q221535", "sourceLabel": "Eddie Vedder", "sourceImId": "EddieVedder.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5b/EddieVedder.jpg/180px-EddieVedder.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1997/02/09/0907512", "aUrlId": "9C05E7D91E3DF93AA35751C0A961958260", "text": "On the stark black-and-white cover of his next album, he is seen hunched over, staring grimly; its songs bemoaned his fame, making him the *Eddie Vedder* of /his day/.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0907989_0", "date": "1997-02-10", "sourceId": "Q289398", "sourceLabel": "Chris Mullin", "sourceImId": "Chris_Mullin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e0/Chris_Mullin.jpg/180px-Chris_Mullin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/02/10/0907989", "aUrlId": "9506E2DA103CF933A25751C0A961958260", "text": "He was going to be St. John's savior of the 90's, the *Chris Mullin* of /color/, except that Lopez's jump shot was never as feathery and he had no way of knowing that the tribe he was joining was about to be leveled by storm.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0909011_0", "date": "1997-02-15", "sourceId": "Q679120", "sourceLabel": "Don Mattingly", "sourceImId": "Don_Mattingly_Strikes_Out.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/92/Don_Mattingly_Strikes_Out.jpg/180px-Don_Mattingly_Strikes_Out.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1997/02/15/0909011", "aUrlId": "9D00E4DC123FF936A25751C0A961958260", "text": "|Kyle Clifton|, a gifted middle linebacker who never realized his dream of helping the Jets win a championship -- *a Don Mattingly of* /sorts/, in a helmet and shoulder pads -- announced his retirement yesterday after spending 13 seasons in the National Football League.", "author": "Mallozzi, Vincent M", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0909196_0", "date": "1997-02-16", "sourceId": "Q714250", "sourceLabel": "Shelby Foote", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1997/02/16/0909196", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DC1E3CF935A25751C0A961958260", "text": "I gradually began to conjure up the image of Joseph Ellis as the *Shelby Foote* of /the film/, recalling that sales of Mr. Foote's books had gone up exponentially after his bravura performance in the landmark Burns film on the Civil War.", "author": "Ellis, Joseph J (Prof)", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0909383_0", "date": "1997-02-16", "sourceId": "Q201034", "sourceLabel": "Lana Turner", "sourceImId": "Lana_Turner_1950_portrait.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Lana_Turner_1950_portrait.png/180px-Lana_Turner_1950_portrait.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/02/16/0909383", "aUrlId": "9507EEDD153FF935A25751C0A961958260", "text": "This is the *Lana Turner* of /the 1990's/?", "author": "Menkes, Suzy", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0909447_0", "date": "1997-02-16", "sourceId": "Q238948", "sourceLabel": "Typhoid Mary", "sourceImId": "Mary_Mallon_(Typhoid_Mary).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Mary_Mallon_%28Typhoid_Mary%29.jpg/180px-Mary_Mallon_%28Typhoid_Mary%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/02/16/0909447", "aUrlId": "9F01EEDF133FF935A25751C0A961958260", "text": "And unlike Riley, he isn't trying to divert us with Hamptons hair and Soho suits while he babbles pop sports psych (ironically, Riley may have been the *Typhoid Mary* of /the Knicks' ''Disease of Me''/) that distances all messages.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0909448_0", "date": "1997-02-16", "sourceId": "Q273076", "sourceLabel": "Wynton Marsalis", "sourceImId": "Wynton_Marsalis_free.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/Wynton_Marsalis_free.jpg/180px-Wynton_Marsalis_free.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1997/02/16/0909448", "aUrlId": "9801E7DE133FF935A25751C0A961958260", "text": "Cornicelli, who is a masterful caller, honked like the *Wynton Marsalis* of /goose hunting/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0909645_0", "date": "1997-02-17", "sourceId": "Q463673", "sourceLabel": "Regis Philbin", "sourceImId": "Regis_Philbin_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Regis_Philbin_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg/180px-Regis_Philbin_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1997/02/17/0909645", "aUrlId": "9804E1DA103FF934A25751C0A961958260", "text": "Some of this, of course, stems from the fact that 1996 was the *Regis Philbin* of /recent campaigns/: politics was omnipresent but so bland as to pass unnoticed.", "author": "Wines, Michael", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0909767_0", "date": "1997-02-18", "sourceId": "Q887520", "sourceLabel": "Harold Stassen", "sourceImId": "Harold_E._Stassen.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Harold_E._Stassen.jpg/180px-Harold_E._Stassen.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/02/18/0909767", "aUrlId": "9401E2DD113FF93BA25751C0A961958260", "text": "He's the *Harold Stassen* of /Daytona/.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0910736_0", "date": "1997-02-23", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/02/23/0910736", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D81E3FF930A15751C0A961958260", "text": "Bihzad was one: the Raphael, the Rembrandt, the *Picasso* of /Persia in his day/, the artist whose name was synonymous with art itself.", "author": "Cotter, Holland", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0910763_0", "date": "1997-02-23", "sourceId": "Q37693", "sourceLabel": "Paul Gauguin", "sourceImId": "Paul_Gauguin_111.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/Paul_Gauguin_111.jpg/180px-Paul_Gauguin_111.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/02/23/0910763", "aUrlId": "9B02E4DB163EF930A15751C0A961958260", "text": "Now she is the *Gauguin* of /Great Neck/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0910902_0", "date": "1997-02-23", "sourceId": "Q55800", "sourceLabel": "Oprah Winfrey", "sourceImId": "Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Oprah_in_2014.jpg/180px-Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1997/02/23/0910902", "aUrlId": "9504E4D8123EF930A15751C0A961958260", "text": "He was apparently forgetting that Ms. Winfrey is already the *Oprah Winfrey* of /literature/.", "author": "Bruni, Frank", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0913050_0", "date": "1997-03-03", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/03/03/0913050", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D71F31F930A35750C0A961958260", "text": "Ms. Haley said she found herself contemplating the contrast between such derisive comments with the more common praise for her mother, whom experts called the *Rosa Parks* of /the affordable housing movement/.", "author": "Smothers, Ronald", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0914501_0", "date": "1997-03-09", "sourceId": "Q720558", "sourceLabel": "Joe Namath", "sourceImId": "Joe_Namath.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8a/Joe_Namath.jpg/180px-Joe_Namath.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/03/09/0914501", "aUrlId": "980CE6D91E30F93AA35750C0A961958260", "text": "It's not just winning for us,'' said Mr. Sherwood, who has begun to fancy himself the *Joe Namath* of /bid whist/.", "author": "Lii, Jane H", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0916691_0", "date": "1997-03-19", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/03/19/0916691", "aUrlId": "9D04E6DD1138F93AA25750C0A961958260", "text": "Considered the *Rosa Parks* of /Cheyenne's anti-bomb movement/, Mrs. Laybourn was the lone voice of protest over the arrival of Atlas missiles at Warren's nuclear command in 1958.", "author": "Brooke, James", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0917392_0", "date": "1997-03-23", "sourceId": "Q1124", "sourceLabel": "Bill Clinton", "sourceImId": "Bill_Clinton_portrait_(2015).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/83/Bill_Clinton_portrait_%282015%29.jpg/180px-Bill_Clinton_portrait_%282015%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1997/03/23/0917392", "aUrlId": "9402E6D81139F930A15750C0A961958260", "text": "The story of ''Dashing Sally,'' as Mr. Ellis writes, is ''the longest-running mini-series in American history'' -- making Jefferson the *Bill Clinton* of /his time/.", "author": "Staples, Brent", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0917504_0", "date": "1997-03-23", "sourceId": "Q463975", "sourceLabel": "Cornelius Ryan", "sourceImId": "Cornelius_Ryan_and_Godfried_Bomans_1966.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Cornelius_Ryan_and_Godfried_Bomans_1966.jpg/180px-Cornelius_Ryan_and_Godfried_Bomans_1966.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "1997/03/23/0917504", "aUrlId": "9E0CE5DB1E38F930A15750C0A961958260", "text": "He might be called the *Cornelius Ryan* of /the Civil War/, producing the same sort of history-as-drama Ryan created with World War II books like ''The Longest Day'' and ''A Bridge Too Far.''", "author": "Slocum, Bill", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0918474_0", "date": "1997-03-27", "sourceId": "Q23434", "sourceLabel": "Ernest Hemingway", "sourceImId": "ErnestHemingway.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/ErnestHemingway.jpg/180px-ErnestHemingway.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/03/27/0918474", "aUrlId": "9B02E2DC163AF934A15750C0A961958260", "text": "They were led by Ms. O'Neill, the *Ernest Hemingway* of /bargain hunters/, whose militarily precise organizational abilities cause her husband to describe her as ''a force of nature.''", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Home Desk"},
{"id": "0918913_0", "date": "1997-03-29", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/03/29/0918913", "aUrlId": "9900E7DD133AF93AA15750C0A961958260", "text": "And when he's referred to as the *Michelangelo* of /coaching/, I really think that's a very appropriate term.''", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0920768_0", "date": "1997-04-06", "sourceId": "Q555370", "sourceLabel": "Ed McMahon", "sourceImId": "EdMcMahon05.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/49/EdMcMahon05.jpg/180px-EdMcMahon05.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1997/04/06/0920768", "aUrlId": "9A03EED91F3AF935A35757C0A961958260", "text": "Hank, the *Ed McMahon* of /the fictional talk show at the center of HBO's popular ''Larry Sanders Show,''/ suddenly became a devout Jew in one episode and angered his colleagues by insisting on wearing a yarmulke.", "author": "Sterngold, James", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0922363_0", "date": "1997-04-13", "sourceId": "Q230023", "sourceLabel": "Leslie Caron", "sourceImId": "Leslie_Caron-publicity.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fa/Leslie_Caron-publicity.JPG/180px-Leslie_Caron-publicity.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/04/13/0922363", "aUrlId": "9E07E5D6143CF930A25757C0A961958260", "text": "I  would have a beautiful little atelier, meet the *Leslie Caron* of /my life/, sit in a cafe and meet artists.", "author": "Strickland, Carol", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0922555_0", "date": "1997-04-13", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/04/13/0922555", "aUrlId": "9F00E4D8103CF930A25757C0A961958260", "text": "This remarkable man became the *Bill Gates* of /his era/ by electrifying streetcars, and went on to invent the railroad air brake system used today, and the modern elevator.", "author": "", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0922638_0", "date": "1997-04-13", "sourceId": "Q5603", "sourceLabel": "Andy Warhol", "sourceImId": "Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg/180px-Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/04/13/0922638", "aUrlId": "9401EFDF1E3CF930A25757C0A961958260", "text": "In blue slacks, polo-style shirt and white sneakers, Mr. Harris looks more like an off-duty accountant than the *Andy Warhol* of /Silicon Alley/, New York's new-media mecca.", "author": "Kushner, David", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0922983_0", "date": "1997-04-15", "sourceId": "Q344793", "sourceLabel": "George Burns", "sourceImId": "George_Burns_Allan_Warren.tif", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/George_Burns_Allan_Warren.tif/lossy-page1-180px-George_Burns_Allan_Warren.tif.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/04/15/0922983", "aUrlId": "9C0DE1DD163FF936A25757C0A961958260", "text": "That is not to say that Dr. Mayr cannot be charming, even pointedly humble, making practiced jokes about himself and his age, sounding like the *George Burns* of /evolutionary biology/.", "author": "Yoon, Carol Kaesuk", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "0923823_0", "date": "1997-04-19", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/04/19/0923823", "aUrlId": "9C0DE5DC1E3FF93AA25757C0A961958260", "text": "But the 21-year-old who is often described as the *Jackie Robinson* of /golf/ blew off Jackie Robinson -- and the Fan in Chief.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0924355_0", "date": "1997-04-20", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/04/20/0924355", "aUrlId": "9D03E7DF163EF933A15757C0A961958260", "text": "|Mr. Fuente| is widely considered a *da Vinci* of /the art car movement/.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0924364_0", "date": "1997-04-20", "sourceId": "Q3051017", "sourceLabel": "Ernie Banks", "sourceImId": "14_Ernie_Banks_Medal_of_Freedom_White_House.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1c/14_Ernie_Banks_Medal_of_Freedom_White_House.jpg/180px-14_Ernie_Banks_Medal_of_Freedom_White_House.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/04/20/0924364", "aUrlId": "9805E3DD163EF933A15757C0A961958260", "text": "On Sunday, he would like to become the *Ernie Banks* of /soccer/ with a let's-play-two approach to a doubleheader in Foxboro, Mass.", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0924370_0", "date": "1997-04-20", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/04/20/0924370", "aUrlId": "990CE1DB163EF933A15757C0A961958260", "text": "Some want to bill her as the *Tiger Woods* of /the L.P.G.A./", "author": "Drape, Joe", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0924920_0", "date": "1997-04-23", "sourceId": "Q721948", "sourceLabel": "Nolan Ryan", "sourceImId": "Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg/180px-Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/04/23/0924920", "aUrlId": "950DE5DC133EF930A15757C0A961958260", "text": "Yanks Obtain Rights to Irabu  After weeks of negotiations, New York acquired the rights to pitcher Hideki Irabu, who has been called the *Nolan Ryan* of /Japan/.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0925650_0", "date": "1997-04-27", "sourceId": "Q93157", "sourceLabel": "Eugene O'Neill", "sourceImId": "Eugene_O'Neill_1936.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Eugene_O%27Neill_1936.jpg/180px-Eugene_O%27Neill_1936.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/04/27/0925650", "aUrlId": "9B0DE5DD123EF934A15757C0A961958260", "text": "Theater columnists called him ''the *O'Neill* of /the 30's/.''", "author": "Shteir, Rachel", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0926511_0", "date": "1997-04-30", "sourceId": "Q1001", "sourceLabel": "Mahatma Gandhi", "sourceImId": "Portrait_Gandhi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Portrait_Gandhi.jpg/180px-Portrait_Gandhi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/04/30/0926511", "aUrlId": "9806EFD61331F933A05757C0A961958260", "text": "He's become the *Gandhi* of /Cuba/..''", "author": "Carvajal, Doreen", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0926963_0", "date": "1997-05-02", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/05/02/0926963", "aUrlId": "980DE4D71F31F931A35756C0A961958260", "text": "As Doby tells it, Veeck was more than just the *P. T. Barnum* of /baseball/, more than just exploding scoreboards and novelty acts, despite the indelible image of the midget Eddie Gaedel at bat.", "author": "Smith, Claire", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0927940_0", "date": "1997-05-06", "sourceId": "Q69066", "sourceLabel": "Jil Sander", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1997/05/06/0927940", "aUrlId": "9A06E2DE1330F935A35756C0A961958260", "text": "It's the *Jil Sander* of /bridal/ versus the Christian Lacroix of bridal.''", "author": "White, Constance C R", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0927940_1", "date": "1997-05-06", "sourceId": "Q350844", "sourceLabel": "Christian Lacroix", "sourceImId": "Christian_Lacroix_-_2018_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Christian_Lacroix_-_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Christian_Lacroix_-_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1997/05/06/0927940", "aUrlId": "9A06E2DE1330F935A35756C0A961958260", "text": "It's the Jil Sander of bridal versus the *Christian Lacroix* of /bridal/.''", "author": "White, Constance C R", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0929079_0", "date": "1997-05-11", "sourceId": "Q201608", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Rodman", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg/180px-Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1997/05/11/0929079", "aUrlId": "9F0DE5D71239F932A25756C0A961958260", "text": "Naturally, he likes Howard Stern, the *Rodman* of /radio/, much more than he likes David Stern, the National Basketball Association daddy figure, who will eventually be judged by how well he controls the stars who test him; maybe those box-office Roman candles needed hugs and spankings earlier.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0932244_0", "date": "1997-05-25", "sourceId": "Q1770885", "sourceLabel": "Knute Rockne", "sourceImId": "Knute_Rockne_on_ship's_deck.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e7/Knute_Rockne_on_ship%27s_deck.jpg/180px-Knute_Rockne_on_ship%27s_deck.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/05/25/0932244", "aUrlId": "9C03E2D9153BF936A15756C0A961958260", "text": "Sexton was the *Knute Rockne* of /debate/.", "author": "Traub, James", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0932244_1", "date": "1997-05-25", "sourceId": "Q3268056", "sourceLabel": "Mr. Chips", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1997/05/25/0932244", "aUrlId": "9C03E2D9153BF936A15756C0A961958260", "text": "He might well have spent his life as the *Mr. Chips* of /Brooklyn/, but in 1974 he applied to law school and accepted at Harvard after Laurence Tribe, an old friend from his debating days, intervened.", "author": "Traub, James", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
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{"id": "0932624_0", "date": "1997-05-26", "sourceId": "Q209989", "sourceLabel": "Hubert Humphrey", "sourceImId": "Hubert_Humphrey_vice_presidential_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/23/Hubert_Humphrey_vice_presidential_portrait.jpg/180px-Hubert_Humphrey_vice_presidential_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/05/26/0932624", "aUrlId": "9C03E2DE1F3BF935A15756C0A961958260", "text": "I'm taking my watch off because we're on a very tight schedule and I have the reputation of being the *Hubert Humphrey* of /the Republican Party/.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "0933739_0", "date": "1997-06-01", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/06/01/0933739", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D9153AF932A35755C0A961958260", "text": "Edison was the *Mozart* of /invention/, at a time that was the heyday of American inventors.''", "author": "Galant, Debra", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0934646_0", "date": "1997-06-04", "sourceId": "Q42013", "sourceLabel": "Anwar el Sadat", "sourceImId": "Anwar_Sadat_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b0/Anwar_Sadat_cropped.jpg/180px-Anwar_Sadat_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/06/04/0934646", "aUrlId": "9A06EFD6133DF937A35755C0A961958260", "text": "And Mr. Scruggs describes Mr. Myers as ''the *Anwar Sadat* of /the public health community/.''", "author": "Stolberg, Sheryl Gay", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0934955_0", "date": "1997-06-06", "sourceId": "Q450619", "sourceLabel": "Diana Vreeland", "sourceImId": "Diana_Vreeland_1978_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/77/Diana_Vreeland_1978_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert.jpg/180px-Diana_Vreeland_1978_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1997/06/06/0934955", "aUrlId": "940DE4D91E3DF935A35755C0A961958260", "text": "The complex aural and visual style of ''The Pillow Book'' involves rectangular insets that flash back to Sei Shonagon (a kind of Windows 995) and illustrate the imperious little lists that made her sound like the *Diana Vreeland* of /10th-century tastes/.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0935419_0", "date": "1997-06-08", "sourceId": "Q6183474", "sourceLabel": "Jerry Della Femina", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1997/06/08/0935419", "aUrlId": "9E03E2DB103DF93BA35755C0A961958260", "text": "He is becoming the *Jerry Della Femina* of /the western Hamptons/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0935919_0", "date": "1997-06-09", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/06/09/0935919", "aUrlId": "9802E6D8123CF93AA35755C0A961958260", "text": "Jeff Gordon is considered the *Tiger Woods* of /Nascar/, if only for his success at a relatively young age (25).", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0936888_0", "date": "1997-06-14", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1997/06/14/0936888", "aUrlId": "9B00E0DB123FF937A25755C0A961958260", "text": "Senate colleagues of Strom Thurmond, 94 years old, present him with baseball bat inscribed 'To the *Cal Ripken* of /the Senate/, 41 years, 10 months and still going strong'; photo (S)", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0937769_0", "date": "1997-06-17", "sourceId": "Q529276", "sourceLabel": "Studs Terkel", "sourceImId": "Studs_Terkel_-_1979-1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/Studs_Terkel_-_1979-1.jpg/180px-Studs_Terkel_-_1979-1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/06/17/0937769", "aUrlId": "9D02E5DD1F3FF934A25755C0A961958260", "text": "Mayhew was the *Studs Terkel* of /the 19th century/.", "author": "Gussow, Mel", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0937888_0", "date": "1997-06-18", "sourceId": "Q214477", "sourceLabel": "Julia Child", "sourceImId": "Julia_Child_portrait_by_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1997/06/18/0937888", "aUrlId": "990DE6DF163EF93BA25755C0A961958260", "text": "Thalassa Cruso, an authority on plants who was known as ''the *Julia Child* of /horticulture/'' for her common-sense if often loopy gardening programs on television in the 1960's, died on June 11 at Newton and Wellesley Alzheimer Center in Wellesley, Mass.", "author": "Fox, Margalit", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0938276_0", "date": "1997-06-20", "sourceId": "Q76918", "sourceLabel": "Faust", "sourceImId": "Idealportr\u00e4t_Joannes_Faustus.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/58/Idealportr%C3%A4t_Joannes_Faustus.jpg/180px-Idealportr%C3%A4t_Joannes_Faustus.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/06/20/0938276", "aUrlId": "9D03EFDB153EF933A15755C0A961958260", "text": "(You could call him the *Faust* of /Sleepy Hollow/.)", "author": "Graeber, Laurel", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0939628_0", "date": "1997-06-26", "sourceId": "Q100948", "sourceLabel": "Rachel Carson", "sourceImId": "Rachel-Carson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f4/Rachel-Carson.jpg/180px-Rachel-Carson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/06/26/0939628", "aUrlId": "9805E3DA1531F935A15755C0A961958260", "text": "He was the *Rachel Carson* of /the oceans/.''", "author": "Jonas, Gerald", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0939657_0", "date": "1997-06-26", "sourceId": "Q11637", "sourceLabel": "Judy Garland", "sourceImId": "Judy_Garland_The_Harvey_Girls_MGM_Publicity_still.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/Judy_Garland_The_Harvey_Girls_MGM_Publicity_still.jpeg/180px-Judy_Garland_The_Harvey_Girls_MGM_Publicity_still.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/06/26/0939657", "aUrlId": "9507E0D91531F935A15755C0A961958260", "text": "She won the contest and said that soon thereafter she was cast in her first musical, began playing leading roles in Athens theaters and eventually became known as the *Judy Garland* of /Greece/.", "author": "Van Gelder, Lawrence", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0939762_0", "date": "1997-06-27", "sourceId": "Q1399", "sourceLabel": "Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli", "sourceImId": "Ridolfo_del_Ghirlandaio_001.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2f/Ridolfo_del_Ghirlandaio_001.jpg/180px-Ridolfo_del_Ghirlandaio_001.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/06/27/0939762", "aUrlId": "9C01E7DC1231F934A15755C0A961958260", "text": "Mr. Sommer's Wolsey (a part, like Katherine, favored by legendary actors) is great fun as the *Machiavel* of /the first acts/ (he has that perfect, ironed-on politician's smile), but less convincing in his big ''farewell to all my greatness'' speech.", "author": "Brantley, Ben", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0940509_0", "date": "1997-06-29", "sourceId": "Q5950", "sourceLabel": "James Brown", "sourceImId": "Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Jamesbrown4.jpg/180px-Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1997/06/29/0940509", "aUrlId": "9504E6DD1E31F93AA15755C0A961958260", "text": "Wynalda has been the *James Brown* of /soccer/; just when he seems about to collapse and someone tosses a figurative cape over him, he bounds back to life.", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0940634_0", "date": "1997-06-30", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/06/30/0940634", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3D91E31F933A05755C0A961958260", "text": "Woo ''the *Mozart* of /mayhem/.''", "author": "Weinraub, Bernard", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0941534_0", "date": "1997-07-04", "sourceId": "Q242936", "sourceLabel": "Susan Lucci", "sourceImId": "Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg/180px-Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/07/04/0941534", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1D71030F937A35754C0A961958260", "text": "I am the *Susan Lucci* of /iced tea contests/.''", "author": "Bragg, Rick", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0941962_0", "date": "1997-07-06", "sourceId": "Q1156395", "sourceLabel": "Peter Lynch", "sourceImId": "Peter-lynch.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/Peter-lynch.png/180px-Peter-lynch.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1997/07/06/0941962", "aUrlId": "9907E3D71330F935A35754C0A961958260", "text": "Gross, who oversees $92 billion of fixed-income assets, or 84 percent of Pimco's $110 billion total, has been called ''the *Peter Lynch* of /bonds/'' by Newsweek magazine, in reference to the former manager of the Fidelity Magellan fund (though Mr.", "author": "Middleton, Timothy", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0942258_0", "date": "1997-07-07", "sourceId": "Q182882", "sourceLabel": "John James Audubon", "sourceImId": "John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg/180px-John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/07/07/0942258", "aUrlId": "9903E6D91F30F934A35754C0A961958260", "text": "Last year James Prosek, while still an undergraduate at Yale, published a dazzlingly brilliant collection of watercolor paintings, ''Trout: An Illustrated History,'' which set him on a course to becoming the *Audubon* of /fish/.", "author": "Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0943200_0", "date": "1997-07-13", "sourceId": "Q204586", "sourceLabel": "Parker Posey", "sourceImId": "Parker_Posey_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/Parker_Posey_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/180px-Parker_Posey_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/07/13/0943200", "aUrlId": "9D01E7DD1739F930A25754C0A961958260", "text": "I'm trying to be the *Parker Posey* of /this year/.''", "author": "Shattuck, Kathryn", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0943737_0", "date": "1997-07-14", "sourceId": "Q3106664", "sourceLabel": "T. Berry Brazelton", "sourceImId": "T_Berry_Brazleton.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/91/T_Berry_Brazleton.jpg/180px-T_Berry_Brazleton.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1997/07/14/0943737", "aUrlId": "9802E0DF1438F937A25754C0A961958260", "text": "Buoyed by the book's success, he is exploring possible ''Gift of Fear'' workshops for the public, and he is talking about a ''Gift of Fear'' sequel for parents, a book that, if written, threatens to make him the *T. Berry Brazelton* of /the anxious set/.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0944839_0", "date": "1997-07-20", "sourceId": "Q216810", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "King_Kong_(1933)_movie_poster_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg/180px-King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/07/20/0944839", "aUrlId": "9E03E0DB1238F933A15754C0A961958260", "text": "Seating 3,800 patrons, the Met is the *King Kong* of /opera houses/.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0945601_0", "date": "1997-07-23", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1997/07/23/0945601", "aUrlId": "9D0DE4D6133BF930A15754C0A961958260", "text": "Sheila is the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /food/,'' says Clark Wolf, a food and restaurant consultant in New York whose recipe for bruschetta is in ''The New Basics Cookbook'' (Workman, 1989).", "author": "Witchel, Alex", "desk": "Living Desk"},
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{"id": "0947558_0", "date": "1997-08-01", "sourceId": "Q133054", "sourceLabel": "Sylvia Plath", "sourceImId": "Sylvia_Plath.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/Sylvia_Plath.jpg/180px-Sylvia_Plath.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/01/0947558", "aUrlId": "9E06E7DC163DF932A3575BC0A961958260", "text": "All that is really clear is that Gemma, the silent one, is married to Rob (David Jacob Ryder), who is having an affair with Lorna (Sally Willig), whose mother, recalled as ''the *Sylvia Plath* of /South Hempstead/,'' committed suicide.", "author": "Gates, Anita", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0948012_0", "date": "1997-08-03", "sourceId": "Q128297", "sourceLabel": "Maria Callas", "sourceImId": "Maria_Callas_1958.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a1/Maria_Callas_1958.jpg/180px-Maria_Callas_1958.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/03/0948012", "aUrlId": "9B05E7DC1E3AF930A3575BC0A961958260", "text": "She was the *Maria Callas* of /the Middle West/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0948730_0", "date": "1997-08-06", "sourceId": "Q220210", "sourceLabel": "George Steinbrenner", "sourceImId": "George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13,_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/19/George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13%2C_2010.jpg/180px-George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13%2C_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1997/08/06/0948730", "aUrlId": "9A0DE0D61E3DF935A3575BC0A961958260", "text": "Jerry Jones, the *George Steinbrenner* of /pro football owners/, thought he had brought law and order to his Dallas Cowboys.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0949060_0", "date": "1997-08-08", "sourceId": "Q107190", "sourceLabel": "Peter Pan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Llewelyn_Davies_as_Peter_Pan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2a/Michael_Llewelyn_Davies_as_Peter_Pan.jpg/180px-Michael_Llewelyn_Davies_as_Peter_Pan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/08/0949060", "aUrlId": "9E02E5DE143CF93BA3575BC0A961958260", "text": "Mr. Gibson, delivering one of the hearty, dynamic star turns that have made him the *Peter Pan* of /the blockbuster set/, makes Jerry much more boyishly likable than he deserves to be.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "0949130_0", "date": "1997-08-08", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/08/0949130", "aUrlId": "9500EFDF153CF93BA3575BC0A961958260", "text": "Kipketer is as guarded as he is fast; some reporters have labeled him the *Greta Garbo* of /track and field/.", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0949254_0", "date": "1997-08-09", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1997/08/09/0949254", "aUrlId": "9E07E0DF123CF93AA3575BC0A961958260", "text": "This instrument, often relegated to playing secondary inner voices, is the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /string instruments/, getting no respect, no respect at all.", "author": "Rothstein, Edward", "desk": "Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0949412_0", "date": "1997-08-10", "sourceId": "Q30487", "sourceLabel": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "sourceImId": "Gorbachev_2019_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1997/08/10/0949412", "aUrlId": "9B07E3D6173DF933A2575BC0A961958260", "text": "He describes Arafat's transformation from a courageous guerrilla leader -- who told President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt as late as 1988 that he would sooner ''cut off his right hand'' than accept Israel's right to exist -- to, in Heikal's view, a desperately pathetic politician, ''the *Gorbachev* of /Palestine/.''", "author": "Miller, Judith", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0949711_0", "date": "1997-08-10", "sourceId": "Q207405", "sourceLabel": "Zsa Zsa Gabor", "sourceImId": "Gabor,_Zsa_Zsa.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9f/Gabor%2C_Zsa_Zsa.jpg/180px-Gabor%2C_Zsa_Zsa.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/10/0949711", "aUrlId": "9404E4DD123CF933A2575BC0A961958260", "text": "He is sort of the *Zsa Zsa Gabor* of /animation/,'' said Chuck Jones, a distinguished animator who worked with Mr.", "author": "Lewine, Edward", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0949711_1", "date": "1997-08-10", "sourceId": "Q7963465", "sourceLabel": "Wally Pipp", "sourceImId": "Wally-pipp.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bb/Wally-pipp.jpg/180px-Wally-pipp.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/10/0949711", "aUrlId": "9404E4DD123CF933A2575BC0A961958260", "text": "Mr. Rabbit may have been known as Lucky, but he quickly became a footnote in history -- the *Wally Pipp* of /cartoons/.", "author": "Lewine, Edward", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0950144_0", "date": "1997-08-12", "sourceId": "Q3297161", "sourceLabel": "Mariano Duncan", "sourceImId": "Mariano_Duncan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/19/Mariano_Duncan.jpg/180px-Mariano_Duncan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/08/12/0950144", "aUrlId": "9407E6D61E3CF931A2575BC0A961958260", "text": "Curtis, who socked five hits, now has seven in a row and might keep Tim Raines on the bench forever And Luis Sojo, the *Mariano Duncan* of /this year/, had three hits and scored twice.", "author": "Curry, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0950661_0", "date": "1997-08-15", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/15/0950661", "aUrlId": "9504E2DF153FF936A2575BC0A961958260", "text": "This coming Sunday, the India Day Parade, billed as ''unprecedented, spectacular, colossal,'' will sail down lower Madison Avenue, with the *John Wayne* of /Indian movie stars/, Amitabh Bachchan, in the lead as grand marshal.", "author": "Dugger, Celia W", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0951215_0", "date": "1997-08-17", "sourceId": "Q3097952", "sourceLabel": "Walter Winchell", "sourceImId": "Walter_Winchell_1960.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8d/Walter_Winchell_1960.JPG/180px-Walter_Winchell_1960.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/17/0951215", "aUrlId": "9504E3DE133FF934A2575BC0A961958260", "text": "Where else but in Nathanael West's old neighborhood, where self-invention was invented, could a geeky guy who once managed the CBS gift shop here transform himself into the country's reigning mischief-maker and proprietor of a one-man Internet gossip column that has made him the *Walter Winchell* of /the World Wide Web/?", "author": "Purdum, Todd S", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "0951923_0", "date": "1997-08-21", "sourceId": "Q410", "sourceLabel": "Carl Sagan", "sourceImId": "Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG/180px-Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/21/0951923", "aUrlId": "9906E4D7173EF932A1575BC0A961958260", "text": "The emotional pitch is intended to ''tap into the awe, mystery and wonder of weather'' felt by many Americans, said Amy Pollard, brand marketing director at the Weather Channel, and persuade them to consider the network ''the *Carl Sagan* of /weather/, the Jacques Cousteau of weather.''", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0951923_1", "date": "1997-08-21", "sourceId": "Q83233", "sourceLabel": "Jacques Cousteau", "sourceImId": "Cousteau1972_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/10/Cousteau1972_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Cousteau1972_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1997/08/21/0951923", "aUrlId": "9906E4D7173EF932A1575BC0A961958260", "text": "The emotional pitch is intended to ''tap into the awe, mystery and wonder of weather'' felt by many Americans, said Amy Pollard, brand marketing director at the Weather Channel, and persuade them to consider the network ''the Carl Sagan of weather, the *Jacques Cousteau* of /weather/.''", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0951977_0", "date": "1997-08-21", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/21/0951977", "aUrlId": "9903E0DA143EF932A1575BC0A961958260", "text": "If Favre was popular before Green Bay beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI, he is now the *Elvis* of /the National Football League/.", "author": "Freeman, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0953822_0", "date": "1997-08-30", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/08/30/0953822", "aUrlId": "9A06E3DD1031F933A0575BC0A961958260", "text": "For one thing, today's professionals play about four times as many matches per year than did Bill Tilden, widely regarded as the *Babe Ruth* of /tennis/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0954083_0", "date": "1997-08-31", "sourceId": "Q125643", "sourceLabel": "Dave Brown", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1997/08/31/0954083", "aUrlId": "9902E3DB1531F932A0575BC0A961958260", "text": "STRENGTHS: Quarterback Trent Dilfer, the *Dave Brown* of /the N.F.C./", "author": "Freeman, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0955547_0", "date": "1997-09-07", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/09/07/0955547", "aUrlId": "9C00E0DC1031F934A3575AC0A961958260", "text": "LIGHT UP THE SKY: THE SIGNS OF TIMES SQUARE'' The Artkraft Strauss Company, the *Leonardo* of /Times Square/, will celebrate its centennial with a show of neon signs and archival photographs that provide a glimpse of the Great White Way's evolution.", "author": "Muschamp, Herbert", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0955605_0", "date": "1997-09-07", "sourceId": "Q3097952", "sourceLabel": "Walter Winchell", "sourceImId": "Walter_Winchell_1960.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8d/Walter_Winchell_1960.JPG/180px-Walter_Winchell_1960.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/09/07/0955605", "aUrlId": "9C07E6DF1730F934A3575AC0A961958260", "text": "A slight, bespectacled man, Moseley is a subculture legend who has served as the *Walter Winchell* of /U.F.O./", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0955616_0", "date": "1997-09-07", "sourceId": "Q201608", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Rodman", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg/180px-Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1997/09/07/0955616", "aUrlId": "9902EEDB1730F934A3575AC0A961958260", "text": "I'm not the *Dennis Rodman* of /musicals/.", "author": "Marks, Peter", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0955919_0", "date": "1997-09-07", "sourceId": "Q190924", "sourceLabel": "Michael Johnson", "sourceImId": "Michael_Johnson_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/Michael_Johnson_2008.jpg/180px-Michael_Johnson_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1997/09/07/0955919", "aUrlId": "9505EFDB1E30F934A3575AC0A961958260", "text": "Like the shape of the olive wreath that crowned its first winner, Coroebus, the *Michael Johnson* of /his time/, the Olympics has now come full circle.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0956469_0", "date": "1997-09-10", "sourceId": "Q1145222", "sourceLabel": "Tony Gwynn", "sourceImId": "Tony_Gwynn_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/09/Tony_Gwynn_2011.jpg/180px-Tony_Gwynn_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1997/09/10/0956469", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2D91439F933A2575AC0A961958260", "text": "The Mets broadcaster Ralph Kiner said, ''He was the *Tony Gwynn* of /his time/.''", "author": "Olney, Buster", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0956851_0", "date": "1997-09-12", "sourceId": "Q201608", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Rodman", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg/180px-Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1997/09/12/0956851", "aUrlId": "9C03E4D71339F931A2575AC0A961958260", "text": "Will Self is the *Dennis Rodman* of /contemporary fiction/.", "author": "Kakutani, Michiko", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0957263_0", "date": "1997-09-14", "sourceId": "Q7523", "sourceLabel": "Kublai Khan", "sourceImId": "YuanEmperorAlbumKhubilaiPortrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/YuanEmperorAlbumKhubilaiPortrait.jpg/180px-YuanEmperorAlbumKhubilaiPortrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/09/14/0957263", "aUrlId": "9401E1DF1439F937A2575AC0A961958260", "text": "When David H. Murdock, the Californian chairman and chief executive of Castle & Cook Homes and the Dole Food Company, the *Kubla Khan* of /Lanai/, took the island out of pineapples and into upmarket tourism, he built a new landscape with imported dirt, moistened by water piped down from the wet, forested uplands beyond Lanai City.", "author": "Raban, Jonathan", "desk": "Sophisticated Traveler Magazine"},
{"id": "0958685_0", "date": "1997-09-19", "sourceId": "Q8743", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Edison", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg/180px-Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/09/19/0958685", "aUrlId": "9B0CE5DB1138F93AA2575AC0A961958260", "text": "Danny DeVito embodies this as a gleeful Sid Hudgens (a character whom Mr. Hanson has called ''the *Thomas Edison* of /tabloid journalism/''), who is the unscrupulous editor of a publication called Hush-Hush and winds up linked to many of the other characters' nastiest transgressions.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0959132_0", "date": "1997-09-21", "sourceId": "Q315487", "sourceLabel": "Bugsy Siegel", "sourceImId": "Mugshot_Benjamin_Siegel.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/99/Mugshot_Benjamin_Siegel.jpg/180px-Mugshot_Benjamin_Siegel.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/09/21/0959132", "aUrlId": "9C06EED81438F932A1575AC0A961958260", "text": "Kerzner, who is sometimes called the *Bugsy Siegel* of /the bush veld/, was accused of bribery and was roundly denounced for using apartheid to advance his business interests.", "author": "Rabinovitz, Jonathan", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0959661_0", "date": "1997-09-22", "sourceId": "Q938243", "sourceLabel": "Marion Barry", "sourceImId": "Crop_of_Marion_Barry_Vincent_Gray.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Crop_of_Marion_Barry_Vincent_Gray.jpg/180px-Crop_of_Marion_Barry_Vincent_Gray.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1997/09/22/0959661", "aUrlId": "9C03E7D7143BF931A1575AC0A961958260", "text": "You have Mr. Olmert, the *Marion Barry* of /Jerusalem/, who tries to propel his political career by appealing to the worst, most ethnocentric instincts in the city.", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0960422_0", "date": "1997-09-26", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/09/26/0960422", "aUrlId": "9D0CE2DD1F3BF935A1575AC0A961958260", "text": "Mr. Hopkins, whose creative collaboration with Bart goes back to ''Legends of the Fall,'' has called him ''the *John Wayne* of /bears/.''", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0961068_0", "date": "1997-09-28", "sourceId": "Q93957", "sourceLabel": "Gary Cooper", "sourceImId": "Gary_cooper_promo_image.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/27/Gary_cooper_promo_image.jpg/180px-Gary_cooper_promo_image.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/09/28/0961068", "aUrlId": "9D01E7DC173AF93BA1575AC0A961958260", "text": "C. is the *Gary Cooper* of /Washington Square Park/,'' said Mr. Stern, apparently referring to the actor's role in ''High Noon.''", "author": "Mckinley, Jesse", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0962017_0", "date": "1997-10-02", "sourceId": "Q4910116", "sourceLabel": "Bill McGowan", "sourceImId": "Bill_McGowan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6b/Bill_McGowan.jpg/180px-Bill_McGowan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/10/02/0962017", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D9163DF931A35753C1A961958260", "text": "Bernie Ebbers is the *Bill McGowan* of /today/,'' said Howard Anderson, managing director of the Yankee Group, a research firm in Boston.", "author": "Lohr, Steve", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0962117_0", "date": "1997-10-03", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/10/03/0962117", "aUrlId": "9C01E0DD173DF930A35753C1A961958260", "text": "Photographed amid spectacular scenery, Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Baldwin trade amusingly wry Mametisms while awaiting regular appearances by Bart, whom Mr. Hopkins has fairly called ''the *John Wayne* of /bears/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0962341_0", "date": "1997-10-04", "sourceId": "Q103846", "sourceLabel": "Groucho Marx", "sourceImId": "GrouchoCaricature.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/GrouchoCaricature.jpg/180px-GrouchoCaricature.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1997/10/04/0962341", "aUrlId": "9A0DE6D9153DF937A35753C1A961958260", "text": "Keith Olbermann was the *Groucho Marx* of /sportscasting/.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0962580_0", "date": "1997-10-05", "sourceId": "Q312348", "sourceLabel": "Thurgood Marshall", "sourceImId": "Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg/180px-Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/10/05/0962580", "aUrlId": "9B03E7D7103AF936A35753C1A961958260", "text": "In June 1993, when President Clinton nominated Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, he called her the *Thurgood Marshall* of /the women's rights movement/, self-consciously comparing her work as an advocate to that of the last Justice to be appointed by a Democratic President, 26 years earlier.", "author": "Rosen, Jeffrey", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0962990_0", "date": "1997-10-05", "sourceId": "Q2685", "sourceLabel": "Arnold Schwarzenegger", "sourceImId": "Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/80/Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg/180px-Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/10/05/0962990", "aUrlId": "9D04E7DF1230F936A35753C1A961958260", "text": "After 20 years in the desert, |he| emerges vigorous and radiant, an *Arnold Schwarzenegger* of /the spiritual life/.", "author": "Zaleski, Carol", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "0963909_0", "date": "1997-10-10", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/10/10/0963909", "aUrlId": "9E04EEDC153CF933A25753C1A961958260", "text": "He doesn't even come close to me -- I'm the *Picasso* of /the playground/.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0964875_0", "date": "1997-10-13", "sourceId": "Q236421", "sourceLabel": "Janet Reno", "sourceImId": "Janet_Reno-us-Portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c1/Janet_Reno-us-Portrait.jpg/180px-Janet_Reno-us-Portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/10/13/0964875", "aUrlId": "9F05E5DA1E3CF930A25753C1A961958260", "text": "Jacques Chirac -- that guy is the *Janet Reno* of /diplomacy/.", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0965140_0", "date": "1997-10-15", "sourceId": "Q935", "sourceLabel": "Isaac Newton", "sourceImId": "GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg/180px-GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/10/15/0965140", "aUrlId": "9E02E6DC1139F936A25753C1A961958260", "text": "Bob Merton is the *Isaac Newton* of /his field/,'' Mr. Samuelson said.", "author": "Passell, Peter", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0965519_0", "date": "1997-10-16", "sourceId": "Q297142", "sourceLabel": "Joe DiMaggio", "sourceImId": "1939_Playball_Joe_Dimaggio_(minus_halftone).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1f/1939_Playball_Joe_Dimaggio_%28minus_halftone%29.jpg/180px-1939_Playball_Joe_Dimaggio_%28minus_halftone%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/10/16/0965519", "aUrlId": "9E03E7DC153FF935A25753C1A961958260", "text": "He was the *Joe DiMaggio* of /legislators/,'' said his friend Thomas Lyons, the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party.", "author": "Dedman, Bill", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0966116_0", "date": "1997-10-19", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/10/19/0966116", "aUrlId": "9C05E5D6163FF93AA25753C1A961958260", "text": "When will we see the *Tiger Woods* of /skiing/ make an appearance?", "author": "Greene, Donna", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0966241_0", "date": "1997-10-19", "sourceId": "Q380433", "sourceLabel": "Al Sharpton", "sourceImId": "Al_Sharpton_by_David_Shankbone.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/84/Al_Sharpton_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/180px-Al_Sharpton_by_David_Shankbone.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/10/19/0966241", "aUrlId": "9E0DE3D9123FF93AA25753C1A961958260", "text": "He's the *Al Sharpton* of /his people, of the Asian Indian community/,'' said Officer Allen A. Sabo, of the Edison Police Department.", "author": "Kannapell, Andrea", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0966567_0", "date": "1997-10-20", "sourceId": "Q38222", "sourceLabel": "George Lucas", "sourceImId": "George_Lucas_cropped_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/George_Lucas_cropped_2009.jpg/180px-George_Lucas_cropped_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1997/10/20/0966567", "aUrlId": "9E01E1DC1F3FF933A15753C1A961958260", "text": "He is, in fact, quickly becoming the *George Lucas* of /a business that is capturing an increasingly mainstream following/.", "author": "Markoff, John", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
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{"id": "0968855_0", "date": "1997-10-29", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/10/29/0968855", "aUrlId": "9A00EED71231F93AA15753C1A961958260", "text": "This has nothing and everything to do with Charles Barkley, the *Einstein* of /the Houston Rockets/, who was not enraptured with a man at a bar in Orlando, Fla., the other night and, by witnesses' account, picked him up and threw him like a football through a plate-glass window.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "0971103_0", "date": "1997-11-07", "sourceId": "Q270707", "sourceLabel": "Dorothy Parker", "sourceImId": "Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg/180px-Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/11/07/0971103", "aUrlId": "9B02E6DA1639F934A35752C1A961958260", "text": "Syd Straw has long been the *Dorothy Parker* of /the downtown club world/, her self-deprecating charm and zany antics in counterpart to one of the biggest hearts and warmest voices in New York.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0972068_0", "date": "1997-11-10", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "1997/11/10/0972068", "aUrlId": "9F06E3DA1339F933A25752C1A961958260", "text": "In his homily yesterday, the Cardinal said he had received many letters as the centennial of Miss Day's birth drew near, one from a supporter who called her ''the *Mother Teresa* of /Mott Street/.''", "author": "Halbfinger, David M", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0972502_0", "date": "1997-11-12", "sourceId": "Q359416", "sourceLabel": "George Hamilton", "sourceImId": "GeorgeHamiltonAug09.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/94/GeorgeHamiltonAug09.jpg/180px-GeorgeHamiltonAug09.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/11/12/0972502", "aUrlId": "9E02EEDF1F39F931A25752C1A961958260", "text": "But on the other hand, he was the *George Hamilton* of /the Senate/, spending so much time bronzing on his Capitol balcony that it was dubbed ''Dole's Beach.''", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0972790_0", "date": "1997-11-14", "sourceId": "Q182665", "sourceLabel": "Iggy Pop", "sourceImId": "Iggy_Pop_-_pinkpop87.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7a/Iggy_Pop_-_pinkpop87.jpg/180px-Iggy_Pop_-_pinkpop87.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1997/11/14/0972790", "aUrlId": "9502E3DA1738F937A25752C1A961958260", "text": "Tribe 8 is a self-proclaimed lesbian punk band whose lead singer Lynn Breedlove is the *Iggy Pop* of /the 1990's/: a shocking, brilliant performer in leather pants and no shirt, the definition of transgressive freedom.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0973323_0", "date": "1997-11-16", "sourceId": "Q188692", "sourceLabel": "Rudolph Valentino", "sourceImId": "Rudolph_Valentino.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/11/Rudolph_Valentino.jpg/180px-Rudolph_Valentino.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/11/16/0973323", "aUrlId": "9400E7DD1E39F935A25752C1A961958260", "text": "After his smoldering performance in ''The Mambo Kings'' in 1992, |the Spanish-born actor| was touted as a *Rudolph Valentino* for /the 90's/.", "author": "Hass, Nancy", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0973929_0", "date": "1997-11-18", "sourceId": "Q25089", "sourceLabel": "Woody Allen", "sourceImId": "Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg/180px-Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/11/18/0973929", "aUrlId": "950CE2DB1138F93BA25752C1A961958260", "text": "This exceptionally funny and clever episode of the series, about an intellectual named Maya (Laura San Giacomo) who works for her philistine father (George Segal) at a fashion magazine called Blush, is shaped as an ''Annie Hall'' parody and features a character who looks, talks and acts like the *Woody Allen* of /Maya's dreams/.", "author": "James, Caryn", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0975066_0", "date": "1997-11-23", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/11/23/0975066", "aUrlId": "940DEFD8163BF930A15752C1A961958260", "text": "More memorable was the *Napoleon* of /vegetables/ enlivened with preserved tomatoes and mustard leaves.", "author": "Starkey, Joanne", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0975244_0", "date": "1997-11-23", "sourceId": "Q23844", "sourceLabel": "George Clooney", "sourceImId": "George_Clooney_2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/36/George_Clooney_2012.jpg/180px-George_Clooney_2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1997/11/23/0975244", "aUrlId": "950DE6D8123BF930A15752C1A961958260", "text": "Call her the *George Clooney* of /26th Street/, but the Nikon-shy Sunday morning merchant may have a right to her hauteur.", "author": "Decaro, Frank", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0975833_0", "date": "1997-11-26", "sourceId": "Q214477", "sourceLabel": "Julia Child", "sourceImId": "Julia_Child_portrait_by_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1997/11/26/0975833", "aUrlId": "9D06E0DA163AF935A15752C1A961958260", "text": "Though she has some valuable old cookbooks -- including those by Isabella Beeton and Mrs. H. W. Beecher, the *Julia Childs* of /the mid-19th century/ -- Ms. Slotnick's books are mainly 20th-century American volumes that are now out of print.", "author": "Fabricant, Florence", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "0977304_0", "date": "1997-12-02", "sourceId": "Q242936", "sourceLabel": "Susan Lucci", "sourceImId": "Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg/180px-Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/12/02/0977304", "aUrlId": "9C01E0D9163DF931A35751C1A961958260", "text": "Since then, in almost every season, 14 of them in all, everyone has wondered, is this the year the A.F.C., the *Susan Lucci* of /football/, ends the streak?", "author": "Freeman, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0978705_0", "date": "1997-12-07", "sourceId": "Q968798", "sourceLabel": "Paul Brown", "sourceImId": "Paul_Brown,_American_football_head_coach.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Paul_Brown%2C_American_football_head_coach.png/180px-Paul_Brown%2C_American_football_head_coach.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/12/07/0978705", "aUrlId": "9B07E2DE1F3DF934A35751C1A961958260", "text": "Jim Leyland is becoming the *Paul Brown* of /baseball managers/.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0978823_0", "date": "1997-12-08", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/12/08/0978823", "aUrlId": "9405E3D71F3DF93BA35751C1A961958260", "text": "But if Mr. Dunifer's advocates see him as a free-speech crusader and the *Johnny Appleseed* of /low-power radio/, the F.C.C., the legal guardian of the common property of the airwaves, sees him as a radio ''pirate'' who is breaking the law, disrupting licensed broadcasters and posing a threat to public safety.", "author": "Lew, Julie", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0978983_0", "date": "1997-12-09", "sourceId": "Q21847069", "sourceLabel": "Annie Osborn", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1997/12/09/0978983", "aUrlId": "9807E2DA143DF93AA35751C1A961958260", "text": "But in a social season that crams 300 benefits into three months, turning |City Opera's gala|, a lavish dinner following a new production of ''Macbeth,'' into a *Cinderella* of /fund-raisers/ took more than the wave of a wand.", "author": "White, Shelby", "desk": "Giving"},
{"id": "0979456_0", "date": "1997-12-11", "sourceId": "Q296647", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Lauren", "sourceImId": "Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg/180px-Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1997/12/11/0979456", "aUrlId": "9B00E2D8123CF932A25751C1A961958260", "text": "I'm the *Ralph Lauren* of /Christmas/.''", "author": "Burros, Marian", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "0979823_0", "date": "1997-12-12", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1997/12/12/0979823", "aUrlId": "9F01EFD7113CF931A25751C1A961958260", "text": "IT is probably being way too glib to describe hepatitis B as the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /major infectious diseases/.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0980053_0", "date": "1997-12-14", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/12/14/0980053", "aUrlId": "9B06EFD7163CF937A25751C1A961958260", "text": "Viscount Melchoir de Vogue, a Frenchman, agreed, and regarded Dostoyevsky as its warden: ''He is the *Shakespeare* of /the lunatic asylum/.''", "author": "Specter, Michael", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "0980084_0", "date": "1997-12-14", "sourceId": "Q319079", "sourceLabel": "Bob Dole", "sourceImId": "Bob_Dole,_PCCWW_photo_portrait.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/Bob_Dole%2C_PCCWW_photo_portrait.JPG/180px-Bob_Dole%2C_PCCWW_photo_portrait.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/12/14/0980084", "aUrlId": "9805E4D9143CF937A25751C1A961958260", "text": "Shimon Peres had already failed three times in national elections and, given his age and lifetime in politics, was perceived as the *Bob Dole* of /Israeli politics/.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "0982159_0", "date": "1997-12-21", "sourceId": "Q444", "sourceLabel": "Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa", "sourceImId": "Lech_Walesa_-_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Lech_Walesa_-_2009.jpg/180px-Lech_Walesa_-_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1997/12/21/0982159", "aUrlId": "9A0DE7D9163EF932A15751C1A961958260", "text": "True, |he| is a legendary figure, *a Lech Walesa of* /Korea/, and his victory immediately made history, since it was the first time an opposition candidate was ever elected president in the country.", "author": "", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0982708_0", "date": "1997-12-24", "sourceId": "Q230935", "sourceLabel": "Annie Oakley", "sourceImId": "Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e8/Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg/180px-Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/12/24/0982708", "aUrlId": "990CE7D6123EF937A15751C1A961958260", "text": "Running nearly as long as ''Pulp Fiction'' even though its ambitions are more familiar and small, ''Jackie Brown'' has the makings of another, chattier ''Get Shorty'' with an added homage to Pam Grier, the *Annie Oakley* of /1970's blaxploitation/.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0983138_0", "date": "1997-12-26", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1997/12/26/0983138", "aUrlId": "9F04E0D91E3EF935A15751C1A961958260", "text": "No one wants his autograph, and no one asks him if he thinks of himself as the *Michael Jordan* of /tennis/, a question that makes Sampras lose his appetite wherever and whenever it is asked.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0983749_0", "date": "1997-12-28", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/12/28/0983749", "aUrlId": "9B05E3DB1731F93BA15751C1A961958260", "text": "Called the *Henry Ford* of /housing/, he spurned unions to organize an army of 15,000 workers into dozens of specialized crews, including one to apply red paint and another, white.", "author": "Lambert, Bruce", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0983855_0", "date": "1997-12-29", "sourceId": "Q273076", "sourceLabel": "Wynton Marsalis", "sourceImId": "Wynton_Marsalis_free.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/Wynton_Marsalis_free.jpg/180px-Wynton_Marsalis_free.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1997/12/29/0983855", "aUrlId": "9401E4D71731F93AA15751C1A961958260", "text": "Moreover, |Mr. Mosley| is a kind of jazz musician, a *Wynton Marsalis* of /the printed page/, his themes subtly, obliquely, quietly stated, almost imperceptibly bubbling up from the rhythms of ordinary life.", "author": "Bernstein, Richard", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0984216_0", "date": "1997-12-31", "sourceId": "Q529276", "sourceLabel": "Studs Terkel", "sourceImId": "Studs_Terkel_-_1979-1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/Studs_Terkel_-_1979-1.jpg/180px-Studs_Terkel_-_1979-1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1997/12/31/0984216", "aUrlId": "9900E6DD1331F932A05751C1A961958260", "text": "A prolific writer of prose and poetry, he has also been called by literary critics the *Studs Terkel* of /Sicily/,  although Mr. Dolci was the first of the two to chronicle the lives of workers.", "author": "Tagliabue, John", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
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{"id": "0984556_0", "date": "1998-01-02", "sourceId": "Q230935", "sourceLabel": "Annie Oakley", "sourceImId": "Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e8/Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg/180px-Annie_Oakley_c1903.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/01/02/0984556", "aUrlId": "9C02E6D71131F931A35752C0A96E958260", "text": "Ms. Grier, the *Annie Oakley* of /1970's blaxploitation films/, makes a game comeback even if she struggles with the story's ensemble loafing.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0984733_0", "date": "1998-01-03", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/01/03/0984733", "aUrlId": "9C01E0D71F31F930A35752C0A96E958260", "text": "Reclusive by nature and dubbed the *Garbo* of /the tennis tour/ by Alice Marble, one of the many opponents who felt ignored by her, Wills nonetheless lived a most public and, at times, storybook existence.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0985423_0", "date": "1998-01-05", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/01/05/0985423", "aUrlId": "9A05E5DC1430F936A35752C0A96E958260", "text": "Sherlock Holmes turns 144 tomorrow, but he and the *Napoleon* of /crime/ are still at it.", "author": "Van Gelder, Lawrence", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0985708_0", "date": "1998-01-06", "sourceId": "Q4291304", "sourceLabel": "Ruth Messinger", "sourceImId": "Ruth_Messinger_2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f8/Ruth_Messinger_2012.jpg/180px-Ruth_Messinger_2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/01/06/0985708", "aUrlId": "9504E4DB1230F935A35752C0A96E958260", "text": "She's the *Ruth Messinger* of /1998/,'' Mr. Mahoney said, referring to the Democrat who lost to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani this year.", "author": "Nagourney, Adam", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0985825_0", "date": "1998-01-07", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/01/07/0985825", "aUrlId": "9C02E1DF1330F934A35752C0A96E958260", "text": "Alejandro Armengol, a critic for El Nuevo Herald, a Miami newspaper, dismissed Ms. Valdes last year as ''the *Madonna* of /Cuban literature/, with an equal capacity to transform self-assurance and the grotesque into spectacle, to show vulgarity and eroticism stripped of any mystery.''", "author": "Rohter, Larry", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0987037_0", "date": "1998-01-11", "sourceId": "Q7411423", "sourceLabel": "Samuel French", "sourceImId": "S_French.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "2/25/S_French.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/01/11/0987037", "aUrlId": "9F0DE0DA1E30F932A25752C0A96E958260", "text": "Referring to the New York rights and royalties agency, he added, ''I'm the *Samuel French* of /interactive theater/.''", "author": "Klein, Alvin", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0987178_0", "date": "1998-01-12", "sourceId": "Q1889422", "sourceLabel": "Felix Unger", "sourceImId": "Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cd/Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG/180px-Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/01/12/0987178", "aUrlId": "9807EFDD1539F931A25752C0A96E958260", "text": "I must have appeared shocked by his fastidiousness because he looked at me and said, ''I know, I'm the *Felix Unger* of /the Sanitation Department/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0989011_0", "date": "1998-01-20", "sourceId": "Q9960", "sourceLabel": "Ronald Reagan", "sourceImId": "Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/16/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg/180px-Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/01/20/0989011", "aUrlId": "9F00E5DF1038F933A15752C0A96E958260", "text": "Mr. Falwell referred to Mr. Netanyahu as ''the *Ronald Reagan* of /Israel/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "0989491_0", "date": "1998-01-22", "sourceId": "Q5195372", "sourceLabel": "Curt Flood", "sourceImId": "Curt_Flood_58-69.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Curt_Flood_58-69.JPG/180px-Curt_Flood_58-69.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/01/22/0989491", "aUrlId": "9B00E6D81F38F931A15752C0A96E958260", "text": "But Jack Newfield, who has written several New York Post columns lamenting the industry's neglect of Mr. Price, called him the *Curt Flood* of /rock-and-roll/, the rebel who showed a generation of musicians how to stand up for themselves.", "author": "Firestone, David", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0989937_0", "date": "1998-01-24", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1998/01/24/0989937", "aUrlId": "9C03EFD6153BF937A15752C0A96E958260", "text": "The faults of Mr. Nixon were far more serious, nor does |Mr. Clinton| deserve to be judged as a *Mike Tyson* of /politics and sex/.''", "author": "Stanley, Alessandra", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "0989958_0", "date": "1998-01-24", "sourceId": "Q6483431", "sourceLabel": "Lance Ito", "sourceImId": "Judge_Lance_Ito_October_1995_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/45/Judge_Lance_Ito_October_1995_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Judge_Lance_Ito_October_1995_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1998/01/24/0989958", "aUrlId": "990DEFDF123BF937A15752C0A96E958260", "text": "Given Kenneth Starr's record as the *Lance Ito* of /prosecutors/ -- he's already spent three years-plus on Whitewater -- our new national soap opera could easily supply us with entertainment for as long as O. J. did.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "0990204_0", "date": "1998-01-25", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/01/25/0990204", "aUrlId": "9E02E0DF1F38F936A15752C0A96E958260", "text": "And the Bronx, no longer even entitled to a capital T in The Bronx, with its salutary high coastal elevation, is still regarded as a borough of cinders except when the Yankees triumph and it becomes for the moment the *Cinderella* of /boroughs/.", "author": "Shepard, Richard F", "desk": "Then & Now"},
{"id": "0991077_0", "date": "1998-01-28", "sourceId": "Q134183", "sourceLabel": "Magic Johnson", "sourceImId": "Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7d/Magic_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/01/28/0991077", "aUrlId": "9B01EEDF1F3BF93BA15752C0A96E958260", "text": "Lopez came to St. John's as the great Dominican hope from Rice High, maybe the *Magic Johnson* of /Manhattan/, and Hamilton came from Sewanhaka High in Nassau County, the 6-foot-11-inch sidekick for a potential romp to the Final Four.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0991260_0", "date": "1998-01-29", "sourceId": "Q216288", "sourceLabel": "Garth Brooks", "sourceImId": "Garth_Brooks_2019_By_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/Garth_Brooks_2019_By_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Garth_Brooks_2019_By_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1998/01/29/0991260", "aUrlId": "9F07E0DA163AF93AA15752C0A96E958260", "text": "But Grisham is the *Garth Brooks* of /popular literature/.", "author": "Arnold, Martin", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0991925_0", "date": "1998-02-01", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/02/01/0991925", "aUrlId": "9E06E6D9103BF932A35751C0A96E958260", "text": "But skip the small, nothing-special oysters in Creole butter and the *Napoleon* of /portobello mushrooms/, grilled vegetables and goat cheese made too sour by an overdose of balsamic vinegar.", "author": "Starkey, Joanne", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0992419_0", "date": "1998-02-02", "sourceId": "Q7963465", "sourceLabel": "Wally Pipp", "sourceImId": "Wally-pipp.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bb/Wally-pipp.jpg/180px-Wally-pipp.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/02/02/0992419", "aUrlId": "940DE7DF113AF931A35751C0A96E958260", "text": "But then, by some reckonings, Mr. Russell was the *Wally Pipp* of /show business/.", "author": "Thomas, Robert Mcg Jr", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0992795_0", "date": "1998-02-04", "sourceId": "Q3335", "sourceLabel": "George Orwell", "sourceImId": "George_Orwell,_c._1940.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/George_Orwell%2C_c._1940.jpg/180px-George_Orwell%2C_c._1940.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1998/02/04/0992795", "aUrlId": "9904E3D81F3AF937A35751C0A96E958260", "text": "She has been called the *Orwell* of /copy editors/, the Kasparov of syntax.", "author": "Scott, Janny", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0992795_1", "date": "1998-02-04", "sourceId": "Q28614", "sourceLabel": "Garry Kasparov", "sourceImId": "Garry_Kasparov_(37097592314).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/31/Garry_Kasparov_%2837097592314%29.jpg/180px-Garry_Kasparov_%2837097592314%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/02/04/0992795", "aUrlId": "9904E3D81F3AF937A35751C0A96E958260", "text": "She has been called the Orwell of copy editors, the *Kasparov* of /syntax/.", "author": "Scott, Janny", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "0993081_0", "date": "1998-02-05", "sourceId": "Q720", "sourceLabel": "Genghis Khan", "sourceImId": "Genghis_Khan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4e/Genghis_Khan.jpg/180px-Genghis_Khan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/02/05/0993081", "aUrlId": "9403E7DC143DF936A35751C0A96E958260", "text": "His name has a powerful resonance: Mzilikazi, the most fearsome general of the Zulu King Shaka, the *Genghis Khan* of /Africa/, who rebelled and fled, cutting a swath of destruction across southern Africa in the 1820's and 1830's.", "author": "Mcneil, Donald G Jr", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0993369_0", "date": "1998-02-06", "sourceId": "Q170344", "sourceLabel": "Anselm Kiefer", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/02/06/0993369", "aUrlId": "9C0CE0D8123DF935A35751C0A96E958260", "text": "William Kentridge, one of the standouts at Documenta X in Kassel, Germany, last summer, may be the *Anselm Kiefer* of /South Africa/.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "0993756_0", "date": "1998-02-08", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/02/08/0993756", "aUrlId": "9800E1DB173DF93BA35751C0A96E958260", "text": "Perhaps the *Martha Stewart* of /B-6 and goldenseal root/.", "author": "Ketcham, Diane", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0995540_0", "date": "1998-02-15", "sourceId": "Q30755", "sourceLabel": "Auguste Rodin", "sourceImId": "Auguste_Rodin_fotografato_da_Nadar_nel_1891.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Auguste_Rodin_fotografato_da_Nadar_nel_1891.jpg/180px-Auguste_Rodin_fotografato_da_Nadar_nel_1891.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/02/15/0995540", "aUrlId": "9F07E1D9123CF936A25751C0A96E958260", "text": "Mr. Colavita certainly surmounted that bias (although he could also indulge in crafts) to the degree that his teaching colleague, the painter Mel Leipzig, could with some aptness refer to him in an interview in The Trenton Times last month as ''the *Rodin* of /New Jersey/.''", "author": "Zimmer, William", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0995712_0", "date": "1998-02-15", "sourceId": "Q44616", "sourceLabel": "Wyatt Earp", "sourceImId": "Wyatt_Earp_portrait.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Wyatt_Earp_portrait.png/180px-Wyatt_Earp_portrait.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/02/15/0995712", "aUrlId": "9B07E3D81E3CF936A25751C0A96E958260", "text": "In second place, the irrepressible Canadian and skating to his own exotic tune, Elvis Stojko, perhaps the *Wyatt Earp* of /the crowd/.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0995903_0", "date": "1998-02-16", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/02/16/0995903", "aUrlId": "9E05E5DF163FF935A25751C0A96E958260", "text": "Some people have gone so far as to declare him the *Rosa Parks* of /Chinatown/.", "author": "Lii, Jane H", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "0996011_0", "date": "1998-02-17", "sourceId": "Q347528", "sourceLabel": "Liberace", "sourceImId": "Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/57/Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg/180px-Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/02/17/0996011", "aUrlId": "9903E7D9163FF934A25751C0A96E958260", "text": "That distinction goes back at least 20 years to Don Robbie, who besides playing a pivotal role in Pierre Cardin's business in the United States, was something of the *Liberace* of /the fashion industry/, keeping a pink bed at the center of his showroom.", "author": "White, Constance C R", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "0996027_0", "date": "1998-02-17", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/02/17/0996027", "aUrlId": "980CE4D7163FF934A25751C0A96E958260", "text": "Mr. Peizer developed his high profile in his 20's, when he became a salesman at the Beverly Hills office of Drexel Burnham Lambert, where he sat next to the man he describes as the *Babe Ruth* of /the bond business/.", "author": "Eaton, Leslie", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0996994_0", "date": "1998-02-22", "sourceId": "Q443418", "sourceLabel": "Holly Golightly", "sourceImId": "Holly_Golightly_in_London_2009_closeup.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2c/Holly_Golightly_in_London_2009_closeup.jpg/180px-Holly_Golightly_in_London_2009_closeup.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1998/02/22/0996994", "aUrlId": "9C0DE3DA143CF931A15751C0A96E958260", "text": "I, on the other hand, see a *Holly Golightly* for /the new millennium/.", "author": "Trebay, Guy", "desk": "Fashions of The Times Magazine"},
{"id": "0997094_0", "date": "1998-02-22", "sourceId": "Q39792", "sourceLabel": "Jack Nicholson", "sourceImId": "JackNicholsonMar10.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/26/JackNicholsonMar10.jpg/180px-JackNicholsonMar10.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/02/22/0997094", "aUrlId": "9E02E1DD143FF931A15751C0A96E958260", "text": "Yet even some of his countrymen refer to him, with amused reverence, as the *Jack Nicholson* of /Scandinavia/.", "author": "Ellison, Cori", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "0997273_0", "date": "1998-02-22", "sourceId": "Q82222", "sourceLabel": "Little Richard", "sourceImId": "Little_Richard_in_2007.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/16/Little_Richard_in_2007.jpg/180px-Little_Richard_in_2007.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/02/22/0997273", "aUrlId": "9E01E3D8113FF931A15751C0A96E958260", "text": "I've been dissed, we've been dissed,'' said Mr. Herc, who calls himself ''the *Little Richard* of /the hip-hop business/.''", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "0997356_0", "date": "1998-02-22", "sourceId": "Q553321", "sourceLabel": "Vince Lombardi", "sourceImId": "Vince_Lombardi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "a/a2/Vince_Lombardi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/02/22/0997356", "aUrlId": "9C01EED81F3FF931A15751C0A96E958260", "text": "He is Viktor Tikhonov, the *Vince Lombardi* of /hockey in the former Soviet Union/.", "author": "Lapointe, Joe", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0997888_0", "date": "1998-02-25", "sourceId": "Q457840", "sourceLabel": "Will Rogers", "sourceImId": "Will_Rogers_-_1940s_-_color.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5b/Will_Rogers_-_1940s_-_color.JPG/180px-Will_Rogers_-_1940s_-_color.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/02/25/0997888", "aUrlId": "9F05E7D8153EF936A15751C0A96E958260", "text": "Oxford has ''brought in the *Will Rogers* of /family physicians/,'' said Mr. Cain, who said Dr. Payson had never met a doctor he did not like.", "author": "Abelson, Reed", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "0999298_0", "date": "1998-03-02", "sourceId": "Q209518", "sourceLabel": "Wayne Gretzky", "sourceImId": "Wgretz.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Wgretz.jpg/180px-Wgretz.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/03/02/0999298", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DF1431F931A35750C0A96E958260", "text": "I call him the *Wayne Gretzky* of /his position/,'' Muckler said.", "author": "Willes, Ed", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "0999734_0", "date": "1998-03-04", "sourceId": "Q302", "sourceLabel": "Jesus Christ", "sourceImId": "Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4a/Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg/180px-Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/03/04/0999734", "aUrlId": "9C0DE4DC1331F937A35750C0A96E958260", "text": "The group spent a few weeks last summer in British Columbia searching for a man whom Mr. Chen describes as the ''Jesus of the West'' (the boy Chi-Jen Lo is the *Jesus* of /the East/).", "author": "Verhovek, Sam Howe", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1000310_0", "date": "1998-03-08", "sourceId": "Q888675", "sourceLabel": "Bobby Short", "sourceImId": "Bobby_Short_2000.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/52/Bobby_Short_2000.jpg/180px-Bobby_Short_2000.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/03/08/1000310", "aUrlId": "9D03EFDB143FF93BA35750C0A96E958260", "text": "; Danny Showers, the *Bobby Short* of /the West/, lounge singer at the Westin Tabor Center in Denver ''You learn to read the business week like a good book.", "author": "Finnerty, Amy", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1000313_0", "date": "1998-03-08", "sourceId": "Q40662", "sourceLabel": "John the Baptist", "sourceImId": "Accademia_-_St_John_the_Baptist_by_Titian_Cat314.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Accademia_-_St_John_the_Baptist_by_Titian_Cat314.jpg/180px-Accademia_-_St_John_the_Baptist_by_Titian_Cat314.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/03/08/1000313", "aUrlId": "9A0CEFDB143FF93BA35750C0A96E958260", "text": "Even Marshall McLuhan, the *John the Baptist* of /the wired universe/, remarked, ''You get moving very quickly and you end up in the wrong place.''", "author": "Iyer, Pico", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1000595_0", "date": "1998-03-08", "sourceId": "Q1254", "sourceLabel": "Kofi Annan", "sourceImId": "Kofi_Annan_2012_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/72/Kofi_Annan_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Kofi_Annan_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/03/08/1000595", "aUrlId": "9E03E0DE1F31F93BA35750C0A96E958260", "text": "It was a task that must have required the diplomacy of the *Kofi Annan* of /party planners/.", "author": "Hoban, Phoebe", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1001407_0", "date": "1998-03-12", "sourceId": "Q40096", "sourceLabel": "Will Smith", "sourceImId": "Will_Smith_(32335923807).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/75/Will_Smith_%2832335923807%29.jpg/180px-Will_Smith_%2832335923807%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/03/12/1001407", "aUrlId": "9401E5DA1330F931A25750C0A96E958260", "text": "Parappa is the *Will Smith* of /video game characters/.", "author": "Herz, J C", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1001742_0", "date": "1998-03-13", "sourceId": "Q9545", "sourceLabel": "Tony Blair", "sourceImId": "Tony_Blair_(2010).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/Tony_Blair_%282010%29.jpg/180px-Tony_Blair_%282010%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1998/03/13/1001742", "aUrlId": "9F03E4D61E30F930A25750C0A96E958260", "text": "On March 1, Francesco Cossiga, a former Italian president, conferred the title of ''the *Tony Blair* of /the right/'' on Gianfranco Fini, who is now reveling in his role as a low-fat Fascist.", "author": "Varadarajan, Tunku", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1003456_0", "date": "1998-03-20", "sourceId": "Q76988", "sourceLabel": "Rothschild", "sourceImId": "Mayer_Amschel_Rothschild.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/Mayer_Amschel_Rothschild.jpg/180px-Mayer_Amschel_Rothschild.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/03/20/1003456", "aUrlId": "9801E2DF1638F933A15750C0A96E958260", "text": "To manage his operations, Khedoury Zilkha, by then known as the *Rothschild* of /the Middle East/, deployed his four sons around the world, with Selim drawing Paris, then London.", "author": "Myerson, Allen R", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
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{"id": "1004264_0", "date": "1998-03-22", "sourceId": "Q3302854", "sourceLabel": "Maxwell Perkins", "sourceImId": "Maxwell_Perkins_NYWTS_detail.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/53/Maxwell_Perkins_NYWTS_detail.jpg/180px-Maxwell_Perkins_NYWTS_detail.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/03/22/1004264", "aUrlId": "9904E3D61F30F931A15750C0A96E958260", "text": "|Ursula Nordstrom| was arguably the greatest editor of American children's books in this century -- a *Maxwell Perkins* for /the Tot Department/, as she called her bailiwick at Harper & Row.", "author": "Sinkler, Rebecca Pepper", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1004596_0", "date": "1998-03-24", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/03/24/1004596", "aUrlId": "9C05E2DB1038F937A15750C0A96E958260", "text": "Africa is the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /continents/; the world seems to pay it scant heed and shows it less respect.", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1005150_0", "date": "1998-03-27", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/03/27/1005150", "aUrlId": "9800E0DD163BF934A15750C0A96E958260", "text": "Han bronzes are the *Cinderella* of /the Chinese art world/,'' said Michael Goedhuis, a London dealer who is exhibiting 11 bronzes from one tomb in southwest China at the Asian Art Fair.", "author": "Moonan, Wendy", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1005376_0", "date": "1998-03-28", "sourceId": "Q30487", "sourceLabel": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "sourceImId": "Gorbachev_2019_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1998/03/28/1005376", "aUrlId": "9B01EFDB143BF93BA15750C0A96E958260", "text": "What are the odds that Mr. Zhu will turn out to be the *Mikhail Gorbachev* of /China/, even though he insists that he intends to be nothing of the kind?", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1005376_1", "date": "1998-03-28", "sourceId": "Q130873", "sourceLabel": "Menachem Begin", "sourceImId": "Menachem_Begin,_Andrews_AFB,_1978.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/13/Menachem_Begin%2C_Andrews_AFB%2C_1978.JPG/180px-Menachem_Begin%2C_Andrews_AFB%2C_1978.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/03/28/1005376", "aUrlId": "9B01EFDB143BF93BA15750C0A96E958260", "text": "And what are the odds that Mr. Netanyahu will be the *Menachem Begin* of /his generation/, presiding over a historic Israeli-Palestinian territorial compromise that he long opposed?", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1006162_0", "date": "1998-03-30", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/03/30/1006162", "aUrlId": "9805E7D6133BF933A05750C0A96E958260", "text": "And Holdsclaw is often referred to as the *Michael Jordan* of /women's basketball/.", "author": "Smith, Claire", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1006469_0", "date": "1998-04-01", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/04/01/1006469", "aUrlId": "9D0DE2DE1E3BF932A35757C0A96E958260", "text": "It's the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /soft drinks/,'' said Keith Hughes, a Pepsi spokesman.", "author": "", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1006919_0", "date": "1998-04-03", "sourceId": "Q637200", "sourceLabel": "Henry Higgins", "sourceImId": "Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg/180px-Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/03/1006919", "aUrlId": "9905E0D8173AF930A35757C0A96E958260", "text": "His company, called the *Henry Higgins* of /Hollywood Inc./, has been in business since 1964, when he decided that something he had been doing for friends  free could be the basis of a good living.", "author": "Sterngold, James", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1007365_0", "date": "1998-04-05", "sourceId": "Q165421", "sourceLabel": "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis", "sourceImId": "JBK_In_Ft_Worth_(11-22-63).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/JBK_In_Ft_Worth_%2811-22-63%29.jpg/180px-JBK_In_Ft_Worth_%2811-22-63%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/05/1007365", "aUrlId": "9406E6DD1E3BF936A35757C0A96E958260", "text": "She was dressed as millions of women would like to be dressed,'' the American journalist Fleur Cowles wrote, after a 1950 meeting with the 31-year-old Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, whose sartorial distinction and national popularity made her the *Jacqueline Kennedy* of /South America/.", "author": "Owens, Mitchell", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1007365_1", "date": "1998-04-05", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/04/05/1007365", "aUrlId": "9406E6DD1E3BF936A35757C0A96E958260", "text": "The jewel, equipped with two lethally sharp platinum spikes, is affixed to the lapels of crisply tailored suits that Peron favored after the Rainbow Tour in the summer of 1947, when the *Cinderella* of /the pampas/ visited Europe as her country's official emissary.", "author": "Owens, Mitchell", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1007481_0", "date": "1998-04-05", "sourceId": "Q4535129", "sourceLabel": "Sol Hurok", "sourceImId": "Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg/180px-Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/05/1007481", "aUrlId": "9B0CEED9173AF936A35757C0A96E958260", "text": "A.  John Harms, known as the *Sol Hurok* of /Bergen County/, was an impresario who began bringing concert performers to New Jersey stages in the 1940's.", "author": "Keller, Susan Jo", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1007695_0", "date": "1998-04-05", "sourceId": "Q190094", "sourceLabel": "Allen Iverson", "sourceImId": "Iverson_dribbling.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8f/Iverson_dribbling.jpg/180px-Iverson_dribbling.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/04/05/1007695", "aUrlId": "950DE6D8133AF936A35757C0A96E958260", "text": "Woodson is being called the *Allen Iverson* of /the N.F.L./", "author": "Freeman, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1007977_0", "date": "1998-04-07", "sourceId": "Q1409", "sourceLabel": "Caligula", "sourceImId": "Gaius_Caligula_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/15/Gaius_Caligula_Head.jpg/180px-Gaius_Caligula_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/07/1007977", "aUrlId": "9A04E2DC113AF934A35757C0A96E958260", "text": "Watson, having risen to historic fame at an early age, became the *Caligula* of /biology/.''", "author": "Wade, Nicholas", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1008616_0", "date": "1998-04-10", "sourceId": "Q122634", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png/180px-Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/10/1008616", "aUrlId": "9B0CEED9143DF933A25757C0A96E958260", "text": "Do not threaten to call the police or have him thrown out,'' went a memorandum issued by another company, when the *Robin Hood* of /corporate America/ went on the road to promote his book abou downsizing.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1009371_0", "date": "1998-04-12", "sourceId": "Q14950350", "sourceLabel": "Lawrence Phillips", "sourceImId": "Lawrence_Phillips_mugshot.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b9/Lawrence_Phillips_mugshot.jpg/180px-Lawrence_Phillips_mugshot.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/12/1009371", "aUrlId": "980CE0D9103DF931A25757C0A96E958260", "text": "New Orleans -- Randy Moss, WR, 6-5, 200 -- Marshall  He is the *Lawrence Phillips* of /this draft/, more baggage than an airline.", "author": "Freeman, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1009414_0", "date": "1998-04-13", "sourceId": "Q607", "sourceLabel": "Michael Bloomberg", "sourceImId": "Mike_Bloomberg_Headshot.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e2/Mike_Bloomberg_Headshot.jpg/180px-Mike_Bloomberg_Headshot.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1998/04/13/1009414", "aUrlId": "9C0CE0D8103DF930A25757C0A96E958260", "text": "Lest people think Mr. Li aspires to be the *Michael Bloomberg* of /Asia/, he still views this latest venture as being in the entertainment tradition of Star TV.", "author": "Landler, Mark", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1009797_0", "date": "1998-04-15", "sourceId": "Q1111386", "sourceLabel": "Robert Moses", "sourceImId": "Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg/180px-Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/15/1009797", "aUrlId": "9906E6DB1F3DF936A25757C0A96E958260", "text": "Money was plentiful, peace reigned and thousands of workmen, driven by Baron Haussmann, the *Robert Moses* of /his day/, were carving Paris into an urban jewel.", "author": "Prial, Frank J", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1010622_0", "date": "1998-04-19", "sourceId": "Q131691", "sourceLabel": "Wellington", "sourceImId": "Sir_Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/83/Sir_Arthur_Wellesley%2C_1st_Duke_of_Wellington.png/180px-Sir_Arthur_Wellesley%2C_1st_Duke_of_Wellington.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/19/1010622", "aUrlId": "9A03E5DD143DF93AA25757C0A96E958260", "text": "To his British allies of the time he was ''the *Wellington* of /the Indians/,'' while his most formidable adversary, William Henry Harrison, the future President of the United States, called him ''one of those uncommon geniuses which spring up occasionally to produce revolutions and overturn the established order of things,'' adding, ''If it were not for the vicinity of the United States, he would, perhaps, be the founder of an empire that would rival in glory that of Mexico or Peru.''", "author": "Gewen, Barry", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1010667_0", "date": "1998-04-19", "sourceId": "Q212648", "sourceLabel": "Rudy Giuliani", "sourceImId": "Rudy_Giuliani.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Rudy_Giuliani.jpg/180px-Rudy_Giuliani.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/19/1010667", "aUrlId": "9B00E0D9113DF93AA25757C0A96E958260", "text": "Mockus might be described as the *Rudy Giuliani* of /Bogota, Colombia/, although he is far more radical and Bogota is a far more raucous town than New York.", "author": "Tierney, John", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1010987_0", "date": "1998-04-19", "sourceId": "Q260683", "sourceLabel": "Grandma Moses", "sourceImId": "Grandma_Moses_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Grandma_Moses_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Grandma_Moses_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/19/1010987", "aUrlId": "9A0DE5DF103CF93AA25757C0A96E958260", "text": "Mrs. Spelce's remarkable talent led to a one-woman show in New York, her inclusion in a number of folk art anthologies and renown as the *Grandma Moses* of /Texas/.", "author": "Thomas, Robert Mcg Jr", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1011842_0", "date": "1998-04-23", "sourceId": "Q7352498", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/04/23/1011842", "aUrlId": "940DEED9143FF930A15757C0A96E958260", "text": "|A Bronx drugstore| worker who the police said had portrayed himself as a *Robin Hood* for /people who have the virus that causes AIDS/ was accused yesterday of stealing more than $171,000 in medication to treat the virus.", "author": "Roane, Kit R", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1012254_0", "date": "1998-04-26", "sourceId": "Q160499", "sourceLabel": "Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-P\u00e9rigord", "sourceImId": "Talleyrand_01.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Talleyrand_01.jpg/180px-Talleyrand_01.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/04/26/1012254", "aUrlId": "9C00E7D9103DF935A15757C0A96E958260", "text": "The Simpsons and their friends, with the possible exception of the precocious Lisa, a second grader with the potential to be the *Talleyrand* of /Springfield/, bungle through life the way some people parallel park, leaving gouged fenders, shattered headlights, incoherent rage and improperly filled-out paperwork.", "author": "Strum, Charles", "desk": "Television"},
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{"id": "1014199_0", "date": "1998-05-03", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/05/03/1014199", "aUrlId": "9D07E3DD143EF930A35756C0A96E958260", "text": "For all his aspirations to become the *Shakespeare* of /the 20th century/, a changed Broadway drove Anderson from experimentation ''in an age of prose'' to more commercial considerations.", "author": "Klein, Alvin", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1014458_0", "date": "1998-05-03", "sourceId": "Q192707", "sourceLabel": "Charles Barkley", "sourceImId": "Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/06/Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg/180px-Charles_Barkley_at_East_Carolina_University.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/05/03/1014458", "aUrlId": "9506E2D6113EF930A35756C0A96E958260", "text": "When I was growing up, I followed Bill Hartack, who was the *Charles Barkley* of /jockeys/.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1014635_0", "date": "1998-05-04", "sourceId": "Q348011", "sourceLabel": "Joe Montana", "sourceImId": "Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8c/Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg/180px-Joe_Montana_ESPN_cropped2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/05/04/1014635", "aUrlId": "9506E6D71E3EF937A35756C0A96E958260", "text": "The CityHawks' new coach, Chuck Shelton, said with a straight face that Perez is the *Joe Montana* of /Arena ball/.", "author": "Dicker, Ron", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1016005_0", "date": "1998-05-10", "sourceId": "Q1370974", "sourceLabel": "Peter Allen", "sourceImId": "Peter_Allen_and_Chris_Bell_The_Allen_Brothers_1967.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/82/Peter_Allen_and_Chris_Bell_The_Allen_Brothers_1967.JPG/180px-Peter_Allen_and_Chris_Bell_The_Allen_Brothers_1967.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/05/10/1016005", "aUrlId": "9C05E3D61331F933A25756C0A96E958260", "text": "In this singles scene, it is the *Peter Allen* of /potent potables/.", "author": "Decaro, Frank", "desk": "Style Desk"},
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{"id": "1016699_0", "date": "1998-05-13", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/05/13/1016699", "aUrlId": "9C01E7DB1430F930A25756C0A96E958260", "text": "In MSNBC's continuing coverage of the story it labels ''Seinoff,'' one awestruck correspondent this week straight-facedly presented a Syracuse University professor's pronouncement that ''Seinfeld'' was ''the *Picasso* of /American sitcoms/.''", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
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{"id": "1017574_0", "date": "1998-05-17", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/05/17/1017574", "aUrlId": "9B02E2D71430F934A25756C0A96E958260", "text": "We've become the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the Hamptons/,'' said Katlean de Monchy, a summer and weekend resident of Westhampton Beach.", "author": "Saslow, Linda", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1018033_0", "date": "1998-05-18", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/05/18/1018033", "aUrlId": "9505E2DA1F30F93BA25756C0A96E958260", "text": "He is the *Cal Ripken* of /national security advisers/,'' said William Danvers, who was the White House liaison to Congress until last year.", "author": "Sciolino, Elaine", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1018818_0", "date": "1998-05-22", "sourceId": "Q49004", "sourceLabel": "Patrick Swayze", "sourceImId": "Patrick_Swayze.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Patrick_Swayze.jpg/180px-Patrick_Swayze.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1998/05/22/1018818", "aUrlId": "9F01E6DF1039F931A15756C0A96E958260", "text": "If Mr. Fraser continues to take such roles, he could become the 90's answer to the *Patrick Swayze* of ''/Dirty Dancing/.''", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1019130_0", "date": "1998-05-24", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/05/24/1019130", "aUrlId": "940CE1DF1639F937A15756C0A96E958260", "text": "Tepper is an adoptive mother who turned herself into an advocate -- ''the *Ralph Nader* of /attachment/,'' a friend calls her -- and like a lot of advocates she can be blunt and ornery and single-minded.", "author": "Talbot, Margaret", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1020520_0", "date": "1998-05-29", "sourceId": "Q41142", "sourceLabel": "Jane Fonda", "sourceImId": "Jane_Fonda_Cannes_nineties.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Jane_Fonda_Cannes_nineties.jpg/180px-Jane_Fonda_Cannes_nineties.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/05/29/1020520", "aUrlId": "9C03EED91038F93AA15756C0A96E958260", "text": "During her stay there, the longest of any female inmate in New York State, she earned a high school equivalency diploma, counseled prisoners with AIDS, won prizes for her photography, became an accomplished chef and taught exercise classes with such panache that she was known as the *Jane Fonda* of /the Westchester County prison/.", "author": "Gross, Jane", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1020863_0", "date": "1998-05-31", "sourceId": "Q729281", "sourceLabel": "Latrell Sprewell", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/05/31/1020863", "aUrlId": "9B05EFDD1438F932A05756C0A96E958260", "text": "Korea is like the brilliant athlete who has troubles off the field and is looking for a team to take a chance on him, the *Latrell Sprewell* of /the Global Economy/.", "author": "Lewis, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1021230_0", "date": "1998-05-31", "sourceId": "Q106465", "sourceLabel": "John Grisham", "sourceImId": "John_Grisham_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f6/John_Grisham_crop.jpg/180px-John_Grisham_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1998/05/31/1021230", "aUrlId": "9B02E1DE163BF932A05756C0A96E958260", "text": "At the Flushing library, a quick glance inside the back cover of ''The Young Flying Fox'' -- one in a 36-volume series by Jin Yung, the *John Grisham* of /Chinese kung fu books/ -- suggests how heavily used the library is.", "author": "Toy, Vivian S", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1022745_0", "date": "1998-06-07", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/06/07/1022745", "aUrlId": "9C06E4DE113BF934A35755C0A96E958260", "text": "I call him the *Einstein* of /horses/.''", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1022812_0", "date": "1998-06-07", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/06/07/1022812", "aUrlId": "9C07EFDD1E3BF934A35755C0A96E958260", "text": "Our purpose is to be the *Johnny Appleseed* of /microradio and free speech/.''", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1024323_0", "date": "1998-06-14", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/06/14/1024323", "aUrlId": "9C02E0DE123AF937A25755C0A96E958260", "text": "In many repertories they are no longer remarkable, but the fortepiano (the *Cinderella* of /period instruments/) inflames debates reminiscent of the early-music wars of 10 years ago.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1024527_0", "date": "1998-06-14", "sourceId": "Q159694", "sourceLabel": "Christian Dior", "sourceImId": "Stamps_of_Romania,_2005-002.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f8/Stamps_of_Romania%2C_2005-002.jpg/180px-Stamps_of_Romania%2C_2005-002.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/06/14/1024527", "aUrlId": "980DE2DC1F3AF937A25755C0A96E958260", "text": "He's a businessman and an artist, the *Christian Dior* of /his generation/,'' said  Mrs. Wyatt, who introduced him to a gathering of her friends in Houston last spring.", "author": "La Ferla, Ruth", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1024559_0", "date": "1998-06-14", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/06/14/1024559", "aUrlId": "9B02EED71F3AF937A25755C0A96E958260", "text": "The company bears the strong stamp of Mr. Dedman Sr., described by one industry executive as ''the *Henry Ford* of /the club management business/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1026007_0", "date": "1998-06-21", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/06/21/1026007", "aUrlId": "9D06E3DD153DF932A15755C0A96E958260", "text": "Q: You're the *Tiger Woods* of /Quake/.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1026623_0", "date": "1998-06-22", "sourceId": "Q2009573", "sourceLabel": "James Bond", "sourceImId": "James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds,_London.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2e/James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds%2C_London.jpg/180px-James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds%2C_London.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/06/22/1026623", "aUrlId": "9B00EFD9153CF931A15755C0A96E958260", "text": "When Hamid Reza Estili -- known as the *James Bond* of /Iran/ -- scored the first goal, Iranians throughout Teheran were thunderstruck.", "author": "Sciolino, Elaine", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1027049_0", "date": "1998-06-24", "sourceId": "Q7352498", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/06/24/1027049", "aUrlId": "9D07E5D8103CF937A15755C0A96E958260", "text": "|He| will embrace the Bronx, reinvent himself as a *Robin Hood* of /sports/.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1027911_0", "date": "1998-06-28", "sourceId": "Q214477", "sourceLabel": "Julia Child", "sourceImId": "Julia_Child_portrait_by_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1998/06/28/1027911", "aUrlId": "9C07E0DF1F3CF93BA15755C0A96E958260", "text": "Ten years later, Mr. Schneekloth is not only the owner of Jeffrey's, one of the more notable restaurants at the shore, he is also the *Julia Child* of /this thriving community/, the owner of a cooking studio whose enrollment has swelled from 50 to 400 students.", "author": "Schumer, Fran", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1028525_0", "date": "1998-06-30", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/06/30/1028525", "aUrlId": "9F02EEDB133FF933A05755C0A96E958260", "text": "I believe the gaming business is kind of the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the stock market/,'' Hilton's chief executive, Stephen F. Bollenbach, told securities analysts in April in a conference call to discuss earnings.", "author": "Pollack, Andrew", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1029502_0", "date": "1998-07-05", "sourceId": "Q25089", "sourceLabel": "Woody Allen", "sourceImId": "Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg/180px-Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/07/05/1029502", "aUrlId": "9C02E2D7113FF936A35754C0A96E958260", "text": "The three-concert series opens on Saturday at 8 P.M. at the Chirch of the Open Door on Main Bayview Road in Southold with a solo recital by Dave Frishberg, a singer who has been called ''the *Woody Allen* of /song/.''", "author": "Delatiner, Barbara", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1029740_0", "date": "1998-07-05", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/07/05/1029740", "aUrlId": "9903E5DD153EF936A35754C0A96E958260", "text": "But the Chancellor has shown little inclination to bargain, prompting the union to dash off a news release the other day urging him ''to treat workers with respect'' -- a line that seemed apt for an organization that, in one sense, is the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /municipal unions/.", "author": "Steinberg, Jacques", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1029877_0", "date": "1998-07-06", "sourceId": "Q4395105", "sourceLabel": "Cokie Roberts", "sourceImId": "Cokie_roberts_2944.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Cokie_roberts_2944.JPG/180px-Cokie_roberts_2944.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "GFDL 1.2", "fId": "1998/07/06/1029877", "aUrlId": "9E00E6DF123EF935A35754C0A96E958260", "text": "They wanted to turn me into the *Cokie Roberts* of /sports broadcasting/, a place where the hardest sports news is explained in the most mind-numbing manner possible,'' she wrote.", "author": "Adelson, Andrea", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1029883_0", "date": "1998-07-06", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/07/06/1029883", "aUrlId": "9504E2DF123EF935A35754C0A96E958260", "text": "He's sort of the *Johnny Appleseed* of /new ideas/,'' said Donald Gogel, the Clayton, Dublier & Rice partner who led Kinko's through the reorganization and acted as interim chief executive until Mr. Hardin was hired.", "author": "Flynn, Laurie J", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1030303_0", "date": "1998-07-08", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/07/08/1030303", "aUrlId": "9F02E2DC113EF93BA35754C0A96E958260", "text": "BUDDY GRECO, who rose from being a singing pianist with Benny Goodman's orchestra to a solo career on the club, cruise ship and casino circuit, has become the *Cal Ripken* of /cabaret/.", "author": "Barron, James; Collins, Glenn", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1030745_0", "date": "1998-07-10", "sourceId": "Q219521", "sourceLabel": "Walter Brennan", "sourceImId": "Walter_Brennan_in_Meet_John_Doe_trailer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walter_Brennan_in_Meet_John_Doe_trailer.jpg/180px-Walter_Brennan_in_Meet_John_Doe_trailer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/07/10/1030745", "aUrlId": "9E06E7D71631F933A25754C0A96E958260", "text": "He seems to be the *Walter Brennan* of /the soccer set/, but he gives as much as he takes with the frenzied Brazilian news media.", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1030949_0", "date": "1998-07-11", "sourceId": "Q7377593", "sourceLabel": "Rudy Crew", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/07/11/1030949", "aUrlId": "9400E1DF1531F932A25754C0A96E958260", "text": "To Dr. Kurt Scholz, the president of the Vienna Board of Education, who described himself as ''the *Rudy Crew* of /Austria/,'' the exchange is about a lot more than the law of supply and demand.", "author": "Steinberg, Jacques", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1031036_0", "date": "1998-07-12", "sourceId": "Q213550", "sourceLabel": "Billy Graham", "sourceImId": "Billy_Graham_bw_photo,_April_11,_1966.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e0/Billy_Graham_bw_photo%2C_April_11%2C_1966.jpg/180px-Billy_Graham_bw_photo%2C_April_11%2C_1966.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/07/12/1031036", "aUrlId": "9C07E4D81F3FF931A25754C0A96E958260", "text": "Thurman has been called the *Billy Graham* of /Buddhism/, and that is not a bad caricature.", "author": "Gomes, Peter J", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1031595_0", "date": "1998-07-13", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/07/13/1031595", "aUrlId": "9500E1DF1331F930A25754C0A96E958260", "text": "Now playing his 72d season, Mr. Ballard has a lifetime average of .405, is a member of the Stickball Hall of Fame and is, as well, the *Jackie Robinson* of /Stickball/.", "author": "O'Neill, Molly", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1031701_0", "date": "1998-07-14", "sourceId": "Q104266", "sourceLabel": "Mel Brooks", "sourceImId": "MelBrooksApr10.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/94/MelBrooksApr10.jpg/180px-MelBrooksApr10.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/07/14/1031701", "aUrlId": "9A04E3D81331F937A25754C0A96E958260", "text": "You've been called ''the *Mel Brooks* of /the physics world/.''", "author": "Dreifus, Claudia", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1032327_0", "date": "1998-07-17", "sourceId": "Q131324", "sourceLabel": "Janet Jackson", "sourceImId": "Janet_Jackson_2002.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Janet_Jackson_2002.jpg/180px-Janet_Jackson_2002.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/07/17/1032327", "aUrlId": "940CE2D71730F934A25754C0A96E958260", "text": "She's the *Janet Jackson* of /salsa/, always working on revenge and deliverance from the evil of masculinity.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1032384_0", "date": "1998-07-17", "sourceId": "Q4616", "sourceLabel": "Marilyn Monroe", "sourceImId": "Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/46/Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg/180px-Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/07/17/1032384", "aUrlId": "9401E0DA1430F934A25754C0A96E958260", "text": "From Los Angeles to New York, she was billed as the *Marilyn Monroe* of /Burlesque/.", "author": "Terry, Don", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1032449_0", "date": "1998-07-17", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/07/17/1032449", "aUrlId": "9F0CEEDE1530F934A25754C0A96E958260", "text": "And that, Ms. Dolensek said with a slight roll of the eyes, would mean more irritation for City Island's 4,500 residents, who in a sense are the *Greta Garbo* of /New York/.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1033645_0", "date": "1998-07-22", "sourceId": "Q60809", "sourceLabel": "Ansel Adams", "sourceImId": "Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg/180px-Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/07/22/1033645", "aUrlId": "9A06E2D81F30F931A15754C0A96E958260", "text": "Know any eight-leggers who lug along a $3,000 camera, a $4,000 gyroscope stabilizer and the dream of being remembered as the *Ansel Adams* of /New York City bridges/?", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1034550_0", "date": "1998-07-26", "sourceId": "Q187324", "sourceLabel": "Zelda Fitzgerald", "sourceImId": "Zelda_Fitzgerald_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/23/Zelda_Fitzgerald_portrait.jpg/180px-Zelda_Fitzgerald_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/07/26/1034550", "aUrlId": "9903E7D61139F935A15754C0A96E958260", "text": "At a time when the young American writers were self-consciously trying to recreate the fabled Paris of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and other 1920's expatriates,  Miss Southgate, though sane, was the *Zelda Fitzgerald* of /the 1950's/.", "author": "Thomas, Robert Mcg Jr", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1034674_0", "date": "1998-07-26", "sourceId": "Q313697", "sourceLabel": "Ross Perot", "sourceImId": "RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/RossPerotColor.jpg/180px-RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/07/26/1034674", "aUrlId": "940DEEDC1530F935A15754C0A96E958260", "text": "Lilly, the Exes' front woman, is all pouty smiles and sharp edges; Hank, their musical anchor, is a blend of unintended arrogance and striver's cheer (''the *Ross Perot* of /the Boston music scene/'').", "author": "Dubner, Stephen J", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1034879_0", "date": "1998-07-27", "sourceId": "Q311332", "sourceLabel": "Greg Louganis", "sourceImId": "Greglouganis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f4/Greglouganis.jpg/180px-Greglouganis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/07/27/1034879", "aUrlId": "9804E0DB1F39F934A15754C0A96E958260", "text": "Sautin acknowledges that he is the *Greg Louganis* of /this era/.", "author": "Litsky, Frank", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1034931_0", "date": "1998-07-28", "sourceId": "Q91", "sourceLabel": "Abraham Lincoln", "sourceImId": "Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg/180px-Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/07/28/1034931", "aUrlId": "9D03EED61F39F93BA15754C0A96E958260", "text": "But on the 19th-century list would be Charles Dickens and Herman Melville, Jane Austen and Mark Twain (''the *Lincoln* of /our literature/,'' said William Dean Howells).", "author": "Bernstein, Richard", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1035441_0", "date": "1998-07-30", "sourceId": "Q255", "sourceLabel": "Ludwig van Beethoven", "sourceImId": "Beethovensmall.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c0/Beethovensmall.jpg/180px-Beethovensmall.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/07/30/1035441", "aUrlId": "9C04E1D61538F933A05754C0A96E958260", "text": "Sam Schwartz, who writes the Gridlock Sam column for The Daily News, calls him the *Beethoven* of /traffic cops/ -- in other words, he does not direct traffic so much as conduct it, like a symphony.", "author": "Kennedy, Randy", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1036769_0", "date": "1998-08-04", "sourceId": "Q36023", "sourceLabel": "Calvin Coolidge", "sourceImId": "Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/08/04/1036769", "aUrlId": "9E00E7DE173BF937A3575BC0A96E958260", "text": "Ramiro Mendoza is the *Calvin Coolidge* of /the Yankees/, virtually silent among louder teammates such as Tim Raines and Derek Jeter.", "author": "Olney, Buster", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1037050_0", "date": "1998-08-06", "sourceId": "Q303207", "sourceLabel": "Ricky Nelson", "sourceImId": "Ricky_Nelson_-_Modern_Screen,_Feb._1958.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/Ricky_Nelson_-_Modern_Screen%2C_Feb._1958.jpg/180px-Ricky_Nelson_-_Modern_Screen%2C_Feb._1958.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/08/06/1037050", "aUrlId": "9905E2DD153BF935A3575BC0A96E958260", "text": "I just want to laugh like a fool, and say, shoot, I feel like the *Ricky Nelson* of /novelists/.", "author": "Carvajal, Doreen", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1045162_0", "date": "1998-09-10", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/09/10/1045162", "aUrlId": "9401E3D6153EF933A2575AC0A96E958260", "text": "After defragmenting my hard drive recently, I felt I was well on the way to becoming the *Martha Stewart* of /computer maintenance/.", "author": "Slatalla, Michelle", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1045188_0", "date": "1998-09-10", "sourceId": "Q3308441", "sourceLabel": "Eppie Lederer", "sourceImId": "Ann_Landers.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Ann_Landers.jpg/180px-Ann_Landers.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/09/10/1045188", "aUrlId": "990CE0DF113EF933A2575AC0A96E958260", "text": "Where else could you find Czarina Oksana Borzoi Diva Dog Needlenose of MuffinTush, the *Ann Landers* of /canine expatriate nobility/, who answers questions that borzois and other dogs instruct their human servants to E-mail to her?", "author": "Kelley, Tina", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1045404_0", "date": "1998-09-11", "sourceId": "Q508202", "sourceLabel": "George Jones", "sourceImId": "George_JonesCFF.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/George_JonesCFF.JPG/180px-George_JonesCFF.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/09/11/1045404", "aUrlId": "9C04E0DC1F3EF932A2575AC0A96E958260", "text": "He could have been the *George Jones* of /his day/ -- a superb stylist.''", "author": "Ratliff, Ben", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1047276_0", "date": "1998-09-18", "sourceId": "Q103949", "sourceLabel": "Buster Keaton", "sourceImId": "Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Busterkeaton_edit.jpg/180px-Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/09/18/1047276", "aUrlId": "9805E7DD1630F93BA2575AC0A96E958260", "text": "Fortunately, being the *Buster Keaton* of /martial arts/, he makes a doleful expression and comedic physical grace take the place of small talk.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1047304_0", "date": "1998-09-18", "sourceId": "Q37571", "sourceLabel": "Jackson Pollock", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/09/18/1047304", "aUrlId": "9C01E0DB1630F93BA2575AC0A96E958260", "text": "Walker Evans might be called the *Jackson Pollock* of /American photography/.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1048474_0", "date": "1998-09-22", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/09/22/1048474", "aUrlId": "9906E5DE1130F931A1575AC0A96E958260", "text": "Dr. Sexton, who described himself as ''the *P. T. Barnum* of /legal education/,'' said the forum, which was called Strengthening Democracy in the Global Economy, was meant to showcase what the school calls its global law school initiative.", "author": "Sachs, Susan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1048736_0", "date": "1998-09-23", "sourceId": "Q296647", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Lauren", "sourceImId": "Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg/180px-Ralph_Lauren_2013.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/09/23/1048736", "aUrlId": "9802E5D61E30F930A1575AC0A96E958260", "text": "Mr. Stern, a traditionalist, has himself had a lifelong love affair with molding, and there are complaints at Yale that installing the *Ralph Lauren* of /architecture/ -- the view of his critics -- sends the wrong message about the direction of the school.", "author": "Bumiller, Elisabeth", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1049076_0", "date": "1998-09-25", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/09/25/1049076", "aUrlId": "9800E4DB1739F936A1575AC0A96E958260", "text": "She goes to a plastic surgeon (Michael Lerner) who's been dubbed ''the *Michelangelo* of /Manhattan/'' by Newsweek.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1049648_0", "date": "1998-09-27", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/09/27/1049648", "aUrlId": "9D01E3D61239F934A1575AC0A96E958260", "text": "Rocky as he was at first, Gehrig, whose fielding skills were still notoriously deficient when he joined the Yankees organization in 1923, proved such a quick study and had such acute eyesight that by the time Commerce won the New York City public school championship in 1920 he was already being called the *Babe Ruth* of /high school baseball in New York/.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1049680_0", "date": "1998-09-27", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/09/27/1049680", "aUrlId": "9C02E7DB1339F934A1575AC0A96E958260", "text": "and is now a sportscaster, and David Bailey, the *Michael Jordan* of /motocross racing in the 1980's/ who became paralyzed in a racing accident and will compete in a wheelchair along part of the course.", "author": "Mallozzi, Vincent M", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1050567_0", "date": "1998-10-01", "sourceId": "Q3268056", "sourceLabel": "Mr. Chips", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/10/01/1050567", "aUrlId": "9E07E7D71638F932A35753C1A96E958260", "text": "While he's not exactly the *Mr. Chips* of /communications/, his listeners attend to him and have a surprisingly high income and education level for such a wild program.", "author": "Arnold, Martin", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1050921_0", "date": "1998-10-02", "sourceId": "Q9711", "sourceLabel": "Honor\u00e9 de Balzac", "sourceImId": "Honor\u00e9_de_Balzac_(1842)_Detail.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e6/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac_%281842%29_Detail.jpg/180px-Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac_%281842%29_Detail.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/10/02/1050921", "aUrlId": "9E07E3DF1238F931A35753C1A96E958260", "text": "After his death, his work was brought to international attention by the American photographer Berenice Abbott, who cited |him| as ''a *Balzac* of /the camera/.''", "author": "Glueck, Grace", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1051212_0", "date": "1998-10-04", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/10/04/1051212", "aUrlId": "9B05E7DD1E39F937A35753C1A96E958260", "text": "And that was fine with the Met's trustees, who looked upon photography, more or less, as the *Elvis* of /the visual arts/: fast, slick and indecently young, with a history going back only as far as 1839.", "author": "Solomon, Deborah", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
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{"id": "1052027_0", "date": "1998-10-06", "sourceId": "Q72267", "sourceLabel": "Cecil B. DeMille", "sourceImId": "Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg/180px-Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/10/06/1052027", "aUrlId": "9B00E5D61F38F935A35753C1A96E958260", "text": "He was the *Cecil B. DeMille* of /restaurateurs/ -- everything was a big production.''", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1052214_0", "date": "1998-10-07", "sourceId": "Q3241381", "sourceLabel": "Linda Tripp", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/10/07/1052214", "aUrlId": "9B0CE1D8173BF934A35753C1A96E958260", "text": "After watching the 45-minute hearing, a bent knuckle pressed against his lips, Mr. Edwards, who has not been charged in the case, announced to reporters in a descending elevator that his longtime friend had become ''the *Linda Tripp* of /Louisiana/.''", "author": "Sack, Kevin", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1052345_0", "date": "1998-10-08", "sourceId": "Q160538", "sourceLabel": "Gian Lorenzo Bernini", "sourceImId": "Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini,_self-portrait,_c1623.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d5/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg/180px-Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/10/08/1052345", "aUrlId": "9B07EFDA143BF93BA35753C1A96E958260", "text": "JON JERDE,'' Steve Wynn declared grandly, ''is the *Bernini* of /our time/.''", "author": "Anderton, Frances", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1052353_0", "date": "1998-10-08", "sourceId": "Q9077", "sourceLabel": "Moses", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/10/08/1052353", "aUrlId": "940DE1D9143BF93BA35753C1A96E958260", "text": "Ralph Lauren, the *Moses* of /cross-merchandising/, was just the beginning.", "author": "", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1053075_0", "date": "1998-10-11", "sourceId": "Q709509", "sourceLabel": "Arthur Godfrey", "sourceImId": "Arthur_Godfrey_Flying.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/74/Arthur_Godfrey_Flying.jpg/180px-Arthur_Godfrey_Flying.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/10/11/1053075", "aUrlId": "9503E2DD143BF932A25753C1A96E958260", "text": "|He| is the *Arthur Godfrey* for /the 80's and 90's/.", "author": "Greene, Donna", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1053270_0", "date": "1998-10-11", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/10/11/1053270", "aUrlId": "950DE7D7103BF932A25753C1A96E958260", "text": "Meetings are the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the business world/: While many good ideas come from them, meetings get no respect.", "author": "Schembari, James", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
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{"id": "1053352_0", "date": "1998-10-11", "sourceId": "Q3241381", "sourceLabel": "Linda Tripp", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/10/11/1053352", "aUrlId": "9D01E1DA1E3BF932A25753C1A96E958260", "text": "Should that happen, Edwards's lawyers are very likely to be hard on the man Edwards has called ''the *Linda Tripp* of /Louisiana/.''", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1053388_0", "date": "1998-10-11", "sourceId": "Q190152", "sourceLabel": "Larry Bird", "sourceImId": "Larrybird.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bb/Larrybird.jpg/180px-Larrybird.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/10/11/1053388", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDF1F3BF932A25753C1A96E958260", "text": "He is the *Larry Bird* of /baseball/.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1053952_0", "date": "1998-10-14", "sourceId": "Q8612", "sourceLabel": "Andrew Johnson", "sourceImId": "President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg/180px-President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/10/14/1053952", "aUrlId": "9400E2DB143AF937A25753C1A96E958260", "text": "His Presidency is already ruined -- he is the *Andrew Johnson* of /the counterculture/ -- and he can be penalized in any of a number of ways that will not rend the nation.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1054141_0", "date": "1998-10-15", "sourceId": "Q157054", "sourceLabel": "Giorgio Armani", "sourceImId": "GiorgioArmani.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/GiorgioArmani.jpg/180px-GiorgioArmani.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/10/15/1054141", "aUrlId": "9C00E2DE123AF936A25753C1A96E958260", "text": "Why, the Michelangelo, the Cellini and the *Giorgio Armani* of /this highly specialized profession/, the most innovative and celebrated Italian armorer of the era.", "author": "Glueck, Grace", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1054778_0", "date": "1998-10-18", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/10/18/1054778", "aUrlId": "9B05E6DE1E3BF93BA25753C1A96E958260", "text": "Few sportswriters have resisted the temptation to dub Pak ''the *Tiger Woods* of /the L.P.G.A./''", "author": "Brubach, Holly", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1055448_0", "date": "1998-10-20", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/10/20/1055448", "aUrlId": "9507EEDD173DF933A15753C1A96E958260", "text": "It is a lot safer for short-term use,'' said Barbara Seaman, who has been called the *Ralph Nader* of /the pill/ for her 1969 book ''The Doctors' Case Against the Pill.''", "author": "Zuger, Abigail", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1056575_0", "date": "1998-10-25", "sourceId": "Q80048", "sourceLabel": "Al Capone", "sourceImId": "Al_Capone_in_1930.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/Al_Capone_in_1930.jpg/180px-Al_Capone_in_1930.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/10/25/1056575", "aUrlId": "9E0CE1D61E3AF936A15753C1A96E958260", "text": "This frees up Jonathan to sprinkle his acidic wit on art experts and thieves like Dan Menzies (''the *Al Capone* of /restoration/''), who has been engaged by the monastery to apply his savage artistry to its dubious Caravaggio.", "author": "Stasio, Marilyn", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1057308_0", "date": "1998-10-27", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/10/27/1057308", "aUrlId": "9A0DE7DB123CF934A15753C1A96E958260", "text": "Jimmy Behr, a 51-year-old Staten Island schoolteacher, is the *Cal Ripken* of /running/.", "author": "Bloom, Marc", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1057739_0", "date": "1998-10-29", "sourceId": "Q2096683", "sourceLabel": "Ted Koppel", "sourceImId": "Ted_Koppel_2002.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/50/Ted_Koppel_2002.jpg/180px-Ted_Koppel_2002.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1998/10/29/1057739", "aUrlId": "9D00EFD7113CF93AA15753C1A96E958260", "text": "I consider myself more of a teacher than a celebrity, a hostess or a star,'' said Ms. Jennings, the *Ted Koppel* of /life style/.", "author": "Ryan, James", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1058218_0", "date": "1998-10-31", "sourceId": "Q207", "sourceLabel": "George W. Bush", "sourceImId": "George-W-Bush.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d4/George-W-Bush.jpeg/180px-George-W-Bush.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/10/31/1058218", "aUrlId": "9802E0D6143FF932A05753C1A96E958260", "text": "His advisers hope he could be a Vice-Presidential candidate or a Cabinet secretary in a Republican administration, and Mr. Rowland was tickled to see himself referred to as ''the *George W. Bush* of /the North/'' in a recent article in U.S. News & World Report.", "author": "Allen, Mike", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1058652_0", "date": "1998-11-01", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/11/01/1058652", "aUrlId": "9900E6D9143FF932A35752C1A96E958260", "text": "They capture shots of her sitting in revealingly short skirts, and they dub her the *Madonna* of /the Cabinet/.", "author": "Wudunn, Sheryl", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1058760_0", "date": "1998-11-01", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1998/11/01/1058760", "aUrlId": "9E04EEDC123FF932A35752C1A96E958260", "text": "He doesn't always get along with his teammates, let alone the news media, and one physician who has dealt with players, though not Belle, calls him the *Mike Tyson* of /baseball/.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1058886_0", "date": "1998-11-01", "sourceId": "Q462481", "sourceLabel": "Mark McGwire", "sourceImId": "Mark_mcgwire.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Mark_mcgwire.jpg/180px-Mark_mcgwire.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/11/01/1058886", "aUrlId": "9A05EEDB133FF932A35752C1A96E958260", "text": "I was given a different lyric every night for the first 10 previews,'' Ms. Paige said, reminiscing on the telephone from London recently about those bygone days before ''Cats'' had become ''Cats,'' the long-runner in the West End and the longest-running production in Broadway history, the *Mark McGwire* of /the modern musical/.", "author": "Marks, Peter", "desk": "Television Desk"},
{"id": "1059331_0", "date": "1998-11-04", "sourceId": "Q214477", "sourceLabel": "Julia Child", "sourceImId": "Julia_Child_portrait_by_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1998/11/04/1059331", "aUrlId": "9F06EFD8113FF937A35752C1A96E958260", "text": "Mr. Lagasse, at 39, could be called the *Julia Child* of /the 90's/, the most influential cook on television.", "author": "Hesser, Amanda", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1059693_0", "date": "1998-11-05", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/11/05/1059693", "aUrlId": "9F04E1DC163EF936A35752C1A96E958260", "text": "The show also features equine entertainers including Bonfire, the *Michael Jordan* of /dressage horses/.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1059728_0", "date": "1998-11-05", "sourceId": "Q347528", "sourceLabel": "Liberace", "sourceImId": "Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/57/Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg/180px-Liberace_7_Allan_Warren.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/11/05/1059728", "aUrlId": "9907EFD9163EF936A35752C1A96E958260", "text": "For starters, The Body's bad-guy persona, which included wearing feather boas and pink tights, seemed a blatant rip-off of the immortal Gorgeous George, the *Liberace* of /pro wrestling in the 1950's/.", "author": "Karlen, Neal", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1059917_0", "date": "1998-11-06", "sourceId": "Q104000", "sourceLabel": "Lauren Bacall", "sourceImId": "Lauren_Bacall_1945_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/Lauren_Bacall_1945_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Lauren_Bacall_1945_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/06/1059917", "aUrlId": "9F0DEFDA173EF935A35752C1A96E958260", "text": "That show starts at 12 P.M. And Sally Timms, the *Lauren Bacall* of /underground rock/, shows up as part of the rootsy bill tonight at Acme Underground (see below).", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1060001_0", "date": "1998-11-06", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/11/06/1060001", "aUrlId": "9C00E5D6173EF935A35752C1A96E958260", "text": "The exhibitions featured the trick horses of the charro champion Jerry Diaz, who surrounds himself and his palomino with a spinning lariat, as well as a balletic dressage demonstration by the four-time United States Olympian Robert Dover and Anky van Grunsven of the Netherlands, whose bay horse, Bonfire, is the *Michael Jordan* of /this sport/.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1060087_0", "date": "1998-11-07", "sourceId": "Q3132849", "sourceLabel": "Henry Hyde", "sourceImId": "Ac.hhyde.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "2/20/Ac.hhyde.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/07/1060087", "aUrlId": "9E00E7DD153EF934A35752C1A96E958260", "text": "By contrast, Mr. Clinton ''came in here and he trashed the place,'' observes David Broder, who is so ritualistically called the fair-minded ''Dean'' of Washington journalists that you might say he is the *Henry Hyde* of /punditry/.", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1060139_0", "date": "1998-11-07", "sourceId": "Q216810", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "King_Kong_(1933)_movie_poster_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg/180px-King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/07/1060139", "aUrlId": "9504E0D7153EF934A35752C1A96E958260", "text": "The Godzilla of publishing is wedding the *King Kong* of /distribution/.", "author": "Carvajal, Doreen", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1060522_0", "date": "1998-11-08", "sourceId": "Q25089", "sourceLabel": "Woody Allen", "sourceImId": "Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg/180px-Woody_Allen_Cannes_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/11/08/1060522", "aUrlId": "9D06E2D6143EF93BA35752C1A96E958260", "text": "You might call Mr. Elbaz, 37, the *Woody Allen* of /fashion/, so self-deprecating is his humor.", "author": "Hayt, Elizabeth", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1060835_0", "date": "1998-11-09", "sourceId": "Q43303", "sourceLabel": "Malcolm X", "sourceImId": "Malcolm-x.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/49/Malcolm-x.jpg/180px-Malcolm-x.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/09/1060835", "aUrlId": "9B01E7DC103EF93AA35752C1A96E958260", "text": "In the scheme of the 20th century, it has been said that |Wendell Chino| was a Martin Luther King or *a Malcolm X of* /Indian Country/,'' Mr. Bernal said.", "author": "Leduff, Charlie", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1061418_0", "date": "1998-11-12", "sourceId": "Q162005", "sourceLabel": "Paul Allen", "sourceImId": "Paul_G._Allen_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Paul_G._Allen_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Paul_G._Allen_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/11/12/1061418", "aUrlId": "9D01E3DD1631F931A25752C1A96E958260", "text": "You can be the *Paul Allen* of /the railroad industry/.", "author": "Herz, J C", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1061508_0", "date": "1998-11-12", "sourceId": "Q364415", "sourceLabel": "Bill Parcells", "sourceImId": "Bill_Parcells_and_Mach_1_the_Falcon.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/Bill_Parcells_and_Mach_1_the_Falcon.jpg/180px-Bill_Parcells_and_Mach_1_the_Falcon.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/12/1061508", "aUrlId": "9505E4D81731F931A25752C1A96E958260", "text": "The Republican with the best shot is none other than Rudolph Giuliani, the *Bill Parcells* of /New York politics/.", "author": "Herbert, Bob", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1061675_0", "date": "1998-11-13", "sourceId": "Q182665", "sourceLabel": "Iggy Pop", "sourceImId": "Iggy_Pop_-_pinkpop87.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7a/Iggy_Pop_-_pinkpop87.jpg/180px-Iggy_Pop_-_pinkpop87.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1998/11/13/1061675", "aUrlId": "9A0CE7D81431F930A25752C1A96E958260", "text": "Tribe 8 is a self-proclaimed lesbian punk band whose lead singer, Lynn Breedlove, is the *Iggy Pop* of /the 1990's/: a shocking, brilliant performer in leather pants and no shirt, the definition of transgressive freedom.Tonight at 8; tickets are $8 (Powers).", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1062085_0", "date": "1998-11-15", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/11/15/1062085", "aUrlId": "9D06E1DC123EF936A25752C1A96E958260", "text": "Larry Holmes became known as the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /heavyweight champions/: despite his boxing skills, he didn't get much respect.", "author": "Davis, David", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1062232_0", "date": "1998-11-15", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/15/1062232", "aUrlId": "980DE0D71631F936A25752C1A96E958260", "text": "Stewart didn't envision motor parkways or aviation,'' he continued, conjecturing whether the ''merchant prince,'' the *Bill Gates* of /his day/, intended to build himself a legacy.", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1062243_0", "date": "1998-11-15", "sourceId": "Q182642", "sourceLabel": "John Glenn", "sourceImId": "John_Glenn_Low_Res.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e3/John_Glenn_Low_Res.jpg/180px-John_Glenn_Low_Res.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/15/1062243", "aUrlId": "9E0CE7DE1731F936A25752C1A96E958260", "text": "I am sort of like the *John Glenn* of /community theater/.", "author": "Cornachio, Donna", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1063282_0", "date": "1998-11-19", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/11/19/1063282", "aUrlId": "9905EEDD1730F93AA25752C1A96E958260", "text": "Moments ago, in the preliminary round of the computer game championships, he didn't just beat but demolished Dennis Fong, who happens to be the *Michael Jordan* of /computer games/.", "author": "Richtel, Matt", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1063495_0", "date": "1998-11-20", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/20/1063495", "aUrlId": "9B00E2D61430F933A15752C1A96E958260", "text": "She goes to a plastic surgeon (Michael Lerner) who's been dubbed ''the *Michelangelo* of /Manhattan/'' by  Newsweek.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1063513_0", "date": "1998-11-20", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/20/1063513", "aUrlId": "9A04E1DE1530F933A15752C1A96E958260", "text": "They will be followed by the screenings, which begin with ''Famous Fred,'' a 25-minute Welsh program about two children who learn that their late pet ''had this secret life as the *Elvis* of /the cat world/,'' Ms. Lewis said.", "author": "Graeber, Laurel", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1063767_0", "date": "1998-11-21", "sourceId": "Q73823", "sourceLabel": "Dirty Harry", "sourceImId": "Dirty_Harry_USA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/92/Dirty_Harry_USA.jpg/180px-Dirty_Harry_USA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1998/11/21/1063767", "aUrlId": "9402E6D81330F932A15752C1A96E958260", "text": "The department's biggest names included Stanley Fish, its flamboyant chairman in those days; Frank Lentricchia, whom The Village Voice once called ''the *Dirty Harry* of /contemporary critical theory/;'' Eve Kosovsky Sedgwick, the co-founder of the growing academic field of ''queer theory,'' and, fleetingly, Henry Louis Gates Jr., now the ubiquitous chairman of Afro-American studies at Harvard.", "author": "Scott, Janny", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1063948_0", "date": "1998-11-22", "sourceId": "Q231178", "sourceLabel": "Gloria Steinem", "sourceImId": "Gloria_Steinem_(29126367513)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a6/Gloria_Steinem_%2829126367513%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gloria_Steinem_%2829126367513%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/11/22/1063948", "aUrlId": "9E0DE5DE1F31F931A15752C1A96E958260", "text": "Curiously, however, Cameron is now being celebrated as an avatar of sisterhood, the *Gloria Steinem* of /Victorian photography/.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1064097_0", "date": "1998-11-22", "sourceId": "Q485635", "sourceLabel": "Keith Haring", "sourceImId": "Keith_Haring_(1986).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dc/Keith_Haring_%281986%29.jpg/180px-Keith_Haring_%281986%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1998/11/22/1064097", "aUrlId": "9A05E2D61430F931A15752C1A96E958260", "text": "Zhang Dali has been called the *Keith Haring* of /China/ for his furtive spray painting of heads in profile.", "author": "Zimmer, William", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1064542_0", "date": "1998-11-23", "sourceId": "Q9711", "sourceLabel": "Honor\u00e9 de Balzac", "sourceImId": "Honor\u00e9_de_Balzac_(1842)_Detail.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e6/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac_%281842%29_Detail.jpg/180px-Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac_%281842%29_Detail.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/23/1064542", "aUrlId": "9401E0DC1E30F930A15752C1A96E958260", "text": "TOM WOLFE has long aspired to be the *Balzac* of /his age/, and up in Washington Heights it is clear that he has at least partially succeeded.", "author": "Tierney, John", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1064913_0", "date": "1998-11-25", "sourceId": "Q234952", "sourceLabel": "Betsy Ross", "sourceImId": "RossBetsy.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/RossBetsy.jpg/180px-RossBetsy.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/25/1064913", "aUrlId": "9A0CE1DD1739F936A15752C1A96E958260", "text": "Recalling that as a teen-ager she had made a flag for a Zionist parade in Riga, she came to regard herself as the *Betsy Ross* of /Zionism/.", "author": "Thomas, Robert Mcg Jr", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1064917_0", "date": "1998-11-25", "sourceId": "Q217298", "sourceLabel": "David Letterman", "sourceImId": "David_Letterman_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/ba/David_Letterman_2.jpg/180px-David_Letterman_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1998/11/25/1064917", "aUrlId": "9A00E7DC1739F936A15752C1A96E958260", "text": "One year, someone took Pepe Navarro, known as the *David Letterman* of /Spain/, to visit the Tobeys, who found him rather interesting.", "author": "Kleinfield, N R", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1065461_0", "date": "1998-11-28", "sourceId": "Q437088", "sourceLabel": "Brooke Astor", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/11/28/1065461", "aUrlId": "9D00E5D91339F93BA15752C1A96E958260", "text": "A friend of hers called her the *Brooke Astor* of /the Park Avenue Chinese/.''", "author": "Gonzalez, David", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1066024_0", "date": "1998-11-29", "sourceId": "Q2723519", "sourceLabel": "Pamela Harriman", "sourceImId": "Pamela_Harriman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/Pamela_Harriman.jpg/180px-Pamela_Harriman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/11/29/1066024", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2DC1230F93AA15752C1A96E958260", "text": "Meanwhile, his wife, Sumitra, the *Pamela Harriman* of /post-independence New Delhi/, is out every night ministering to the newly elected politicos streaming in from the provinces -- teaching them to use the right fork at the French Ambassador's dinner and sometimes romancing them afterward.", "author": "Mason, Deborah", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1067343_0", "date": "1998-12-06", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/12/06/1067343", "aUrlId": "9D07EFD71739F935A35751C1A96E958260", "text": "Almost from his birth in 1598, Gianlorenzo Bernini was groomed to be the *Michelangelo* of /his age/.", "author": "Boucher, Bruce", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1067344_0", "date": "1998-12-06", "sourceId": "Q888302", "sourceLabel": "Bob Vila", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1998/12/06/1067344", "aUrlId": "9E02EFD71739F935A35751C1A96E958260", "text": "This pared-down, workmanlike approach to Italian food -- viewers of Batali's shows on the Food Network, ''Molto Mario'' and ''Mediterranean Mario,'' know him as the *Bob Vila* of /chefs/ -- makes ''Simple Italian Food'' immensely appealing and endlessly useful.", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1069441_0", "date": "1998-12-13", "sourceId": "Q2905182", "sourceLabel": "Adam Tihany", "sourceImId": "Adam_D._Tihany_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "a/a2/Adam_D._Tihany_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1998/12/13/1069441", "aUrlId": "9805E4DC1F3AF930A25751C1A96E958260", "text": "The traditional pub decor of Tir Na Nog, where every furnishing, down to the last brick (straight from Belfast) has been imported from the Irish isle, is the work of Lorri Sinclair and of Philip Donaghy, who might be called the *Adam Tihany* of /Ireland/, since he has designed 12 bars in Dublin and elsewhere.", "author": "Mcginley, Alexandra", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1072352_0", "date": "1998-12-25", "sourceId": "Q963129", "sourceLabel": "Lawrence Taylor", "sourceImId": "LT_Portrait_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/01/LT_Portrait_2.jpg/180px-LT_Portrait_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/12/25/1072352", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5DD1F3CF936A15751C1A96E958260", "text": "After only 15 career games, Moss is developing into the *Lawrence Taylor* of /offense/.", "author": "Freeman, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1072570_0", "date": "1998-12-27", "sourceId": "Q271939", "sourceLabel": "Chuck Yeager", "sourceImId": "Charles_Yeager_photo_portrait_head_on_shoulders_left_side.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/17/Charles_Yeager_photo_portrait_head_on_shoulders_left_side.jpg/180px-Charles_Yeager_photo_portrait_head_on_shoulders_left_side.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1998/12/27/1072570", "aUrlId": "980CE3D9163CF934A15751C1A96E958260", "text": "Nansen was the *Chuck Yeager* of /polar exploration/.", "author": "Harris, Robert H", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1072824_0", "date": "1998-12-27", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1998/12/27/1072824", "aUrlId": "9406E2D81F3CF934A15751C1A96E958260", "text": "Here's to Brian Foster, the *Michael Jordan* of /BMX racing/, whose bike-riding skills earn him more than $100,000 per year.", "author": "Mallozzi, Vincent M", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1073562_0", "date": "1998-12-31", "sourceId": "Q313013", "sourceLabel": "Brian Wilson", "sourceImId": "Brian_Wilson_Jan_2007.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ad/Brian_Wilson_Jan_2007.jpg/180px-Brian_Wilson_Jan_2007.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1998/12/31/1073562", "aUrlId": "9D01E4DA133FF932A05751C1A96E958260", "text": "The enrapturing beauty and peculiar naivete of ''The Thin Red Line'' heightened the impression of Terrence Malick as the *Brian Wilson* of /the film world/.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1074179_0", "date": "1999-01-03", "sourceId": "Q103949", "sourceLabel": "Buster Keaton", "sourceImId": "Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Busterkeaton_edit.jpg/180px-Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/01/03/1074179", "aUrlId": "9901E7DD123FF930A35752C0A96F958260", "text": "Critics and contemporaries have called Mr. Curran the *Buster Keaton* of /dance/, because his style suggests a sad comedic reverie.", "author": "Giordano, Kevin", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1074221_0", "date": "1999-01-03", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1999/01/03/1074221", "aUrlId": "9C0CEEDE133FF930A35752C0A96F958260", "text": "We aim to be the *Tyson* of /goats/,'' said Stuart Weiss, a co-owner.", "author": "Murphy, Kate", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1074259_0", "date": "1999-01-03", "sourceId": "Q335813", "sourceLabel": "James Herriot", "sourceImId": "Herriot_Museum.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Herriot_Museum.jpg/180px-Herriot_Museum.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/01/03/1074259", "aUrlId": "9C00E6DA103FF930A35752C0A96F958260", "text": "He was the *James Herriot* of /New York City/,'' said a client, Michele Gover, referring to the British country veterinarian who wrote such best sellers as ''All Creatures  Great and Small.''", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1074577_0", "date": "1999-01-04", "sourceId": "Q6397719", "sourceLabel": "Kevin Ward", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1999/01/04/1074577", "aUrlId": "9A04E6D9163EF937A35752C0A96F958260", "text": "May there be a *Kevin Ward* for at least three of the dance luminaries who died last year: the incandescent Svetlana Beriosova, a star of Britain's Royal Ballet; Protima Bedi, the vibrant dance activist who founded the young Nrityagram Dance Ensemble of India, and Viola Farber, an early Merce Cunningham dancer who endowed eccentricity with rare grace. //", "author": "Dunning, Jennifer", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1075423_0", "date": "1999-01-08", "sourceId": "Q6294", "sourceLabel": "Hillary Clinton", "sourceImId": "HillaryPA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/HillaryPA.jpg/180px-HillaryPA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1999/01/08/1075423", "aUrlId": "9F06E0DD103EF93BA35752C0A96F958260", "text": "Elisa was the *Hillary Clinton* of /her day/: intelligent, educated and strong willed.", "author": "Moonan, Wendy", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1075854_0", "date": "1999-01-10", "sourceId": "Q1266422", "sourceLabel": "Peter Pan", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1999/01/10/1075854", "aUrlId": "9C06E2DF153EF933A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "|Green Spirit| looks androgynous -- a *Peter Pan* for /the 1990's/.", "author": "Tuhus, Melinda", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1075865_0", "date": "1999-01-10", "sourceId": "Q100937", "sourceLabel": "Fred Astaire", "sourceImId": "Astaire,_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/69/Astaire%2C_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg/180px-Astaire%2C_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/01/10/1075865", "aUrlId": "9C01EEDD153EF933A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "HE was the *Fred Astaire* of /repartee/, a man whose tailoring seemed to precede his birth.", "author": "Swartley, Ariel", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1075868_0", "date": "1999-01-10", "sourceId": "Q1615", "sourceLabel": "Neil Armstrong", "sourceImId": "Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0d/Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg/180px-Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/01/10/1075868", "aUrlId": "9D07E6DC153EF933A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "I think of him as the *Neil Armstrong* of /comedy/.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1075993_0", "date": "1999-01-10", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/01/10/1075993", "aUrlId": "9C07EED6113EF933A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "If it works it will go down as the *Johnny Appleseed* of /radio/.''", "author": "Lewine, Edward", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1076147_0", "date": "1999-01-10", "sourceId": "Q1111386", "sourceLabel": "Robert Moses", "sourceImId": "Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg/180px-Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/01/10/1076147", "aUrlId": "9C02E1DA1631F933A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "He was the *Robert Moses* of /CUNY/,'' said Jay Hershenson,  CUNY's vice chancellor for university relations.", "author": "Arenson, Karen W", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1076310_0", "date": "1999-01-11", "sourceId": "Q435203", "sourceLabel": "Katharine Graham", "sourceImId": "Katharine_Graham_927-9432_(cropped_retouched).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/Katharine_Graham_927-9432_%28cropped_retouched%29.jpg/180px-Katharine_Graham_927-9432_%28cropped_retouched%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1999/01/11/1076310", "aUrlId": "9402E2D61631F932A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "She is, some say, the *Katharine Graham* of /Japan's media industry/.", "author": "Charle, Suzanne", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1076537_0", "date": "1999-01-12", "sourceId": "Q180748", "sourceLabel": "Mark Spitz", "sourceImId": "Mark_Spitz.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/03/Mark_Spitz.jpg/180px-Mark_Spitz.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1999/01/12/1076537", "aUrlId": "9C01E0D91431F931A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "Bibi is the *Mark Spitz* of /Israeli politics/ -- no Israeli leader has ever crisscrossed the Rubicon faster or more often.", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1077023_0", "date": "1999-01-14", "sourceId": "Q1631", "sourceLabel": "\u00c9dith Piaf", "sourceImId": "\u00c9dith_Piaf_914-6440.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2a/%C3%89dith_Piaf_914-6440.jpg/180px-%C3%89dith_Piaf_914-6440.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1999/01/14/1077023", "aUrlId": "9E06E6DE1331F937A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "Call her the *Edith Piaf* of /Nafta/, this American-born, Spanish-speaking resident of Montreal is thoroughly modern in her syncretic approach to pop, and classic in her florid, imperious singing.", "author": "Strauss, Neil", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1077677_0", "date": "1999-01-17", "sourceId": "Q12591", "sourceLabel": "Nebuchadnezzar II", "sourceImId": "Nebukadnessar_II.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/Nebukadnessar_II.jpg/180px-Nebukadnessar_II.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/01/17/1077677", "aUrlId": "9E00E5D81731F934A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "Although just six square miles, |it| is grand and bold, a *Nebuchadnezzar* of /Champagne/ as opposed to the split that is Laguna Beach.", "author": "Stillman, Deanne", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1077956_0", "date": "1999-01-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/01/17/1077956", "aUrlId": "980DE5D91F31F934A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "And a *Michael Jordan* of /bull riding/.", "author": "Lovinger, Caitlin", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1077956_1", "date": "1999-01-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/01/17/1077956", "aUrlId": "980DE5D91F31F934A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "But although Jordan retired from the Chicago Bulls and the game of basketball last week, there's still a *Michael Jordan* of /snowboarding/.", "author": "Lovinger, Caitlin", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1077956_2", "date": "1999-01-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/01/17/1077956", "aUrlId": "980DE5D91F31F934A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "Even a *Michael Jordan* of /real-life bulls/.", "author": "Lovinger, Caitlin", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1077956_3", "date": "1999-01-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/01/17/1077956", "aUrlId": "980DE5D91F31F934A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "Terje Haakenson, a Norwegian, executes moves on a snowboard that nobody had ever seen before, so he's dubbed the *Michael Jordan* of /snowboarding/ -- in every interview and article on him.", "author": "Lovinger, Caitlin", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1077956_4", "date": "1999-01-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/01/17/1077956", "aUrlId": "980DE5D91F31F934A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "That makes him the *Michael Jordan* of /cricket/.", "author": "Lovinger, Caitlin", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1077956_5", "date": "1999-01-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/01/17/1077956", "aUrlId": "980DE5D91F31F934A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "To his publicist, that makes him the *Michael Jordan* of /Mexico/.", "author": "Lovinger, Caitlin", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1077956_6", "date": "1999-01-17", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/01/17/1077956", "aUrlId": "980DE5D91F31F934A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "The last time he retired, to play baseball, the Chicago Bulls' owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, called him the *Babe Ruth* of /basketball/.", "author": "Lovinger, Caitlin", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1077956_7", "date": "1999-01-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/01/17/1077956", "aUrlId": "980DE5D91F31F934A25752C0A96F958260", "text": "Meet the *Michael Jordan* of /\u2026/", "author": "Lovinger, Caitlin", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1078755_0", "date": "1999-01-20", "sourceId": "Q213919", "sourceLabel": "George Foreman", "sourceImId": "George_Foreman_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/69/George_Foreman_2009.jpg/180px-George_Foreman_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1999/01/20/1078755", "aUrlId": "9800E5DF1330F933A15752C0A96F958260", "text": "My stated goal is to be the *George Foreman* of /tennis/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1078893_0", "date": "1999-01-21", "sourceId": "Q442202", "sourceLabel": "Vanna White", "sourceImId": "Vanna_White_and_Pat_Sajak,_2006.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b3/Vanna_White_and_Pat_Sajak%2C_2006.jpg/180px-Vanna_White_and_Pat_Sajak%2C_2006.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/01/21/1078893", "aUrlId": "9400E2DE1030F932A15752C0A96F958260", "text": "But it is Ms. Vega, 43, who has become the *Vanna White* of /the lottery drawings/, invited to more charity events and panel discussions and onto the Oprah Winfrey show for a makeover.", "author": "Kennedy, Randy", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1079076_0", "date": "1999-01-22", "sourceId": "Q103949", "sourceLabel": "Buster Keaton", "sourceImId": "Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Busterkeaton_edit.jpg/180px-Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/01/22/1079076", "aUrlId": "9901E2DE1130F931A15752C0A96F958260", "text": "It's fortunate that Jackie Chan is the *Buster Keaton* of /martial arts films/ because Chris Tucker, his partner in Brett Ratner's comedic action film, talks many times too much for both of them.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "1079361_0", "date": "1999-01-23", "sourceId": "Q44616", "sourceLabel": "Wyatt Earp", "sourceImId": "Wyatt_Earp_portrait.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Wyatt_Earp_portrait.png/180px-Wyatt_Earp_portrait.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/01/23/1079361", "aUrlId": "9A01E0DA1639F930A15752C0A96F958260", "text": "That's why they call me the *Wyatt Earp* of /whales/, because I'm just saying, 'Let's obey the law.'", "author": "Goldberg, Carey", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1079816_0", "date": "1999-01-24", "sourceId": "Q2458861", "sourceLabel": "Bob Costas", "sourceImId": "Bob_Costas.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8f/Bob_Costas.JPG/180px-Bob_Costas.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1999/01/24/1079816", "aUrlId": "9D07E0DE1530F937A15752C0A96F958260", "text": "A prominent journalist is ''the *Bob Costas* of /literary criticism/, a fan.''", "author": "Tanenhaus, Sam", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1079942_0", "date": "1999-01-24", "sourceId": "Q223839", "sourceLabel": "Larry Flynt", "sourceImId": "Larry_Flynt_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/13/Larry_Flynt_2009.jpg/180px-Larry_Flynt_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/01/24/1079942", "aUrlId": "9503E5DB1130F937A15752C0A96F958260", "text": "In 1896 he began to illustrate literary classics for the publisher Leonard Smithers, whom Mr. Skemer describes as ''the *Larry Flynt* of /his day/,'' meaning his intentions were wider than merely purveying pornography; he wanted to challenge Victorian social standards.", "author": "Zimmer, William", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1080017_0", "date": "1999-01-24", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/01/24/1080017", "aUrlId": "9507E2DB1F30F937A15752C0A96F958260", "text": "If you think that Mike will live forever, remember the role Johnny Carson played in the national culture (he was the *Michael Jordan* of /late-night TV/) and the enormous coverage of his retirement and his replacements.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1081906_0", "date": "1999-02-01", "sourceId": "Q694774", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Cornell", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1999/02/01/1081906", "aUrlId": "9505E5DD1538F932A35751C0A96F958260", "text": "Variously described as a gadfly, an eccentric, a photographer's photographer and the *Joseph Cornell* of /photography/, Mr. Sommer worked in relative isolation in Arizona for more than a half-century and until the last several years was the medium's best-kept secret.", "author": "Loke, Margaret", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1082040_0", "date": "1999-02-02", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1999/02/02/1082040", "aUrlId": "9E02EFDF1238F931A35751C0A96F958260", "text": "Understandably, it began to seem like the *Cinderella* of /South Kensington/.", "author": "Riding, Alan", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1083167_0", "date": "1999-02-07", "sourceId": "Q873", "sourceLabel": "Meryl Streep", "sourceImId": "Meryl_Streep_at_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_(32801846044)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1a/Meryl_Streep_at_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2832801846044%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Meryl_Streep_at_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2832801846044%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1999/02/07/1083167", "aUrlId": "9B07E6D71338F934A35751C0A96F958260", "text": "For a quintessential supporting player like Joan Allen, who has become the *Meryl Streep* of /that category/, she seems primed for her third supporting nomination as the 50's sitcom wife in ''Pleasantville.", "author": "Willens, Michele", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1083390_0", "date": "1999-02-07", "sourceId": "Q234952", "sourceLabel": "Betsy Ross", "sourceImId": "RossBetsy.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/RossBetsy.jpg/180px-RossBetsy.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/02/07/1083390", "aUrlId": "9F02E7D7173BF934A35751C0A96F958260", "text": "But he is not remembered as the *Betsy Ross* of /Arabia/.", "author": "Kifner, John", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1084883_0", "date": "1999-02-14", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/02/14/1084883", "aUrlId": "9B04E4DB123BF937A25751C0A96F958260", "text": "His practice boarded up, the 51-year-old Rosemond wanders the country eight months of the year, the *Johnny Appleseed* of /discipline/, putting on nearly 250 shows annually.", "author": "Bolotin, Susan", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1085295_0", "date": "1999-02-14", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1999/02/14/1085295", "aUrlId": "9C00E5DC123AF937A25751C0A96F958260", "text": "Savennieres, the *Cinderella* of /French whites/, rarely is invited to the ball.", "author": "Goldberg, Howard G", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1086058_0", "date": "1999-02-18", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/02/18/1086058", "aUrlId": "940DE6DA1F3AF93BA25751C0A96F958260", "text": "And the strong sense of history prompts obvious parallels: Karen Cord Taylor, editor and publisher of The Beacon Hill Times, pointed out that Charles Bulfinch, the famed architect and developer whose gems, like the State House, crown Beacon Hill, was something like the *Donald J. Trump* of /his day/.", "author": "Goldberg, Carey", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1086460_0", "date": "1999-02-20", "sourceId": "Q5213152", "sourceLabel": "Dan Biederman", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1999/02/20/1086460", "aUrlId": "9805E1D7143DF933A15751C0A96F958260", "text": "It is this kind of grandiose talk that makes some people kid Mr. Russo about trying to be the *Dan Biederman* of /Brooklyn/ -- a tongue-in-cheek comparison to the Manhattan BID president who got on the wrong side of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani for wielding too much power.", "author": "Pristin, Terry", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1087326_0", "date": "1999-02-23", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/02/23/1087326", "aUrlId": "9B05E2DC103DF930A15751C0A96F958260", "text": "He called the highly praised head of the city school system, Paul Vallas, a ''the *P. T. Barnum* of /education/'' and vowed to dismiss him if elected.", "author": "Johnson, Dirk", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1091677_0", "date": "1999-03-12", "sourceId": "Q285536", "sourceLabel": "Imelda Marcos", "sourceImId": "Imeldamarcos1982.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Imeldamarcos1982.jpg/180px-Imeldamarcos1982.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/03/12/1091677", "aUrlId": "9903E0D91F3FF931A25750C0A96F958260", "text": "'He's *the Imelda  Marcos of* /antiques collectors/,'' Mr. Hathaway said.", "author": "Moonan, Wendy", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1092103_0", "date": "1999-03-14", "sourceId": "Q5603", "sourceLabel": "Andy Warhol", "sourceImId": "Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg/180px-Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/03/14/1092103", "aUrlId": "9903E2DE173FF937A25750C0A96F958260", "text": "Alfons Mucha was the *Andy Warhol* of /his era/, a decorative artist who defined a style -- Art Nouveau -- and became a media star.", "author": "Erlanger, Steven", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1092125_0", "date": "1999-03-14", "sourceId": "Q1268", "sourceLabel": "Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin", "sourceImId": "Chopin,_by_Wodzinska.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/33/Chopin%2C_by_Wodzinska.JPG/180px-Chopin%2C_by_Wodzinska.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/03/14/1092125", "aUrlId": "9802E1DD103FF937A25750C0A96F958260", "text": "Nevertheless, the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Grieg, who was once called the *Chopin* of /the North/, opens the festival with Francois-Rene Duchable as soloist and Michael Schondwandt conducting the Collegium Musicum.", "author": "Kidd, Vernon", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1092170_0", "date": "1999-03-14", "sourceId": "Q188385", "sourceLabel": "Gertrude Stein", "sourceImId": "Gertrude_Stein_1935-01-04.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/25/Gertrude_Stein_1935-01-04.jpg/180px-Gertrude_Stein_1935-01-04.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/03/14/1092170", "aUrlId": "9C03E3DF1E3FF937A25750C0A96F958260", "text": "Peter Eisenman of New York is the *Gertrude Stein* of /contemporary architecture/.", "author": "Muschamp, Herbert", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1092457_0", "date": "1999-03-14", "sourceId": "Q2741630", "sourceLabel": "David Wells", "sourceImId": "David_Wells_on_July_16,_2007.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/93/David_Wells_on_July_16%2C_2007.jpg/180px-David_Wells_on_July_16%2C_2007.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1999/03/14/1092457", "aUrlId": "9400E0DE133EF937A25750C0A96F958260", "text": "He is still booed in Fenway Park for the outcome of that season, many Red Sox faithful forever maintaining that Zimmer should've rested his regulars more, should've trusted the maverick left-hander Bill Lee -- the *David Wells* of /his time/ -- in a crucial game against the Yankees.", "author": "Olney, Buster", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1093288_0", "date": "1999-03-18", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1999/03/18/1093288", "aUrlId": "9501E5D81631F93BA25750C0A96F958260", "text": "The condition has been called the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /modern ailments/ because most patients never take it seriously enough to take it to their doctors' attention and treat themselves with over-the-counter antacids, which may not be enough to prevent dangerous changes in the cells that line the esophagus.", "author": "Brody, Jane E", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1094215_0", "date": "1999-03-21", "sourceId": "Q201608", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Rodman", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg/180px-Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1999/03/21/1094215", "aUrlId": "9C06E2DB1331F932A15750C0A96F958260", "text": "Still, he seemed extremely pleased by the welcome he received in New Hampshire, where he was front-page news in the local papers, one of which referred to him as ''the *Dennis Rodman* of /potential Republican candidates/.''", "author": "Collins, Gail", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1094568_0", "date": "1999-03-23", "sourceId": "Q551032", "sourceLabel": "John Wooden", "sourceImId": "Johnwooden.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/29/Johnwooden.jpg/180px-Johnwooden.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/03/23/1094568", "aUrlId": "9901EFDC1131F930A15750C0A96F958260", "text": "Pushing hard is the ethic of Alamosa, a remote mountain city of 12,000 with a thriving runners colony built around the success of Vigil, considered the *John Wooden* of /cross-country running/.", "author": "Bloom, Marc", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1094796_0", "date": "1999-03-24", "sourceId": "Q242936", "sourceLabel": "Susan Lucci", "sourceImId": "Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg/180px-Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/03/24/1094796", "aUrlId": "9B07E5DF1F31F937A15750C0A96F958260", "text": "TOM WOLFE can no longer claim to be the *Susan Lucci* of /the American Academy of Arts and Letters/.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1095605_0", "date": "1999-03-28", "sourceId": "Q350844", "sourceLabel": "Christian Lacroix", "sourceImId": "Christian_Lacroix_-_2018_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Christian_Lacroix_-_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Christian_Lacroix_-_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/03/28/1095605", "aUrlId": "9D0DEEDF1E31F93BA15750C0A96F958260", "text": "He's the *Christian Lacroix* of /decorating/.''", "author": "Spindler, Amy M", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1095607_0", "date": "1999-03-28", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/03/28/1095607", "aUrlId": "9F07E7DE1E31F93BA15750C0A96F958260", "text": "America today is the *Michael Jordan* of /geopolitics/ -- the overwhelmingly dominant system.", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1097007_0", "date": "1999-04-02", "sourceId": "Q47213", "sourceLabel": "Warren Buffett", "sourceImId": "Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg/180px-Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/04/02/1097007", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DB1539F931A35757C0A96F958260", "text": "One longtime media expert quipped that Mr. Malone saw himself as the *Warren Buffett* of /the media industry/, alluding to Mr. Buffett's strategy of taking large passive positions in other companies.", "author": "Fabrikant, Geraldine", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1097313_0", "date": "1999-04-04", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/04/04/1097313", "aUrlId": "9504EEDC1739F937A35757C0A96F958260", "text": "It is the *Madonna* of /Italian-American literature/ in that it shows the transition from the Italian immigrant to American citizen like no other book of its genre.''", "author": "Cornachio, Donna", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1099068_0", "date": "1999-04-11", "sourceId": "Q270707", "sourceLabel": "Dorothy Parker", "sourceImId": "Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg/180px-Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/04/11/1099068", "aUrlId": "9C05E7DD1539F932A25757C0A96F958260", "text": "Cuetara is a talented artist who clearly qualifies as the *Dorothy Parker* of /picture book repartee/.", "author": "Frederick, Heather Vogel", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1099329_0", "date": "1999-04-11", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/04/11/1099329", "aUrlId": "9D06EED81238F932A25757C0A96F958260", "text": "Dr. Reddy's designs for condoms with built-in bulges are an attempt to rethink the way condoms work, prompting Adam Glickman, the founder of Condomania, a specialty retailer and Internet-based mail-order company, to call the taciturn Indian designer ''the *Leonardo da Vinci* of /the condom/.''", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1101096_0", "date": "1999-04-18", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1999/04/18/1101096", "aUrlId": "9C04E1D6123BF93BA25757C0A96F958260", "text": "So maybe the rooster is the *Mike Tyson* of /chickendom/.", "author": "", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1101635_0", "date": "1999-04-20", "sourceId": "Q919448", "sourceLabel": "Gary Hart", "sourceImId": "Gary_hart.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/26/Gary_hart.jpg/180px-Gary_hart.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/04/20/1101635", "aUrlId": "9C02E2DA163AF933A15757C0A96F958260", "text": "Mr. Gore's advisers dismiss Mr. Bradley as the *Gary Hart* of /2000/.", "author": "Berke, Richard L", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1103238_0", "date": "1999-04-27", "sourceId": "Q183332", "sourceLabel": "Saint Sebastian", "sourceImId": "Marco_Palmezzano_-_Saint_Sebastian.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Marco_Palmezzano_-_Saint_Sebastian.jpg/180px-Marco_Palmezzano_-_Saint_Sebastian.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/04/27/1103238", "aUrlId": "9C01E1D8163DF934A15757C0A96F958260", "text": "Zina is, of course, a fictionalized portrait of Nabokov's own wife, Vera, the woman he would call his ''first and best reader,'' the woman whom friends would hail as ''*the St.  Sebastian of* /wives/,'' the ''international champion in the Wife-of-Writer Competition.''", "author": "Kakutani, Michiko", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1104292_0", "date": "1999-05-02", "sourceId": "Q9200", "sourceLabel": "Paul", "sourceImId": "PaulusTarsus_LKANRW.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/PaulusTarsus_LKANRW.jpg/180px-PaulusTarsus_LKANRW.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "1999/05/02/1104292", "aUrlId": "9D03E2DC103AF931A35756C0A96F958260", "text": "Stashower reports the reactions of crowd and reporters -- the mixture of reverence, incredulity and ridicule that had become associated in his final years with the writer whom many saw as ''the *St. Paul* of /spiritualism/'' and many more as ''a sad and deluded old man who had squandered his greatness.''", "author": "Walton, David", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1104452_0", "date": "1999-05-02", "sourceId": "Q8877", "sourceLabel": "Steven Spielberg", "sourceImId": "Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que_Fran\u00e7aise_2_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/29/Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_Fran%C3%A7aise_2_cropped.jpg/180px-Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_Fran%C3%A7aise_2_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/05/02/1104452", "aUrlId": "9A0DE2D9133DF931A35756C0A96F958260", "text": "If Wynton Marsalis is the *Steven Spielberg* of /the jazz scene/, the alto saxophonist Steve Coleman has a strong claim to being its Stanley Kubrick.", "author": "Shatz, Adam", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1104902_0", "date": "1999-05-03", "sourceId": "Q311885", "sourceLabel": "Patrick Henry", "sourceImId": "Patrick_henry.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ea/Patrick_henry.JPG/180px-Patrick_henry.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/05/03/1104902", "aUrlId": "9407E0DA173CF930A35756C0A96F958260", "text": "The Massachusetts House Speaker, Thomas (''No tribute or ransom'') Finneran, who took the heat for driving the Patriots away, now looks like the *Patrick Henry* of /football/, if only because he had the temerity to call Mr. Kraft ''a whiny millionaire looking for a bribe.''", "author": "Collins, Gail", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1106292_0", "date": "1999-05-09", "sourceId": "Q561852", "sourceLabel": "Willie Mays", "sourceImId": "Willie_Mays_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/80/Willie_Mays_cropped.jpg/180px-Willie_Mays_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/05/09/1106292", "aUrlId": "9400E4D91E3CF93AA35756C0A96F958260", "text": "I'd like to talk about a man who many refer to as the *Willie Mays* of /the Bronx/.''", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1107670_0", "date": "1999-05-15", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1999/05/15/1107670", "aUrlId": "9406E1D6163EF936A25756C0A96F958260", "text": "Then again, this is Queens, the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /boroughs/, preservationally speaking.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1107816_0", "date": "1999-05-16", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/05/16/1107816", "aUrlId": "9C04EFD9133FF935A25756C0A96F958260", "text": "In the book ''Great Merchants of Early New York'' (The Society for the Architecture of the City, 1987) Joseph Devorkin calls him ''the *Napoleon* of /the Department Store industry/.''", "author": "Gray, Christopher", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "1108691_0", "date": "1999-05-19", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/05/19/1108691", "aUrlId": "9C0DE6D9133EF93AA25756C0A96F958260", "text": "Tropicana is the *Michael Jordan* of /orange juice/,'' said Emanuel Goldman, a global consumer-products analyst for Merrill Lynch.", "author": "Hays, Constance L", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1109265_0", "date": "1999-05-22", "sourceId": "Q462481", "sourceLabel": "Mark McGwire", "sourceImId": "Mark_mcgwire.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Mark_mcgwire.jpg/180px-Mark_mcgwire.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/05/22/1109265", "aUrlId": "9C0DE7D91631F931A15756C0A96F958260", "text": "With eye-opening revisionist takes on ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' and Tennessee Williams's ''Kingdom of Earth'' and such comparatively commercial fare as ''As Bees in Honey Drown,'' this young troupe has already established itself as the *Mark McGwire* of /new theater groups/.", "author": "Brantley, Ben", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1109543_0", "date": "1999-05-23", "sourceId": "Q5598", "sourceLabel": "Rembrandt", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/05/23/1109543", "aUrlId": "9E0CEED9103EF930A15756C0A96F958260", "text": "Zind-Humbrecht in Alsace is the *Rembrandt* of /the field/.", "author": "Goldberg, Howard G", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1112428_0", "date": "1999-06-04", "sourceId": "Q23", "sourceLabel": "George Washington", "sourceImId": "Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg/180px-Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/06/04/1112428", "aUrlId": "9C03E5DE1639F937A35755C0A96F958260", "text": "If Nelson Mandela is the *George Washington* of /this new democracy/, the kind of giant among men who turns down offers to be king, then Mr. Mbeki is its John Adams.", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
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{"id": "1114740_0", "date": "1999-06-13", "sourceId": "Q128799", "sourceLabel": "Ricky Martin", "sourceImId": "Ricky_Martin_in_store_appearance,_Sydney_Australia_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Ricky_Martin_in_store_appearance%2C_Sydney_Australia_%281%29.jpg/180px-Ricky_Martin_in_store_appearance%2C_Sydney_Australia_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/06/13/1114740", "aUrlId": "9D04E3D71039F930A25755C0A96F958260", "text": "Clancy is the *Ricky Martin* of /the United States military/, and he returns the adulation.", "author": "Goldberg, Jeffrey", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1116750_0", "date": "1999-06-20", "sourceId": "Q19837", "sourceLabel": "Steve Jobs", "sourceImId": "Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg/180px-Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/06/20/1116750", "aUrlId": "9907EED71338F933A15755C0A96F958260", "text": "Mark Hernandez doesn't want to be the *Steve Jobs* of /the next century/.", "author": "Bronson, Po", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1116750_1", "date": "1999-06-20", "sourceId": "Q9079904", "sourceLabel": "Steve Jurvetson", "sourceImId": "Steve_Jurvetson_in_2004.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Steve_Jurvetson_in_2004.jpg/180px-Steve_Jurvetson_in_2004.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1999/06/20/1116750", "aUrlId": "9907EED71338F933A15755C0A96F958260", "text": "He wants to be the *Steve Jurvetson* of /lower Manhattan/.", "author": "Bronson, Po", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1116779_0", "date": "1999-06-20", "sourceId": "Q211731", "sourceLabel": "Timothy Leary", "sourceImId": "Timothy-Leary-Los-Angeles-1989.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "c/c7/Timothy-Leary-Los-Angeles-1989.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "1999/06/20/1116779", "aUrlId": "990DE1DD1138F933A15755C0A96F958260", "text": "The ubiquitous hedge-fund manager Jim Cramer, the *Timothy Leary* of /the hour/, would later draw a line that transcended generation: ''In my business, there are two kinds of people, those who make money and those who critique those who make money.''", "author": "Walker, Rob", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1118301_0", "date": "1999-06-25", "sourceId": "Q212762", "sourceLabel": "Burt Bacharach", "sourceImId": "Burt_Bacharach_1972.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Burt_Bacharach_1972.JPG/180px-Burt_Bacharach_1972.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/06/25/1118301", "aUrlId": "990CE6DC143AF936A15755C0A96F958260", "text": "The lineup is intended to draw crowds from inside and outside Latin New York, with crossover bands like Inti Illimani of Chile and Noche Flamenco of Spain, as well as Armando Manzanero, the crooning balladeer regarded as the *Burt Bacharach* of /Mexico/.", "author": "Sengupta, Somini", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1118924_0", "date": "1999-06-27", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "1999/06/27/1118924", "aUrlId": "9800E2DA143AF934A15755C0A96F958260", "text": "Another, Diana Lemieux, described her as ''the *Mother Teresa* of /quadrupeds/,'' adding, ''She makes feral cats sweet.''", "author": "Bone, Eugenia", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1119027_0", "date": "1999-06-27", "sourceId": "Q462925", "sourceLabel": "Randy Moss", "sourceImId": "Randy-Moss_8-28-09_Patriots-vs-Redskins.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Randy-Moss_8-28-09_Patriots-vs-Redskins.jpg/180px-Randy-Moss_8-28-09_Patriots-vs-Redskins.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/06/27/1119027", "aUrlId": "9905E2DD123AF934A15755C0A96F958260", "text": "If not, Odom will become the *Randy Moss* of /the N.B.A./, a guy with a lot of question marks who may pay huge dividends.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1120682_0", "date": "1999-07-04", "sourceId": "Q5582", "sourceLabel": "Vincent van Gogh", "sourceImId": "Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-portrait_with_grey_felt_hat_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/aa/Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-portrait_with_grey_felt_hat_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-portrait_with_grey_felt_hat_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/07/04/1120682", "aUrlId": "9500E3D71E3AF937A35754C0A96F958260", "text": "But I guarantee you, he will become the *Van Gogh* of /the 60's/.", "author": "Schoemer, Karen", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1120695_0", "date": "1999-07-04", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/07/04/1120695", "aUrlId": "9D06E5DC1F3AF937A35754C0A96F958260", "text": "A model for this blending of formalism and freedom is the work of George Balanchine, whom Mr. Wilson calls ''the *Mozart* of /the 20th century/.''", "author": "Midgette, Anne", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1120723_0", "date": "1999-07-04", "sourceId": "Q236540", "sourceLabel": "Rose Kennedy", "sourceImId": "Rose_Kennedy_1967.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/12/Rose_Kennedy_1967.JPG/180px-Rose_Kennedy_1967.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/07/04/1120723", "aUrlId": "9C02EFDB163DF937A35754C0A96F958260", "text": "But in Glen Cove, a city where the name Suozzi has a Kennedyesque aura, Mrs. Suozzi is the quiet matriarch, the *Rose Kennedy* of /a political dynasty with a small-town cachet/.", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1122398_0", "date": "1999-07-11", "sourceId": "Q718256", "sourceLabel": "Forbes Burnham", "sourceImId": "Forbes_Burnham_(1966).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6d/Forbes_Burnham_%281966%29.jpg/180px-Forbes_Burnham_%281966%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1999/07/11/1122398", "aUrlId": "9A0CE7DD143DF932A25754C0A96F958260", "text": "The headmaster is described as the *Forbes Burnham* of ''/our schoolworld/,'' where the Government ordered children to learn agricultural skills and work in the fields.", "author": "Markee, Patrick", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1122958_0", "date": "1999-07-12", "sourceId": "Q462481", "sourceLabel": "Mark McGwire", "sourceImId": "Mark_mcgwire.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Mark_mcgwire.jpg/180px-Mark_mcgwire.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/07/12/1122958", "aUrlId": "9900E1D8103CF931A25754C0A96F958260", "text": "But even though Pedro Martinez is slight enough to be a tattoo on the biceps of Mark McGwire, he is the *Mark McGwire* of /pitchers in 1999/.", "author": "Olney, Buster", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1123603_0", "date": "1999-07-15", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/07/15/1123603", "aUrlId": "9407E2DA173FF936A25754C0A96F958260", "text": "Mr. Graves has become the *Johnny Appleseed* of /New York beedom/.", "author": "Collins, Glenn", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1124061_0", "date": "1999-07-18", "sourceId": "Q150851", "sourceLabel": "Colin Powell", "sourceImId": "Colin_Powell_(15570753996)_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6d/Colin_Powell_%2815570753996%29_cropped.jpg/180px-Colin_Powell_%2815570753996%29_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/07/18/1124061", "aUrlId": "9504E4DC153CF93BA25754C0A96F958260", "text": "As for Jem, he jumps ship early to enter the service of the war hero Gen. George Monk, the *Colin Powell* of /his day/ in that he might have assumed power but didn't.", "author": "Upchurch, Michael", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1124759_0", "date": "1999-07-20", "sourceId": "Q453251", "sourceLabel": "Horatio Alger", "sourceImId": "Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg/180px-Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/07/20/1124759", "aUrlId": "9902E6DC1E3FF933A15754C0A96F958260", "text": "Mr. Atlas has been called the *Horatio Alger* of /the human body/.", "author": "", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1125694_0", "date": "1999-07-25", "sourceId": "Q39246", "sourceLabel": "Richard Feynman", "sourceImId": "RichardFeynman-PaineMansionWoods1984_copyrightTamikoThiel_bw.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1a/RichardFeynman-PaineMansionWoods1984_copyrightTamikoThiel_bw.jpg/180px-RichardFeynman-PaineMansionWoods1984_copyrightTamikoThiel_bw.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/07/25/1125694", "aUrlId": "9A0DE1DD153FF936A15754C0A96F958260", "text": "We might claim for Rand a minor place in art history: an interesting American modulation of European modernist sobriety into bouncy Brooklyn cheerfulness, a *Richard Feynman* among /the Einsteins of design/, taking a Klee doodle for a walk on a Mondrian Manhattan grid.", "author": "Sharratt, Bernard", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1125783_0", "date": "1999-07-25", "sourceId": "Q6660303", "sourceLabel": "Liz Smith", "sourceImId": "LizSmithSept2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/98/LizSmithSept2011.jpg/180px-LizSmithSept2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/07/25/1125783", "aUrlId": "9805E2DF173EF936A15754C0A96F958260", "text": "Mr. Gaines, the best-selling author of ''Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons,'' is the Hamptons insider of the moment, and although the comparison makes him cringe, the *Liz Smith* of /the rolling dunes/.", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1125801_0", "date": "1999-07-25", "sourceId": "Q1631", "sourceLabel": "\u00c9dith Piaf", "sourceImId": "\u00c9dith_Piaf_914-6440.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2a/%C3%89dith_Piaf_914-6440.jpg/180px-%C3%89dith_Piaf_914-6440.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1999/07/25/1125801", "aUrlId": "9502E5DC173EF936A15754C0A96F958260", "text": "The pitch of the party suddenly went up: Diane Dufresne (''the *Edith Piaf* of /all the French community/,'' Mr. Pelletier said) had arrived.", "author": "Cruice, Valerie", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1127584_0", "date": "1999-08-01", "sourceId": "Q2289535", "sourceLabel": "Rocky Balboa", "sourceImId": "Firma_de_Francisco_de_Goya.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/11/Firma_de_Francisco_de_Goya.jpg/180px-Firma_de_Francisco_de_Goya.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/08/01/1127584", "aUrlId": "9C07EFDE1231F932A3575BC0A96F958260", "text": "Theo Fleury is the *Rocky* of /hockey/.", "author": "Malcolm, Andrew H", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1127627_0", "date": "1999-08-01", "sourceId": "Q30487", "sourceLabel": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "sourceImId": "Gorbachev_2019_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1999/08/01/1127627", "aUrlId": "9D0DE3DD1331F932A3575BC0A96F958260", "text": "As the *Mikhail Gorbachev* of /American Airlines/, after the long, sometimes bare-knuckled rule of Robert L. Crandall as chief executive, Donald J. Carty is finding that glasnost can lead to chaos (labor unrest, late flights, service with a snarl).", "author": "", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1128838_0", "date": "1999-08-07", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/08/07/1128838", "aUrlId": "9C04EFD71230F934A3575BC0A96F958260", "text": "Ah-Mei, 27, is becoming the *Madonna* of /China/.", "author": "Faison, Seth", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1129462_0", "date": "1999-08-09", "sourceId": "Q270707", "sourceLabel": "Dorothy Parker", "sourceImId": "Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg/180px-Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/08/09/1129462", "aUrlId": "9901E6D71030F93AA3575BC0A96F958260", "text": "Ms. Mann is shaping up to be the *Dorothy Parker* of /adult pop/, although her jiltings have come from the music industry, not callous lovers.", "author": "Powers, Ann", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1129636_0", "date": "1999-08-10", "sourceId": "Q8023", "sourceLabel": "Nelson Mandela", "sourceImId": "Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg/180px-Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1999/08/10/1129636", "aUrlId": "9E03E3DC1E30F933A2575BC0A96F958260", "text": "Adem Demaci, often called the *Nelson Mandela* of /Kosovo/, has found some of the same serenity and moderation, urging his fellow Albanians to use their sudden gift of freedom to build a civilized society here.", "author": "Erlanger, Steven", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1129874_0", "date": "1999-08-11", "sourceId": "Q16397", "sourceLabel": "Bruce Lee", "sourceImId": "Bruce-Lee-as-Kato-1967-restored.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Bruce-Lee-as-Kato-1967-restored.jpg/180px-Bruce-Lee-as-Kato-1967-restored.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/08/11/1129874", "aUrlId": "9C0DE5DF1F30F932A2575BC0A96F958260", "text": "Even though he had tragedies every day in his life, he'd get up on stage and be the *Bruce Lee* of /our culture/.''", "author": "Watrous, Peter", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1130766_0", "date": "1999-08-15", "sourceId": "Q2522402", "sourceLabel": "Harry Winston", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "1999/08/15/1130766", "aUrlId": "9807E3DE1239F936A2575BC0A96F958260", "text": "For those not in the know, Jacob -- Jacob Arabo, to be precise -- is the *Harry Winston* of /the hip-hop world/, the jeweler who gives most of today's leading rappers their shine.", "author": "Century, Douglas", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1131800_0", "date": "1999-08-20", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/08/20/1131800", "aUrlId": "9E05E6DC1438F933A1575BC0A96F958260", "text": "This English singer with a fetchingly nostalgic pseudonym is a member of the Headcoatees, the raucous girl group organized by the *Picasso* of /garage rock/, Billy Childish.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1131849_0", "date": "1999-08-20", "sourceId": "Q434669", "sourceLabel": "Phyllis Schlafly", "sourceImId": "Phyllis_Schlafly_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8b/Phyllis_Schlafly_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/180px-Phyllis_Schlafly_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/08/20/1131849", "aUrlId": "9906E3DF1538F933A1575BC0A96F958260", "text": "Sushma is the *Phyllis Schlafly* of /India/,'' remarked Rajiv Desai, who has created the advertising for Mrs. Gandhi's campaign.", "author": "Bearak, Barry", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1132391_0", "date": "1999-08-22", "sourceId": "Q79904", "sourceLabel": "J. D. Salinger", "sourceImId": "J-D-Salinger-Illustration-TIME-1961.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/J-D-Salinger-Illustration-TIME-1961.jpg/180px-J-D-Salinger-Illustration-TIME-1961.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/08/22/1132391", "aUrlId": "9807E3D61538F931A1575BC0A96F958260", "text": "He's the *J. D. Salinger* of /film/,'' Mr. Fancher said of Mr. Anderson, 30, whose first film, ''Bottle Rocket,'' propelled him to indie-film cult status.", "author": "Kirschbaum, Susan M", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1132492_0", "date": "1999-08-22", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/08/22/1132492", "aUrlId": "9F02E3D81338F931A1575BC0A96F958260", "text": "Two years ago, we were told that Babe Ruth was the *Tiger Woods* of /his time/, that golf would save the developing world, that Tiger would change sports marketing and race relations.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1133298_0", "date": "1999-08-26", "sourceId": "Q201608", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Rodman", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg/180px-Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "1999/08/26/1133298", "aUrlId": "9507E4DB173BF935A1575BC0A96F958260", "text": "Other players getting attention this year include Max Mirnyi of Belarus, who took home the mixed-doubles trophy with Serena Williams at Wimbledon and the Open last year, and Xavier Malisse, a Belgian called the *Dennis Rodman* of /tennis/ because he dyed his hair different colors for each round of a tournament.", "author": "Wilgoren, Jodi", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1133807_0", "date": "1999-08-29", "sourceId": "Q1948511", "sourceLabel": "Morris Levy", "sourceImId": "Morris_Levy,_at_the_Roulette_office.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ca/Morris_Levy%2C_at_the_Roulette_office.jpg/180px-Morris_Levy%2C_at_the_Roulette_office.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1999/08/29/1133807", "aUrlId": "9402EFDC1138F93AA1575BC0A96F958260", "text": "At one point Shustek described Mercado to me as ''the *Morris Levy* of /the Latin world/.''", "author": "Dubner, Stephen J", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1134085_0", "date": "1999-08-29", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/08/29/1134085", "aUrlId": "9C04E4DC123BF93AA1575BC0A96F958260", "text": "They say I'm going to be the *Bill Gates* of /biology/; I'm not sure that's meant to be flattering,'' he said.", "author": "Fisher, Lawrence M", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1135691_0", "date": "1999-09-05", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/09/05/1135691", "aUrlId": "9902EFD9133AF936A3575AC0A96F958260", "text": "The immediate impact would be a shortage of computer products and prices would go up instead of down,'' said Stanley Shih, the *Bill Gates* of /Taiwan/ and the chairman of Acer Group.", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1136733_0", "date": "1999-09-10", "sourceId": "Q231417", "sourceLabel": "Barbara Walters", "sourceImId": "Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ad/Barbara_Walters.jpg/180px-Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "1999/09/10/1136733", "aUrlId": "9A06E0DF123DF933A2575AC0A96F958260", "text": "I've been called the most famous American in China,'' said Miss Kan, who is an American citizen, ''but when I was in television there, people used to call me the *Barbara Walters* of /China/.", "author": "Herszenhorn, David M; Barron, James; Rohde, David", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1136878_0", "date": "1999-09-11", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/09/11/1136878", "aUrlId": "9D03E0DB133DF932A2575AC0A96F958260", "text": "He has been the *P. T. Barnum* of /public shows of faith/ -- from the '92 campaign, in which he campaigned in full preaching mode in black churches, to his Monica mea culpa of a year ago this week, when he worked in allusions to both the New Testament and the Yom Kippur liturgy while confessing his sins at an annual Washington prayer breakfast.", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1137062_0", "date": "1999-09-12", "sourceId": "Q5603", "sourceLabel": "Andy Warhol", "sourceImId": "Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg/180px-Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/09/12/1137062", "aUrlId": "9807E5DF1F3AF931A2575AC0A96F958260", "text": "Says Henny Garfunkel, a New York photographer and friend of Almodovar's, ''He's the *Andy Warhol* of /Spain/.''", "author": "Van Meter, Jonathan", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1137115_0", "date": "1999-09-12", "sourceId": "Q5686", "sourceLabel": "Charles Dickens", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_Charles_Dickens_(4671094).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Portrait_of_Charles_Dickens_%284671094%29.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_Charles_Dickens_%284671094%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/09/12/1137115", "aUrlId": "9A03E2D61F3AF931A2575AC0A96F958260", "text": "SNOOPS  A new drama from David E. Kelley, who is rapidly becoming the *Dickens* of /television/ (although he's not paid by the film frame -- yet).", "author": "Carter, Bill", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1137131_0", "date": "1999-09-12", "sourceId": "Q125121", "sourceLabel": "Aretha Franklin", "sourceImId": "Aretha_Franklin_1968.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c6/Aretha_Franklin_1968.jpg/180px-Aretha_Franklin_1968.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/09/12/1137131", "aUrlId": "9405E0DD173DF931A2575AC0A96F958260", "text": "She's the *Aretha Franklin* of /the next millennium/.''", "author": "Musleah, Rahel", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1137131_1", "date": "1999-09-12", "sourceId": "Q206466", "sourceLabel": "Mahalia Jackson", "sourceImId": "Mahalia_Jackson_1962,_van_Vechten,_LC-USZ62-91314.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7d/Mahalia_Jackson_1962%2C_van_Vechten%2C_LC-USZ62-91314.jpg/180px-Mahalia_Jackson_1962%2C_van_Vechten%2C_LC-USZ62-91314.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/09/12/1137131", "aUrlId": "9405E0DD173DF931A2575AC0A96F958260", "text": "If she had pursued music, she said, she thought she might become ''the *Mahalia Jackson* of /the family/,'' traveling from church to church singing gospel.", "author": "Musleah, Rahel", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1138287_0", "date": "1999-09-16", "sourceId": "Q380429", "sourceLabel": "Tony Robbins", "sourceImId": "Tony_Robbins.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Tony_Robbins.jpg/180px-Tony_Robbins.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/09/16/1138287", "aUrlId": "9B03E3D8143CF935A2575AC0A96F958260", "text": "In his last 200 pass attempts, he has thrown only two interceptions and has become the *Tony Robbins* of /his team's success-breeds-success mantra/, which they vow will carry them to another championship.", "author": "Drape, Joe", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1138491_0", "date": "1999-09-17", "sourceId": "Q31073", "sourceLabel": "Walter Cronkite", "sourceImId": "Walter_Cronkite_(1985).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Walter_Cronkite_%281985%29.jpg/180px-Walter_Cronkite_%281985%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "1999/09/17/1138491", "aUrlId": "9906E7DB123CF934A2575AC0A96F958260", "text": "He has become known in some circles as the *Walter Cronkite* of /weather/.", "author": "Revkin, Andrew C", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1138691_0", "date": "1999-09-19", "sourceId": "Q192236", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Becket", "sourceImId": "De_Grey_Hours_f.28.v_St._Thomas_of_Canterbury.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/De_Grey_Hours_f.28.v_St._Thomas_of_Canterbury.png/180px-De_Grey_Hours_f.28.v_St._Thomas_of_Canterbury.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "1999/09/19/1138691", "aUrlId": "9A03E6DC1639F93AA2575AC0A96F958260", "text": "Stanislaus, described as the *Thomas Becket* of /Poland/, was assassinated by the King, and then drawn and quartered.", "author": "Stanley, Alessandra", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1139639_0", "date": "1999-09-22", "sourceId": "Q4616", "sourceLabel": "Marilyn Monroe", "sourceImId": "Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/46/Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg/180px-Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/09/22/1139639", "aUrlId": "9B00E7D9163FF931A1575AC0A96F958260", "text": "Tahia Carioca, the Egyptian belly dancer often called the *Marilyn Monroe* of /the Arab world/, died of a heart attack in a Cairo hospital on Monday.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1140478_0", "date": "1999-09-26", "sourceId": "Q104266", "sourceLabel": "Mel Brooks", "sourceImId": "MelBrooksApr10.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/94/MelBrooksApr10.jpg/180px-MelBrooksApr10.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/09/26/1140478", "aUrlId": "9500E0D81F3CF935A1575AC0A96F958260", "text": "It takes a humble man, or at least a Nobel Prize winner like Leon Lederman, nicknamed ''the *Mel Brooks* of /the physics world/,'' to admit to a prodigious waste of time and money.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1140488_0", "date": "1999-09-26", "sourceId": "Q367566", "sourceLabel": "Yogi Berra", "sourceImId": "Yogi_Berra_1956.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6b/Yogi_Berra_1956.png/180px-Yogi_Berra_1956.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/09/26/1140488", "aUrlId": "9802E1D71F3CF935A1575AC0A96F958260", "text": "Sometimes sounding like the *Yogi Berra* of /shoji making/, Mr. Odate said that as much as 40 percent of woodworking could be learned intellectually, by reading.", "author": "Wellman, Bill", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1141810_0", "date": "1999-10-01", "sourceId": "Q131545", "sourceLabel": "Harry Houdini", "sourceImId": "Harry_Houdini_by_LaPine_Studios,_1915.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/36/Harry_Houdini_by_LaPine_Studios%2C_1915.png/180px-Harry_Houdini_by_LaPine_Studios%2C_1915.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/01/1141810", "aUrlId": "9D0DE2DB123EF932A35753C1A96F958260", "text": "Virtual advertising,'' as this trickery is known, is ''the *Harry Houdini* of /the media business/,'' said David Verklin, chief executive at Carat North America in New York, which buys commercial time and ad space for marketers.", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1141916_0", "date": "1999-10-01", "sourceId": "Q721948", "sourceLabel": "Nolan Ryan", "sourceImId": "Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg/180px-Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/01/1141916", "aUrlId": "9805EEDC133EF932A35753C1A96F958260", "text": "In the last two years, Valentine has shown faith in Yoshii, 34, who did not come with great hyperbole, like the Yankee owner calling Hideki Irabu the *Nolan Ryan* of /Japan/.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1142247_0", "date": "1999-10-03", "sourceId": "Q16409", "sourceLabel": "Tristan Tzara", "sourceImId": "Tristan_Tzara.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dc/Tristan_Tzara.jpg/180px-Tristan_Tzara.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1999/10/03/1142247", "aUrlId": "990CE5D8163EF930A35753C1A96F958260", "text": "Mr. Lindsay has performed with Tom Ze, the *Tristan Tzara* of /Brazilian Tropicalia/, and Vovo, the leader of the black nationalist carnival band Ile Aiye; Mr. Lindsay has also produced recordings by Caetano Veloso, Carlinhos Brown and Marisa Monte.", "author": "Shatz, Adam", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1143997_0", "date": "1999-10-10", "sourceId": "Q1511", "sourceLabel": "Richard Wagner", "sourceImId": "RichardWagner.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9d/RichardWagner.jpg/180px-RichardWagner.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/10/1143997", "aUrlId": "9D07E4DA1F3EF933A25753C1A96F958260", "text": "People began referring to him as the *Wagner* of /contemporary art/ because, like Wagner, Barney operated in a mythological language that seemed willfully irrational, and he had a plan for a cycle of works (the five ''Cremaster'' films) that would take years to complete.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1144000_0", "date": "1999-10-10", "sourceId": "Q81438", "sourceLabel": "Walt Whitman", "sourceImId": "Walt_Whitman_-_George_Collins_Cox.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fa/Walt_Whitman_-_George_Collins_Cox.jpg/180px-Walt_Whitman_-_George_Collins_Cox.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/10/1144000", "aUrlId": "9A00E4DA1F3EF933A25753C1A96F958260", "text": "But the landfill itself needs a *Walt Whitman* of /its own/, someone to celebrate the forces that play upon that immobile, phlegmatic mass, someone to stand over the dumpscape and shout, as Whitman did, ''I announce adhesiveness.''", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1144695_0", "date": "1999-10-12", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/12/1144695", "aUrlId": "9C03E4DD1730F931A25753C1A96F958260", "text": "Called the *Jackie Robinson* of /higher education/ when she became the first black woman to head a top-tier college or university in 1995, Dr. Simmons has embarked upon what she calls a ''personal crusade'' to bring disadvantaged students to her campus and similar institutions nationwide.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1145734_0", "date": "1999-10-17", "sourceId": "Q4441", "sourceLabel": "Emily Dickinson", "sourceImId": "Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(Restored).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg/180px-Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/17/1145734", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1DD1639F934A25753C1A96F958260", "text": "The relics of St. Therese of Lisieux, the *Emily Dickinson* of /Roman Catholic sainthood/, arrived yesterday at Our Lady of the Scapular Church on East 28th Street to begin a four-day stay in Manhattan.", "author": "Stewart, Barbara", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1146269_0", "date": "1999-10-18", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/18/1146269", "aUrlId": "9C0DEED91639F93BA25753C1A96F958260", "text": "Now he is vying to become the *Bill Gates* of /television/.", "author": "Pollack, Andrew", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1147181_0", "date": "1999-10-22", "sourceId": "Q1067", "sourceLabel": "Dante Alighieri", "sourceImId": "Portrait_de_Dante.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6f/Portrait_de_Dante.jpg/180px-Portrait_de_Dante.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/22/1147181", "aUrlId": "950DE5DF1139F931A15753C1A96F958260", "text": "Though his latest film explores one more urban inferno and colorfully reaffirms Mr. Scorsese's role as the *Dante* of /the Cinema/, creating its air of nocturnal torment took some doing.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1147595_0", "date": "1999-10-24", "sourceId": "Q313013", "sourceLabel": "Brian Wilson", "sourceImId": "Brian_Wilson_Jan_2007.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ad/Brian_Wilson_Jan_2007.jpg/180px-Brian_Wilson_Jan_2007.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "1999/10/24/1147595", "aUrlId": "9D02E3D91539F937A15753C1A96F958260", "text": "Mr. Cornog is the *Brian Wilson* of /home recording/.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1147597_0", "date": "1999-10-24", "sourceId": "Q24829", "sourceLabel": "Orson Welles", "sourceImId": "Orson_Welles_1937.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/Orson_Welles_1937.jpg/180px-Orson_Welles_1937.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/24/1147597", "aUrlId": "9A07EFD81539F937A15753C1A96F958260", "text": "Such clips as the Beastie Boys's ''Sabotage,'' in which the Beasties dress up as cops from a 70's television show, and Weezer's ''Buddy Holly,'' in which the band turns up in a ''Happy Days'' episode, prompted one fan writing on the movie Web site Ain't It Cool News to call him the ''the *Orson Welles* of /music videos/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1147790_0", "date": "1999-10-24", "sourceId": "Q137042", "sourceLabel": "Nat King Cole", "sourceImId": "Nat_King_Cole_(Gottlieb_01511).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/83/Nat_King_Cole_%28Gottlieb_01511%29.jpg/180px-Nat_King_Cole_%28Gottlieb_01511%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/24/1147790", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6D91E39F937A15753C1A96F958260", "text": "At 72, the silky-voiced Mr. Ferrer -- dubbed the *Nat King Cole* of /Cuba/ -- looked boyish in his trademark tan-colored Kangol cap and canvas K-Swiss sneakers.", "author": "Century, Douglas", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1148009_0", "date": "1999-10-24", "sourceId": "Q49080", "sourceLabel": "Isaak Babel", "sourceImId": "Isaac_Babel.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/43/Isaac_Babel.png/180px-Isaac_Babel.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/24/1148009", "aUrlId": "9F05E6D61330F937A15753C1A96F958260", "text": "MORE than a decade has passed since a friend called me to rave about the work of one of her graduate students, a recent immigrant from China who wrote in English and who was, my friend said, the *Isaac Babel* of /the Chinese Army/.", "author": "Prose, Francine", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1149440_0", "date": "1999-10-31", "sourceId": "Q1511", "sourceLabel": "Richard Wagner", "sourceImId": "RichardWagner.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9d/RichardWagner.jpg/180px-RichardWagner.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/10/31/1149440", "aUrlId": "9D05EFDA1538F932A05753C1A96F958260", "text": "It is the *Richard Wagner* of /S.U.V.'s/.", "author": "Goldberg, Jeffrey", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1150603_0", "date": "1999-11-04", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/11/04/1150603", "aUrlId": "9F0DEFDA113BF937A35752C1A96F958260", "text": "Dorothy Goosby, a 61-year-old nursing home dietitian and high school chemistry teacher, is described by her supporters as ''the *Rosa Parks* of /Long Island/'' for her long effort to end the at-large system of electing the Town Board, a process she says has kept black people off.", "author": "Mcquiston, John T", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1151271_0", "date": "1999-11-07", "sourceId": "Q260683", "sourceLabel": "Grandma Moses", "sourceImId": "Grandma_Moses_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Grandma_Moses_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Grandma_Moses_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/11/07/1151271", "aUrlId": "9B02E7D6103BF934A35752C1A96F958260", "text": "In a recent interview here, Ms. Cirino, earnest yet self-effacing, joked that at the age of 58 she is ''the *Grandma Moses* of /first novelists/.''", "author": "Trenner, Richard", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1151463_0", "date": "1999-11-07", "sourceId": "Q9554", "sourceLabel": "Martin Luther", "sourceImId": "Martin_Luther,_1529.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f8/Martin_Luther%2C_1529.jpg/180px-Martin_Luther%2C_1529.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/11/07/1151463", "aUrlId": "9E04E4DD173AF934A35752C1A96F958260", "text": "Not for nothing has Mr. Nouri, 50, been called the *Martin Luther* of /Iran/.", "author": "Burns, John F", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1151738_0", "date": "1999-11-08", "sourceId": "Q4616", "sourceLabel": "Marilyn Monroe", "sourceImId": "Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/46/Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg/180px-Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/11/08/1151738", "aUrlId": "9D06E5D6143AF93BA35752C1A96F958260", "text": "|Selena Quintanilla Perez| achieved in death the celebrity of an Elvis Presley or a *Marilyn Monroe* among /Latinos and others/, even on the East Coast and in other areas where she was not as well known or Tejano music as popular as in Texas, her home state.", "author": "Navarro, Mireya", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1152666_0", "date": "1999-11-12", "sourceId": "Q168728", "sourceLabel": "Robert Frost", "sourceImId": "Robert_Frost_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Robert_Frost_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Robert_Frost_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/11/12/1152666", "aUrlId": "9E06E6D61F3AF931A25752C1A96F958260", "text": "Mr. Bush, the *Robert Frost* of /political name recognition/, won the first polls easily, and after that things just started snowballing.", "author": "Collins, Gail", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1153412_0", "date": "1999-11-14", "sourceId": "Q107082", "sourceLabel": "Mary Harris Jones", "sourceImId": "Mother_Jones_1902-11-04.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Mother_Jones_1902-11-04.jpg/180px-Mother_Jones_1902-11-04.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/11/14/1153412", "aUrlId": "9F0CEFDE153DF937A25752C1A96F958260", "text": "And in a movement where blue jeans are favored, she wears pumps and gold bracelets, although her Ann Taylor look has not stopped her from earning the nickname the *Mother Jones* of /Silicon Valley/.", "author": "Greenhouse, Steven", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1153640_0", "date": "1999-11-15", "sourceId": "Q37577", "sourceLabel": "John Calvin", "sourceImId": "Portrait_john_calvin_(flipped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Portrait_john_calvin_%28flipped%29.jpg/180px-Portrait_john_calvin_%28flipped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/11/15/1153640", "aUrlId": "990DE5D8123DF936A25752C1A96F958260", "text": "As ever, he is the classroom know-it-all, the professional scold, the *John Calvin* of /city government/, so much so that caricaturists routinely portray him in an apoplectic state.", "author": "Barry, Dan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1156565_0", "date": "1999-11-28", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "1999/11/28/1156565", "aUrlId": "940CE4DC163CF93BA15752C1A96F958260", "text": "No wonder the British trade paper Film Weekly called him ''the *Hitler* of /Hollywood/.''", "author": "Gottlieb, Robert", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1156590_0", "date": "1999-11-28", "sourceId": "Q42786", "sourceLabel": "Audrey Hepburn", "sourceImId": "Audrey_Hepburn_1956.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Audrey_Hepburn_1956.jpg/180px-Audrey_Hepburn_1956.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/11/28/1156590", "aUrlId": "9504E4DB163CF93BA15752C1A96F958260", "text": "The commentator Dick Button called her ''the *Audrey Hepburn* of /skating/.''", "author": "Van Dagens, Margaret", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1156627_0", "date": "1999-11-28", "sourceId": "Q7199", "sourceLabel": "Marcel Proust", "sourceImId": "Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b8/Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg/180px-Marcel_Proust_1895.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/11/28/1156627", "aUrlId": "9906E0D9113CF93BA15752C1A96F958260", "text": "Mr. Jarrett, the *Proust* of /jazz/, had chronic fatigue syndrome recently, and for a while the Internet was bubbling with rumors of his imminent demise that gained credence after he canceled several concerts.", "author": "Watrous, Peter", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1156860_0", "date": "1999-11-28", "sourceId": "Q30487", "sourceLabel": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "sourceImId": "Gorbachev_2019_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "1999/11/28/1156860", "aUrlId": "9406E3DF153FF93BA15752C1A96F958260", "text": "He doesn't want to be the *Gorbachev* of /Syria/.", "author": "Perlez, Jane", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1157194_0", "date": "1999-11-30", "sourceId": "Q410", "sourceLabel": "Carl Sagan", "sourceImId": "Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG/180px-Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/11/30/1157194", "aUrlId": "9501EFDC143FF933A05752C1A96F958260", "text": "Profile writers have compared him to Indiana Jones, and quoted sympathetic colleagues who called Dr. Plotkin the *Carl Sagan* of /the rain forest/.", "author": "Christensen, Jon", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1158279_0", "date": "1999-12-05", "sourceId": "Q183528", "sourceLabel": "Philip Johnson", "sourceImId": "Philip_Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/07/Philip_Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg/180px-Philip_Johnson.2002.FILARDO.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/12/05/1158279", "aUrlId": "9F07E4DE143FF936A35751C1A96F958260", "text": "Macaulay introduces an architect, William of Planz, the *Philip Johnson* of /his day/, who developed the original design.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1158663_0", "date": "1999-12-05", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/12/05/1158663", "aUrlId": "9E05E1D8123EF936A35751C1A96F958260", "text": "Or when, during a heated practice, she's trying to outfox youngsters like Chamique Holdsclaw, the player she's pegged as the star for the new millennium and to whom she's prepared to bequeath her moniker as the *Michael Jordan* of /women's ball/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1159451_0", "date": "1999-12-09", "sourceId": "Q44301", "sourceLabel": "Jim Morrison", "sourceImId": "Jim_Morrison_1969.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7f/Jim_Morrison_1969.JPG/180px-Jim_Morrison_1969.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/12/09/1159451", "aUrlId": "9804EEDC1F3EF93AA35751C1A96F958260", "text": "Here in his homeland Mr. Coelho first came to attention in the early 1970's not as a novelist but as a pop music lyricist, writing more than 70 songs with the rock star Raul Seixas, described by Mr. Coelho as ''the *Jim Morrison* of /Brazil/.''", "author": "Rohter, Larry", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1159942_0", "date": "1999-12-11", "sourceId": "Q1225", "sourceLabel": "Bruce Springsteen", "sourceImId": "Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d7/Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg/180px-Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1999/12/11/1159942", "aUrlId": "9805E1D61531F932A25751C1A96F958260", "text": "Madeleine Albright is the *Bruce Springsteen* of /foreign affairs/.", "author": "Gonzalez, David", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1160206_0", "date": "1999-12-12", "sourceId": "Q2071", "sourceLabel": "David Lynch", "sourceImId": "David_Lynch_Cannes_2017.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/David_Lynch_Cannes_2017.jpg/180px-David_Lynch_Cannes_2017.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "1999/12/12/1160206", "aUrlId": "9C06E3D81F3EF931A25751C1A96F958260", "text": "One of the Island's more iconoclastic performers, James Yarsky performs emotionally charged, raging songs in highly theatrical stage performances that led one writer too call him the *David Lynch* of /folk music/.", "author": "Digennaro, Ralph", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1160910_0", "date": "1999-12-14", "sourceId": "Q8027", "sourceLabel": "Martin Luther King, Jr.", "sourceImId": "Martin_Luther_King,_Jr..jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr..jpg/180px-Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr..jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/12/14/1160910", "aUrlId": "990DE1D71131F937A25751C1A96F958260", "text": "Ms. Boone is so ambitious that she graduated from Michigan State University at 16, opened her gallery at 25 and was arrested on art's behalf at 47, a brouhaha that prompted a compliment from her son -- ''He said |I| was the *Martin Luther King* for /artists/'' -- and resolved itself last week when the district attorney asked that the charge against her be dropped.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1161636_0", "date": "1999-12-17", "sourceId": "Q160534", "sourceLabel": "Jack Kerouac", "sourceImId": "Kerouac_by_Palumbo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/Kerouac_by_Palumbo.jpg/180px-Kerouac_by_Palumbo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "1999/12/17/1161636", "aUrlId": "9C07E0D81530F934A25751C1A96F958260", "text": "W. Axl Rose is the *Jack Kerouac* of /hard rock/, embodying the myth of masculinity in all its beauty and horror.", "author": "Powers, Ann", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1161983_0", "date": "1999-12-19", "sourceId": "Q11975", "sourceLabel": "Britney Spears", "sourceImId": "Britney_Spears_2013.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7a/Britney_Spears_2013.jpg/180px-Britney_Spears_2013.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "1999/12/19/1161983", "aUrlId": "9C05E3D71E31F93AA25751C1A96F958260", "text": "From the cavalcade of come hither, ''Teen Beats'' photos to the completely predictable array of blockbuster classics like ''Crazy,'' 'Your Cheatin' Heart'' and ''Lovesick Blues,'' this album feels like an attempt to become the *Britney Spears* of /country/.", "author": "Applebome, Peter", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1163753_0", "date": "1999-12-26", "sourceId": "Q37103", "sourceLabel": "Florence Nightingale", "sourceImId": "Florence_Nightingale_CDV_by_H_Lenthall.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8a/Florence_Nightingale_CDV_by_H_Lenthall.jpg/180px-Florence_Nightingale_CDV_by_H_Lenthall.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/12/26/1163753", "aUrlId": "9C01E3D91639F935A15751C1A96F958260", "text": "He sees himself as a humanitarian, the *Florence Nightingale* of /Death Row/, the man who took the ouch out of the death penalty.", "author": "Applebome, Peter", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1163871_0", "date": "1999-12-26", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/12/26/1163871", "aUrlId": "9A07E6DF1239F935A15751C1A96F958260", "text": "It was given by her husband of the time, Michael Todd, the *P. T. Barnum* of /Hollywood/, and the event arguably ushered in the modern Hollywood era.", "author": "Green, Penelope", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1164179_0", "date": "1999-12-27", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "1999/12/27/1164179", "aUrlId": "9F07E0D61139F934A15751C1A96F958260", "text": "They are people of such retiring natures that when one admits to being ''quietly confident'' about the competition, he comes across as the *Donald Trump* of /the sheep-dog world/.", "author": "Lyall, Sarah", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1165313_0", "date": "2000-01-02", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/01/02/1165313", "aUrlId": "9D01E0D91F39F931A35752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He was the *Tiger Woods* of /his time/ -- which is to say, Tiger Woods without all the handlers.", "author": "Mcgrath, Charles", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1165360_0", "date": "2000-01-02", "sourceId": "Q3772", "sourceLabel": "Quentin Tarantino", "sourceImId": "Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/180px-Quentin_Tarantino_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/01/02/1165360", "aUrlId": "9C07E7D91638F931A35752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Webster was the *Quentin Tarantino* of /his age/, but he didn't invent this mixed style of drama.", "author": "Bate, Jonathan", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1165503_0", "date": "2000-01-02", "sourceId": "Q6389584", "sourceLabel": "Kennedy", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/01/02/1165503", "aUrlId": "9C05E7DD1238F931A35752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Try to imagine an Eisenhower or a *Kennedy* of /the year 2000/ -- or even a Sam Rayburn or an Everett Dirksen.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1166580_0", "date": "2000-01-07", "sourceId": "Q380429", "sourceLabel": "Tony Robbins", "sourceImId": "Tony_Robbins.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Tony_Robbins.jpg/180px-Tony_Robbins.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/01/07/1166580", "aUrlId": "9804EFDA153BF934A35752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "PLUSES: Tom Cruise as the *Tony Robbins* of /misogynistic sex/, in another role in which his phony, too-bright smiles match his character.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1166834_0", "date": "2000-01-08", "sourceId": "Q214800", "sourceLabel": "Calvin Klein", "sourceImId": "Calvin_Klein_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/Calvin_Klein_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Calvin_Klein_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/01/08/1166834", "aUrlId": "9803E1D8133BF93BA35752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Among them were  Howard C. Fox, ''the Chicago clothier and sometime big-band trumpeter who claimed credit for creating and naming the zoot suit with the reet pleat, the reave sleeve, the ripe  stripe, the stuff cuff and the drape shape that was the stage rage during the boogie-woogie rhyme time of the early 1940's,'' and Russell Colley, a mechanical engineer who became ''the *Calvin Klein* of /space/'' and was known to a generation of astronauts as the ''father of the space suit.''", "author": "Kaufman, Michael T", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1166971_0", "date": "2000-01-09", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/01/09/1166971", "aUrlId": "9A04E6DC1538F93AA35752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He can be viewed as the *Henry Ford* of /religion/, with a uniquely American knack for enterprise and innovation, or a Jim Jones figure from the dark edge of the frontier, ready to take his followers off a cliff with him.", "author": "Egan, Timothy", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1167075_0", "date": "2000-01-09", "sourceId": "Q271884", "sourceLabel": "Norman Rockwell", "sourceImId": "Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/37/Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg/180px-Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/01/09/1167075", "aUrlId": "9D00E6D9173BF93AA35752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Since his first coffee-table book about the state almost 20 years ago, |he| has become something of an unofficial state chamber of commerce, a *Norman Rockwell* of /a changing Jerseyana/.", "author": "James, George", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1168186_0", "date": "2000-01-13", "sourceId": "Q1173180", "sourceLabel": "Dave Douglas", "sourceImId": "Dave_Douglas_(trumpet).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8c/Dave_Douglas_%28trumpet%29.jpg/180px-Dave_Douglas_%28trumpet%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/01/13/1168186", "aUrlId": "940DE6DF143AF930A25752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "But there's a resourcefulness here: they use cheap electronics well, they mine a lot of feeling from single vamps, and the disciplined, versatile cornetist Rob Mazurek may yet become the *Dave Douglas* of /the Midwest/.", "author": "Strauss, Neil", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1168688_0", "date": "2000-01-15", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/01/15/1168688", "aUrlId": "9903E1DB103AF936A25752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He's the *Cal Ripken* of /TV/,'' said Mr. Rubenstein, referring to the Baltimore Orioles shortstop with the stellar attendance record.", "author": "Kelley, Tina", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1168831_0", "date": "2000-01-16", "sourceId": "Q452469", "sourceLabel": "Dorothea Dix", "sourceImId": "Dix-Dorothea-LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Dix-Dorothea-LOC.jpg/180px-Dix-Dorothea-LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/01/16/1168831", "aUrlId": "9B00E2D71F3BF935A25752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Guiding the international entourage that chilly fall morning was Virginia Gonzalez, the *Dorothea Dix* of /Mexico/, that nation's leading advocate for the mentally ill and the country's No.", "author": "Winerip, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1169086_0", "date": "2000-01-16", "sourceId": "Q216810", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "King_Kong_(1933)_movie_poster_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg/180px-King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/01/16/1169086", "aUrlId": "9507E7D7133AF935A25752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "WHEN the Godzilla of the Internet decides to wed the *King Kong* of /content/, it is a natural time for the other denizens of the jungle to wonder what the future will hold for the colossal couple and the world they inhabit.", "author": "", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1169686_0", "date": "2000-01-19", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/01/19/1169686", "aUrlId": "940CE6D9163DF93AA25752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Conan Doyle persevered in his homicide, inventing the *Napoleon* of /crime/, Moriarity, who in ''The Final Problem'' plunges with Holmes into the seething waters of Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.", "author": "Meyer, Karl E", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1170158_0", "date": "2000-01-21", "sourceId": "Q168763", "sourceLabel": "Liv Tyler", "sourceImId": "Live_Tyler.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/Live_Tyler.jpg/180px-Live_Tyler.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2000/01/21/1170158", "aUrlId": "9C05E6DD123DF932A15752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Meanwhile, almost every other man in town wants to marry young Anne Page, who is apparently the *Liv Tyler* of /14th-century Windsor/.", "author": "Gates, Anita", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1170707_0", "date": "2000-01-23", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/01/23/1170707", "aUrlId": "9506E4D6153DF930A15752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Velvet paintings may be the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the art world/, but Leeteg, who died in 1953, was known as the American Gauguin.", "author": "Decaro, Frank", "desk": "Style Desk"},
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{"id": "1171146_0", "date": "2000-01-24", "sourceId": "Q2263", "sourceLabel": "Tom Hanks", "sourceImId": "TomHanksJan2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/TomHanksJan2009.jpg/180px-TomHanksJan2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/01/24/1171146", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DC1F3DF937A15752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "I am the *Tom Hanks* of /the Golden Globes/.''", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1172368_0", "date": "2000-01-30", "sourceId": "Q7803927", "sourceLabel": "Tim McCarver", "sourceImId": "Tim_McCarver_2002.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/41/Tim_McCarver_2002.jpg/180px-Tim_McCarver_2002.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/01/30/1172368", "aUrlId": "9E02E7D7143CF933A05752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He has since established himself as the *Tim McCarver* of /tennis/, the undisputed master of his craft.", "author": "Rubinstein, Julian", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1172834_0", "date": "2000-01-31", "sourceId": "Q195367", "sourceLabel": "Dan Marino", "sourceImId": "Danmarino.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/24/Danmarino.jpg/180px-Danmarino.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/01/31/1172834", "aUrlId": "9A0DE7D91F3CF932A05752C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Otherwise he runs the risk of being remembered as the *Dan Marino* of /the media business/, a great player who was unable to win the biggest prize in his chosen game.", "author": "Berenson, Alex", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1174173_0", "date": "2000-02-06", "sourceId": "Q93957", "sourceLabel": "Gary Cooper", "sourceImId": "Gary_cooper_promo_image.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/27/Gary_cooper_promo_image.jpg/180px-Gary_cooper_promo_image.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/02/06/1174173", "aUrlId": "9F05E4DD143FF935A35751C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Ms. Bonnaire's greatest physical attribute is her walk, which is brisk and androgynously sexy -- she's the *Gary Cooper* of /French actresses/ -- but what gives her a star's allure is her ability to hold her emotions suggestively in reserve.", "author": "Rafferty, Terrence", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1175017_0", "date": "2000-02-09", "sourceId": "Q2001", "sourceLabel": "Stanley Kubrick", "sourceImId": "KubrickForLook_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/KubrickForLook_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-KubrickForLook_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/02/09/1175017", "aUrlId": "9D01E1DA143EF93AA35751C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He is the *Stanley Kubrick* of /New York chefs/ -- difficult to get a read on, by most accounts difficult to deal with, but always pointed in a direction that feels as though it will lead straight to the next big thing.", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1176237_0", "date": "2000-02-13", "sourceId": "Q128799", "sourceLabel": "Ricky Martin", "sourceImId": "Ricky_Martin_in_store_appearance,_Sydney_Australia_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Ricky_Martin_in_store_appearance%2C_Sydney_Australia_%281%29.jpg/180px-Ricky_Martin_in_store_appearance%2C_Sydney_Australia_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/02/13/1176237", "aUrlId": "9F00E3DA1F3EF930A25751C0A9669C8B63", "text": "I used to wonder if the cocky strategist, the *Ricky Martin* of /dirty campaigning/, could have pulled President Bush through in '92, as he did in '88, when he zestfully turned Willie Horton into the bogyman.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1176472_0", "date": "2000-02-14", "sourceId": "Q131814", "sourceLabel": "Tina Turner", "sourceImId": "Tina_Turner_50th_Anniversary_Tour.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/Tina_Turner_50th_Anniversary_Tour.jpg/180px-Tina_Turner_50th_Anniversary_Tour.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/02/14/1176472", "aUrlId": "9C06EFDB1731F937A25751C0A9669C8B63", "text": "She's the *Tina Turner* of /dogs/.''", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1176631_0", "date": "2000-02-15", "sourceId": "Q4283152", "sourceLabel": "John Rocker", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/02/15/1176631", "aUrlId": "9C0DE5DA1431F936A25751C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Nobody wants to come off as the *John Rocker* of /hockey/ and say no.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1176873_0", "date": "2000-02-16", "sourceId": "Q316568", "sourceLabel": "Walter Lippmann", "sourceImId": "Walter_Lippmann_1914.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9d/Walter_Lippmann_1914.jpg/180px-Walter_Lippmann_1914.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/02/16/1176873", "aUrlId": "940DE0DD1231F935A25751C0A9669C8B63", "text": "I once called him the *Walter Lippmann* of /the hydrant set/, and he loved it.''", "author": "Litsky, Frank", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1177372_0", "date": "2000-02-18", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/02/18/1177372", "aUrlId": "9C05E3DF1E31F93BA25751C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Despite their deepest wishes, Gordy Sheer and Chris Thorpe know that the two-man luge is the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /winter Olympic sports/.", "author": "Gould, Jim", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1178469_0", "date": "2000-02-22", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/02/22/1178469", "aUrlId": "9B0CE7DB1530F931A15751C0A9669C8B63", "text": "It's very unique, though, to be able to bring the *Michael Jordan* of /baseball/ home where he was raised in Cincinnati,'' said Jim Bowden, the Reds' general manager, who tried to minimize how the contract favors the Reds.", "author": "Curry, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1178852_0", "date": "2000-02-24", "sourceId": "Q9077", "sourceLabel": "Moses", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/02/24/1178852", "aUrlId": "9C00E4DD1030F937A15751C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Another Web site, www.nyhistory.com /harriettubman/life.htm, has a biography and links to other sites on Harriet Tubman, the *Moses* of /the railroad/, an escaped slave who is credited with making 19 return trips to save more than 300 others.", "author": "Pollak, Michael", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1179735_0", "date": "2000-02-27", "sourceId": "Q130742", "sourceLabel": "Alanis Morissette", "sourceImId": "Alanis_Morissette_5-19-2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/82/Alanis_Morissette_5-19-2014.jpg/180px-Alanis_Morissette_5-19-2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/02/27/1179735", "aUrlId": "9C0CE4D61530F934A15751C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Conservative Christianity has its own chaste heartthrobs, like Joshua Harris, the raffishly cute author of ''I Kissed Dating Good-Bye,'' and the singer Rebecca St. James, the *Alanis Morissette* of /the W.W.J.D./", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1180625_0", "date": "2000-03-02", "sourceId": "Q79015", "sourceLabel": "Clark Kent", "sourceImId": "Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6f/Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg/180px-Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/03/02/1180625", "aUrlId": "9502E1D81039F931A35750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "The Tre-Piu Pavilion was designed by Antonio Citterio, the *Clark Kent* of /Italian design/, whose subtle way of making modern furniture a tad more sensual has been a huge success in attracting Americans to Italian high design.", "author": "Iovine, Julie V", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1182251_0", "date": "2000-03-08", "sourceId": "Q1145222", "sourceLabel": "Tony Gwynn", "sourceImId": "Tony_Gwynn_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/09/Tony_Gwynn_2011.jpg/180px-Tony_Gwynn_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/03/08/1182251", "aUrlId": "9D04E1DA1038F93BA35750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Junior had no desire to be the *Tony Gwynn* of /Seattle/: a lovable ancient staying put so he would not have to go through the trouble of redecorating another house in another baseball town.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1183115_0", "date": "2000-03-12", "sourceId": "Q234691", "sourceLabel": "Stevie Nicks", "sourceImId": "StevieNicks2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6f/StevieNicks2.jpg/180px-StevieNicks2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/03/12/1183115", "aUrlId": "9C01EFD61338F931A25750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "At 46, Ms. Gillis is a bit like the *Stevie Nicks* of /the dance world/ -- her name evokes cultlike enthusiasm or groans, but not much in between.", "author": "Kourlas, Gia", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1183194_0", "date": "2000-03-12", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/03/12/1183194", "aUrlId": "9C03E1DC1E38F931A25750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "A graduate of Ithaca College, Mr. Spidal is the *Tiger Woods* of /the B Division/.", "author": "Markowitz, Dan", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1183431_0", "date": "2000-03-12", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "2000/03/12/1183431", "aUrlId": "9C05E1D7153BF931A25750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He is the *Mother Teresa* of /the wild bird world/,'' said Ward Stone, the wildlife pathologist for the State Department of Environmental Conservation, who has sent injured Canada geese and ducks to the sanctuary.", "author": "Hu, Winnie", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1183591_0", "date": "2000-03-13", "sourceId": "Q694774", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Cornell", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/03/13/1183591", "aUrlId": "950CE4DA123BF930A25750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Between the adored exotic birds, the boxlike space and the prevailing aura of innocence and obsession, you may leave this show feeling that you have met the *Joseph Cornell* of /the 19th century/.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1183782_0", "date": "2000-03-14", "sourceId": "Q9200", "sourceLabel": "Paul", "sourceImId": "PaulusTarsus_LKANRW.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/PaulusTarsus_LKANRW.jpg/180px-PaulusTarsus_LKANRW.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "2000/03/14/1183782", "aUrlId": "9F03E2D7133BF937A25750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "|He| understands how much trouble he's in -- witness his sudden re-emergence as a born-again reformer, the *Saul of Tarsus* for /campaign finance/.", "author": "Collins, Gail", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1183800_0", "date": "2000-03-14", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/03/14/1183800", "aUrlId": "9B02E6DF103BF937A25750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He is the *Babe Ruth* of /football/,'' Mr. Molinary said, standing outside the Dolphins' training camp in Davie today as, inside, Marino announced his retirement.", "author": "Bragg, Rick", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1184684_0", "date": "2000-03-18", "sourceId": "Q8743", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Edison", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg/180px-Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/03/18/1184684", "aUrlId": "9906EFD6143AF93BA25750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Fortune magazine called Mr. Joy ''the *Edison* of /the Internet/'': he designed crucial system software and three of Sun's microprocessors as well as developing the Java programming language.", "author": "Rothstein, Edward", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1185165_0", "date": "2000-03-19", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/03/19/1185165", "aUrlId": "9803E1D7153AF93AA25750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "So with the clock running out, Sabol went deep: ''Vince,'' he said, ''let us put a mike on you, and we'll make you the *John Wayne* of /pro football/.''", "author": "Schwarz, Alan", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1187893_0", "date": "2000-03-30", "sourceId": "Q37079", "sourceLabel": "Tom Cruise", "sourceImId": "Tom_cruise_1989.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a5/Tom_cruise_1989.jpg/180px-Tom_cruise_1989.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/03/30/1187893", "aUrlId": "9907E6D6143CF933A05750C0A9669C8B63", "text": "White sharks are, for any diver, the apex --  the *Tom Cruise* of /the ocean/.''", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1188325_0", "date": "2000-04-01", "sourceId": "Q60029", "sourceLabel": "Oskar Schindler", "sourceImId": "Schindler,_Oskar.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/38/Schindler%2C_Oskar.jpg/180px-Schindler%2C_Oskar.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/04/01/1188325", "aUrlId": "9F02E6DD103CF932A35757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "His boss, a transplanted Cairene named Roschdy, has a side business smuggling illegal immigrants into France and styles himself ''the *Schindler* of /the Arabs/.''", "author": "Scott, A O", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1188511_0", "date": "2000-04-02", "sourceId": "Q312786", "sourceLabel": "Robert Mapplethorpe", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/04/02/1188511", "aUrlId": "9800E7DF163CF931A35757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "As early as 1981, critics were debating the value of his elegant style and shocking subjects (and referring, in one instance, to an earlier photographer as ''the *Robert Mapplethorpe* of /his generation/'').", "author": "Gates, Anita", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1188700_0", "date": "2000-04-02", "sourceId": "Q4724", "sourceLabel": "Le Corbusier", "sourceImId": "Le_Corbusier_(1964).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Le_Corbusier_%281964%29.jpg/180px-Le_Corbusier_%281964%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "2000/04/02/1188700", "aUrlId": "9B02E0D9133CF931A35757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Past clients confirm that Ms. Tuman is the *Corbusier* of /confined space/.", "author": "Hayt, Elizabeth", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1188826_0", "date": "2000-04-02", "sourceId": "Q196090", "sourceLabel": "Marvin Miller", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/04/02/1188826", "aUrlId": "9D03E1D6113CF931A35757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Fleisher had not long before split from his brother, Marc, in a litigious feud that fractured a family made famous in basketball circles by their late father, Larry, the *Marvin Miller* of /hoops/.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1189860_0", "date": "2000-04-07", "sourceId": "Q5679", "sourceLabel": "Lord Byron", "sourceImId": "George_Gordon_Byron,_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg/180px-George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/04/07/1189860", "aUrlId": "950DEFDF133FF934A35757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "For her part, Ms. Maclean trots out Dennis Hopper, once the *Lord Byron* of /the drug culture/ and now its Ancient Mariner, for a cameo as a scary guy our young friend meets in rehab.", "author": "Scott, A O", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1190562_0", "date": "2000-04-09", "sourceId": "Q270707", "sourceLabel": "Dorothy Parker", "sourceImId": "Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg/180px-Young_Dorothy_Parker.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/04/09/1190562", "aUrlId": "9400E5DE113FF93AA35757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "She added, ''She's been described as the *Dorothy Parker* of /the crime novel/ and the Betty Boop of crime fiction, so hang onto your hats.''", "author": "Stevens, Kimberly", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1190651_0", "date": "2000-04-09", "sourceId": "Q211731", "sourceLabel": "Timothy Leary", "sourceImId": "Timothy-Leary-Los-Angeles-1989.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "c/c7/Timothy-Leary-Los-Angeles-1989.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "2000/04/09/1190651", "aUrlId": "9B01E6DF1F3FF93AA35757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Terence McKenna, who so playfully and persistently pressed his message that psychedelic drugs are mankind's salvation that Timothy Leary himself christened him ''the *Timothy Leary* of /the 90's/,'' died on Monday at a friend's home in San Rafael, Calif.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1191464_0", "date": "2000-04-13", "sourceId": "Q232364", "sourceLabel": "Rem Koolhaas", "sourceImId": "Rem_Koolhaas_-_portrait_03.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e9/Rem_Koolhaas_-_portrait_03.jpg/180px-Rem_Koolhaas_-_portrait_03.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/04/13/1191464", "aUrlId": "9C0DEFDE133EF930A25757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "The company Driade asked David Chipperfield, one of the master minimalists of London, and Kazuyo Sejima, known among cognoscenti as the *Rem Koolhaas* of /Japan/, to contribute.", "author": "Iovine, Julie V", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
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{"id": "1193538_0", "date": "2000-04-21", "sourceId": "Q216563", "sourceLabel": "Paul Anka", "sourceImId": "PaulAnka07.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9a/PaulAnka07.jpg/180px-PaulAnka07.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/04/21/1193538", "aUrlId": "9E01E1DF1F31F932A15757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Thirty years ago, throwing a 300 made you a bowling celebrity, the *Paul Anka* of /your local alley/.", "author": "Barry, Dan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1194062_0", "date": "2000-04-23", "sourceId": "Q47213", "sourceLabel": "Warren Buffett", "sourceImId": "Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg/180px-Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/04/23/1194062", "aUrlId": "940DEED71F31F930A15757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He wasn't the *Warren Buffett* of /his time/, but Mark Twain said he liked real estate because he was pretty sure God wasn't going to make any more of it.", "author": "Gilpin, Kenneth N", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1194441_0", "date": "2000-04-25", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/04/25/1194441", "aUrlId": "9902E6DD1530F936A15757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He calls it the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /natural disasters/.", "author": "Stevens, William K", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1194659_0", "date": "2000-04-26", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/04/26/1194659", "aUrlId": "9D06E0D91530F935A15757C0A9669C8B63", "text": "If she can make it,'' he quipped, ''she can be the *Jackie Robinson* of /the pipe-fitting world/.''", "author": "Tahmincioglu, Eve", "desk": "Workplace"},
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{"id": "1196085_0", "date": "2000-05-01", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/05/01/1196085", "aUrlId": "940CEEDA1539F932A35756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "To date, Willis Haviland Carrier, the *Bill Gates* of /the air conditioner/, has been a greater benefactor to humanity than Bill Gates.", "author": "Grant, James", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1196828_0", "date": "2000-05-04", "sourceId": "Q720", "sourceLabel": "Genghis Khan", "sourceImId": "Genghis_Khan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4e/Genghis_Khan.jpg/180px-Genghis_Khan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/05/04/1196828", "aUrlId": "9C0DEEDC1F39F937A35756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "I was billed as the *Genghis Khan* of /the committee/,'' Cardinal O'Connor later told Mr. Hentoff.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1197248_0", "date": "2000-05-06", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/05/06/1197248", "aUrlId": "9E05E5DE1538F935A35756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "For the benefit of anyone under 40, Howdy Doody was the *Michael Jordan* of /television puppets/.", "author": "Zielbauer, Paul", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1197350_0", "date": "2000-05-07", "sourceId": "Q2685", "sourceLabel": "Arnold Schwarzenegger", "sourceImId": "Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/80/Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg/180px-Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/05/07/1197350", "aUrlId": "9801EEDD1039F934A35756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He was the *Arnold Schwarzenegger* of /his day/, three times named ''America's Most Muscular Man.''", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1197779_0", "date": "2000-05-07", "sourceId": "Q72267", "sourceLabel": "Cecil B. DeMille", "sourceImId": "Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg/180px-Cecil_B_de_Mille_in_Ten_Commandments_trailer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/05/07/1197779", "aUrlId": "9500EEDB1238F934A35756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Robert Halmi Sr., the *Cecil B. DeMille* of /the 27-inch screen/, speaks proudly of the inspirational power of that pulpy television standby, the mini-series.", "author": "Marks, Peter", "desk": "Television"},
{"id": "1198493_0", "date": "2000-05-11", "sourceId": "Q653366", "sourceLabel": "Larry Kramer", "sourceImId": "Larry_Kramer_headshot_by_David_Shankbone.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/36/Larry_Kramer_headshot_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/180px-Larry_Kramer_headshot_by_David_Shankbone.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/05/11/1198493", "aUrlId": "9E02EED71E38F932A25756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "But when it came to details like cooperation, she was a disaster, the *Larry Kramer* of /the women's movement/.", "author": "Witchel, Alex", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1198733_0", "date": "2000-05-12", "sourceId": "Q202878", "sourceLabel": "Mae West", "sourceImId": "Mae_West_-_1936.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/Mae_West_-_1936.jpg/180px-Mae_West_-_1936.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/05/12/1198733", "aUrlId": "9E02E0D8163BF931A25756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Designed by Zofia Czechlewska and built by the Teatr Baj of Poland and Eli Worden, the elaborate puppets range from Maya, who looks like a pugnacious preschooler who has sprouted wings, to Miss Loveydear, the *Mae West* of /dragonflies/.", "author": "", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1198760_0", "date": "2000-05-12", "sourceId": "Q234068", "sourceLabel": "Madeline Kahn", "sourceImId": "Madeline_Kahn_publicity.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Madeline_Kahn_publicity.jpg/180px-Madeline_Kahn_publicity.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/05/12/1198760", "aUrlId": "9506E7DC173BF931A25756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "But as portrayed by Ms. Hoffmann, who may be the *Madeline Kahn* of /the Clearasil set/, she's also the source of some of the film's best scenes, and the mouthpiece for its funniest lines.", "author": "Scott, A O", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "1201526_0", "date": "2000-05-22", "sourceId": "Q935", "sourceLabel": "Isaac Newton", "sourceImId": "GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg/180px-GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/05/22/1201526", "aUrlId": "9C0DE7DA113AF931A15756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Think of Proust as the *Isaac Newton* of /memory/.", "author": "Eder, Richard", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1201806_0", "date": "2000-05-23", "sourceId": "Q1606855", "sourceLabel": "Henry Higgins", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/05/23/1201806", "aUrlId": "9F00E5D81F3AF930A15756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Derided as a *Henry Higgins* for sending poetry to board members and arranging violin lessons for superintendents, |Mr. Levy| said he was trying to build teamwork and boost morale, standard practice in business. //", "author": "Hartocollis, Anemona; Goodnough, Abby", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1202490_0", "date": "2000-05-26", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/05/26/1202490", "aUrlId": "980DE1DC133DF935A15756C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He is the *Babe Ruth* of /baseball's new era/.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1203951_0", "date": "2000-06-01", "sourceId": "Q550629", "sourceLabel": "Lyndon LaRouche", "sourceImId": "Lyndon_LaRouche.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7f/Lyndon_LaRouche.jpg/180px-Lyndon_LaRouche.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/06/01/1203951", "aUrlId": "9C02E7D9123CF932A35755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Murray Sabrin is the *Lyndon LaRouche* of /New Jersey/,'' Mr. Wilson said.", "author": "Newman, Maria", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1204361_0", "date": "2000-06-03", "sourceId": "Q17131", "sourceLabel": "Pontius Pilatus", "sourceImId": "L_Mazzolin_Cristo_ante_Pilatos_1525_MFA_Budapest.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/L_Mazzolin_Cristo_ante_Pilatos_1525_MFA_Budapest.jpg/180px-L_Mazzolin_Cristo_ante_Pilatos_1525_MFA_Budapest.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/06/03/1204361", "aUrlId": "9F0DE5DE1E3CF930A35755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "In this Jubilee, Amato is turning into the *Pontius Pilate* of /the year 2000/.''", "author": "Stanley, Alessandra", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1205681_0", "date": "2000-06-08", "sourceId": "Q7659834", "sourceLabel": "Sydney Biddle Barrows", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/06/08/1205681", "aUrlId": "9E06E2DE133FF93BA35755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "The missing John Lennon piano has been tracked down by SIDNEY BIDDLE BARROWS, the *Mayflower Madam* of /the 1980's/.", "author": "Barron, James; Waldman, Amy", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1206103_0", "date": "2000-06-10", "sourceId": "Q310176", "sourceLabel": "Martin Amis", "sourceImId": "Martin_Amis_2012_by_Maximilian_Schoenherr.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Martin_Amis_2012_by_Maximilian_Schoenherr.jpg/180px-Martin_Amis_2012_by_Maximilian_Schoenherr.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/06/10/1206103", "aUrlId": "9D03E3DA1E3FF933A25755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He is a regular contributor to The London Review of Books and has been described by The Times of London as ''the *Martin Amis* of /British psychoanalysis/,'' for his ''brilliantly amusing and often profoundly unsettling'' work.", "author": "Boynton, Robert S", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1206269_0", "date": "2000-06-11", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/06/11/1206269", "aUrlId": "9405E6DF133CF932A25755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "It was only after the *Johnny Appleseed* of /tulips/, a botanist named Carolus Clusius, cultivated and cataloged tulip varieties and gave them away as gifts that tulipomania really took hold.", "author": "Robins, Carol Peace", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1206294_0", "date": "2000-06-11", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/06/11/1206294", "aUrlId": "9D06E4D6163FF932A25755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Among those who took notice of the fine location was Benjamin Lester, a hard-driving Englishman from Poole, who by the 1780's had become the *Bill Gates* of /Newfoundland/.", "author": "Curtis, Wayne", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1207422_0", "date": "2000-06-15", "sourceId": "Q177854", "sourceLabel": "Lorenzo de' Medici", "sourceImId": "Verrocchio_Lorenzo_de_Medici.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/29/Verrocchio_Lorenzo_de_Medici.jpg/180px-Verrocchio_Lorenzo_de_Medici.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/06/15/1207422", "aUrlId": "9802EFDC133EF936A25755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "How did a pastor become the *Lorenzo de' Medici* of /American architecture/ -- or, as he put it, ''hooked on architecture of the highest league''?", "author": "Anderton, Frances", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1207691_0", "date": "2000-06-16", "sourceId": "Q5679", "sourceLabel": "Lord Byron", "sourceImId": "George_Gordon_Byron,_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg/180px-George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/06/16/1207691", "aUrlId": "9B06E5D6113EF935A25755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "For her part Ms. Maclean trots out Dennis Hopper, once the *Lord Byron* of /the drug culture/ and now its Ancient Mariner, for a cameo as a scary guy our young friend meets in rehab.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1207911_0", "date": "2000-06-17", "sourceId": "Q637200", "sourceLabel": "Henry Higgins", "sourceImId": "Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg/180px-Pygmalion_serialized_November_1914.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/06/17/1207911", "aUrlId": "940DE3DE1631F934A25755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Luis was the *Henry Higgins* of /the bird world/,'' said Dr. James Harris, an avian veterinarian for the California Academy of Sciences.", "author": "Dreifus, Claudia", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1208725_0", "date": "2000-06-19", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/06/19/1208725", "aUrlId": "9B07EFDC1531F93AA25755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "He's the *Michael Jordan* of /diving/,'' Ruiz said.", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1209040_0", "date": "2000-06-21", "sourceId": "Q2586583", "sourceLabel": "Henny Youngman", "sourceImId": "Henny_Youngman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/23/Henny_Youngman.jpg/180px-Henny_Youngman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/06/21/1209040", "aUrlId": "9A06EFDC1331F932A15755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Carlos Valdes, known as Patato, could be the *Henny Youngman* of /conga drummers/.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1209351_0", "date": "2000-06-22", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/06/22/1209351", "aUrlId": "9C0DE4D61131F931A15755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Al Del Greco, the Tennessee Titans kicker, whom Testaverde describes as ''the *Tiger Woods* of /N.F.L./", "author": "Eskenazi, Gerald", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1209653_0", "date": "2000-06-23", "sourceId": "Q7226", "sourceLabel": "Joan of Arc", "sourceImId": "Contemporaine_afb_jeanne_d_arc.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/Contemporaine_afb_jeanne_d_arc.png/180px-Contemporaine_afb_jeanne_d_arc.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/06/23/1209653", "aUrlId": "9A03E2DC1630F930A15755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "To the composer Edgard Varese she was ''the *Jeanne d'Arc* of /new music/.''", "author": "Cotter, Holland", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1209910_0", "date": "2000-06-25", "sourceId": "Q271884", "sourceLabel": "Norman Rockwell", "sourceImId": "Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/37/Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg/180px-Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/06/25/1209910", "aUrlId": "9B07E5DB113EF936A15755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Saint-Exupery's fall from literary grace begins with ''The Little Prince'' in his native country, where he is the *Norman Rockwell* of /letters/.", "author": "Schiff, Stacy", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1210663_0", "date": "2000-06-27", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/06/27/1210663", "aUrlId": "9D00EEDA1230F934A15755C0A9669C8B63", "text": "agent who acts like he's *the  Michelangelo of* /G-men/; these two crooked cops who've been on the take; and this fat pig of a drug dealer, who -- get this -- is trying to get his mitts on the A-bomb to protect his business in South America.", "author": "Kakutani, Michiko", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1215524_0", "date": "2000-07-16", "sourceId": "Q5237521", "sourceLabel": "David Merrick", "sourceImId": "David_Merrick_(13563015335).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/David_Merrick_%2813563015335%29.jpg/180px-David_Merrick_%2813563015335%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/07/16/1215524", "aUrlId": "9402E6D6153BF935A25754C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Jackson, he said, agreed to go to Nuremberg ''when he was told it was a chance to make history -- 'You're going to be the *David Merrick* of /the trial/ and produce the whole thing from straw.'", "author": "Smith, Dinitia", "desk": "Television"},
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{"id": "1216662_0", "date": "2000-07-22", "sourceId": "Q170779", "sourceLabel": "Cassandra", "sourceImId": "Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Cassandra1.jpeg/180px-Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/07/22/1216662", "aUrlId": "9402EEDF143AF931A15754C0A9669C8B63", "text": "The surveys that followed were even less representative: in the 1970's Shere Hite, the *Cassandra* of /women's sex/, was criticized for choosing a sample that included too many women who had emotional problems with men in the ''Hite Report on Female Sexuality.''", "author": "Boxer, Sarah", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1217051_0", "date": "2000-07-23", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/07/23/1217051", "aUrlId": "9903E0DB173AF930A15754C0A9669C8B63", "text": "IN a way, Gertrude Jekyll is the *Elvis* of the gardening world.", "author": "", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
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{"id": "1217072_0", "date": "2000-07-23", "sourceId": "Q355314", "sourceLabel": "Jack Welch", "sourceImId": "JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/JackWelchApril2012.jpg/180px-JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/07/23/1217072", "aUrlId": "9D06EEDA173AF930A15754C0A9669C8B63", "text": "I would rank him as the *Jack Welch* of /China/,'' said Fred Hu, chief Asian economist for Goldman, Sachs.", "author": "Landler, Mark", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1219129_0", "date": "2000-07-31", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/07/31/1219129", "aUrlId": "9E05E0DB133DF932A05754C0A9669C8B63", "text": "Is New Hampshire the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the Republican convention/?", "author": "Purdy, Matthew; Kuczynski, Alex", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "1220323_0", "date": "2000-08-06", "sourceId": "Q366563", "sourceLabel": "Dick Clark", "sourceImId": "Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ca/Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG/180px-Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/08/06/1220323", "aUrlId": "9E06E3DA113DF935A3575BC0A9669C8B63", "text": "Now 70 and still broadcasting regularly from oldies station KRTH-FM (101), Mr. Hugg likes to refer to himself as ''the *Dick Clark* of /the Chicanos/.''", "author": "Swartley, Ariel", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1220715_0", "date": "2000-08-06", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/08/06/1220715", "aUrlId": "9E05E3DD133CF935A3575BC0A9669C8B63", "text": "Brennan, like Diaz, knew he would never be accepted by the crusty racing establishment, so |he| played on twisted populist urges like a *Trump* of /the mainland/.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1220827_0", "date": "2000-08-07", "sourceId": "Q4535129", "sourceLabel": "Sol Hurok", "sourceImId": "Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg/180px-Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/08/07/1220827", "aUrlId": "940DE2DB133CF934A3575BC0A9669C8B63", "text": "The purpose is to bring the arts, meaning culture, to working people, to bring a culture that reflects their lives and that will help bring their lives to a higher level,'' said Mr. Foner, who has been called the *Sol Hurok* of /the labor movement/.", "author": "Greenhouse, Steven", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1221304_0", "date": "2000-08-09", "sourceId": "Q440256", "sourceLabel": "Sandy Koufax", "sourceImId": "Sandy_Koufax.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/Sandy_Koufax.jpg/180px-Sandy_Koufax.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/08/09/1221304", "aUrlId": "9406E5DE1F3CF93AA3575BC0A9669C8B63", "text": "It is filled with Jewish holy days, and if he is true to his faith, Mr. Lieberman will skip at least half a dozen days of campaigning, the *Sandy Koufax* of /politics/.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1221400_0", "date": "2000-08-10", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/08/10/1221400", "aUrlId": "9B06EED81F3CF933A2575BC0A9669C8B63", "text": "Steve Earle, the *Ralph Nader* of /country music/, is its patriarch.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1222108_0", "date": "2000-08-13", "sourceId": "Q2263", "sourceLabel": "Tom Hanks", "sourceImId": "TomHanksJan2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/TomHanksJan2009.jpg/180px-TomHanksJan2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/08/13/1222108", "aUrlId": "990CE4D61F3CF930A2575BC0A9669C8B63", "text": "He described Metro-North, with its many service awards, as ''the *Tom Hanks* of /commuter railroads/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1222114_0", "date": "2000-08-13", "sourceId": "Q7812575", "sourceLabel": "Todd Pratt", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/08/13/1222114", "aUrlId": "9403E1D6163FF930A2575BC0A9669C8B63", "text": "I guess I'm the *Todd Pratt* of '/Kiss Me, Kate/,' '' she said, referring to the backup catcher for the Mets superstar Mike Piazza.'", "author": "Minor, E Kyle", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1222127_0", "date": "2000-08-13", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/08/13/1222127", "aUrlId": "9E01E7DE173FF930A2575BC0A9669C8B63", "text": "Connecticut is the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /American Politics/,'' said Darrell West, a political science professor and director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University.", "author": "Zielbauer, Paul", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
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{"id": "1226010_0", "date": "2000-08-28", "sourceId": "Q134183", "sourceLabel": "Magic Johnson", "sourceImId": "Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7d/Magic_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Magic_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/08/28/1226010", "aUrlId": "9F00EEDA1131F93BA1575BC0A9669C8B63", "text": "Cynthia Cooper is the Michael Jordan, the Larry Bird, the *Magic Johnson* of /this league/,'' Rich Adubato, the coach of the New York Liberty, said.", "author": "Berkow, Ira", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1229180_0", "date": "2000-09-10", "sourceId": "Q726071", "sourceLabel": "Jimmy Buffett", "sourceImId": "Jimmy_Buffett_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1d/Jimmy_Buffett_1.jpg/180px-Jimmy_Buffett_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/09/10/1229180", "aUrlId": "9803EFD71739F933A2575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "We wanted to get Dar Williams because she is the *Jimmy Buffett* of /the young folk crowd/.", "author": "Tuhus, Melinda", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1229621_0", "date": "2000-09-10", "sourceId": "Q215120", "sourceLabel": "Cole Porter", "sourceImId": "Coleporter.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4c/Coleporter.jpg/180px-Coleporter.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/09/10/1229621", "aUrlId": "9F01E6DC1030F933A2575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "One hopes this beautifully annotated five-CD set will lead to a resurgence of interest in Malvina Reynolds, the *Cole Porter* of /striking workers/; if not, the Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger and Lucinda Williams cuts should lure the already converted.", "author": "Ratliff, Ben", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1230336_0", "date": "2000-09-14", "sourceId": "Q552806", "sourceLabel": "Wayne Newton", "sourceImId": "Wayne_Newton_in_Washington_D.C.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3b/Wayne_Newton_in_Washington_D.C.jpg/180px-Wayne_Newton_in_Washington_D.C.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/09/14/1230336", "aUrlId": "9507E0DF1538F937A2575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "So does the time that I placed a Bruce Springsteen CD in my shopping cart, then removed it after being teased by my husband (who refers to the aging Mr. Springsteen as ''the *Wayne Newton* of /our generation/'').", "author": "Slatalla, Michelle", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1230837_0", "date": "2000-09-16", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/09/16/1230837", "aUrlId": "9C05EFDC1138F935A2575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "It's easy to poke fun at events like this one, sponsored by Tibor Rudas, fast becoming the *P. T. Barnum* of /classical music today/.", "author": "Tommasini, Anthony", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1231421_0", "date": "2000-09-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/09/17/1231421", "aUrlId": "9F02E7DA1F38F934A2575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "LASER -- In the popular open dinghy class, Robert Scheidt of Brazil is the *Michael Jordan* of /Laser sailing/, a dominant force who has won four world championships.", "author": "Mccormick, Herb", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1231599_0", "date": "2000-09-18", "sourceId": "Q95026", "sourceLabel": "Shirley MacLaine", "sourceImId": "Studio_publicity_Shirley_MacLaine.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Studio_publicity_Shirley_MacLaine.jpg/180px-Studio_publicity_Shirley_MacLaine.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/09/18/1231599", "aUrlId": "9B02E7DF163BF93BA2575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "It has become the *Shirley MacLaine* of /magazines/.", "author": "Kuczynski, Alex", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1231759_0", "date": "2000-09-19", "sourceId": "Q202878", "sourceLabel": "Mae West", "sourceImId": "Mae_West_-_1936.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/Mae_West_-_1936.jpg/180px-Mae_West_-_1936.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/09/19/1231759", "aUrlId": "9404E4DD173BF93AA2575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "You say that you are the *Mae West* of /physics/.", "author": "Dreifus, Claudia", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1232150_0", "date": "2000-09-20", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/09/20/1232150", "aUrlId": "9F06E5D9153BF933A1575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "Barbara Gulotta, the *Martha Stewart* of /school lunches/, presided over the test kitchen in Long Island City, Queens, dressed in a chic black shift, with red lipstick setting off her  sweeping auburn hair.", "author": "Hartocollis, Anemona", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1232558_0", "date": "2000-09-22", "sourceId": "Q1779", "sourceLabel": "Louis Armstrong", "sourceImId": "Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg/180px-Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/09/22/1232558", "aUrlId": "9E0DE7D8103BF931A1575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "Robin Bady will offer songs and tales, and Ernie Strauss, who might be considered the *Satchmo* of /shofars/, will bring about a dozen examples to touch and to try.", "author": "Graeber, Laurel", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1234498_0", "date": "2000-09-29", "sourceId": "Q305497", "sourceLabel": "Richard Avedon", "sourceImId": "Richard_Avedon.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Richard_Avedon.jpg/180px-Richard_Avedon.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/09/29/1234498", "aUrlId": "950DEFD9103AF93AA1575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "Utamaro, who worked at the end of the 18th century, was the *Richard Avedon* of /Edo/.", "author": "Charle, Suzanne", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1234541_0", "date": "2000-09-29", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/09/29/1234541", "aUrlId": "9906E0DE1F3AF93AA1575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "When the Australian point guard, Shane Heal, referred to him as ''the *Michael Jordan* of /Australia/'' today, Gaze shook his head.", "author": "Wise, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1234670_0", "date": "2000-09-29", "sourceId": "Q375268", "sourceLabel": "Frank Stella", "sourceImId": "Frank_Stella_2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8f/Frank_Stella_2012.jpg/180px-Frank_Stella_2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/09/29/1234670", "aUrlId": "9802EEDD163DF93AA1575AC0A9669C8B63", "text": "Udomsak Krisanamis, who immigrated to the United States from Thailand in 1991, may be the *Frank Stella* of /current painting/.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1235631_0", "date": "2000-10-03", "sourceId": "Q40504", "sourceLabel": "Jim Carrey", "sourceImId": "Jim_Carrey_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8b/Jim_Carrey_2008.jpg/180px-Jim_Carrey_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/10/03/1235631", "aUrlId": "9800EED6123DF930A35753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Up till now T. Coraghessan Boyle has been the *Jim Carrey* of /fiction/: all broad gestures and mimicry, nervous hyperbole and dazzling razzmatazz.", "author": "Kakutani, Michiko", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1235737_0", "date": "2000-10-03", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/10/03/1235737", "aUrlId": "9C04EFD6133DF930A35753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "He's the *Cal Ripken* of /debate preparation/.''", "author": "Perez-Pena, Richard", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1236832_0", "date": "2000-10-08", "sourceId": "Q83338", "sourceLabel": "Robin Williams", "sourceImId": "Robin_Williams_2011a_(2).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Robin_Williams_2011a_%282%29.jpg/180px-Robin_Williams_2011a_%282%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/10/08/1236832", "aUrlId": "9D07E3D91E3AF93BA35753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "His topic hopping and hyperactive prose reveal him to be a consummate showman -- the *Robin Williams* of /writers/ -- but like that actor he rarely leaves you wanting more.", "author": "Mobilio, Albert", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1236840_0", "date": "2000-10-08", "sourceId": "Q21511391", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Edison", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/10/08/1236840", "aUrlId": "9C04E2D91E3AF93BA35753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Everything, the rules of flight as well as the hardware, had to be invented fast, and |Kranz| was an *Edison* of /what became known as Mission Control/.", "author": "Wilford, John Noble", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1236967_0", "date": "2000-10-08", "sourceId": "Q182882", "sourceLabel": "John James Audubon", "sourceImId": "John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg/180px-John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/10/08/1236967", "aUrlId": "9D01EED71E3DF93BA35753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "James Prosek, known as the *John James Audubon* of /fishing/ for the accuracy and delicacy of his piscatorial watercolors (originals selling for up to $7,000), is a best-selling author of books on fishing that he illustrates with his paintings.", "author": "", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1237000_0", "date": "2000-10-08", "sourceId": "Q434513", "sourceLabel": "Alice Waters", "sourceImId": "Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards,_Napa.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards%2C_Napa.jpg/180px-Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards%2C_Napa.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/10/08/1237000", "aUrlId": "9D02EFDD163CF93BA35753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Ms. Peck, author of ''The Buffet Book'' (Viking, 1997) and sometimes referred to as ''the *Alice Waters* of /the East Coast/,'' is a chef who celebrates the state's farm-fresh organic food.", "author": "Liebenson, Bess", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1237601_0", "date": "2000-10-10", "sourceId": "Q3320282", "sourceLabel": "Clyde Barrow", "sourceImId": "Clyde_Champion_Barrow_Mug_Shot_-_Dallas_6048.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/aa/Clyde_Champion_Barrow_Mug_Shot_-_Dallas_6048.jpg/180px-Clyde_Champion_Barrow_Mug_Shot_-_Dallas_6048.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/10/10/1237601", "aUrlId": "9805E0D6103CF933A25753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Was the *Clyde Barrow* of /country music/, the smoothest outlaw ever to sing honeyed words into a microphone, going to pull off this latest caper, promoting a new album on a punk label to an audience of relatively youthful downtowners?", "author": "Powers, Ann", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1237800_0", "date": "2000-10-11", "sourceId": "Q104372", "sourceLabel": "Doris Day", "sourceImId": "Doris_Day_-_1957.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/30/Doris_Day_-_1957.JPG/180px-Doris_Day_-_1957.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/10/11/1237800", "aUrlId": "9C06EFD9143DF932A25753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Or a 1957 Chevy Bel Air, the *Doris Day* of /automobiles/.", "author": "Strum, Charles", "desk": "Cars"},
{"id": "1239323_0", "date": "2000-10-16", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/10/16/1239323", "aUrlId": "9C00E3D8113FF935A25753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "The low point was Mr. Bellow's unfortunate remark: ''Who is the *Tolstoy* of /the Zulus/?", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1240188_0", "date": "2000-10-20", "sourceId": "Q55245", "sourceLabel": "Laurence Olivier", "sourceImId": "Laurence_Olivier_-_portrait.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/24/Laurence_Olivier_-_portrait.JPG/180px-Laurence_Olivier_-_portrait.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/10/20/1240188", "aUrlId": "950CEEDF133EF933A15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "In the right situation, Mr. Lovano can become something like the *Laurence Olivier* of /jazz/ -- a serious practitioner with no fear, a high-wire buddha who has found his own rhythm, clearly ecstatic to be doing what he's doing and using the logic of bebop harmony and every bit of his own physicality to shape his delivery.", "author": "Ratliff, Ben", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1240346_0", "date": "2000-10-20", "sourceId": "Q453251", "sourceLabel": "Horatio Alger", "sourceImId": "Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg/180px-Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/10/20/1240346", "aUrlId": "9401E0DC103EF933A15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Piazza, by the way, is the *Horatio Alger* of /baseball/.", "author": "Barry, Dan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1240671_0", "date": "2000-10-22", "sourceId": "Q212648", "sourceLabel": "Rudy Giuliani", "sourceImId": "Rudy_Giuliani.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Rudy_Giuliani.jpg/180px-Rudy_Giuliani.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/10/22/1240671", "aUrlId": "9B0DE1DB163EF931A15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Is it fair to say that you wouldn't mind becoming known as the *Rudy Giuliani* of /Belgrade/?", "author": "Maass, Peter", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1240688_0", "date": "2000-10-22", "sourceId": "Q2808", "sourceLabel": "Elton John", "sourceImId": "Elton_John_2011_Shankbone_2_(cropped).JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/80/Elton_John_2011_Shankbone_2_%28cropped%29.JPG/180px-Elton_John_2011_Shankbone_2_%28cropped%29.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2000/10/22/1240688", "aUrlId": "9D06E7DC173EF931A15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "The first of these Heavy Organ concerts, held at the Fillmore East in New York on Dec. 1, 1970, made an indelible impression on Fox's fellow organist and admirer Carlo Curley, whose 1998 memoir, ''In the Pipeline,'' describes Fox and the scene: ''He looked like the *Elton John* of /the organ/ with an outlandish bow tie, paisley jacket accented in shimmering silks, and rhinestones on the heels of his organ shoes.", "author": "Whitney, Craig R", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1240715_0", "date": "2000-10-22", "sourceId": "Q160278", "sourceLabel": "John D. Rockefeller", "sourceImId": "John_D._Rockefeller_1885_140x190.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "3/37/John_D._Rockefeller_1885_140x190.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/10/22/1240715", "aUrlId": "9E01EED7143EF931A15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Charles H. Carpenter Jr., author of ''Gorham Silver'' (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts: 1997) called Holbrook the *John D. Rockefeller* of /the silver industry/.", "author": "Gray, Christopher", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "1241065_0", "date": "2000-10-22", "sourceId": "Q3925", "sourceLabel": "Grace Kelly", "sourceImId": "Grace_Kelly30419.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Grace_Kelly30419.jpg/180px-Grace_Kelly30419.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/10/22/1241065", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6D91F3EF931A15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Society columnists dubbed her ''the *Grace Kelly* of /Chicago/.''", "author": "Wong, Edward", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1241219_0", "date": "2000-10-23", "sourceId": "Q3925", "sourceLabel": "Grace Kelly", "sourceImId": "Grace_Kelly30419.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Grace_Kelly30419.jpg/180px-Grace_Kelly30419.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/10/23/1241219", "aUrlId": "940DEEDF1631F930A15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Society columnists called her ''the *Grace Kelly* of /Chicago/.''", "author": "Wong, Edward", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1242165_0", "date": "2000-10-27", "sourceId": "Q951317", "sourceLabel": "John Rambo", "sourceImId": "John_Rambo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/John_Rambo.jpg/180px-John_Rambo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/10/27/1242165", "aUrlId": "9D04EFDF1131F934A15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Rama was the *Rambo* of /Indian literature/, brawny and brave but a tad short in the brains department.", "author": "Cotter, Holland", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1242527_0", "date": "2000-10-28", "sourceId": "Q4837645", "sourceLabel": "Babe Dahlgren", "sourceImId": "Babe_Dahlgren_1940.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5c/Babe_Dahlgren_1940.jpg/180px-Babe_Dahlgren_1940.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/10/28/1242527", "aUrlId": "9802E1DA1630F93BA15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Think of Representative Rick A. Lazio as the *Babe Dahlgren* of /New York politics/.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1242729_0", "date": "2000-10-29", "sourceId": "Q11812", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Jefferson", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3f/Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg/180px-Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/10/29/1242729", "aUrlId": "990CE3D91331F93AA15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "He was the *Thomas Jefferson* of /Georgia Tech/,'' said Paul Muldawer, an Atlanta architect and a colleague during Dr. Bragdon's two decades on the faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology.", "author": "Strugatch, Warren", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1242940_0", "date": "2000-10-29", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "2000/10/29/1242940", "aUrlId": "9A0CE5DE1630F93AA15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "In Western eyes, Mr. Milosevic's undeniable awfulness (politicians and diplomats cheerfully called him ''evil'' and ''the *Hitler* of /the Balkans/'') justified nearly anything that happened in Kosovo -- revenge in the pursuit of liberty was no vice.", "author": "Erlanger, Steven", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1242954_0", "date": "2000-10-29", "sourceId": "Q11975", "sourceLabel": "Britney Spears", "sourceImId": "Britney_Spears_2013.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7a/Britney_Spears_2013.jpg/180px-Britney_Spears_2013.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2000/10/29/1242954", "aUrlId": "9C01E0DB1630F93AA15753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "|Dick Cheney| -- the *Britney Spears* for /middle-aged white men/ -- back in the West Wing saddle.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1243224_0", "date": "2000-10-30", "sourceId": "Q953153", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Miller", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Miller.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/25/Dennis_Miller.jpg/180px-Dennis_Miller.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2000/10/30/1243224", "aUrlId": "9A03E3DB1430F933A05753C1A9669C8B63", "text": "|He| was a *Dennis Miller* of /financial filings/ who made semiannual reports funny.", "author": "Hakim, Danny", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1243691_0", "date": "2000-11-01", "sourceId": "Q8021572", "sourceLabel": "Willie Horton", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/11/01/1243691", "aUrlId": "9800E2DD1030F932A35752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Lazio is trying to turn Muslims into the *Willie Horton* of /2000/,'' the eight groups said in a joint statement.", "author": "Murphy, Dean E", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1243860_0", "date": "2000-11-02", "sourceId": "Q316906", "sourceLabel": "Philippe Starck", "sourceImId": "Philippe_Starck.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/79/Philippe_Starck.jpg/180px-Philippe_Starck.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/11/02/1243860", "aUrlId": "9E00E2DB1130F931A35752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "(Tiffany was the *Philippe Starck* of /his day/.)", "author": "Burros, Marian", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1243896_0", "date": "2000-11-02", "sourceId": "Q5084722", "sourceLabel": "Charlie Cook", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/11/02/1243896", "aUrlId": "9A05E3D61130F931A35752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "He's the *Charlie Cook* of /the Wolverine state/.", "author": "Wilgoren, Jodi; Gore, Al (Vice Pres)", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1244777_0", "date": "2000-11-05", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/11/05/1244777", "aUrlId": "9502E6DE1530F936A35752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "A quiet 43-year-old computer consultant who has been called ''the *Michael Jordan* of /game shows/,'' Pawlowicz (pronounced pa-VLO-vich) never lost a match while steamrolling to the title of the 1992 ''Jeopardy!''", "author": "Ballard, Chris", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1244897_0", "date": "2000-11-05", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/11/05/1244897", "aUrlId": "9502E2DB1130F936A35752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "You're the *Babe Ruth* of /this sport, of this marathon/!", "author": "Davis, Theodore M", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1245492_0", "date": "2000-11-08", "sourceId": "Q589905", "sourceLabel": "Red Adair", "sourceImId": "Red_Adair_Elk_Hills_fire_1977.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Red_Adair_Elk_Hills_fire_1977.jpg/180px-Red_Adair_Elk_Hills_fire_1977.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/11/08/1245492", "aUrlId": "9902E7DC1139F93BA35752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "But Mr. Feld figures their businesses have enough in common that he can market himself as the *Red Adair* of /information technology/.", "author": "Feder, Barnaby J", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1246459_0", "date": "2000-11-12", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/11/12/1246459", "aUrlId": "9507EFD71039F931A25752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "If he's the *Tiger Woods* of /juggling/, however, he also reflects on how age brings physical diminishment: ''The pure athletic skills are probably starting to decline.", "author": "Ostlere, Hilary", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1248183_0", "date": "2000-11-18", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/11/18/1248183", "aUrlId": "9B0DE0D9103BF93BA25752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "But the *Ralph Nader* of /this election/ is Willie James, not me.", "author": "Leduff, Charlie", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1248335_0", "date": "2000-11-19", "sourceId": "Q711688", "sourceLabel": "Mark Morris", "sourceImId": "Mark_Morris,_2006.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/97/Mark_Morris%2C_2006.jpg/180px-Mark_Morris%2C_2006.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/11/19/1248335", "aUrlId": "9E00E4DC1738F93AA25752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Where was the *Mark Morris* of /classical ballet/?", "author": "Teachout, Terry", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1248471_0", "date": "2000-11-19", "sourceId": "Q186492", "sourceLabel": "George S. Patton", "sourceImId": "General_George_S._Patton_wearing_his_4-star_service_cap.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/75/General_George_S._Patton_wearing_his_4-star_service_cap.jpg/180px-General_George_S._Patton_wearing_his_4-star_service_cap.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/11/19/1248471", "aUrlId": "9A03E2DB173BF93AA25752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Ms. Rakitta, the *General Patton* of /Turkey Day/, doesn't just cook her own family's feast.", "author": "Galant, Debra", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1248934_0", "date": "2000-11-20", "sourceId": "Q302057", "sourceLabel": "John Doe", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2000/11/20/1248934", "aUrlId": "9B07E2D61238F933A15752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Trevor, 12, is the *John Doe* of /his day/.", "author": "Gates, Anita", "desk": "Giving"},
{"id": "1249020_0", "date": "2000-11-20", "sourceId": "Q732413", "sourceLabel": "Queen Esther", "sourceImId": "Esther_haram.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/15/Esther_haram.jpg/180px-Esther_haram.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/11/20/1249020", "aUrlId": "9805E3DE1F3BF933A15752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Among the thousands of messages that poured into her e-mail In box since Election Day was one that described her as the *Queen Esther* of /Sunshine State politics/.", "author": "Sengupta, Somini", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1250159_0", "date": "2000-11-26", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/11/26/1250159", "aUrlId": "980CE6D81F3BF935A15752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "But whereas Disney was primarily an impresario and an empire builder, the *Henry Ford* of /fantasy/, Dr. Seuss, who died in 1991 at the age of 87, conformed to a different American archetype: the solitary genius who happens, almost in spite of himself, to be a canny entrepreneur.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1250701_0", "date": "2000-11-27", "sourceId": "Q30487", "sourceLabel": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "sourceImId": "Gorbachev_2019_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "2000/11/27/1250701", "aUrlId": "9502E1D81F3AF934A15752C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Bogdan Chirieac, chief editorial writer for the newspaper Adevarul, called the 70-year-old Mr. Iliescu ''the *Gorbachev* of /Romania/'' and said, ''It's ridiculous that he's going to be president again, but we are in the childhood of democracy.''", "author": "Mcneil, Donald G Jr", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1251947_0", "date": "2000-12-03", "sourceId": "Q1047261", "sourceLabel": "Casey Stengel", "sourceImId": "HOF_Stengel_Casey_plaque.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/HOF_Stengel_Casey_plaque.jpg/180px-HOF_Stengel_Casey_plaque.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/03/1251947", "aUrlId": "9D0DE3DE153AF930A35751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "More, because he turned Harold Ross, the creator and first editor of The New Yorker, into a legend, the *Casey Stengel* of /American letters/, the guy who wanted to know if Moby Dick was the whale or the man and who scribbled ''Who he?''", "author": "Gopnik, Adam", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1252673_0", "date": "2000-12-05", "sourceId": "Q3308441", "sourceLabel": "Eppie Lederer", "sourceImId": "Ann_Landers.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Ann_Landers.jpg/180px-Ann_Landers.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/05/1252673", "aUrlId": "9C02E7DC143CF936A35751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "By the end of his 13-year tenure at Barney's, Mr. Chazen said, |he| was earning six figures a year -- thanks in part to the mania with which women pursue footwear in Manhattan and in part thanks  to his reputation as an *Ann Landers* of /high-end retail/.", "author": "Bellafante, Ginia", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1253134_0", "date": "2000-12-07", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/07/1253134", "aUrlId": "9D06E0DB133CF934A35751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "In this much coarser and more violent, action-heavy story, Mr. Deaver presents the villainous Dr. Aaron Matthews, whom a newspaper once called ''the *Einstein* of /therapists/'' in the days before Hannibal Lecter became his main career influence.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1254601_0", "date": "2000-12-12", "sourceId": "Q160538", "sourceLabel": "Gian Lorenzo Bernini", "sourceImId": "Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini,_self-portrait,_c1623.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d5/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg/180px-Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/12/1254601", "aUrlId": "9E06E4DE123FF931A25751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "In preparation for Christmas, which she will spend at a country estate in England, Ms. Ban Breathnach plans to have her hair cut and colored at John Frieda, her eyebrows shaped and tweezed by Eliza Petrescu (regarded by some as the *Bernini* of /eyebrow-arching/), her manicure administered at Vogue Nails on Lexington Avenue and her muscles toned in extra sessions with her personal trainer.", "author": "Bellafante, Ginia", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1255406_0", "date": "2000-12-15", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/12/15/1255406", "aUrlId": "9D0DEFD71F3FF936A25751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "America today is the *Michael Jordan* of /geopolitics/.", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1255477_0", "date": "2000-12-15", "sourceId": "Q83410", "sourceLabel": "Cary Grant", "sourceImId": "Grant,_Cary_(Suspicion)_01_Crisco_edit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/27/Grant%2C_Cary_%28Suspicion%29_01_Crisco_edit.jpg/180px-Grant%2C_Cary_%28Suspicion%29_01_Crisco_edit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/15/1255477", "aUrlId": "9E0DEEDC163EF936A25751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Mr. Chow comes across as the *Cary Grant* of /the blade/.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1255559_0", "date": "2000-12-16", "sourceId": "Q78517", "sourceLabel": "Fritz Kreisler", "sourceImId": "Fritz_Kreisler.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/78/Fritz_Kreisler.jpg/180px-Fritz_Kreisler.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/16/1255559", "aUrlId": "990CEEDB1639F935A25751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Mr. Sulzer wondered whether Prathida, a 7-year-old orchestra member whom he called ''the *Fritz Kreisler* of /elephants/,'' would recognize dissonance.", "author": "Scigliano, Eric", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1255730_0", "date": "2000-12-17", "sourceId": "Q473208", "sourceLabel": "Roger Clemens", "sourceImId": "Roger_clemens_2004.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Roger_clemens_2004.jpg/180px-Roger_clemens_2004.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/12/17/1255730", "aUrlId": "9D03E3DD1639F934A25751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "He is the *Roger Clemens* of /coaches/.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1256819_0", "date": "2000-12-20", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/12/20/1256819", "aUrlId": "9E0DEEDD1139F933A15751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "They told me that I would be the *Ralph Nader* of /the election/.''", "author": "Hicks, Jonathan P", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1257130_0", "date": "2000-12-22", "sourceId": "Q9685", "sourceLabel": "Diana, Princess of Wales", "sourceImId": "Diana,_Princess_of_Wales_1997_(2).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales_1997_%282%29.jpg/180px-Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales_1997_%282%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/12/22/1257130", "aUrlId": "9406EFDB1F39F931A15751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Since coming to Kenya with Justin, Tessa has become involved in various human rights campaigns, agitating for women's rights, health care and international aid; she has become known locally as ''the *Princess Diana* of /the African Poor/'' and ''the Mother Teresa of the Nairobi Slums.''", "author": "Kakutani, Michiko", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1257130_1", "date": "2000-12-22", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "2000/12/22/1257130", "aUrlId": "9406EFDB1F39F931A15751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Since coming to Kenya with Justin, Tessa has become involved in various human rights campaigns, agitating for women's rights, health care and international aid; she has become known locally as ''the Princess Diana of the African Poor'' and ''the *Mother Teresa* of /the Nairobi Slums/.''", "author": "Kakutani, Michiko", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1257145_0", "date": "2000-12-22", "sourceId": "Q303207", "sourceLabel": "Ricky Nelson", "sourceImId": "Ricky_Nelson_-_Modern_Screen,_Feb._1958.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/Ricky_Nelson_-_Modern_Screen%2C_Feb._1958.jpg/180px-Ricky_Nelson_-_Modern_Screen%2C_Feb._1958.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/22/1257145", "aUrlId": "9507E5D91F39F931A15751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Everyone is welcome at this annual gathering of Jews and simpatico gentiles, whose hosts are the journalist and songwriter Rob Tannenbaum and Sean Altman, the *Ricky Nelson* of /the New York club scene/.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1257322_0", "date": "2000-12-22", "sourceId": "Q272203", "sourceLabel": "Van Morrison", "sourceImId": "Van-Morrison.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8d/Van-Morrison.jpg/180px-Van-Morrison.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/12/22/1257322", "aUrlId": "9F01E7DF1738F931A15751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Hobex is a soulful party band led by Greg Humphreys, who is turning into the *Van Morrison* of /the college-rock circuit/ singing his own poignant compositions alongside chestnuts by the likes of Sam Cooke.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1257326_0", "date": "2000-12-22", "sourceId": "Q467087", "sourceLabel": "Guy Lombardo", "sourceImId": "Guy_Lombardo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b2/Guy_Lombardo.jpg/180px-Guy_Lombardo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/22/1257326", "aUrlId": "9A0DE7DF1738F931A15751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Don't call her the *Guy Lombardo* of /punk rock/, but it is becoming clear that this revered poet likes a good tradition.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1258331_0", "date": "2000-12-27", "sourceId": "Q83807", "sourceLabel": "Ed Sullivan", "sourceImId": "Ed_Sullivan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ea/Ed_Sullivan.jpg/180px-Ed_Sullivan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/27/1258331", "aUrlId": "9502E4D61338F934A15751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Even if he has never been in a musical with Ms. Lansbury, |Mr. Clinton| just could be the *Ed Sullivan* for /the new era/.", "author": "Wertheimer, Ron", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1259012_0", "date": "2000-12-30", "sourceId": "Q4030", "sourceLabel": "Duke Ellington", "sourceImId": "Duke_Ellington_-_publicity.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Duke_Ellington_-_publicity.JPG/180px-Duke_Ellington_-_publicity.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/30/1259012", "aUrlId": "9C07E2DE143BF933A05751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "To his admirers over the decades, Chico O'Farrill has been the *Duke Ellington* of /Latin jazz/.", "author": "Navarro, Mireya", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1259131_0", "date": "2000-12-31", "sourceId": "Q83396", "sourceLabel": "Eleanor Roosevelt", "sourceImId": "Eleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/22/Eleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg/180px-Eleanor_Roosevelt_portrait_1933.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2000/12/31/1259131", "aUrlId": "9E0CE5DE1038F932A05751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Hannah Komanoff was the *Eleanor Roosevelt* of /Long Beach/, a political pioneer ahead of her time.", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1259140_0", "date": "2000-12-31", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2000/12/31/1259140", "aUrlId": "9D02E1DD1038F932A05751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Alex Acuna, the *Tiger Woods* of /percussionists/, uses the synthetic alternative, Mr. D'Addario said.", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
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{"id": "1259397_1", "date": "2000-12-31", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2000/12/31/1259397", "aUrlId": "9C04EEDB143BF932A05751C1A9669C8B63", "text": "Willey said it would benefit the *Michael Jordan* of /cyberspace/ to log a few minutes on a real basketball court, and for the virtual version of Mike Tyson to know his way around an actual boxing ring.", "author": "Mallozzi, Vincent M", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1260139_0", "date": "2001-01-04", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/01/04/1260139", "aUrlId": "9C0CE1DF1E3BF937A35752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Armstead and Barrow have been extremely respectful of McNabb this week, with Barrow calling him the *Michael Jordan* of /the Eagles/.", "author": "Pennington, Bill", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1261239_0", "date": "2001-01-08", "sourceId": "Q193368", "sourceLabel": "Ted Turner", "sourceImId": "Ted_Turner_LF.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Ted_Turner_LF.JPG/180px-Ted_Turner_LF.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "2001/01/08/1261239", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDF153AF93BA35752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Ask Liu Chang Le whether he aspires to be the *Ted Turner* of /China/, and he laughs.", "author": "Landler, Mark", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1261308_0", "date": "2001-01-08", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/01/08/1261308", "aUrlId": "9904EED7153AF93BA35752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "McNabb has been called the *Michael Jordan* of /the National Football League/.", "author": "Freeman, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1264386_0", "date": "2001-01-21", "sourceId": "Q310586", "sourceLabel": "Jesse Jackson", "sourceImId": "Jesse_Jackson_at_Max_Palevsky_Cinema_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d8/Jesse_Jackson_at_Max_Palevsky_Cinema_crop.jpg/180px-Jesse_Jackson_at_Max_Palevsky_Cinema_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2001/01/21/1264386", "aUrlId": "9802E4D61E3AF932A15752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "he wanted to step in like some sort of jet-set peacemaker, the *Jesse Jackson* of /the seminar room/.''", "author": "Harshaw, Tobin", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1264496_0", "date": "2001-01-21", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/01/21/1264496", "aUrlId": "9503E4D7113DF932A15752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "I like to call him the *Bill Gates* of /the sign-painting trade/,'' Dr. Schoelwer said.", "author": "Liebenson, Bess", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1264770_0", "date": "2001-01-21", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/01/21/1264770", "aUrlId": "9C07E1D8123CF932A15752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He's always been the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /racing/,'' Hatchett said of Radical Riley, who now has four victories and three seconds in 13 races.", "author": "Nobles, Charlie", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1264963_0", "date": "2001-01-22", "sourceId": "Q1656358", "sourceLabel": "Ichabod Crane", "sourceImId": "Ichabod_B_Crane.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Ichabod_B_Crane.jpg/180px-Ichabod_B_Crane.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/01/22/1264963", "aUrlId": "9C04E2D8133CF931A15752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "A mischievous grin wreathed the invented word, and |Father Dulles| -- at 6 feet 2, an *Ichabod Crane* of /a beanpole/ -- allowed that being a cardinal and a Jesuit might be a delicate balancing act.", "author": "Mcfadden, Robert D", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1265163_0", "date": "2001-01-23", "sourceId": "Q3051017", "sourceLabel": "Ernie Banks", "sourceImId": "14_Ernie_Banks_Medal_of_Freedom_White_House.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1c/14_Ernie_Banks_Medal_of_Freedom_White_House.jpg/180px-14_Ernie_Banks_Medal_of_Freedom_White_House.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/01/23/1265163", "aUrlId": "9E01EFDF113CF930A15752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "I was the *Ernie Banks* of /the National Football League/,'' Newsome said, referring to the beloved Chicago Cub first baseman who never played in a World Series.", "author": "Rhoden, William C", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1265463_0", "date": "2001-01-24", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/01/24/1265463", "aUrlId": "9C0DE4DF1F3CF937A15752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "IF you were the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /your profession/, fighting every day for respect and all too often falling short, would you go out of your way to do something that you know will make people think even less of you?", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1265566_0", "date": "2001-01-25", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/01/25/1265566", "aUrlId": "9503E7D61F3CF936A15752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He is ''the *P. T. Barnum* of /developers/,'' said a competing developer, Dan Rosenfeld, affectionately.", "author": "", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1265861_0", "date": "2001-01-26", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2001/01/26/1265861", "aUrlId": "9C07E2DC143FF935A15752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "McAlister's teammate, defensive back Robert Bailey, calls him the *Mike Tyson* of /cornerbacks/, a physical, smothering cornerback who can frustrate and dominate.", "author": "George, Thomas", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1267102_0", "date": "2001-01-31", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/01/31/1267102", "aUrlId": "9C0DE3D81E3FF932A05752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "To me the Menil is the *Garbo* of /museums/ in its elegance and allure, and its seeming desire to be left alone,'' said Vance Muse, the collection's spokesman.", "author": "Kinzer, Stephen", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1267248_0", "date": "2001-01-31", "sourceId": "Q1587581", "sourceLabel": "Jack Paar", "sourceImId": "Jack_Paar_Up_to_Paar.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d4/Jack_Paar_Up_to_Paar.jpg/180px-Jack_Paar_Up_to_Paar.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/01/31/1267248", "aUrlId": "9E01EED61F3FF932A05752C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Lured by the WFUV antenna (''I thought magic was made there''), |Mr. Fornatale|, whose father and grandfather delivered ice until refrigeration rendered the job obsolete, decided by the time he was 6 or 7 to be a radio broadcaster, *a Jack Paar for* /the Buddy Holly generation/.", "author": "Finn, Robin", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1268762_0", "date": "2001-02-06", "sourceId": "Q31073", "sourceLabel": "Walter Cronkite", "sourceImId": "Walter_Cronkite_(1985).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Walter_Cronkite_%281985%29.jpg/180px-Walter_Cronkite_%281985%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "2001/02/06/1268762", "aUrlId": "9A07EFDB1E3EF935A35751C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Between phone calls to Warren Buffett and Michael Eisner, Mr. MacAdams said, Mr. Wenner had agreed with an epithet fit for a magazine editor, pronouncing Mr. Loder ''the *Walter Cronkite* of /MTV/.''", "author": "Dewan, Shaila K", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1269536_0", "date": "2001-02-09", "sourceId": "Q100937", "sourceLabel": "Fred Astaire", "sourceImId": "Astaire,_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/69/Astaire%2C_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg/180px-Astaire%2C_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/02/09/1269536", "aUrlId": "9B07E2D71531F93AA35751C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Consider Mr. Dibbets the *Fred Astaire* of /Conceptual photography/.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1270021_0", "date": "2001-02-11", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/02/11/1270021", "aUrlId": "9B0CE5DF1231F932A25751C0A9679C8B63", "text": "At 7:30, Diane Sawyer did a teaser for the segment, using a handle made up by one of my editors: ''We are going to meet a woman who has been called the *Martha Stewart* of /Money/, and she's going to tell us secrets about your bank.''", "author": "Lloyd, Nancy", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
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{"id": "1270741_0", "date": "2001-02-14", "sourceId": "Q313697", "sourceLabel": "Ross Perot", "sourceImId": "RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/RossPerotColor.jpg/180px-RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2001/02/14/1270741", "aUrlId": "9A06E5DB1630F937A25751C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Bent will turn out to be the next Republican up-and-comer or the *Ross Perot* of /local politics/.", "author": "Cooper, Michael", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1271516_0", "date": "2001-02-18", "sourceId": "Q91", "sourceLabel": "Abraham Lincoln", "sourceImId": "Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg/180px-Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/02/18/1271516", "aUrlId": "9C03E0D81131F93BA25751C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Carlos Manuel C\u00e9spedes is the *Abe Lincoln* of /Cuba/ and father of the first Cuban revolution.", "author": "Blakeslee, Sandra", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
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{"id": "1273726_0", "date": "2001-02-25", "sourceId": "Q103767", "sourceLabel": "Charlie Parker", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/82/Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/02/25/1273726", "aUrlId": "9F02EFDF1530F936A15751C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Philip K. Dick was the *Charlie Parker* of /science fiction/.", "author": "Jonas, Gerald", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1274675_0", "date": "2001-03-02", "sourceId": "Q453251", "sourceLabel": "Horatio Alger", "sourceImId": "Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/51/Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg/180px-Horatio_Alger_Jr.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/03/02/1274675", "aUrlId": "9A01E1DF163BF931A35750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "But |Claesen| was definitely a *Horatio Alger* of /the Colonial era/, having made it from indentured servant to wealthy town magistrate.", "author": "Graeber, Laurel", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1275151_0", "date": "2001-03-04", "sourceId": "Q1339", "sourceLabel": "Johann Sebastian Bach", "sourceImId": "Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg/180px-Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/03/04/1275151", "aUrlId": "9C07E1DC1738F937A35750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Stravinsky was the *Bach* of /our lifetime/.", "author": "Oestreich, James R", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1275346_0", "date": "2001-03-04", "sourceId": "Q7322", "sourceLabel": "Christopher Columbus", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_a_Man,_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Portrait_of_a_Man%2C_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_a_Man%2C_Said_to_be_Christopher_Columbus.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/03/04/1275346", "aUrlId": "9C0DE5DF143BF937A35750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "They are the *Columbus* of /trends/.", "author": "Marin, Rick", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1275643_0", "date": "2001-03-05", "sourceId": "Q128799", "sourceLabel": "Ricky Martin", "sourceImId": "Ricky_Martin_in_store_appearance,_Sydney_Australia_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Ricky_Martin_in_store_appearance%2C_Sydney_Australia_%281%29.jpg/180px-Ricky_Martin_in_store_appearance%2C_Sydney_Australia_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/03/05/1275643", "aUrlId": "9F03EFD8123BF936A35750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Arquitectonica is the *Ricky Martin* of /contemporary architecture/.", "author": "Muschamp, Herbert", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1275653_0", "date": "2001-03-05", "sourceId": "Q11930", "sourceLabel": "Kevin Costner", "sourceImId": "Kevin_Costner_C\u00e9sars_2013_3.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/Kevin_Costner_C%C3%A9sars_2013_3.jpg/180px-Kevin_Costner_C%C3%A9sars_2013_3.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2001/03/05/1275653", "aUrlId": "9C06E2D6123BF936A35750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Less than a decade ago Gucci was an aging symbol of playboy plenitude and scandal, which was then entrusted to Mr. Ford, whose good looks and middle-of-the-road talent led people to refer to him as the *Kevin Costner* of /fashion/.", "author": "Horyn, Cathy", "desk": "Style Desk"},
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{"id": "1276449_0", "date": "2001-03-09", "sourceId": "Q504", "sourceLabel": "\u00c9mile Zola", "sourceImId": "Emile_Zola_1902.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5a/Emile_Zola_1902.jpg/180px-Emile_Zola_1902.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/03/09/1276449", "aUrlId": "9C02E0D6163AF93AA35750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "George P. Pelecanos arrives with the best possible recommendations from other crime writers (e.g., Elmore Leonard likes him), and with jacket copy praising him as ''the *Zola* of /Washington, D.C./'' But what he really displays here, in great abundance and to entertaining effect, is a Tarantino touch.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1276451_0", "date": "2001-03-09", "sourceId": "Q23", "sourceLabel": "George Washington", "sourceImId": "Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg/180px-Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/03/09/1276451", "aUrlId": "9E01E7DF173AF93AA35750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "William the Silent, the *George Washington* of /the Netherlands/, was killed in Delft in 1584, and in the following decades his son and successor, Prince Maurits, moved the court to The Hague, three miles away.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1276853_0", "date": "2001-03-11", "sourceId": "Q191999", "sourceLabel": "Robert McNamara", "sourceImId": "Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2b/Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Robert_McNamara_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/03/11/1276853", "aUrlId": "9A06EFD7103BF932A25750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "His hunger for data is so voracious that I once told him he could end up as the *Robert McNamara* of /the urban education war/.", "author": "Packer, George", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1277435_0", "date": "2001-03-12", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/03/12/1277435", "aUrlId": "9B07E4D6133AF931A25750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "I think I'm the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /racing/,'' Koriner said.", "author": "Drape, Joe", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1277631_0", "date": "2001-03-13", "sourceId": "Q229952", "sourceLabel": "Brenda Blethyn", "sourceImId": "Brenda_Blethyn.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9b/Brenda_Blethyn.jpg/180px-Brenda_Blethyn.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "2001/03/13/1277631", "aUrlId": "9400EEDC113AF930A25750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Peggy Spina is the *Brenda Blethyn* of /tap/.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1277939_0", "date": "2001-03-15", "sourceId": "Q214477", "sourceLabel": "Julia Child", "sourceImId": "Julia_Child_portrait_by_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2001/03/15/1277939", "aUrlId": "9900EFDD1F3AF936A25750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Mr. Weaver is the *Julia Child* of /long-lost vegetables/, a man who, with his passionate energy and globe-trotting discoveries, has transformed the field of heirloom vegetables and, along with it, rediscovered heirloom recipes.", "author": "Raver, Anne", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1278194_0", "date": "2001-03-16", "sourceId": "Q357444", "sourceLabel": "Lou Gehrig", "sourceImId": "GehrigCU.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2f/GehrigCU.jpg/180px-GehrigCU.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/03/16/1278194", "aUrlId": "950DE7DC173DF935A25750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He's like the *Lou Gehrig* of /Stalingrad/: a wholesome young man thrust half-unwittingly into the big time.", "author": "Scott, A O", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1278195_0", "date": "2001-03-16", "sourceId": "Q235066", "sourceLabel": "Laurie Anderson", "sourceImId": "The_Kitchen_Benefit,_Honoring_Laurie_Anderson_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "a/ab/The_Kitchen_Benefit%2C_Honoring_Laurie_Anderson_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/03/16/1278195", "aUrlId": "9D00E6DC173DF935A25750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Okuni may have been Japan's first performance artist, the *Laurie Anderson* of /her day/.", "author": "Moonan, Wendy", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1278801_0", "date": "2001-03-18", "sourceId": "Q229437", "sourceLabel": "Donatella Versace", "sourceImId": "Donatella_Versace_Time_Shankbone_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Donatella_Versace_Time_Shankbone_2010.jpg/180px-Donatella_Versace_Time_Shankbone_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/03/18/1278801", "aUrlId": "9C06E5D7143DF93BA25750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Call her the *Donatella Versace* of /Downtown/, but without the permatan and peroxide.", "author": "Kirschbaum, Susan M", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1279458_0", "date": "2001-03-21", "sourceId": "Q314256", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Wolfe", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Wolfe_1937_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0a/Thomas_Wolfe_1937_1.jpg/180px-Thomas_Wolfe_1937_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/03/21/1279458", "aUrlId": "9805EFD8103DF932A15750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He's the *Thomas Wolfe* of /chefs/.", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1279517_0", "date": "2001-03-21", "sourceId": "Q381982", "sourceLabel": "David Chase", "sourceImId": "David_Chase_2015.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fc/David_Chase_2015.jpg/180px-David_Chase_2015.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/03/21/1279517", "aUrlId": "9902E1DA1E3DF932A15750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "tournament, thereby showing signs of being the *David Chase* of /hoops/.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1281715_0", "date": "2001-03-30", "sourceId": "Q39829", "sourceLabel": "Stephen King", "sourceImId": "Stephen_King,_Comicon.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e3/Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg/180px-Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2001/03/30/1281715", "aUrlId": "9D05E6DB143FF933A05750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "For good measure there's a little of ''Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory''; Mr. Rodriguez feels the sportive twist that |Roald Dahl|, *the Stephen King for* /kids/, drizzled over his bad-dreamscapes.", "author": "Mitchell, Elvis", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1281740_0", "date": "2001-03-30", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/03/30/1281740", "aUrlId": "9905E4D8143FF933A05750C0A9679C8B63", "text": "In Paris, where she had made her debut in 1934, this reconfiguring of the body reminded critics of Cubist forms, and Ms. Akesson was called ''the *Picasso* of /Dance/.''", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1282085_0", "date": "2001-04-01", "sourceId": "Q635", "sourceLabel": "Cleopatra", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2001/04/01/1282085", "aUrlId": "9C06E5DD173CF932A35757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "While Diderot spends his mornings filling up notebooks with dazzling plans for how to improve Russia, ''the *Cleopatra* of /the age/'' busies herself with the nasty business of running an unruly country.", "author": "Shapiro, James", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1282101_0", "date": "2001-04-01", "sourceId": "Q128297", "sourceLabel": "Maria Callas", "sourceImId": "Maria_Callas_1958.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a1/Maria_Callas_1958.jpg/180px-Maria_Callas_1958.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/01/1282101", "aUrlId": "9F03E2DE113CF932A35757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "And when the press writes 'the *Maria Callas* of /Cardiff/,' I'm like, that's a slightly dramatic comparison, since she was a great opera singer and I'm this little girl from Wales.", "author": "Van Meter, Jonathan", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1282256_0", "date": "2001-04-01", "sourceId": "Q11142", "sourceLabel": "Clarence Thomas", "sourceImId": "Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/58/Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg/180px-Clarence_Thomas_official_SCOTUS_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/01/1282256", "aUrlId": "9801E0DA143FF932A35757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "It's not as good as being attorney general, but it sounds better than being the *Clarence Thomas* of /the New Jersey Supreme Court/.", "author": "", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1282371_0", "date": "2001-04-01", "sourceId": "Q100937", "sourceLabel": "Fred Astaire", "sourceImId": "Astaire,_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/69/Astaire%2C_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg/180px-Astaire%2C_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/01/1282371", "aUrlId": "9C05E4DC123FF932A35757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "The film calls Tony ''the *Fred Astaire* of /Brooklyn/''; the star of the article is ''the very best dancer in Bay Ridge.''", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1282451_0", "date": "2001-04-01", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/04/01/1282451", "aUrlId": "940CE6DE103FF932A35757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "They're turning me into the *Martha Stewart* of /adventure/.''", "author": "Carter, Bill", "desk": "Television"},
{"id": "1283276_0", "date": "2001-04-05", "sourceId": "Q392", "sourceLabel": "Bob Dylan", "sourceImId": "Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/28/Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg/180px-Joan_Baez_Bob_Dylan_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/05/1283276", "aUrlId": "9C02E5D7173EF936A35757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He became known internationally as the *Bob Dylan* of /Vietnam/, singing of the sorrow of war and the longing for peace in a divided country.", "author": "Mydans, Seth", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1283439_0", "date": "2001-04-06", "sourceId": "Q76988", "sourceLabel": "Rothschild", "sourceImId": "Mayer_Amschel_Rothschild.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/Mayer_Amschel_Rothschild.jpg/180px-Mayer_Amschel_Rothschild.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/06/1283439", "aUrlId": "9C00E4D8143EF935A35757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "(He was called ''the painter of Rothschilds, and the *Rothschild* of /painters/.'')", "author": "Glueck, Grace", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1283510_0", "date": "2001-04-06", "sourceId": "Q102462", "sourceLabel": "James Stewart", "sourceImId": "Annex_-_Stewart,_James_(Call_Northside_777)_01.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e8/Annex_-_Stewart%2C_James_%28Call_Northside_777%29_01.jpg/180px-Annex_-_Stewart%2C_James_%28Call_Northside_777%29_01.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/06/1283510", "aUrlId": "9E00EFD8153EF935A35757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He is sort of the *Jimmy Stewart* of /Vermont politics/,'' said Garrison Nelson, a political science professor at Tufts University and the University of Vermont.", "author": "Alvarez, Lizette", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1283883_0", "date": "2001-04-08", "sourceId": "Q16202022", "sourceLabel": "Caesar", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2001/04/08/1283883", "aUrlId": "9C04E6D9113FF93BA35757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "When Barnum died in 1891, The Times called |Bailey| ''a *Caesar* among /showmen/,'' describing him as ''a little man, slender and wiry, a perfect bundle of nerves.''", "author": "", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "1285176_0", "date": "2001-04-13", "sourceId": "Q76988", "sourceLabel": "Rothschild", "sourceImId": "Mayer_Amschel_Rothschild.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/Mayer_Amschel_Rothschild.jpg/180px-Mayer_Amschel_Rothschild.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/13/1285176", "aUrlId": "9501E6DB1531F930A25757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "One of the few professionally successful Jewish artists in early 19th-century Europe, Oppenheim (1800-82) was known as ''the painter of Rothschilds and the *Rothschild* of /painters/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1285385_0", "date": "2001-04-14", "sourceId": "Q109053", "sourceLabel": "Art Tatum", "sourceImId": "Art_Tatum,_Vogue_Room_1948_(Gottlieb).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Art_Tatum%2C_Vogue_Room_1948_%28Gottlieb%29.jpg/180px-Art_Tatum%2C_Vogue_Room_1948_%28Gottlieb%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/14/1285385", "aUrlId": "9D02E1DE1331F937A25757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Now and then he seems like the *Art Tatum* of /our own time/: once during Tuesday night's performance he played a single-note improvisation so fast and so long that you wondered if he'd be able to wrap it up without exploding.", "author": "Ratliff, Ben", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1285551_0", "date": "2001-04-15", "sourceId": "Q232019", "sourceLabel": "Erin Brockovich", "sourceImId": "Erin_Brockovich.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b8/Erin_Brockovich.jpg/180px-Erin_Brockovich.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/04/15/1285551", "aUrlId": "9F03E1D6143EF936A25757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Nicholson Baker never set out to become the *Erin Brockovich* of /the library world/, a crusader in the stacks.", "author": "Garner, Dwight", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1285680_0", "date": "2001-04-15", "sourceId": "Q186327", "sourceLabel": "Marilyn Manson", "sourceImId": "Revolver_Golden_Gods_Awards.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3b/Revolver_Golden_Gods_Awards.jpg/180px-Revolver_Golden_Gods_Awards.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2001/04/15/1285680", "aUrlId": "9507E3DF1531F936A25757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "I'm sorry, Mr. Rockwell, but von Trier is just the *Marilyn Manson* of /the art-film circuit/.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1287579_0", "date": "2001-04-22", "sourceId": "Q57109", "sourceLabel": "Josef Mengele", "sourceImId": "WP_Josef_Mengele_1956.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/19/WP_Josef_Mengele_1956.jpg/180px-WP_Josef_Mengele_1956.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/22/1287579", "aUrlId": "9A02E3D71330F931A15757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "During a series of trials of coaches, doctors and sports officials that concluded last year, a lawyer shouted at Dr. Lothar Kipke, a senior doctor who helped administer drugs to numerous East German swimmers, ''You are the *Josef Mengele* of /the G.D.R./", "author": "Longman, Jere", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1287682_0", "date": "2001-04-22", "sourceId": "Q187447", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Escobar", "sourceImId": "Pablo_Escobar_Mug.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9a/Pablo_Escobar_Mug.jpg/180px-Pablo_Escobar_Mug.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/22/1287682", "aUrlId": "9F04EFD61130F931A15757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He is the *Pablo Escobar* of /Brazil/.''", "author": "Forero, Juan", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1287858_0", "date": "2001-04-23", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "2001/04/23/1287858", "aUrlId": "940CE1DF1F30F930A15757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "They also feared that the reputation of Clara Hale, whom many thought of as the *Mother Teresa* of /Harlem/, would be forever tarnished.", "author": "Kershaw, Sarah", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1287950_0", "date": "2001-04-24", "sourceId": "Q35332", "sourceLabel": "Brad Pitt", "sourceImId": "Brad_Pitt_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4c/Brad_Pitt_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Brad_Pitt_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2001/04/24/1287950", "aUrlId": "9F01E6DD1639F937A15757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He is also sort of like'' -- she paused, searching for the proper analogy -- ''the *Brad Pitt* of /Japan/.''", "author": "Verhovek, Sam Howe", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1289018_0", "date": "2001-04-29", "sourceId": "Q79015", "sourceLabel": "Clark Kent", "sourceImId": "Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6f/Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg/180px-Batman_v_Superman_Dawn_of_Justice_-_Superman.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/04/29/1289018", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3D61439F93AA15757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "IT'S easy to understand why Chuck Loeb is called ''the *Clark Kent* of /jazz guitar/.''", "author": "Staudter, Thomas", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1289186_0", "date": "2001-04-29", "sourceId": "Q128297", "sourceLabel": "Maria Callas", "sourceImId": "Maria_Callas_1958.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a1/Maria_Callas_1958.jpg/180px-Maria_Callas_1958.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/29/1289186", "aUrlId": "9904E2D61039F93AA15757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Though the protagonist, Thea, was modeled on Fremstad, the *Maria Callas* of /her day/, the book, said Mr. Maurer, is really a thinly disguised childhood biography of Cather.", "author": "", "desk": "Television"},
{"id": "1289366_0", "date": "2001-04-29", "sourceId": "Q238948", "sourceLabel": "Typhoid Mary", "sourceImId": "Mary_Mallon_(Typhoid_Mary).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Mary_Mallon_%28Typhoid_Mary%29.jpg/180px-Mary_Mallon_%28Typhoid_Mary%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/04/29/1289366", "aUrlId": "9D06E7DE1F30F93AA15757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Byrne was once called ''the *Typhoid Mary* of /the irony epidemic/,'' but that's a fundamental misreading of him.", "author": "Sella, Marshall", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1289401_0", "date": "2001-04-29", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/04/29/1289401", "aUrlId": "9E02E3DB1F30F93AA15757C0A9679C8B63", "text": "(Not surprisingly, Downing has been described as the *Martha Stewart* of /the 19th century/.)", "author": "Lubin, Libby", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1291084_0", "date": "2001-05-06", "sourceId": "Q3268056", "sourceLabel": "Mr. Chips", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2001/05/06/1291084", "aUrlId": "940DE3DB1038F935A35756C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Students and Teachers Say Goodbye To the *Mr. Chips* of /Bay Ridge/", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1291424_0", "date": "2001-05-07", "sourceId": "Q5686", "sourceLabel": "Charles Dickens", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_Charles_Dickens_(4671094).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Portrait_of_Charles_Dickens_%284671094%29.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_Charles_Dickens_%284671094%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/05/07/1291424", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6D61F38F934A35756C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Like a *Dickens* of /the Grand Concourse/, |he| described a New York that has become two cities -- one for the prosperous, the other for the less fortunate.", "author": "Purnick, Joyce", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1291750_0", "date": "2001-05-09", "sourceId": "Q6101", "sourceLabel": "Marco Polo", "sourceImId": "Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg/180px-Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/05/09/1291750", "aUrlId": "9800E7D9173BF93AA35756C0A9679C8B63", "text": "In his journals Ibn Batuta, the 14th-century North African voyager sometimes called the *Marco Polo* of /Arabia/, relates that Persian sultans used to keep a few betel leaves by their beds to freshen their kisses in the middle of the night.", "author": "Narayan, Shoba", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1293714_0", "date": "2001-05-16", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2001/05/16/1293714", "aUrlId": "9D04E1DC153AF935A25756C0A9679C8B63", "text": "SABLEFISH is the *Cinderella* of /the seafood world/.", "author": "Burros, Marian", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1294662_0", "date": "2001-05-20", "sourceId": "Q140694", "sourceLabel": "Alexis de Tocqueville", "sourceImId": "Alexis_de_tocqueville_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Alexis_de_tocqueville_cropped.jpg/180px-Alexis_de_tocqueville_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/05/20/1294662", "aUrlId": "9B05E5DB133BF933A15756C0A9679C8B63", "text": "What he has done, reckless soul, amounts to offering himself as the *Tocqueville* of /American biogeography/.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1294977_0", "date": "2001-05-20", "sourceId": "Q2009573", "sourceLabel": "James Bond", "sourceImId": "James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds,_London.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2e/James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds%2C_London.jpg/180px-James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds%2C_London.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/05/20/1294977", "aUrlId": "9C0DEED71E3AF933A15756C0A9679C8B63", "text": "In my opinion, Tobias is the *James Bond* of /the art market/,'' said Peter Dunham, a Los Angeles-based decorator and collector.", "author": "Mason, Christopher", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1295075_0", "date": "2001-05-20", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/05/20/1295075", "aUrlId": "9402E2DF173DF933A15756C0A9679C8B63", "text": "The sport that began with Native Americans and Canadians was nurtured in Maryland and was then spread northward by |Howdy Myers|, a *Johnny Appleseed* of /a coach/ who took his drawl and offensive flair to Hofstra in 1950.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1296178_0", "date": "2001-05-25", "sourceId": "Q8023", "sourceLabel": "Nelson Mandela", "sourceImId": "Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg/180px-Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2001/05/25/1296178", "aUrlId": "9C0DE2DE1E3DF936A15756C0A9679C8B63", "text": "|Mr. Mubarak| has always aspired to be something of a *Nelson Mandela* for /Northern Africa/, working to bring peace to Arabs and Israelis.", "author": "Friedman, Thomas L", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1296686_0", "date": "2001-05-27", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/05/27/1296686", "aUrlId": "9504EFDB113DF934A15756C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Because of his bold projects in high-profile spots, Mr. Cappelli has been called the *Donald Trump* of /Westchester/.", "author": "Kilgannon, Corey", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1297904_0", "date": "2001-06-01", "sourceId": "Q9644491", "sourceLabel": "Baldu\u00edno Rambo", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2001/06/01/1297904", "aUrlId": "9503E1D8113CF932A35755C0A9679C8B63", "text": "But an American way of the warrior provides the deeper story in this  novel that combines a bit of ''Thus Spake Zarathustra'' with elements of ''Rambo,'' a *Rambo* for /people who prefer the stiletto to the assault rifle/.", "author": "Bernstein, Richard", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1299535_0", "date": "2001-06-07", "sourceId": "Q322555", "sourceLabel": "Abner Doubleday", "sourceImId": "Doubledayo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b4/Doubledayo.jpg/180px-Doubledayo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/06/07/1299535", "aUrlId": "9503E5DC113FF934A35755C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Mr. Okrent, considered the *Abner Doubleday* of /Rotisserie baseball/, said Rotisserie leagues and the later fantasy games had created a wider market for the profusion of statistics that evaluate the productivity of players more and more precisely.", "author": "Purdy, Matthew", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1300211_0", "date": "2001-06-10", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/06/10/1300211", "aUrlId": "9F05E1D9113CF933A25755C0A9679C8B63", "text": "|Dylan| was ''an *Elvis* of /the mind/.''", "author": "Kelly, David", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1300495_0", "date": "2001-06-10", "sourceId": "Q212531", "sourceLabel": "Kate Moss", "sourceImId": "KateMoss.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/KateMoss.jpg/180px-KateMoss.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/06/10/1300495", "aUrlId": "9B04EFDD173EF933A25755C0A9679C8B63", "text": "I was the *Kate Moss* of /my day/,'' she said, ''atypical of what the public wanted, which was Brigitte Bardot.", "author": "Witchel, Alex", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1302119_0", "date": "2001-06-17", "sourceId": "Q9061", "sourceLabel": "Karl Marx", "sourceImId": "Karl_Marx_001.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d4/Karl_Marx_001.jpg/180px-Karl_Marx_001.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/06/17/1302119", "aUrlId": "9C07E2DF1F3FF934A25755C0A9679C8B63", "text": "The daughter of a discount chain store magnate (''the *Karl Marx* of /retail/''), Ella Kennedy is a neurotic, pratfall-prone doctoral student at Columbia University who is paralyzed by her eternally unfinished dissertation.", "author": "Michel, Sia", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1304051_0", "date": "2001-06-24", "sourceId": "Q242936", "sourceLabel": "Susan Lucci", "sourceImId": "Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg/180px-Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/06/24/1304051", "aUrlId": "9404EEDC1131F937A15755C0A9679C8B63", "text": "I feel like the *Susan Lucci* of /cosmetics/,'' she sighs.", "author": "Spindler, Amy", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1305035_0", "date": "2001-06-27", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/06/27/1305035", "aUrlId": "9906EFD61E30F934A15755C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Richard C. Wald's article about the penny's status as the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /coins/ (Op-Ed, June 22) is such a charming dip into nostalgia that one hesitates to quibble.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1305377_0", "date": "2001-06-28", "sourceId": "Q94487", "sourceLabel": "Rose Marie", "sourceImId": "Rose_Marie.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Rose_Marie.jpg/180px-Rose_Marie.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2001/06/28/1305377", "aUrlId": "9505E2DA1F30F93BA15755C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Ms. Sobel is the *Rose Marie* of /this operation/, with her rasping voice and joking manner, supervising the kitchen and dining room and keeping track of who's playing cards with whom.", "author": "Witchel, Alex", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1305476_0", "date": "2001-06-29", "sourceId": "Q368744", "sourceLabel": "Charles Atlas", "sourceImId": "Charles_Atlas_c1920.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1d/Charles_Atlas_c1920.jpg/180px-Charles_Atlas_c1920.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/06/29/1305476", "aUrlId": "9C07E6D71739F93AA15755C0A9679C8B63", "text": "One critic called him ''the *Charles Atlas* of /Western intellection/,'' and the writer Nelson Algren dismissed him as ''the Lawrence Welk of the philosophy trade.''", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1305476_1", "date": "2001-06-29", "sourceId": "Q676226", "sourceLabel": "Lawrence Welk", "sourceImId": "Lawrence_welk_norma_zimmer_1961.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/Lawrence_welk_norma_zimmer_1961.JPG/180px-Lawrence_welk_norma_zimmer_1961.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/06/29/1305476", "aUrlId": "9C07E6D71739F93AA15755C0A9679C8B63", "text": "One critic called him ''the Charles Atlas of Western intellection,'' and the writer Nelson Algren dismissed him as ''the *Lawrence Welk* of /the philosophy trade/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1306712_0", "date": "2001-07-04", "sourceId": "Q1511", "sourceLabel": "Richard Wagner", "sourceImId": "RichardWagner.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9d/RichardWagner.jpg/180px-RichardWagner.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/04/1306712", "aUrlId": "9F07E6DB1E39F937A35754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "The weekly L'Espresso, in an appreciation, called him ''the *Wagner* of /Rock/.''", "author": "Tagliabue, John", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1307498_0", "date": "2001-07-08", "sourceId": "Q6691", "sourceLabel": "Homer", "sourceImId": "Homer_British_Museum.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1c/Homer_British_Museum.jpg/180px-Homer_British_Museum.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/08/1307498", "aUrlId": "9C05E4D61639F93BA35754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "I know next to nothing about Zulu literature, but I assume it is oral, which means that there certainly might be a *Homer* of /the Zulus/.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1307498_1", "date": "2001-07-08", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/08/1307498", "aUrlId": "9C05E4D61639F93BA35754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "For backup add some ostensibly devastating one-liners like this: Well, if there's a *Shakespeare* of /the Zulus/, I'd certainly like to read him.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1307710_0", "date": "2001-07-08", "sourceId": "Q9215", "sourceLabel": "Sigmund Freud", "sourceImId": "Sigmund_Freud,_by_Max_Halberstadt_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/36/Sigmund_Freud%2C_by_Max_Halberstadt_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Sigmund_Freud%2C_by_Max_Halberstadt_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/08/1307710", "aUrlId": "9A03E1D61438F93BA35754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Three men sat in the corner: Matt the Electrician, Bobby the Contractor and Dr. Alex, the *Freud* of /the Cocktail Hour/, who had polished off a few drinks and a good portion of his psychology degree.", "author": "Feuer, Alan", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1308173_0", "date": "2001-07-10", "sourceId": "Q313492", "sourceLabel": "Meriwether Lewis", "sourceImId": "Meriwether_Lewis-Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Meriwether_Lewis-Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg/180px-Meriwether_Lewis-Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/10/1308173", "aUrlId": "9F07E6DE1138F933A25754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Wheatfields are about as hostile to wildlife as parking lots, but standing in the center of this biological desert was a single, |enormous bull elk|, who knows why -- perhaps a *Meriwether Lewis* among /elk/.", "author": "Manning, Richard", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1309024_0", "date": "2001-07-13", "sourceId": "Q216810", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "King_Kong_(1933)_movie_poster_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg/180px-King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/13/1309024", "aUrlId": "950DE5DD153BF930A25754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Inbred Rednecks'' is a lumbering slob of a movie, an American Neanderthal comedy about the adventures of a passel of rustic Southern simpletons and the *King Kong* of /fighting cocks/.", "author": "Van Gelder, Lawrence", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1309024_1", "date": "2001-07-13", "sourceId": "Q37970", "sourceLabel": "Gregor Mendel", "sourceImId": "Gregor_Mendel.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Gregor_Mendel.png/180px-Gregor_Mendel.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/13/1309024", "aUrlId": "950DE5DD153BF930A25754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "That the stupidity and cartoonlike performances of ''Inbred Rednecks'' are deliberate and consistent attests to the creative control of Joshua P. Warren, who wrote, directed, produced and scored the film besides playing the role of Clovis, one of the good ol' morons surrounding Billy Bob (Brent Ponder), the *Gregor Mendel* of /chickenhood/.", "author": "Van Gelder, Lawrence", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1309120_0", "date": "2001-07-14", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/14/1309120", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0DE123BF937A25754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He was the *Mozart* of /20th-century choreography/, and he trained a school of dancers to carry out his classical revolution.", "author": "Lewis, Anthony", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1309291_0", "date": "2001-07-15", "sourceId": "Q4724", "sourceLabel": "Le Corbusier", "sourceImId": "Le_Corbusier_(1964).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Le_Corbusier_%281964%29.jpg/180px-Le_Corbusier_%281964%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "2001/07/15/1309291", "aUrlId": "9C00E1D91038F936A25754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Because Courr\u00e8ges, who is called the *Le Corbusier* of /Paris couture/, made French precision hip.", "author": "Spindler, Amy M", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1309454_0", "date": "2001-07-15", "sourceId": "Q182580", "sourceLabel": "Shirley Temple", "sourceImId": "Temple_Black_1990.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/50/Temple_Black_1990.jpg/180px-Temple_Black_1990.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/15/1309454", "aUrlId": "9F01E7DF143BF936A25754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Nicknamed the *Shirley Temple* of /the animal world/, the dark, winsome infant was the subject of extensive newspaper and television coverage, and drew an additional half-million people to the zoo her first year.", "author": "Schneider, Daniel B", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1309545_0", "date": "2001-07-15", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/07/15/1309545", "aUrlId": "9507E4D8153BF936A25754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "People say they want products that are environmentally friendly,'' said Danny Seo, 24, who has been called the *Martha Stewart* of /organic style/.", "author": "La Ferla, Ruth", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1309968_0", "date": "2001-07-17", "sourceId": "Q236181", "sourceLabel": "Sandra Bernhard", "sourceImId": "Sandra_Bernhard_cropped.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ed/Sandra_Bernhard_cropped.JPG/180px-Sandra_Bernhard_cropped.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2001/07/17/1309968", "aUrlId": "9503EEDE113BF934A25754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "The wonderfully brazen performers were Tymberly Canale, Molly Hickok, Kate Johnson, Krissy Richmond and Rebecca Wisocky, the *Sandra Bernhard* of /dance/.", "author": "Dunning, Jennifer", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1310870_0", "date": "2001-07-20", "sourceId": "Q104372", "sourceLabel": "Doris Day", "sourceImId": "Doris_Day_-_1957.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/30/Doris_Day_-_1957.JPG/180px-Doris_Day_-_1957.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/20/1310870", "aUrlId": "9501E7DB153AF933A15754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Legally Blonde'' is made almost worthwhile by Ms. Witherspoon, who may be the *Doris Day* of /our drab age/.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1311597_0", "date": "2001-07-23", "sourceId": "Q443640", "sourceLabel": "Tom Daschle", "sourceImId": "Tom_Daschle,_official_Senate_photo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/75/Tom_Daschle%2C_official_Senate_photo.jpg/180px-Tom_Daschle%2C_official_Senate_photo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/23/1311597", "aUrlId": "9B0CE5DA103AF930A15754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "THIRTY years ago he was the *Tom Daschle* of /his generation/, the Democratic senator from South Dakota talked about as a contender for the White House.", "author": "Becker, Elizabeth", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1312204_0", "date": "2001-07-26", "sourceId": "Q267081", "sourceLabel": "Steve Rubell", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2001/07/26/1312204", "aUrlId": "9805E2DC163DF935A15754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "Sergio, who was not exactly a social butterfly (from what everyone else remembers), was suddenly the *Steve Rubell* of /our exclusive cyber-Studio 54/.", "author": "Klein, Debra A", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1312881_0", "date": "2001-07-29", "sourceId": "Q55800", "sourceLabel": "Oprah Winfrey", "sourceImId": "Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Oprah_in_2014.jpg/180px-Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2001/07/29/1312881", "aUrlId": "9A02E2DF113AF93AA15754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "John Edward Is the *Oprah* of /the Other Side/", "author": "Ballard, Chris", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1312917_0", "date": "2001-07-29", "sourceId": "Q271884", "sourceLabel": "Norman Rockwell", "sourceImId": "Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/37/Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg/180px-Rockwell-Norman-LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/29/1312917", "aUrlId": "9A06EFDF1F3AF93AA15754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He wanted to be ''the *Norman Rockwell* of /television/.''", "author": "Marin, Rick", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1313000_0", "date": "2001-07-29", "sourceId": "Q35548", "sourceLabel": "Paul C\u00e9zanne", "sourceImId": "Portrait_de_l'artiste_au_fond_rose,_par_Paul_C\u00e9zanne.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Portrait_de_l%27artiste_au_fond_rose%2C_par_Paul_C%C3%A9zanne.jpg/180px-Portrait_de_l%27artiste_au_fond_rose%2C_par_Paul_C%C3%A9zanne.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/29/1313000", "aUrlId": "9504E5DE143DF93AA15754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "He was the *Cezanne* of /modern tattooing/,'' Mr. Hardy said in a 1996 interview that appeared in ''Tattoo History.''", "author": "James, George", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1313178_0", "date": "2001-07-29", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/29/1313178", "aUrlId": "9502E0D8133DF93AA15754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "The Hardy Boys were first conceived by Edward Stratemeyer, a prolific hack with a nose for business who become the *Henry Ford* of /children's fiction/.", "author": "Kirkpatrick, David D", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1313507_0", "date": "2001-07-31", "sourceId": "Q83235", "sourceLabel": "Horatio Nelson", "sourceImId": "HoratioNelson1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/72/HoratioNelson1.jpg/180px-HoratioNelson1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/07/31/1313507", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3DA113DF932A05754C0A9679C8B63", "text": "(The chemist Humphry Davy was particularly popular and flamboyant; the author calls him ''the *Horatio Nelson* of /dry land/.'')", "author": "Eder, Richard", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1314190_0", "date": "2001-08-03", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/08/03/1314190", "aUrlId": "9F03E0DC143CF930A3575BC0A9679C8B63", "text": "He was the *Leonardo da Vinci* of /Jewish illustrators of the time/,'' said James Snyder, the director of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.", "author": "Moonan, Wendy", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1315331_0", "date": "2001-08-07", "sourceId": "Q12897", "sourceLabel": "Pel\u00e9", "sourceImId": "Pele200802FabioRodriguesPozzebomAgenciaBrasil.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4a/Pele200802FabioRodriguesPozzebomAgenciaBrasil.jpg/180px-Pele200802FabioRodriguesPozzebomAgenciaBrasil.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.5-br", "fId": "2001/08/07/1315331", "aUrlId": "9A06E3DB1E3CF934A3575BC0A9679C8B63", "text": "In a nation where soccer is king, Mr. Amado, who published his first novel at 19, was called the *Pel\u00e9* of /the written word/.", "author": "Mcdowell, Edwin", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1316420_0", "date": "2001-08-12", "sourceId": "Q106143", "sourceLabel": "Samuel Pepys", "sourceImId": "Samuel_Pepys.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/21/Samuel_Pepys.jpg/180px-Samuel_Pepys.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/08/12/1316420", "aUrlId": "9D07E4DC143CF931A2575BC0A9679C8B63", "text": "It's no stretch to imagine her as the chronicler of her era -- the *Samuel Pepys* of /late-20th-century trans-Atlantic society/.", "author": "Shulevitz, Judith", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1316945_0", "date": "2001-08-13", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/08/13/1316945", "aUrlId": "9B02E4DA113FF930A2575BC0A9679C8B63", "text": "But he will have found the best of whatever it is, the *Michelangelo* of /seashell art/.''", "author": "Kirkpatrick, David D", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1317787_0", "date": "2001-08-17", "sourceId": "Q1689414", "sourceLabel": "Jimmy Osmond", "sourceImId": "The_Osmonds_1974.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6d/The_Osmonds_1974.JPG/180px-The_Osmonds_1974.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/08/17/1317787", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6DB153EF934A2575BC0A9679C8B63", "text": "Aaron Carter is the *Jimmy Osmond* of /today/, the little brother of a megastar (Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys) who is cashing in on cuteness.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1317844_0", "date": "2001-08-17", "sourceId": "Q1345775", "sourceLabel": "Whitey Ford", "sourceImId": "Whitey_Ford_1954.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/47/Whitey_Ford_1954.png/180px-Whitey_Ford_1954.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/08/17/1317844", "aUrlId": "9D00E6DC123EF934A2575BC0A9679C8B63", "text": "I said, 'Ernest, I promise you, he'd be the *Whitey Ford* of /the concert hall/.'", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1318159_0", "date": "2001-08-19", "sourceId": "Q30755", "sourceLabel": "Auguste Rodin", "sourceImId": "Auguste_Rodin_fotografato_da_Nadar_nel_1891.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Auguste_Rodin_fotografato_da_Nadar_nel_1891.jpg/180px-Auguste_Rodin_fotografato_da_Nadar_nel_1891.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/08/19/1318159", "aUrlId": "980CE4DB163CF93AA2575BC0A9679C8B63", "text": "Rogers's friendship with Charles James, the *Rodin* of /American haute couture/, resulted in blouses, dresses, suits and gowns that form the backbone of the Brooklyn Museum of Art's costume collection.", "author": "", "desk": "Fashions of The Times Magazine"},
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{"id": "1321308_0", "date": "2001-08-31", "sourceId": "Q7742", "sourceLabel": "Louis XIV of France", "sourceImId": "Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg/180px-Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/08/31/1321308", "aUrlId": "9C04E1DB1230F932A0575BC0A9679C8B63", "text": "Kangxi -- known as the *Louis XIV* of /China/ -- reigned from 1662 to 1722 and was a patron of the arts and learning.", "author": "Glueck, Grace", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1321546_0", "date": "2001-09-01", "sourceId": "Q4912331", "sourceLabel": "Billy Carter", "sourceImId": "Jimmy_and_Billy_Carter_trimmed.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Jimmy_and_Billy_Carter_trimmed.jpg/180px-Jimmy_and_Billy_Carter_trimmed.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/09/01/1321546", "aUrlId": "9B05E0DE1130F932A3575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "But by 1991, Ed Thompson had tired of all the bad decisions he had made, and of hearing the governor joke that Ed was the *Billy Carter* of /Wisconsin/.", "author": "Barry, Dan", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1321699_0", "date": "2001-09-02", "sourceId": "Q349690", "sourceLabel": "Mel Blanc", "sourceImId": "Mel_Blanc_-_1959.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Mel_Blanc_-_1959.jpg/180px-Mel_Blanc_-_1959.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/09/02/1321699", "aUrlId": "9F06E7DD1F31F931A3575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "So, this is what I am, the *Mel Blanc* of /the millennium/.''", "author": "Witchel, Alex", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1323612_0", "date": "2001-09-09", "sourceId": "Q1837775", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Collins", "sourceImId": "Jackie_Collins_-_The_Power_Trip.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/Jackie_Collins_-_The_Power_Trip.jpg/180px-Jackie_Collins_-_The_Power_Trip.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2001/09/09/1323612", "aUrlId": "9F01E3DD1139F93AA3575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "Sweetie is the *Jackie Collins* of /the canine world/,'' Mr. Welsh said.", "author": "", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1323883_0", "date": "2001-09-09", "sourceId": "Q11812", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Jefferson", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3f/Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg/180px-Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1805_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/09/09/1323883", "aUrlId": "9E02EEDE1230F93AA3575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "There may not be a *Thomas Jefferson* among /the new and younger set of faces expected to take over the ruling Politburo/, but in China's context, they will be more liberal and more modern by virtue of their age and their commitment to the economic reforms begun by Deng Xiaoping in 1978.", "author": "Tyler, Patrick E", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1323999_0", "date": "2001-09-10", "sourceId": "Q202950", "sourceLabel": "John Henry", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2001/09/10/1323999", "aUrlId": "990DE7D81638F933A2575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "|Charlie Bundrum| was a hammer-swinging roofer, *a John Henry of* the tract houses that sheltered workers who had traded mules and plows for shift work in mill towns like Rome, Ga., and Gadsden, Ala.", "author": "Rosengarten, Theodore", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1324229_0", "date": "2001-09-11", "sourceId": "Q322555", "sourceLabel": "Abner Doubleday", "sourceImId": "Doubledayo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b4/Doubledayo.jpg/180px-Doubledayo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/09/11/1324229", "aUrlId": "9907E4D71438F932A2575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "It is also the consuming passion of Ms. Ventre (pronounced VEN-tree), 58, a cheerful, raspy-voiced Brooklynite whose day job is in advertising and public relations but whose heart lies in being the *Abner Doubleday* of /dog dancing/.", "author": "Downes, Lawrence", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1324810_0", "date": "2001-09-14", "sourceId": "Q313492", "sourceLabel": "Meriwether Lewis", "sourceImId": "Meriwether_Lewis-Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Meriwether_Lewis-Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg/180px-Meriwether_Lewis-Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/09/14/1324810", "aUrlId": "9D03E2D91038F937A2575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "One intrepid traveler, Robert Sullivan, wrote a wonderful book, ''The Meadowlands'' (Scribner, 1998), in which he played the *Meriwether Lewis* of /Secaucus and its environs/.", "author": "Gorman, James", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1324812_0", "date": "2001-09-14", "sourceId": "Q9960", "sourceLabel": "Ronald Reagan", "sourceImId": "Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/16/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg/180px-Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/09/14/1324812", "aUrlId": "9506EFD91038F937A2575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "Mr. Welch is the *Ronald Reagan* of /the world of business/.", "author": "Bernstein, Richard", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1325259_0", "date": "2001-09-16", "sourceId": "Q277616", "sourceLabel": "Louis Vuitton", "sourceImId": "Portrait-Louis-Vuitton.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0d/Portrait-Louis-Vuitton.jpg/180px-Portrait-Louis-Vuitton.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/09/16/1325259", "aUrlId": "9407E2D81738F935A2575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "In America during the Colonial and Federal periods, Chinese export porcelain was the *Louis Vuitton* of /its day/.", "author": "Norwich, William", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1326211_0", "date": "2001-09-19", "sourceId": "Q484365", "sourceLabel": "David Duchovny", "sourceImId": "David_Duchovny_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/21/David_Duchovny_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-David_Duchovny_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/09/19/1326211", "aUrlId": "990CE1DE123BF93AA2575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "I was kind of the *David Duchovny* of /the show/, a shadowy government agent who knew a lot about what was going on,'' he said.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1327184_0", "date": "2001-09-23", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/09/23/1327184", "aUrlId": "9C03E7D71738F930A1575AC0A9679C8B63", "text": "One of the weirder analogies that journalists have drawn to place Babyface in the culture is to call him the *Bill Gates* of /the music business/.", "author": "Spindler, Amy M", "desk": "Men's Fashions of The Times Magazine"},
{"id": "1330428_0", "date": "2001-10-03", "sourceId": "Q187033", "sourceLabel": "Sally Field", "sourceImId": "Sally_Field_1971_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/85/Sally_Field_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Sally_Field_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/10/03/1330428", "aUrlId": "9C07E5DD113DF930A35753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Tragedy, it seems, has turned us into the *Sally Field* of /cities/.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1331322_0", "date": "2001-10-07", "sourceId": "Q572735", "sourceLabel": "Stanford White", "sourceImId": "Stanford_White_by_George_Cox_ca._1892.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a5/Stanford_White_by_George_Cox_ca._1892.jpg/180px-Stanford_White_by_George_Cox_ca._1892.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/10/07/1331322", "aUrlId": "950DE7D9143AF934A35753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "In many ways he could be considered the *Stanford White* of /Beverly Hills/, catering to deep-pocketed film stars and executives who could well afford and appreciate his romantic architectural stage sets, in which their well-dressed and well-heeled lives are played out,'' Dunning says of Neff.", "author": "Spindler, Amy M", "desk": "Home Design Magazine"},
{"id": "1333507_0", "date": "2001-10-14", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/10/14/1333507", "aUrlId": "9A01E0D81F3DF937A25753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Posthumous albums coming from Tupac's estate continue to top the pop charts; many fans insist |he| is still alive, an *Elvis* for /the hip-hop generation/.", "author": "Leland, John", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1333516_0", "date": "2001-10-14", "sourceId": "Q1929421", "sourceLabel": "Nicholson Baker", "sourceImId": "Nicholson_baker_8208.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ea/Nicholson_baker_8208.JPG/180px-Nicholson_baker_8208.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "GFDL 1.2", "fId": "2001/10/14/1333516", "aUrlId": "9D00EFD81F3DF937A25753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "He's the *Nicholson Baker* of /rural life/.", "author": "Whittemore, Katharine", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1334301_0", "date": "2001-10-16", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/10/16/1334301", "aUrlId": "9D05E3DB1F3FF935A25753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Maddux is the *Picasso* of /baseball/,'' Arizona's Luis Gonzalez said.", "author": "Hermoso, Rafael", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1334547_0", "date": "2001-10-17", "sourceId": "Q231417", "sourceLabel": "Barbara Walters", "sourceImId": "Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ad/Barbara_Walters.jpg/180px-Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2001/10/17/1334547", "aUrlId": "9C02EED8163EF934A25753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "The parody lingers on: YUE-SAI KAN, whom People magazine once called the *Barbara Walters* of /China/ because she was a mainstay of Chinese television for years, began by introducing herself.", "author": "James, Richard; Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1334884_0", "date": "2001-10-18", "sourceId": "Q222134", "sourceLabel": "Ted Kaczynski", "sourceImId": "Young_theodore_kaczynski.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Young_theodore_kaczynski.jpeg/180px-Young_theodore_kaczynski.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "GFDL", "fId": "2001/10/18/1334884", "aUrlId": "9C00E5DB153EF93BA25753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Investigators are aware of the possibility that |a homegrown terrorist|, *a Unabomber of* /biology/, might be behind one or more of the attacks.", "author": "Broad, William J; Miller, Judith", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1335510_0", "date": "2001-10-21", "sourceId": "Q1974852", "sourceLabel": "Stanley Kunitz", "sourceImId": "Stanley_Kunitz.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f1/Stanley_Kunitz.jpg/180px-Stanley_Kunitz.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/10/21/1335510", "aUrlId": "9900E3D7153FF932A15753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "It's Jack who becomes the poet-in-residence here, the *Stanley Kunitz* of /the playground/, and his evolution from resistance to grudging pride in his own abilities is thrilling to witness.", "author": "Wolitzer, Meg", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1335824_0", "date": "2001-10-21", "sourceId": "Q367566", "sourceLabel": "Yogi Berra", "sourceImId": "Yogi_Berra_1956.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6b/Yogi_Berra_1956.png/180px-Yogi_Berra_1956.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/10/21/1335824", "aUrlId": "9804E3DE113EF932A15753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "But because we cannot merely appreciate his supernatural skill, there has been a movement to make Ichiro the *Yogi Berra* of /these times/.", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1337039_0", "date": "2001-10-26", "sourceId": "Q5603", "sourceLabel": "Andy Warhol", "sourceImId": "Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg/180px-Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/10/26/1337039", "aUrlId": "990CE0DE1331F935A15753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "William Beckford (1760-1844) was the *Andy Warhol* of /his day/, a self-conscious aesthete, compulsive collector of art and furniture, an author, designer and famous style maven.", "author": "Moonan, Wendy", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1337997_0", "date": "2001-10-28", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/10/28/1337997", "aUrlId": "9A07EFDF1630F93BA15753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "He was not destined to become the *Michael Jordan* of /Afghanistan/,'' recalled Thomas E. Gouttierre, the American coach of the team who is now the director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.", "author": "Bumiller, Elisabeth", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1338132_0", "date": "2001-10-29", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/10/29/1338132", "aUrlId": "9402E7DC1630F93AA15753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "A decade ago, Ms. Trevi, nicknamed the *Madonna* of /Mexico/, was one of Latin America's biggest pop stars, selling millions of records and racy posters and calendars, and talking of running for president.", "author": "Rohter, Larry", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1338371_0", "date": "2001-10-30", "sourceId": "Q954975", "sourceLabel": "Curt Schilling", "sourceImId": "SchillingNew.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/SchillingNew.JPG/180px-SchillingNew.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2001/10/30/1338371", "aUrlId": "9B05EFDE1430F933A05753C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Drysdale, the *Curt Schilling* of /his day/, shut out the Yankees, 1-0, in Game 3 on three hits, which happened to have been the last time before Sunday evening that the Yankees had had as few as three hits in a World Series game.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1339141_0", "date": "2001-11-02", "sourceId": "Q5598", "sourceLabel": "Rembrandt", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/11/02/1339141", "aUrlId": "9406E5DC1130F931A35752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "IN an uncanny boon for the Guggenheim, if you're cynically minded, the fortuitous arrival of the two-year-old Norman Rockwell traveling exhibition in New York after Sept. 11 gives everybody in town a chance to contemplate through altered eyes the *Rembrandt* of /Punkin Crick/, as a critic acidly dubbed him years ago.", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1339281_0", "date": "2001-11-02", "sourceId": "Q155626", "sourceLabel": "John Singer Sargent", "sourceImId": "Sargent,_John_SInger_(1856-1925)_-_Self-Portrait_1907_b.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bb/Sargent%2C_John_SInger_%281856-1925%29_-_Self-Portrait_1907_b.jpg/180px-Sargent%2C_John_SInger_%281856-1925%29_-_Self-Portrait_1907_b.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/11/02/1339281", "aUrlId": "9800E7D91E30F931A35752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Armstrong, for example, is featuring pictures of fashionable, late-19th-century beauties by Albert Belleroche, a virtuoso technician who was known as the *John Singer Sargent* of /lithography/.", "author": "Johnson, Ken", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1339731_0", "date": "2001-11-04", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/11/04/1339731", "aUrlId": "9E05E0DB1739F937A35752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "In their case, it's from wearing pin-striped shirts bearing the numbers of the most storied players in baseball history -- the Babe (now known as the *Michael Jordan* of /his time/), Lou Gehrig (if he hadn't died under contract, he would still be playing and nobody would know Cal Ripken), Joe DiMaggio (less mysteriously dignified but more interesting since the recent publication of a sour bio), Yogi Berra (in a deserved comeback as the role model for Yoda) and Mickey Mantle (redeemed by a gutsy death and Billy Crystal's movie, ''61*'').", "author": "Lipsyte, Robert", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1339880_0", "date": "2001-11-04", "sourceId": "Q133054", "sourceLabel": "Sylvia Plath", "sourceImId": "Sylvia_Plath.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/Sylvia_Plath.jpg/180px-Sylvia_Plath.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/11/04/1339880", "aUrlId": "9F03E2DB1731F937A35752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "But to devotees of Kahlo -- whom the writer Christopher Goodwin describes as ''feminism's premier art icon, the *Sylvia Plath* of /the canvas/'' -- the marriage to Rivera has all the ingredients of a heroic love story.", "author": "Norwich, William", "desk": "Style and Entertaining Magazine"},
{"id": "1339882_0", "date": "2001-11-04", "sourceId": "Q217037", "sourceLabel": "Jerry Bruckheimer", "sourceImId": "JerryBruckheimerHWOFJune2013.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d5/JerryBruckheimerHWOFJune2013.jpg/180px-JerryBruckheimerHWOFJune2013.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2001/11/04/1339882", "aUrlId": "9407E1DB1731F937A35752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "When Robert accuses her of being the *Jerry Bruckheimer* of /cakes/, she responds that he's the Paul Thomas Anderson of cakes.", "author": "Spindler, Amy M", "desk": "Style and Entertaining Magazine"},
{"id": "1339882_1", "date": "2001-11-04", "sourceId": "Q25132", "sourceLabel": "Paul Thomas Anderson", "sourceImId": "Paul_Thomas_Anderson_2007_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Paul_Thomas_Anderson_2007_crop.jpg/180px-Paul_Thomas_Anderson_2007_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/11/04/1339882", "aUrlId": "9407E1DB1731F937A35752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "When Robert accuses her of being the Jerry Bruckheimer of cakes, she responds that he's the *Paul Thomas Anderson* of /cakes/.", "author": "Spindler, Amy M", "desk": "Style and Entertaining Magazine"},
{"id": "1340214_0", "date": "2001-11-05", "sourceId": "Q31073", "sourceLabel": "Walter Cronkite", "sourceImId": "Walter_Cronkite_(1985).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Walter_Cronkite_%281985%29.jpg/180px-Walter_Cronkite_%281985%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "2001/11/05/1340214", "aUrlId": "9E04E1DC1439F936A35752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Some at NBC see Mr. Brokaw's  ratings edge on the evening news, and the fact that more Americans turned to him in that moment of national crisis, as evidence that he has become the leading network wise man, the *Walter Cronkite* of /his generation/.", "author": "Carter, Bill", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1340953_0", "date": "2001-11-08", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/11/08/1340953", "aUrlId": "9C01E7DC1139F93BA35752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "The solo sensitively celebrates the gifts of Steve Humphrey, a longtime standout in the fine company and who, in a world that valued art more, would probably be the *Michael Jordan* of /dance/.", "author": "Dunning, Jennifer", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1341232_0", "date": "2001-11-09", "sourceId": "Q5598", "sourceLabel": "Rembrandt", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/11/09/1341232", "aUrlId": "9A03E2DA1139F93AA35752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Coming after Sept. 11, the show gives everybody in town a chance to contemplate the *Rembrandt* of /Punkin Crick/, as a critic acidly dubbed him years ago, through altered eyes.", "author": "", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1341765_0", "date": "2001-11-11", "sourceId": "Q694774", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Cornell", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2001/11/11/1341765", "aUrlId": "9506E6DC1339F932A25752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "(The critic Gary Carey once described him, perceptively, as ''the *Joseph Cornell* of /French cinema/.'')", "author": "Rafferty, Terrence", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1341767_0", "date": "2001-11-11", "sourceId": "Q213793", "sourceLabel": "Phil Spector", "sourceImId": "Phil_Spector_2000.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/24/Phil_Spector_2000.jpg/180px-Phil_Spector_2000.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/11/11/1341767", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DC1339F932A25752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "The songs by Max Martin, the *Phil Spector* of /current teeny-pop/, sound tougher than before, even if he does keep rewriting previous Spears songs: ''Bombastic Love'' transfers ''Oops!", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1342543_0", "date": "2001-11-13", "sourceId": "Q348017", "sourceLabel": "Bobby Orr", "sourceImId": "Bobby_Orr_2010_WinterCl.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5c/Bobby_Orr_2010_WinterCl.jpg/180px-Bobby_Orr_2010_WinterCl.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2001/11/13/1342543", "aUrlId": "9A03E7DC1038F930A25752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Fetisov, who has often been called the *Bobby Orr* of /European hockey/, was past his prime years as a player when he joined the N.H.L.", "author": "Adams, Alan", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1343937_0", "date": "2001-11-18", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/11/18/1343937", "aUrlId": "9806EFD61F38F93BA25752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "She's the *Martha Stewart* of /the North Fork/,'' Mr. Combs said proudly, showing off the raspberry and green shaded dining room that was originally the parlor in Home Port, the oldest operating bed-and-breakfast in the town of Southold.", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1343943_0", "date": "2001-11-18", "sourceId": "Q212648", "sourceLabel": "Rudy Giuliani", "sourceImId": "Rudy_Giuliani.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Rudy_Giuliani.jpg/180px-Rudy_Giuliani.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/11/18/1343943", "aUrlId": "9B06E0DE173BF93BA25752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "He was like the *Rudy Giuliani* of /his time/: he wanted tramps and convicted criminals put to work.", "author": "Slater, Chuck", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1345897_0", "date": "2001-11-25", "sourceId": "Q355314", "sourceLabel": "Jack Welch", "sourceImId": "JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/JackWelchApril2012.jpg/180px-JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2001/11/25/1345897", "aUrlId": "9505E6DB123AF936A15752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Wall Street and the news media had tagged Jacques A. Nasser of Ford Motor, an |abrasive man| who billed himself as a *Jack Welch* for /Detroit/, as the revolutionary chief executive who would shake up and reinvent the culture of that company; he was forced to resign in October.", "author": "Hakim, Danny", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1346851_0", "date": "2001-11-29", "sourceId": "Q125121", "sourceLabel": "Aretha Franklin", "sourceImId": "Aretha_Franklin_1968.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c6/Aretha_Franklin_1968.jpg/180px-Aretha_Franklin_1968.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/11/29/1346851", "aUrlId": "9E04E4D9173DF93AA15752C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Even as she produced hits that turned her into a soul matriarch, |she| wore her troubles on her sleeve, like an *Aretha Franklin* for /the hip-hop generation/.", "author": "Richardson, Lynda", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1347549_0", "date": "2001-12-02", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2001/12/02/1347549", "aUrlId": "9406E4D7153AF931A35751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "The Andrea Doria seems destined to go down in the annals of maritime history as the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /sunken ships/.", "author": "Sanders, Erica", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1348229_0", "date": "2001-12-04", "sourceId": "Q707804", "sourceLabel": "Joe Torre", "sourceImId": "Joe_Torre.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/Joe_Torre.JPG/180px-Joe_Torre.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2001/12/04/1348229", "aUrlId": "9E01E7D8173BF937A35751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Mr. Pena was the *Joe Torre* of /River Vale, N.J., girls sports/.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1348238_0", "date": "2001-12-04", "sourceId": "Q12897", "sourceLabel": "Pel\u00e9", "sourceImId": "Pele200802FabioRodriguesPozzebomAgenciaBrasil.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4a/Pele200802FabioRodriguesPozzebomAgenciaBrasil.jpg/180px-Pele200802FabioRodriguesPozzebomAgenciaBrasil.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.5-br", "fId": "2001/12/04/1348238", "aUrlId": "9806E7D61E3DF937A35751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "He is the *Pel\u00e9* of /Brazilian literature/, and he would do all of us a great service by publicizing Brazil abroad, so we have to have a space for him.''", "author": "Rohter, Larry", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1348659_0", "date": "2001-12-05", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/12/05/1348659", "aUrlId": "9903E2D7173CF936A35751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "s 1998 entry draft, he was touted by the Tampa Bay Lightning as ''the *Michael Jordan* of /hockey/'' -- the ultimate sports mixed metaphor.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1348659_1", "date": "2001-12-05", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/12/05/1348659", "aUrlId": "9903E2D7173CF936A35751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "But it's doubtful that the Lightning could justify trading ''the *Michael Jordan* of /hockey/'' for Gomez and White.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1351150_0", "date": "2001-12-14", "sourceId": "Q43247", "sourceLabel": "Ingrid Bergman", "sourceImId": "Ingrid_Bergman_-_Gaslight_44.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Ingrid_Bergman_-_Gaslight_44.jpg/180px-Ingrid_Bergman_-_Gaslight_44.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/12/14/1351150", "aUrlId": "9903E3DA133FF937A25751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Molly Ringwald, the *Ingrid Bergman* of /Reagan-era American adolescence/, appears in a late cameo as a cynical, foul-mouthed flight attendant.", "author": "Scott, A O", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1351150_1", "date": "2001-12-14", "sourceId": "Q725395", "sourceLabel": "Tab Hunter", "sourceImId": "TabHunter.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/43/TabHunter.jpg/180px-TabHunter.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/12/14/1351150", "aUrlId": "9903E3DA133FF937A25751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Mr. Hughes's movies are scrambled with their more recent derivations, especially the towering oeuvre of Freddie Prinze Jr., the *Tab Hunter* of /Clinton-era adolescence/, here impersonated by Chris Evans.", "author": "Scott, A O", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1351320_0", "date": "2001-12-14", "sourceId": "Q5603", "sourceLabel": "Andy Warhol", "sourceImId": "Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg/180px-Andy_Warhol_1977.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/12/14/1351320", "aUrlId": "9B01E2D6103FF937A25751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Tadanori Yokoo is said to be the *Andy Warhol* of /Japan/.", "author": "Johnson, Ken", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1351617_0", "date": "2001-12-16", "sourceId": "Q714880", "sourceLabel": "Damon Runyon", "sourceImId": "DamonRunyon.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "9/91/DamonRunyon.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/12/16/1351617", "aUrlId": "9E07E5DE123CF935A25751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "|Fitzhugh|, though, writes like a man born to the genre -- he's a honky-tonk O. Henry, or *a Damon Runyon of* /the sour-beer circuit/.", "author": "Mcnett, Gavin", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1352259_0", "date": "2001-12-17", "sourceId": "Q23", "sourceLabel": "George Washington", "sourceImId": "Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg/180px-Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/12/17/1352259", "aUrlId": "9900E7DE173EF934A25751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "In the world of wealthy businessmen who have taken to running big cities, |Mr. Riordan| is a *George Washington* of /sorts/.", "author": "Murphy, Dean E", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1353447_0", "date": "2001-12-22", "sourceId": "Q2256877", "sourceLabel": "Charles Smith", "sourceImId": "Charles_Smith_NBA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/22/Charles_Smith_NBA.jpg/180px-Charles_Smith_NBA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2001/12/22/1353447", "aUrlId": "9A01E2DF1631F931A15751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "Or maybe he did not like being categorized as the *Charles Smith* of /the new millennium/, the goat in the Knicks' infuriating 90-88 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.", "author": "Broussard, Chris", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1354869_0", "date": "2001-12-28", "sourceId": "Q1999216", "sourceLabel": "Norm Crosby", "sourceImId": "Norm_Crosby_1965.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/06/Norm_Crosby_1965.JPG/180px-Norm_Crosby_1965.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/12/28/1354869", "aUrlId": "9A04E6DF1E31F93BA15751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "CLYDE'S ENGLISH LESSONS -- With each game, MSG's Walt Frazier continues to be the *Norm Crosby* of /basketball analysts/.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1355186_0", "date": "2001-12-30", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2001/12/30/1355186", "aUrlId": "9E06E0D91231F933A05751C1A9679C8B63", "text": "They became the *Henry Ford* of /TV animation/,'' says Norman Klein, a professor at the California Institute of the Arts and the author of ''Seven Minutes: The Life and Death of the American Animated Cartoon.''", "author": "Nash, Eric P", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1356220_0", "date": "2002-01-03", "sourceId": "Q318339", "sourceLabel": "Buddy Rich", "sourceImId": "Buddy_Rich,_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._Aug._1946_(William_P._Gottlieb_07351).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/12/Buddy_Rich%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_ca._Aug._1946_%28William_P._Gottlieb_07351%29.jpg/180px-Buddy_Rich%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_ca._Aug._1946_%28William_P._Gottlieb_07351%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/01/03/1356220", "aUrlId": "9A0CE0DD1330F930A35752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "In the liner notes, Mr. Lair calls the elephant Luuk Kob ''the *Buddy Rich* of /elephant percussionists/.''", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1358313_0", "date": "2002-01-11", "sourceId": "Q4535129", "sourceLabel": "Sol Hurok", "sourceImId": "Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg/180px-Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/01/11/1358313", "aUrlId": "9804E2D71139F932A25752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Sometimes called the *Sol Hurok* of /labor/, Mr. Foner was widely viewed as the national leader in bringing cultural life to union members.", "author": "Greenhouse, Steven", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1358313_1", "date": "2002-01-11", "sourceId": "Q5480583", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Papp", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/01/11/1358313", "aUrlId": "9804E2D71139F932A25752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Joseph Papp, founder of the New York City Shakespeare Festival, once called Mr. Foner ''the *Joseph Papp* of /the labor movement/.''", "author": "Greenhouse, Steven", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1358421_0", "date": "2002-01-11", "sourceId": "Q276372", "sourceLabel": "Lee Bontecou", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/01/11/1358421", "aUrlId": "9C02E0D91E39F932A25752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Ms. Noland's contribution is unquestionable, but she is becoming even more mythic in her absence, something like the *Lee Bontecou* of /her generation/.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1360201_0", "date": "2002-01-18", "sourceId": "Q5598", "sourceLabel": "Rembrandt", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/01/18/1360201", "aUrlId": "9D01EFDD1038F93BA25752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Coming after Sept. 11, the show gives everybody in town a chance to contemplate through altered eyes the *Rembrandt* of /Punkin Crick/, as a critic acidly named him years ago.", "author": "", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1360733_0", "date": "2002-01-20", "sourceId": "Q8704", "sourceLabel": "Walt Disney", "sourceImId": "Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walt_Disney_1946.JPG/180px-Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/01/20/1360733", "aUrlId": "9507E5D71238F933A15752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Mr. Miyazaki has often been called ''the *Walt Disney* of /Japan/,'' and the comparison is actually more profound than it may appear.", "author": "Kehr, Dave", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1360936_0", "date": "2002-01-20", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/01/20/1360936", "aUrlId": "9F0DE6DB173BF933A15752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Not that the onetime Harvard basketball captain, who stands 6 feet 8, shows much sign of wear, having never missed a day of work at his Bermuda-based Trout Trading Management Company, according to an aide who called him ''the *Cal Ripken* of /hedge funds/.''", "author": "Hershey, Robert D Jr", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1362557_0", "date": "2002-01-27", "sourceId": "Q182847", "sourceLabel": "Jean Baudrillard", "sourceImId": "WikipediaBaudrillard20040612-cropped.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/WikipediaBaudrillard20040612-cropped.png/180px-WikipediaBaudrillard20040612-cropped.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/01/27/1362557", "aUrlId": "9501EED8153BF934A15752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "They repackaged him as a deconstructivist, one of those conceptual artists dismantling the language of art only to leave it in disarray, the *Jean Baudrillard* of /painting/.", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1362785_0", "date": "2002-01-27", "sourceId": "Q1775942", "sourceLabel": "Narciso Rodriguez", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/01/27/1362785", "aUrlId": "950DE6DE173AF934A15752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The guests will feast on mini Maine crab cakes with curry-carrot dipping sauce, and will wash it all down with a Galet des Papes Vielles Vignes Ch\u00e2teauneuf-du-Pape, a southern Rhone considered so hip, so painfully du moment, that oenophiles refer to it as the *Narciso Rodriguez* of /wine/.", "author": "Kuczynski, Alex", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1362919_0", "date": "2002-01-27", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/01/27/1362919", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5DA153AF934A15752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "They say he is the best boxer in the world, the *Michael Jordan* of /boxing/,'' Forrest said.", "author": "Wong, Edward", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1363705_0", "date": "2002-01-31", "sourceId": "Q129817", "sourceLabel": "Russell Crowe", "sourceImId": "Russell_Crowe_2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/06/Russell_Crowe_2012.jpg/180px-Russell_Crowe_2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/01/31/1363705", "aUrlId": "9B0CE3DE1E3AF932A05752C0A9649C8B63", "text": "On Saturday night a benefit will be held at Town Hall for a man many writers consider the superstar of narrators -- the *Russell Crowe* of /audiobooks/ so to speak -- Frank Muller, who was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in November.", "author": "Arnold, Martin", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1365173_0", "date": "2002-02-05", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/05/1365173", "aUrlId": "9C07E3DD103DF936A35751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Russell Crowe is becoming the *John Wayne* of /our era/.", "author": "Goode, Erica", "desk": "Health & Fitness"},
{"id": "1365504_0", "date": "2002-02-06", "sourceId": "Q187033", "sourceLabel": "Sally Field", "sourceImId": "Sally_Field_1971_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/85/Sally_Field_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Sally_Field_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/06/1365504", "aUrlId": "9D01EFD91E3DF935A35751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "A few weeks after Sept. 11, this column remarked that New York was being turned into the *Sally Field* of /cities/, dazed by the concern shown by others, much the way that the actress gushed ''You like me!''", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1365812_0", "date": "2002-02-07", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/07/1365812", "aUrlId": "9903E6DF173CF934A35751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "While he may not be the only person in America complaining about the fear of math demonstrated by too many students and the conflicting methods of teaching the subject, |he| may be the only one to turn himself into a *Johnny Appleseed* of /math/.", "author": "Zhao, Yilu", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1366690_0", "date": "2002-02-10", "sourceId": "Q40912", "sourceLabel": "Frank Sinatra", "sourceImId": "Frank_Sinatra_'57.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg/180px-Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/10/1366690", "aUrlId": "9F07E6DC133CF933A25751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Mr. Blackwood, the last surviving founding member of the famed Blackwood Brothers gospel quartet, was sometimes called the *Frank Sinatra* of /gospel music/, an allusion to his 200 albums, 9 Grammys and personal appearances from the Kennedy Center in Washington to the First Baptist Church in Moscow.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1367053_0", "date": "2002-02-12", "sourceId": "Q2172", "sourceLabel": "Lance Armstrong", "sourceImId": "Lance_Armstrong_MidiLibre_2002.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/03/Lance_Armstrong_MidiLibre_2002.jpg/180px-Lance_Armstrong_MidiLibre_2002.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/02/12/1367053", "aUrlId": "9E0CE0D9153CF931A25751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "I am the *Lance Armstrong* of /dental hygiene/.", "author": "Tuller, David", "desk": "Health & Fitness"},
{"id": "1368122_0", "date": "2002-02-16", "sourceId": "Q155087", "sourceLabel": "Thornton Wilder", "sourceImId": "Thornton_Wilder_Yale_graduation_photo_1920.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/15/Thornton_Wilder_Yale_graduation_photo_1920.jpg/180px-Thornton_Wilder_Yale_graduation_photo_1920.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/16/1368122", "aUrlId": "9A05E5DE133FF935A25751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "In some ways, |Bernstein| is a *Thornton Wilder* of /the canvas/, '' Ms. Burnham wrote, offering ''consoling and nostalgic images to viewers of the 21st century.''", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1368511_0", "date": "2002-02-17", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/17/1368511", "aUrlId": "9C06E7DB123FF934A25751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Known variously as the *Babe Ruth* of /Bank Robbers/, Willie the Actor and Slick Willie, the Brooklyn native claimed to have stolen $2 million during his 25-year career in robbery.", "author": "Duffy, Peter", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1369638_0", "date": "2002-02-21", "sourceId": "Q232999", "sourceLabel": "Tara Lipinski", "sourceImId": "Tara_Lipinski_in_Sochi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9a/Tara_Lipinski_in_Sochi.jpg/180px-Tara_Lipinski_in_Sochi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "2002/02/21/1369638", "aUrlId": "9907E5DF123EF932A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The long program Thursday night will determine whether Kwan will exorcise her Olympic ghosts with a gold medal or whether a fresh-faced ing\u00e9nue like Cohen will become the *Tara Lipinski* of /the 2002 Winter Games/.", "author": "Roberts, Selena", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1369695_0", "date": "2002-02-22", "sourceId": "Q5604", "sourceLabel": "Frank Lloyd Wright", "sourceImId": "Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/99/Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg/180px-Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/22/1369695", "aUrlId": "9D02E1DE123EF931A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Arne Jacobsen is the *Frank Lloyd Wright* of /Denmark/: a prolific, versatile and talented architect and designer who has been revered more after his death than he ever was in life.", "author": "Moonan, Wendy", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1369726_0", "date": "2002-02-22", "sourceId": "Q6292087", "sourceLabel": "Jos\u00e9 Eber", "sourceImId": "JEwikipedia.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/JEwikipedia.jpg/180px-JEwikipedia.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/02/22/1369726", "aUrlId": "9A03E5D9123EF931A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "As necromancer and hairdresser, Marius is the *Jos\u00e9 Eber* of /the netherworld/, though he doesn't take the same care with his own locks.", "author": "Mitchell, Elvis", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1369989_0", "date": "2002-02-23", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/23/1369989", "aUrlId": "9903E2D8103EF930A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "I was like the *Jackie Robinson* of /football/,'' he once said.", "author": "Litsky, Frank", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1370127_0", "date": "2002-02-24", "sourceId": "Q199801", "sourceLabel": "Cindy Crawford", "sourceImId": "CindyCrawfordOct09.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/92/CindyCrawfordOct09.jpg/180px-CindyCrawfordOct09.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/02/24/1370127", "aUrlId": "990DE0DA113DF937A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "They are the *Cindy Crawford* of /cows/,'' Duffy says.", "author": "Norwich, William", "desk": "Fashions of The Times Magazine"},
{"id": "1370133_0", "date": "2002-02-24", "sourceId": "Q306514", "sourceLabel": "Abbie Hoffman", "sourceImId": "Abbie_Hoffman_visiting_the_University_of_Oklahoma_circa_1969.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/db/Abbie_Hoffman_visiting_the_University_of_Oklahoma_circa_1969.jpg/180px-Abbie_Hoffman_visiting_the_University_of_Oklahoma_circa_1969.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/02/24/1370133", "aUrlId": "9400EFDA113DF937A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Blair Sabol, from Villanova, Pa., future fashion guerrilla; a girl who would one day be known as the *Abbie Hoffman* of /Seventh Avenue/, who would pen a fashion column rife with deliciously bitchy observations no longer possible in these stifling, politically correct times.", "author": "Fair, S S", "desk": "Fashions of The Times Magazine"},
{"id": "1370183_0", "date": "2002-02-24", "sourceId": "Q213430", "sourceLabel": "Larry King", "sourceImId": "LarryKingSept10_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/LarryKingSept10_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-LarryKingSept10_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/02/24/1370183", "aUrlId": "9D00E5D81E3FF937A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The Persians who live in Los Angeles describe Meybodi as the *Larry King* of /Iran/, but he's more dignified than that, a throwback to an earlier age of TV talk shows.", "author": "Lewis, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1370183_1", "date": "2002-02-24", "sourceId": "Q380865", "sourceLabel": "David Frost", "sourceImId": "David_Frost_Rumsfeld_interview_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/67/David_Frost_Rumsfeld_interview_cropped.jpg/180px-David_Frost_Rumsfeld_interview_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/24/1370183", "aUrlId": "9D00E5D81E3FF937A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He's more like the *David Frost* of /Iran/.", "author": "Lewis, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1370183_2", "date": "2002-02-24", "sourceId": "Q53944", "sourceLabel": "Rupert Murdoch", "sourceImId": "Rupert_Murdoch_2011_Shankbone_3.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Rupert_Murdoch_2011_Shankbone_3.JPG/180px-Rupert_Murdoch_2011_Shankbone_3.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/02/24/1370183", "aUrlId": "9D00E5D81E3FF937A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He wanted to be a media mogul, the *Rupert Murdoch* of the Farsi-speaking world.", "author": "Lewis, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1370183_3", "date": "2002-02-24", "sourceId": "Q53944", "sourceLabel": "Rupert Murdoch", "sourceImId": "Rupert_Murdoch_2011_Shankbone_3.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Rupert_Murdoch_2011_Shankbone_3.JPG/180px-Rupert_Murdoch_2011_Shankbone_3.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/02/24/1370183", "aUrlId": "9D00E5D81E3FF937A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He forgot his desire to become the *Rupert Murdoch* of /the Farsi-speaking world/ and set out to topple the Iranian regime.", "author": "Lewis, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1370183_4", "date": "2002-02-24", "sourceId": "Q40912", "sourceLabel": "Frank Sinatra", "sourceImId": "Frank_Sinatra_'57.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg/180px-Frank_Sinatra_%2757.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/24/1370183", "aUrlId": "9D00E5D81E3FF937A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The Dan Rather of Iran reads the news in front of a map of the world; the *Frank Sinatra* of /Iran/ sings in front of a sentimental pastel of a snowcapped mountain.", "author": "Lewis, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1370183_5", "date": "2002-02-24", "sourceId": "Q733027", "sourceLabel": "Dan Rather", "sourceImId": "Dan_Rather_in_July_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c9/Dan_Rather_in_July_2011.jpg/180px-Dan_Rather_in_July_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/24/1370183", "aUrlId": "9D00E5D81E3FF937A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Half the costumes Dean uses on NITV he keeps in the rear of his car; the other half lie crumpled up on the floor behind the cardboard map of the world that serves as a backdrop for the *Dan Rather* of /Iran/.", "author": "Lewis, Michael", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
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{"id": "1370184_0", "date": "2002-02-24", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/02/24/1370184", "aUrlId": "9402E5D81E3FF937A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "She was like the *Madonna* of /her time/.''", "author": "Mitchell, Elvis", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1370394_0", "date": "2002-02-24", "sourceId": "Q186492", "sourceLabel": "George S. Patton", "sourceImId": "General_George_S._Patton_wearing_his_4-star_service_cap.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/75/General_George_S._Patton_wearing_his_4-star_service_cap.jpg/180px-General_George_S._Patton_wearing_his_4-star_service_cap.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/02/24/1370394", "aUrlId": "9B04E0DD103EF937A15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Dr. D'Souza is the *General Patton* of /bad breath/.", "author": "Kuczynski, Alex", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1371430_0", "date": "2002-02-28", "sourceId": "Q353511", "sourceLabel": "Derek Jeter", "sourceImId": "Derek_Jeter_batting_9-3-2005_New_York_Yankees.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2e/Derek_Jeter_batting_9-3-2005_New_York_Yankees.JPG/180px-Derek_Jeter_batting_9-3-2005_New_York_Yankees.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/02/28/1371430", "aUrlId": "9A03E4DE1231F93BA15751C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Enron was once the *Derek Jeter* of /American corporations/ -- young, dynamic, full of promise.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1372042_0", "date": "2002-03-03", "sourceId": "Q209921", "sourceLabel": "Julius Erving", "sourceImId": "Erving_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9d/Erving_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Erving_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/03/03/1372042", "aUrlId": "9A01E2DD123EF930A35750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The most notable casualty was Connie Hawkins, an inner-city Wunderkind who should have been the *Julius Erving* of /his day/ but instead was sent home from the University of Iowa and spent his prime years banned from the National Basketball Association.", "author": "Konigsberg, Eric", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1372118_0", "date": "2002-03-03", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/03/03/1372118", "aUrlId": "950CEED61731F930A35750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "I WANT to be the *Tiger Woods* of /classical music/,'' Gareth Johnson said recently.", "author": "Oestreich, James R", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1372307_0", "date": "2002-03-03", "sourceId": "Q324719", "sourceLabel": "Strom Thurmond", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/03/03/1372307", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDF1E31F930A35750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "In the course of his 23-year pontificate, the holy father -- who is 81 and ailing but may yet turn out to be the *Strom Thurmond* of /popes/ -- has taken on both communism and the excesses of capitalism.", "author": "Henneberger, Melinda", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1373000_0", "date": "2002-03-05", "sourceId": "Q100948", "sourceLabel": "Rachel Carson", "sourceImId": "Rachel-Carson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f4/Rachel-Carson.jpg/180px-Rachel-Carson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/03/05/1373000", "aUrlId": "9807E4D81630F936A35750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "In environmental circles, he is known as the *Rachel Carson* of /the fish world/ -- an untiring advocate of marine life conservation.", "author": "Dreifus, Claudia", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1373384_0", "date": "2002-03-06", "sourceId": "Q1615", "sourceLabel": "Neil Armstrong", "sourceImId": "Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0d/Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg/180px-Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/03/06/1373384", "aUrlId": "9D07E2DE1430F935A35750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "ELIZABETH SCHNEIDER is the *Neil Armstrong* of /cookbook authors/.", "author": "Schrambling, Regina", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1373659_0", "date": "2002-03-07", "sourceId": "Q240064", "sourceLabel": "Sarah Hughes", "sourceImId": "Sarah_Hughes.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "1/16/Sarah_Hughes.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "2002/03/07/1373659", "aUrlId": "9E00EFDB1530F934A35750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The executive, Stuart Applebaum, chief spokesman for Random House Inc., said that he and his colleagues ''always brace for the inevitable flurry of media calls about our presumptive publishing plans for the *Sarah Hughes* of /the moment/.''", "author": "Arnold, Martin", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1375348_0", "date": "2002-03-13", "sourceId": "Q6377737", "sourceLabel": "Kato Kaelin", "sourceImId": "Kato_Kaelin_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/11/Kato_Kaelin_2011.jpg/180px-Kato_Kaelin_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/03/13/1375348", "aUrlId": "9C00E6DB1539F930A25750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Speaking of Mr. Dalrymple's moments in the spotlight during the Gonz\u00e1lez frenzy, a Florida reporter says, ''Donato is the *Kato Kaelin* of /the Eli\u00e1n case/.''", "author": "James, Caryn", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1375383_0", "date": "2002-03-13", "sourceId": "Q1398", "sourceLabel": "Virgil", "sourceImId": "Parco_della_Grotta_di_Posillipo5_(crop).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/Parco_della_Grotta_di_Posillipo5_%28crop%29.jpg/180px-Parco_della_Grotta_di_Posillipo5_%28crop%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/03/13/1375383", "aUrlId": "9A06E1D71539F930A25750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He labored anonymously, but became such a local legend that in 1971 The Village Voice called him ''the *Virgil* of /TV guides/.''", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1376298_0", "date": "2002-03-17", "sourceId": "Q567152", "sourceLabel": "Harry Smith", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/03/17/1376298", "aUrlId": "9C00E0D61439F934A25750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "and music historian who has become the *Harry Smith* of /the outsider-music world/: ''Being an outsider musician is not an aspiration,'' Chusid says.", "author": "Garner, Dwight", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1376302_0", "date": "2002-03-17", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/03/17/1376302", "aUrlId": "9A0DE1DF1539F934A25750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "So when I first heard the music and later saw photos of Patti Smith spitting onstage in her black peg-leg pants or Deborah Harry, the *Garbo* of /the East Village/, taking the mike at CBGB, I was both confused and thrilled, recognizing for the first time that good and bad, mixed together in the right proportion, equals cool.", "author": "Steinke, Darcey", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1376500_0", "date": "2002-03-17", "sourceId": "Q48259", "sourceLabel": "Dick Cheney", "sourceImId": "Dick_Cheney_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Dick_Cheney_2.jpg/180px-Dick_Cheney_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/03/17/1376500", "aUrlId": "9504EED71E39F934A25750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He's the *Dick Cheney* of /the auto industry/,''  said Gregory L. Kagay, an industry analyst at  AutoMetrics, a consulting firm in East Hampton, N.Y. ''He's never been at the top of the industry, but if he found himself there, most people would be comfortable with that.''", "author": "Maynard, Micheline", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1377086_0", "date": "2002-03-19", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/03/19/1377086", "aUrlId": "980CE0D91538F93AA25750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He's the *Einstein* of /point guards/,'' he said.", "author": "Pennington, Bill", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1377696_0", "date": "2002-03-22", "sourceId": "Q633", "sourceLabel": "Neil Young", "sourceImId": "Neil_Young_-_Per_Ole_Hagen.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bb/Neil_Young_-_Per_Ole_Hagen.jpg/180px-Neil_Young_-_Per_Ole_Hagen.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "2002/03/22/1377696", "aUrlId": "9B0CEED81138F931A15750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "J Mascis is the *Neil Young* of /Generation X/.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1378135_0", "date": "2002-03-24", "sourceId": "Q107002", "sourceLabel": "Evelyn Waugh", "sourceImId": "Evelynwaugh.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/01/Evelynwaugh.jpeg/180px-Evelynwaugh.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/03/24/1378135", "aUrlId": "9800E4D91039F937A15750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Its tinder-dry combustion of comic, indignant and elegiac suggests an *Evelyn Waugh* of /the left/, though not so well chiseled and a lot more discursive.", "author": "Eder, Richard", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1378491_0", "date": "2002-03-24", "sourceId": "Q739866", "sourceLabel": "Pete Rose", "sourceImId": "Pete_rose_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7a/Pete_rose_cropped.jpg/180px-Pete_rose_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/03/24/1378491", "aUrlId": "9D01EFDF143BF937A15750C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Called by some the *Pete Rose* of /tennis/ because of his hustle, Hewitt won an ATP-high 80 matches last year and six tournaments.", "author": "Nobles, Charlie", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1380928_0", "date": "2002-04-03", "sourceId": "Q78893", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Puck", "sourceImId": "Oscar_Official_Chef_Wolfgang_Puck.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ed/Oscar_Official_Chef_Wolfgang_Puck.jpg/180px-Oscar_Official_Chef_Wolfgang_Puck.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/04/03/1380928", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DB133AF930A35757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "David Rockwell is the *Wolfgang Puck* of /blueprints/, for example, and his name often appears before the chef's in a press release.", "author": "Schrambling, Regina", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1380981_0", "date": "2002-04-03", "sourceId": "Q331742", "sourceLabel": "George McGovern", "sourceImId": "George_McGovern_bioguide.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "d/d7/George_McGovern_bioguide.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/04/03/1380981", "aUrlId": "9A0DE6DE103AF930A35757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Pataki is the *George McGovern* of /Republicans/,'' said Paul J. Feiner, a Democratic town supervisor from Greenburgh, in central Westchester.", "author": "Nagourney, Adam", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1381948_0", "date": "2002-04-07", "sourceId": "Q8877", "sourceLabel": "Steven Spielberg", "sourceImId": "Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que_Fran\u00e7aise_2_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/29/Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_Fran%C3%A7aise_2_cropped.jpg/180px-Steven_Spielberg_Masterclass_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_Fran%C3%A7aise_2_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/04/07/1381948", "aUrlId": "9C0CE5DC113AF934A35757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Mentally, I had to say I'm the *Steven Spielberg* of /the ghetto/.", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1383279_0", "date": "2002-04-12", "sourceId": "Q209662", "sourceLabel": "Lucille Ball", "sourceImId": "Lucille_Ball_Lux_Radio_Theatre_1951.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Lucille_Ball_Lux_Radio_Theatre_1951.JPG/180px-Lucille_Ball_Lux_Radio_Theatre_1951.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/04/12/1383279", "aUrlId": "9507E6DA163CF931A25757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "|She| was like a *Lucille Ball* of /her time/, just such a clown.''", "author": "Kehr, Dave", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1384103_0", "date": "2002-04-14", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/04/14/1384103", "aUrlId": "9807EED6123CF937A25757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "I drove out to a spot on the north side of the pier and stopped to talk to some of the regulars, Jimmy Mulligan, Peter Catanese and John Francesconi, known to his friends as the *Michael Jordan* of /the Hudson/.", "author": "Gorman, James", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1384328_0", "date": "2002-04-15", "sourceId": "Q230143", "sourceLabel": "Margaret Rutherford", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/04/15/1384328", "aUrlId": "9E07E5D7133CF936A25757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "I'm kind of the *Margaret Rutherford* of /screenwriting/, and I hope people find that encouraging.", "author": "Hoge, Warren", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1384330_0", "date": "2002-04-15", "sourceId": "Q7311", "sourceLabel": "Giacomo Puccini", "sourceImId": "GiacomoPuccini.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9b/GiacomoPuccini.jpg/180px-GiacomoPuccini.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/04/15/1384330", "aUrlId": "9D04E4D7133CF936A25757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Calling Berg ''the *Puccini* of /serial music/'' is not meant as a compliment.", "author": "Holland, Bernard", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1384529_0", "date": "2002-04-16", "sourceId": "Q60206", "sourceLabel": "Ariel Sharon", "sourceImId": "Ariel_Sharon,_by_Jim_Wallace_(Smithsonian_Institution).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bc/Ariel_Sharon%2C_by_Jim_Wallace_%28Smithsonian_Institution%29.jpg/180px-Ariel_Sharon%2C_by_Jim_Wallace_%28Smithsonian_Institution%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/04/16/1384529", "aUrlId": "9C0DE6DB113CF935A25757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Larry Summers strikes me as the *Ariel Sharon* of /American higher education/,'' Dr. West said today.", "author": "Belluck, Pam; Steinberg, Jacques", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1384989_0", "date": "2002-04-18", "sourceId": "Q60206", "sourceLabel": "Ariel Sharon", "sourceImId": "Ariel_Sharon,_by_Jim_Wallace_(Smithsonian_Institution).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bc/Ariel_Sharon%2C_by_Jim_Wallace_%28Smithsonian_Institution%29.jpg/180px-Ariel_Sharon%2C_by_Jim_Wallace_%28Smithsonian_Institution%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/04/18/1384989", "aUrlId": "980DE5DE163FF93BA25757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Re ''Defector Indignant at President of Harvard'' (news article, April 16): Prof. Cornel West's description of Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard, as ''the *Ariel Sharon* of /American higher education/'' reflects his lack of sensitivity toward the daily tragedy unfolding in the Middle East.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1385574_0", "date": "2002-04-20", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/04/20/1385574", "aUrlId": "9C00E6DE133FF933A15757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Tony Monteiro, a councilman from Elizabeth, said he remembered that Mr. Free, the vice president of United Gunite, a sewer-repair and road-paving company, swaggered like he was ''the *Bill Gates* of /the sewer-repair industry/.''", "author": "Smothers, Ronald", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1386084_0", "date": "2002-04-21", "sourceId": "Q3454165", "sourceLabel": "Kevin Bacon", "sourceImId": "Kevin_Bacon_Comic-Con_2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/78/Kevin_Bacon_Comic-Con_2012.jpg/180px-Kevin_Bacon_Comic-Con_2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/04/21/1386084", "aUrlId": "9C00E0D9103FF932A15757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The speculation keeps arising because Brown is the *Kevin Bacon* of /the N.B.A/, within six degrees of any job because of his extensive travels.", "author": "Wise, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1386499_0", "date": "2002-04-23", "sourceId": "Q129087", "sourceLabel": "Ethel Merman", "sourceImId": "Ethel_merman_1967.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Ethel_merman_1967.JPG/180px-Ethel_merman_1967.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/04/23/1386499", "aUrlId": "980CE6DE1F3FF930A15757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "They tell me I'm the *Ethel Merman* of /the subways/.''", "author": "Kennedy, Randy", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1386685_0", "date": "2002-04-24", "sourceId": "Q60206", "sourceLabel": "Ariel Sharon", "sourceImId": "Ariel_Sharon,_by_Jim_Wallace_(Smithsonian_Institution).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bc/Ariel_Sharon%2C_by_Jim_Wallace_%28Smithsonian_Institution%29.jpg/180px-Ariel_Sharon%2C_by_Jim_Wallace_%28Smithsonian_Institution%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/04/24/1386685", "aUrlId": "9C0DE1D81F3FF937A15757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "It is important for our new faculty colleague Cornel West to know that even as we welcome him back in our midst, we look with strong disfavor upon his characterization of Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard, as, in his words, ''the *Ariel Sharon* of /American higher education/'' (''Defector Indignant at President of Harvard,'' news article, April 16).", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1386953_0", "date": "2002-04-25", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/04/25/1386953", "aUrlId": "9C00E6D8173EF936A15757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Resourcefulness -- I call it finding your inner MacGyver,'' said Danny Seo, 25, the author of ''Conscious Style Home'' (St. Martin's, 2001), who has been called the *Martha Stewart* of /organic style/.", "author": "La Ferla, Ruth", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1387477_0", "date": "2002-04-27", "sourceId": "Q41980", "sourceLabel": "Democritus", "sourceImId": "Bust_of_an_unknown_Greek_-_Museo_archeologico_nazionale_di_Napoli.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/ba/Bust_of_an_unknown_Greek_-_Museo_archeologico_nazionale_di_Napoli.jpg/180px-Bust_of_an_unknown_Greek_-_Museo_archeologico_nazionale_di_Napoli.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/04/27/1387477", "aUrlId": "9E05EEDA103EF934A15757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Contemporary accounts called Rice ''the *Democritus* of /the sawdust/,'' the ''prince of waggery'' -- and the ''excruciating jester.''", "author": "Smith, Dinitia", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1387603_0", "date": "2002-04-28", "sourceId": "Q37001", "sourceLabel": "Toshir\u014d Mifune", "sourceImId": "Shubun_poster_Toshiro_Mifune.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/98/Shubun_poster_Toshiro_Mifune.jpg/180px-Shubun_poster_Toshiro_Mifune.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/04/28/1387603", "aUrlId": "9C04E4D6173FF93BA15757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He's like the *Toshiro Mifune* of /pop music/,'' Louise earnestly informs Saul, who is not half as impressed that his ''ludicrous'' dad has bagged this young babe as he is with the way Marina looks in a tank top.", "author": "Kaufman, King", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1387699_0", "date": "2002-04-28", "sourceId": "Q325487", "sourceLabel": "Mike Wallace", "sourceImId": "Mike_Wallace_National_Press_Club.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2b/Mike_Wallace_National_Press_Club.jpg/180px-Mike_Wallace_National_Press_Club.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/04/28/1387699", "aUrlId": "9900E7D61F3FF93BA15757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The show's main host is Jim Cantore, whose intense, in-the-field storm reporting has, in weather circles, earned him the title ''the *Mike Wallace* of /meteorology/.''", "author": "Thomas, John D", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1387791_0", "date": "2002-04-28", "sourceId": "Q302762", "sourceLabel": "Barry Manilow", "sourceImId": "BarryManilow.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2b/BarryManilow.jpg/180px-BarryManilow.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/04/28/1387791", "aUrlId": "9D02E2DC153EF93BA15757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The company calls Reader's Digest ''the most widely read magazine in the world,'' though a Canadian newspaper columnist recently referred to it as ''the *Barry Manilow* of /magazines/,'' because of its ''irresistible banality.''", "author": "Rubenstein, Carin", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1388164_0", "date": "2002-04-29", "sourceId": "Q278806", "sourceLabel": "A. J. Liebling", "sourceImId": "Liebling-web.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Liebling-web.jpg/180px-Liebling-web.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/04/29/1388164", "aUrlId": "9506E1D81E3EF93AA15757C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Mr. Kinsley mentioned that Mr. Shafer, who has covered the media for years, might become ''the *A. J. Liebling* of /the online world/.''", "author": "Carr, David", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1389342_0", "date": "2002-05-04", "sourceId": "Q324956", "sourceLabel": "Conrad Hilton", "sourceImId": "Conrad_Hilton.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/53/Conrad_Hilton.png/180px-Conrad_Hilton.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/05/04/1389342", "aUrlId": "9900E4D61131F937A35756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Often called the *Conrad Hilton* of /India/, Mr. Oberoi specialized in spotting and refurbishing run-down and undervalued properties.", "author": "Lewis, Paul", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1389495_0", "date": "2002-05-05", "sourceId": "Q95026", "sourceLabel": "Shirley MacLaine", "sourceImId": "Studio_publicity_Shirley_MacLaine.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Studio_publicity_Shirley_MacLaine.jpg/180px-Studio_publicity_Shirley_MacLaine.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/05/05/1389495", "aUrlId": "9E00E3DD133EF936A35756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Though Lawrence's memoir veers off in unexpected directions -- her discussions of spirituality and visions make her seem like the *Shirley MacLaine* of /Madison Avenue/ -- she is generally frank and forthright about what made her and her peers tick and why it helped to have, as she did, training as an actress with Sanford Meisner (''I began to theatricalize what I sold'').", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1390209_0", "date": "2002-05-07", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/05/07/1390209", "aUrlId": "9F01E0DD1730F934A35756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He was the *Elvis* of /science/.", "author": "", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1390572_0", "date": "2002-05-08", "sourceId": "Q209518", "sourceLabel": "Wayne Gretzky", "sourceImId": "Wgretz.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Wgretz.jpg/180px-Wgretz.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/05/08/1390572", "aUrlId": "9505E3DE1230F93BA35756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He knew he was the Babe Ruth, the Michael Jordan, the *Wayne Gretzky* of /racing/.''", "author": "Drape, Joe", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1390925_0", "date": "2002-05-10", "sourceId": "Q83359", "sourceLabel": "James Dean", "sourceImId": "James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a4/James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg/180px-James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/05/10/1390925", "aUrlId": "9905E4DC1030F933A25756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "With his languorous, boyish looks and whispery, androgynous voice, he was the *James Dean* of /West Coast jazz/, the brooding hipster incarnate.", "author": "Kakutani, Michiko", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1391616_0", "date": "2002-05-12", "sourceId": "Q36290", "sourceLabel": "Diana Ross", "sourceImId": "Diana_Ross_(1982).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/21/Diana_Ross_%281982%29.jpg/180px-Diana_Ross_%281982%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/05/12/1391616", "aUrlId": "990DE1D71131F931A25756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Austin's new love interest is Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyonc\u00e9 Knowles, the *Diana Ross* of /Destiny's Child/, with a 70's Afro the size of a beach ball), and he's sure to have his mind on romance.", "author": "", "desk": "Summer Movies"},
{"id": "1391624_0", "date": "2002-05-12", "sourceId": "Q888302", "sourceLabel": "Bob Vila", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/05/12/1391624", "aUrlId": "9C06E1D71630F931A25756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Redes, 45, is midsize and wry-smiled, with dark hair and a beard dusted with gray; he wears a uniform of black fleece shirt, jeans and work boots, looking a little like the *Bob Vila* of /underground construction/.", "author": "Sullivan, Robert", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1393302_0", "date": "2002-05-19", "sourceId": "Q3178690", "sourceLabel": "Mel Allen", "sourceImId": "Mel_Allen_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/46/Mel_Allen_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Mel_Allen_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/05/19/1393302", "aUrlId": "9C06E5DC1439F93AA25756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "I was a total political junkie, and I thought, Wow, this is the *Mel Allen* of /news and politics/.''", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1393302_1", "date": "2002-05-19", "sourceId": "Q345004", "sourceLabel": "Mickey Mantle", "sourceImId": "Mickey_Mantle_1953.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/66/Mickey_Mantle_1953.jpg/180px-Mickey_Mantle_1953.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/05/19/1393302", "aUrlId": "9C06E5DC1439F93AA25756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Yes, I did,'' he said and then added, ''I frequently call myself the *Mickey Mantle* of /network news/.''", "author": "Rich, Frank", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1394770_0", "date": "2002-05-24", "sourceId": "Q192506", "sourceLabel": "Vladimir Horowitz", "sourceImId": "Vladimir_Horowitz_1986.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c3/Vladimir_Horowitz_1986.jpg/180px-Vladimir_Horowitz_1986.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "2002/05/24/1394770", "aUrlId": "9D0CEFD71E38F937A15756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "De Kooning was the *Vladimir Horowitz* of /the brushstroke/.", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1395217_0", "date": "2002-05-26", "sourceId": "Q140694", "sourceLabel": "Alexis de Tocqueville", "sourceImId": "Alexis_de_tocqueville_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Alexis_de_tocqueville_cropped.jpg/180px-Alexis_de_tocqueville_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/05/26/1395217", "aUrlId": "950CE1DA1F39F935A15756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "|In The Eternal Frontier|: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples, by Tim Flannery (Grove, $16), a *Tocqueville* of /American biogeography/ bravely tackles the continent's last 65 million years, surveying an evolutionary work in progress in which waves of invaders adapt and become extinct, clearing the way for new immigrant species.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1395761_0", "date": "2002-05-27", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/05/27/1395761", "aUrlId": "9E00E7DF123BF934A15756C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Frederick Ashton was the *Shakespeare* of /ballet/ -- not the playwright who composed revenge tragedies, but the poet who wrote love sonnets.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1396874_0", "date": "2002-06-01", "sourceId": "Q1065595", "sourceLabel": "Charles Murray", "sourceImId": "Charles_Murray_Speaking_at_FreedomFest.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Charles_Murray_Speaking_at_FreedomFest.jpeg/180px-Charles_Murray_Speaking_at_FreedomFest.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/06/01/1396874", "aUrlId": "9E01E3DF153AF932A35755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "If there is a *Charles Murray* of /this debate/ it is |William Easterly|, an apostate World Bank economist who wrote an authoritative book last year outlining the failure of foreign aid to generate economic growth.", "author": "Keller, Bill", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1396996_0", "date": "2002-06-02", "sourceId": "Q80739", "sourceLabel": "Charlton Heston", "sourceImId": "Charlton_Heston_-_1953.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dc/Charlton_Heston_-_1953.jpg/180px-Charlton_Heston_-_1953.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/06/02/1396996", "aUrlId": "9E02E4D81E38F931A35755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Ted Nugent is, of course, the 70's-era gonzo rock star (''Cat Scratch Fever'') who's become the *Charlton Heston* of /the VH1 ''Behind the Music'' generation/.", "author": "Garner, Dwight", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1397208_0", "date": "2002-06-02", "sourceId": "Q230728", "sourceLabel": "Vera Wang", "sourceImId": "Vera_Wang_2009_portrait_Tribeca.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Vera_Wang_2009_portrait_Tribeca.jpg/180px-Vera_Wang_2009_portrait_Tribeca.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/06/02/1397208", "aUrlId": "9504E3DA173AF931A35755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "For nine-month brides going the whole nine yards, Liz Lange is arguably the *Vera Wang* of /the maternity bridal world/, offering form-fitting custom-made silk dresses for brides and bridesmaids ($335 to $450) with matching wraps or coats.", "author": "Tien, Ellen", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1398576_0", "date": "2002-06-07", "sourceId": "Q2599", "sourceLabel": "Paul McCartney", "sourceImId": "Paul_McCartney_in_October_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d6/Paul_McCartney_in_October_2018.jpg/180px-Paul_McCartney_in_October_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/06/07/1398576", "aUrlId": "9A07E4D9143DF934A35755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He was the *Paul McCartney* of /the Ramones/.", "author": "Pareles, Jon", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1399590_0", "date": "2002-06-11", "sourceId": "Q5237521", "sourceLabel": "David Merrick", "sourceImId": "David_Merrick_(13563015335).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/David_Merrick_%2813563015335%29.jpg/180px-David_Merrick_%2813563015335%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/06/11/1399590", "aUrlId": "9A06E3DB113DF932A25755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "In some senses |Mr. Young| has emerged as a *David Merrick* of /the provinces/.", "author": "Kinzer, Stephen", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1400433_0", "date": "2002-06-14", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/06/14/1400433", "aUrlId": "9A05EED7153CF937A25755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The depths of Coolidge's anonymity surprise Mrs. Acheson; after all, she said, ''He is supposed to be the *Michelangelo* of /the dog world/.''", "author": "Barry, Dan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1401116_0", "date": "2002-06-16", "sourceId": "Q1346641", "sourceLabel": "Johnnie Cochran", "sourceImId": "JohnnieCochran_2001.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/JohnnieCochran_2001.jpg/180px-JohnnieCochran_2001.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/06/16/1401116", "aUrlId": "9403E1DC103CF935A25755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Although James M. Roux, 42, stoutly described his partner as ''the *Johnnie Cochran* of /Katmandu/,'' Mr. Roux himself, a spirited litigator, outdoorsman and windmill-tilter, made impracticality an art form.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1401325_0", "date": "2002-06-17", "sourceId": "Q170779", "sourceLabel": "Cassandra", "sourceImId": "Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Cassandra1.jpeg/180px-Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/06/17/1401325", "aUrlId": "9400E7DB113CF934A25755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Peter Olson, the chairman of Random House, played the *Cassandra* of /the book business/ last fall, warning at every opportunity that a prolonged downturn was gripping the industry.", "author": "Kirkpatrick, David D", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1401789_0", "date": "2002-06-19", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/06/19/1401789", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2D8163FF93AA25755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "It's not easy being an agent for the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /suburban animals/.", "author": "Purdy, Matthew", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1402178_0", "date": "2002-06-21", "sourceId": "Q4605", "sourceLabel": "Sarah Bernhardt", "sourceImId": "Sarah_Bernhardt_by_Paul_Nadar_(crop).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/11/Sarah_Bernhardt_by_Paul_Nadar_%28crop%29.jpg/180px-Sarah_Bernhardt_by_Paul_Nadar_%28crop%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/06/21/1402178", "aUrlId": "9C04E3DB1339F932A15755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Marly's grandly histrionic mother, Delia Temple (Jane Alexander), known as ''the *Sarah Bernhardt* of /Delrona Beach/,'' runs the community theater and is a devout environmentalist.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1402457_0", "date": "2002-06-22", "sourceId": "Q128121", "sourceLabel": "Mick Jagger", "sourceImId": "Rolling_Stones_04.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/74/Rolling_Stones_04.jpg/180px-Rolling_Stones_04.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/06/22/1402457", "aUrlId": "9B07E5D7133FF931A15755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "He carried off a frantic, spidery version of Vivaldi's ''Winter'' concerto (abridged) and followed it with some remarks about how Paganini was ''the *Mick Jagger* of /the 19th century/.''", "author": "Sanneh, Kelefa", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1402939_0", "date": "2002-06-23", "sourceId": "Q169452", "sourceLabel": "Shaquille O'Neal", "sourceImId": "Shaqmiami.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a7/Shaqmiami.jpg/180px-Shaqmiami.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/06/23/1402939", "aUrlId": "9500E6DF103FF930A15755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "While technology spending has stagnated, the company remains the *Shaquille O'Neal* of /its core markets/, dominating the competition.", "author": "Richtel, Matt", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1403001_0", "date": "2002-06-23", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/06/23/1403001", "aUrlId": "9505E5D9113FF930A15755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Next to Jerry Krause, this was the *Greta Garbo* of /team executives/.", "author": "Wise, Mike", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1403602_0", "date": "2002-06-26", "sourceId": "Q44306", "sourceLabel": "Salman Rushdie", "sourceImId": "Hayfestival-2016-Salman-Rushdie-1-cu.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3c/Hayfestival-2016-Salman-Rushdie-1-cu.jpg/180px-Hayfestival-2016-Salman-Rushdie-1-cu.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/06/26/1403602", "aUrlId": "9C02EEDC173EF935A15755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "A newspaper published two days before the loya jirga began on June 11 quoted Dr. Samar as saying she did not believe in Islamic Shariat law -- a misquote, she says -- and called her the *Salman Rushdie* of /Afghanistan/, intimating she deserved the same death threat that the British author earned for alleged blasphemy in his work.", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1404479_0", "date": "2002-06-30", "sourceId": "Q83359", "sourceLabel": "James Dean", "sourceImId": "James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a4/James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg/180px-James_Dean_in_East_of_Eden_trailer_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/06/30/1404479", "aUrlId": "9504E0DB153FF933A05755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "In his youth, Baker was described as ''the *James Dean* of /jazz/,'' but he was really its Elvis.", "author": "Hajdu, David", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1404747_0", "date": "2002-06-30", "sourceId": "Q353511", "sourceLabel": "Derek Jeter", "sourceImId": "Derek_Jeter_batting_9-3-2005_New_York_Yankees.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2e/Derek_Jeter_batting_9-3-2005_New_York_Yankees.JPG/180px-Derek_Jeter_batting_9-3-2005_New_York_Yankees.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/06/30/1404747", "aUrlId": "9C0CE3DA103EF933A05755C0A9649C8B63", "text": "I was the *Derek Jeter* of /the 70's/,'' he remembered last year, leaning against a batting cage at the Yankee camp in Florida.", "author": "Mahler, Jonathan", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1405095_0", "date": "2002-07-01", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/07/01/1405095", "aUrlId": "9F07E5D71F3EF932A35754C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Kiraly, he's like the *Michael Jordan* of /the sport/,'' said Armato, who founded the A.V.P.", "author": "Popper, Steve", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1405644_0", "date": "2002-07-04", "sourceId": "Q450619", "sourceLabel": "Diana Vreeland", "sourceImId": "Diana_Vreeland_1978_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/77/Diana_Vreeland_1978_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert.jpg/180px-Diana_Vreeland_1978_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2002/07/04/1405644", "aUrlId": "9A07E0DF1231F937A35754C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The interior designer Jeffrey Bilhuber called her the *Diana Vreeland* of /shelter magazines/.", "author": "Iovine, Julie V", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1405903_0", "date": "2002-07-05", "sourceId": "Q231417", "sourceLabel": "Barbara Walters", "sourceImId": "Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ad/Barbara_Walters.jpg/180px-Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/07/05/1405903", "aUrlId": "9B05E0DE1031F936A35754C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Ms. Kan, whom People magazine once called the *Barbara Walters* of /China/ because she was a mainstay of Chinese television for years, had another engagement on Miss Moffo's birthday -- a television appearance.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1406524_0", "date": "2002-07-07", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/07/07/1406524", "aUrlId": "9B03E3DD1F31F934A35754C0A9649C8B63", "text": "By then, he was more like the *John Wayne* of /the post/-''True Grit'' period, more melancholy and open to adulation than in his heyday.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1406824_0", "date": "2002-07-09", "sourceId": "Q231178", "sourceLabel": "Gloria Steinem", "sourceImId": "Gloria_Steinem_(29126367513)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a6/Gloria_Steinem_%2829126367513%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gloria_Steinem_%2829126367513%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/07/09/1406824", "aUrlId": "980DE3D91630F93AA35754C0A9649C8B63", "text": "The author goes a bit overboard with her feminist fable, turning Mary into the *Gloria Steinem* of /Galilee/.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1407344_0", "date": "2002-07-11", "sourceId": "Q1413", "sourceLabel": "Nero", "sourceImId": "Nero_pushkin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Nero_pushkin.jpg/180px-Nero_pushkin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/07/11/1407344", "aUrlId": "980DE5D71230F932A25754C0A9649C8B63", "text": "One banner described Mr. Fischler as ''the *Nero* of /European agriculture/.''", "author": "Erlanger, Steven", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1407365_0", "date": "2002-07-11", "sourceId": "Q325374", "sourceLabel": "Phil Mickelson", "sourceImId": "Phil_Mickelson_@_2008_US_Open,_Torrey_Pines,_San_Diego,_CA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Phil_Mickelson_%40_2008_US_Open%2C_Torrey_Pines%2C_San_Diego%2C_CA.jpg/180px-Phil_Mickelson_%40_2008_US_Open%2C_Torrey_Pines%2C_San_Diego%2C_CA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/07/11/1407365", "aUrlId": "9904E2D61230F932A25754C0A9649C8B63", "text": "I own the *Phil Mickelson* of /mules/,'' said Taz's owner, Don Jacklin.", "author": "Finley, Bill", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1407494_0", "date": "2002-07-12", "sourceId": "Q76478", "sourceLabel": "Kirsten Dunst", "sourceImId": "Kirsten_Dunst_Cannes_2016.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/Kirsten_Dunst_Cannes_2016.jpg/180px-Kirsten_Dunst_Cannes_2016.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/07/12/1407494", "aUrlId": "9E00E0DA1330F931A25754C0A9649C8B63", "text": "In the depths, a young woman, Maria (Brigitte Helm, the *Kirsten Dunst* of /the Weimar Republic/), prophesies the coming of a messianic figure called the Mediator, whose name sums up the temperate, reformist message buried in the movie's sweep and bombast.", "author": "Scott, A O", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "1411767_0", "date": "2002-07-28", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/07/28/1411767", "aUrlId": "9A05E5DE173BF93BA15754C0A9649C8B63", "text": "Babe Ruth, who was at the arena, posed with her and squeezed her biceps; she was called ''the *Babe Ruth* of /women's softball/.''", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1419367_0", "date": "2002-08-29", "sourceId": "Q333419", "sourceLabel": "Luther Burbank", "sourceImId": "Burbank_Shaw_c1902.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/36/Burbank_Shaw_c1902.jpg/180px-Burbank_Shaw_c1902.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/08/29/1419367", "aUrlId": "9A03E2DD163FF93AA1575BC0A9649C8B63", "text": "Mr. Spain, 81, is the *Luther Burbank* of /winter-hardy cactuses in the Northeast/.", "author": "Panich, Paula", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
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{"id": "1420809_0", "date": "2002-09-04", "sourceId": "Q79031", "sourceLabel": "Mike Tyson", "sourceImId": "Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Mike_Tyson_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2002/09/04/1420809", "aUrlId": "9E05E7DB1F3FF937A3575AC0A9649C8B63", "text": "Mr. Douglas, with his seething hostility, is the *Mike Tyson* of /actors/.", "author": "Mitchell, Elvis", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1425037_0", "date": "2002-09-20", "sourceId": "Q9588", "sourceLabel": "Richard Nixon", "sourceImId": "Richard_M._Nixon,_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/39/Richard_M._Nixon%2C_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg/180px-Richard_M._Nixon%2C_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/09/20/1425037", "aUrlId": "9801E5DD1030F933A1575AC0A9649C8B63", "text": "In addition to Oppenheimer, Mr. Herken has chosen to focus on two other prominent scientists who played crucial roles in nuclear research: Ernest O. Lawrence, the Nobel laureate, who invented the cyclotron and presided over Berkeley's Radiation Laboratory, which looked to benefit from lucrative government financing; and Edward Teller, the Hungarian \u00e9migr\u00e9 physicist, who helped invent the hydrogen bomb and whose dark, brooding personality caused Richard Rhodes to dub him ''the *Richard Nixon* of /American science/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "1427197_0", "date": "2002-09-28", "sourceId": "Q11212217", "sourceLabel": "Percy Foreman", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/09/28/1427197", "aUrlId": "9407E6DC1638F93BA1575AC0A9649C8B63", "text": "He insisted that he was not the *Percy Foreman* of /Odessa/, but that Mr. Foreman, the famed lawyer, was the Warren Burnett of Houston.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "1427827_0", "date": "2002-09-29", "sourceId": "Q133054", "sourceLabel": "Sylvia Plath", "sourceImId": "Sylvia_Plath.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/Sylvia_Plath.jpg/180px-Sylvia_Plath.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/09/29/1427827", "aUrlId": "990CE0DE1030F93AA1575AC0A9649C8B63", "text": "More recently Franklin has become, as Maddox puts it, ''the *Sylvia Plath* of /molecular biology/.''", "author": "Henig, Robin Marantz", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1429732_0", "date": "2002-10-06", "sourceId": "Q79904", "sourceLabel": "J. D. Salinger", "sourceImId": "J-D-Salinger-Illustration-TIME-1961.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/J-D-Salinger-Illustration-TIME-1961.jpg/180px-J-D-Salinger-Illustration-TIME-1961.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/06/1429732", "aUrlId": "9D07E4D6153BF935A35753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Bertarelli takes traditional Swiss discretion to new levels: as the only syndicate head who refuses to give interviews, he is the *J. D. Salinger* of /the docks/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1429887_0", "date": "2002-10-07", "sourceId": "Q36322", "sourceLabel": "Jane Austen", "sourceImId": "CassandraAusten-JaneAusten(c.1810)_hires.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/CassandraAusten-JaneAusten%28c.1810%29_hires.jpg/180px-CassandraAusten-JaneAusten%28c.1810%29_hires.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/07/1429887", "aUrlId": "9B03E6DC123BF934A35753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "|Ms. Pearson| does so well in capturing the funny, calculating aspects of her English heroine's life that The Guardian has called her ''a *Jane Austen* among /working mothers/.''", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1430643_0", "date": "2002-10-10", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/10/1430643", "aUrlId": "9C06E4DF163AF933A25753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "There is also a series of print ads, including a six-page magazine insert that thumbnails Mr. Earl's history and labels him ''the *da Vinci* of /Detroit/.''", "author": "Hakim, Danny", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1431340_0", "date": "2002-10-13", "sourceId": "Q38203", "sourceLabel": "Helen Keller", "sourceImId": "Helen_Keller_circa_1920_-_restored.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Helen_Keller_circa_1920_-_restored.jpg/180px-Helen_Keller_circa_1920_-_restored.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/13/1431340", "aUrlId": "9D04E1D6103BF930A25753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Referring to me as the *Helen Keller* of /fashion/, they vowed to be my Annie Sullivans.", "author": "Duffy, Karen", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1431931_0", "date": "2002-10-14", "sourceId": "Q1168491", "sourceLabel": "Charlie Brown", "sourceImId": "Linus_and_Charlie_Brown.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Linus_and_Charlie_Brown.jpg/180px-Linus_and_Charlie_Brown.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/14/1431931", "aUrlId": "9E04E7DA113AF937A25753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Since then, Mr. Carter has been the *Charlie Brown* of /Nobel candidates/, nominated almost every year.", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1432309_0", "date": "2002-10-16", "sourceId": "Q212648", "sourceLabel": "Rudy Giuliani", "sourceImId": "Rudy_Giuliani.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Rudy_Giuliani.jpg/180px-Rudy_Giuliani.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/16/1432309", "aUrlId": "9905E5DA163DF935A25753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "We know that Virginia's governor, Mark Warner, is bucking to be the *Rudy Giuliani* of /the crisis/; Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is trying to capitalize on her personal history with tragic gun killings to save her limp gubernatorial bid; Democrats in Congress tried to capitalize by rushing to pass a small-bore gun control measure that was going to pass anyway; President Bush and the G.O.P.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1432877_0", "date": "2002-10-18", "sourceId": "Q6101", "sourceLabel": "Marco Polo", "sourceImId": "Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg/180px-Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/18/1432877", "aUrlId": "9B04E2DE133DF93BA25753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Mr. Zurita, a professional chef who has clearly earned the title of the *Marco Polo* of /the mess hall/, gave it a moment's thought, then added Ethiopian, Greek, Israeli, Kenyan, Mexican, Portuguese, Dominican and Thai.", "author": "Feuer, Alan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1433170_0", "date": "2002-10-20", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/20/1433170", "aUrlId": "9E03E4D6163AF933A15753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "If his autobiography, ''Memoirs,'' is to be believed, |David Rockefeller| is one such person, a *Mozart* of /modulated tones/.", "author": "Brooks, David", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1433181_0", "date": "2002-10-20", "sourceId": "Q1124", "sourceLabel": "Bill Clinton", "sourceImId": "Bill_Clinton_portrait_(2015).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/83/Bill_Clinton_portrait_%282015%29.jpg/180px-Bill_Clinton_portrait_%282015%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "2002/10/20/1433181", "aUrlId": "9C01E2D6163AF933A15753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "A likable seducer, he enjoyed a reputation as ''the *Bill Clinton* of /Sudan/.''", "author": "Packer, George", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1433258_0", "date": "2002-10-20", "sourceId": "Q103949", "sourceLabel": "Buster Keaton", "sourceImId": "Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Busterkeaton_edit.jpg/180px-Busterkeaton_edit.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/20/1433258", "aUrlId": "9F04E2DB1F3AF933A15753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Robbins himself was a master of baggy-pants comedy in his Broadway days, and had it suited him, he probably could have become the *Buster Keaton* of /ballet/ as well.", "author": "Teachout, Terry", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1433275_0", "date": "2002-10-20", "sourceId": "Q184746", "sourceLabel": "Jane Goodall", "sourceImId": "Jane_Goodall_HK.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dc/Jane_Goodall_HK.jpg/180px-Jane_Goodall_HK.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.5", "fId": "2002/10/20/1433275", "aUrlId": "9A02E5D71F3AF933A15753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "I feel like I'm the *Jane Goodall* of /rock photography/.''", "author": "Morgan, Brendan", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1433404_0", "date": "2002-10-20", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/20/1433404", "aUrlId": "9D03E4DF123DF933A15753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "|He|'s a *Picasso* of /the pumpkins/.''", "author": "Miller, Stuart", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1435756_0", "date": "2002-10-28", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/10/28/1435756", "aUrlId": "9B02E5D6163FF93BA15753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Only three years ago, he was derided as ''the *Elvis* of /hip-hop/,'' or a raw version of the 1980's flattopped performer Vanilla Ice (no comparison could be worse on these streets).", "author": "Holloway, Lynette", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1435844_0", "date": "2002-10-28", "sourceId": "Q444", "sourceLabel": "Lech Wa\u0142\u0119sa", "sourceImId": "Lech_Walesa_-_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Lech_Walesa_-_2009.jpg/180px-Lech_Walesa_-_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/10/28/1435844", "aUrlId": "9805E2D8173FF93BA15753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Freed in 1980 after a worldwide campaign in which he was called ''the *Lech Walesa* of /Brazil/,'' Mr. da Silva, along with a group of intellectuals, labor leaders, Liberation Theology advocates and environmentalists soon thereafter founded the Workers' Party.", "author": "Rohter, Larry", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1436301_0", "date": "2002-10-30", "sourceId": "Q2777857", "sourceLabel": "Rosie Ruiz", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/10/30/1436301", "aUrlId": "990DEFDE133FF933A05753C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Former Senator Frank Lautenberg, the *Rosie Ruiz* of /the New Jersey race/, agreed to just two debates.", "author": "Purdy, Matthew", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1436755_0", "date": "2002-11-01", "sourceId": "Q169452", "sourceLabel": "Shaquille O'Neal", "sourceImId": "Shaqmiami.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a7/Shaqmiami.jpg/180px-Shaqmiami.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/11/01/1436755", "aUrlId": "940CE0DA1E3FF932A35752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "But there was no flag on the play, one of many that have fueled the belief in the Giants' organization that in the first season after Strahan broke the record for sacks, rules do not seem to apply when it comes to stopping him -- as if Strahan has become the *Shaquille O'Neal* of /the N.F.L./", "author": "Olney, Buster", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1437108_0", "date": "2002-11-03", "sourceId": "Q170779", "sourceLabel": "Cassandra", "sourceImId": "Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Cassandra1.jpeg/180px-Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/11/03/1437108", "aUrlId": "9C01E6DF133CF930A35752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Is he the *Cassandra* of /our age/, prophesying disasters to which we, like the citizens of doomed Troy, willfully stop our ears?", "author": "Sutherland, John", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1437138_0", "date": "2002-11-03", "sourceId": "Q298658", "sourceLabel": "David Spade", "sourceImId": "David_Spade_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7f/David_Spade_1.jpg/180px-David_Spade_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/11/03/1437138", "aUrlId": "9D0DE6DF143FF930A35752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "One longtime senior network executive says of ABC's gamble: ''To me this guy is the *David Spade* of /late night/.", "author": "Carter, Bill", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1437189_0", "date": "2002-11-03", "sourceId": "Q41871", "sourceLabel": "Paul Newman", "sourceImId": "Paul_Newman_1954.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ed/Paul_Newman_1954.JPG/180px-Paul_Newman_1954.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/11/03/1437189", "aUrlId": "9800E4DA123FF930A35752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Amitabh Bachchan, the *Paul Newman* of /Bollywood/, stars as one of six complete strangers who team up to commit the perfect crime.", "author": "Gates, Anita; O'Connor, Suzanne", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1437699_0", "date": "2002-11-04", "sourceId": "Q6105295", "sourceLabel": "J. D. Power", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/11/04/1437699", "aUrlId": "9C00E0D8143EF937A35752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "I'm not saying we'll be the *J. D. Power* of /corporate governance/,'' said Jack Kemp, the former Cabinet secretary and chairman of the new venture, referring to the reviewer of automobiles.", "author": "Glater, Jonathan D", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1438644_0", "date": "2002-11-07", "sourceId": "Q2903144", "sourceLabel": "Bill Buckner", "sourceImId": "Bill_Buckner_810611.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Bill_Buckner_810611.JPG/180px-Bill_Buckner_810611.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/11/07/1438644", "aUrlId": "9406EEDE1F3EF934A35752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "But today Mr. Savaglio is the *Bill Buckner* of /American politics/.", "author": "Stanley, Alessandra", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1438902_0", "date": "2002-11-08", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/11/08/1438902", "aUrlId": "9D01E6DC1731F93BA35752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "He's the *Cal Ripken* of /Japan/, but with more punch,'' said Marty Kuehnert, a sports broadcaster and longtime resident in Japan.", "author": "Belson, Ken", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1439577_0", "date": "2002-11-10", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/11/10/1439577", "aUrlId": "9D0DE0DE1231F933A25752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Mr. Stephens is quick to say that he is the *Jackie Robinson* of /stickball/, having been the first white man to play on an otherwise all-black team.", "author": "Feuer, Alan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1441244_0", "date": "2002-11-17", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/11/17/1441244", "aUrlId": "9E07EFDA1F31F934A25752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Over the roar of laughter and loud party prattle, Ms. Haan, whom members refer to as ''the *Martha Stewart* of /the bunch/,'' opened the neatly penned journal of memories she has kept since the club started.", "author": "Maker, Elizabeth", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1441248_0", "date": "2002-11-17", "sourceId": "Q285536", "sourceLabel": "Imelda Marcos", "sourceImId": "Imeldamarcos1982.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Imeldamarcos1982.jpg/180px-Imeldamarcos1982.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/11/17/1441248", "aUrlId": "9D07E0D91F31F934A25752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "We all become the *Imelda Marcos* of /paper/,'' Ms. Kavanaugh said.", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1442995_0", "date": "2002-11-23", "sourceId": "Q48259", "sourceLabel": "Dick Cheney", "sourceImId": "Dick_Cheney_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Dick_Cheney_2.jpg/180px-Dick_Cheney_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/11/23/1442995", "aUrlId": "940CE3D61339F930A15752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "He was the *Dick Cheney* of /ancient Egypt/.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1443301_0", "date": "2002-11-24", "sourceId": "Q219862", "sourceLabel": "Raymond Carver", "sourceImId": "Raymond_Carver.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/Raymond_Carver.jpg/180px-Raymond_Carver.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/11/24/1443301", "aUrlId": "9A04EFDE1039F937A15752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "They rhapsodize that his amazing vignettes of dysfunctional families make him the *Raymond Carver* of /hip-hop/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1443485_0", "date": "2002-11-24", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/11/24/1443485", "aUrlId": "9A0CE6DB1130F937A15752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "(Already one player has become the *Donald Trump* of /the online Sims world/, acquiring enough money and property to open a string of coffee shops, stores and clubs.)", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1444011_0", "date": "2002-11-27", "sourceId": "Q71243", "sourceLabel": "Clark Gable", "sourceImId": "Clark_Gable_-_publicity.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Clark_Gable_-_publicity.JPG/180px-Clark_Gable_-_publicity.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/11/27/1444011", "aUrlId": "9405E1DC1638F934A15752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "In the Hollywood pantheon of recycled heroes, he suggests a *Clark Gable* for /the new millennium/, without the raised eyebrow and rakish leer.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1444117_0", "date": "2002-11-27", "sourceId": "Q5202642", "sourceLabel": "C\u00e9sar Tovar", "sourceImId": "Cesar_Tovar_-_Texas_Rangers_-_1974.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/33/Cesar_Tovar_-_Texas_Rangers_-_1974.jpg/180px-Cesar_Tovar_-_Texas_Rangers_-_1974.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/11/27/1444117", "aUrlId": "9B0CE4D71738F934A15752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "But there are nuances: a great team like the Atlanta Braves will cost more to watch on weekends than on weeknights, and a middling team like the Philadelphia Phillies has become a utilityman of sorts, the *C\u00e9sar Tovar* of /the schedule/, moving through three ticket tiers depending on the date.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1444510_0", "date": "2002-11-29", "sourceId": "Q366563", "sourceLabel": "Dick Clark", "sourceImId": "Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ca/Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG/180px-Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/11/29/1444510", "aUrlId": "980DEEDE1238F93AA15752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Corny Collins is ''the *Dick Clark* of /Baltimore/,'' Mr. Thorell said.", "author": "Pogrebin, Robin", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1444713_0", "date": "2002-11-30", "sourceId": "Q587455", "sourceLabel": "Barry Diller", "sourceImId": "Barry_Diller_Shankbone_Metropolitan_Opera_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0f/Barry_Diller_Shankbone_Metropolitan_Opera_2009.jpg/180px-Barry_Diller_Shankbone_Metropolitan_Opera_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/11/30/1444713", "aUrlId": "9900E1DD1038F933A05752C1A9649C8B63", "text": "One might think of him as the *Barry Diller* of /Jackson Hole, Wyo./, where Mr. Blum recently moved with his wife, Audrey, a former model, and their twins.", "author": "Hansell, Saul", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1444800_0", "date": "2002-12-01", "sourceId": "Q171556", "sourceLabel": "Yves Saint Laurent", "sourceImId": "Study_of_Yves_Saint_Laurent_by_Reginald_Gray.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Study_of_Yves_Saint_Laurent_by_Reginald_Gray.jpg/180px-Study_of_Yves_Saint_Laurent_by_Reginald_Gray.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/12/01/1444800", "aUrlId": "9B0DE2D81639F932A35751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "But Miguel was being heralded as the *Yves Saint Laurent* of /American fashion/.", "author": "Hirschberg, Lynn", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1445460_0", "date": "2002-12-03", "sourceId": "Q79904", "sourceLabel": "J. D. Salinger", "sourceImId": "J-D-Salinger-Illustration-TIME-1961.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/J-D-Salinger-Illustration-TIME-1961.jpg/180px-J-D-Salinger-Illustration-TIME-1961.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/12/03/1445460", "aUrlId": "9E0CE4DD1F38F930A35751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "But Mr. Trudeau, who has not given a sit-down television interview in 31 years, is the *J. D. Salinger* of /comic strip artists/.", "author": "Stanley, Alessandra", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1446605_0", "date": "2002-12-07", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/12/07/1446605", "aUrlId": "9807E4D9113BF934A35751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "The singer, known as the *Madonna* of /Mexico/, was an icon of rebellion among young girls until she was accused of luring girls into sexual relationships with her manager.", "author": "Thompson, Ginger", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1447293_0", "date": "2002-12-09", "sourceId": "Q311719", "sourceLabel": "Adlai Stevenson II", "sourceImId": "AdlaiEStevenson1900-1965.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/AdlaiEStevenson1900-1965.jpg/180px-AdlaiEStevenson1900-1965.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/12/09/1447293", "aUrlId": "9C03E4D71F3BF93AA35751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "The administration is betting that Mr. Saadi and his colleagues together will ultimately prove to be the *Adlai Stevenson* of /this drama/, that they will unintentionally provide the road map to continuing weapons projects, or false claims that those projects have been dismantled.", "author": "Sanger, David E", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1448831_0", "date": "2002-12-15", "sourceId": "Q7314", "sourceLabel": "Igor Stravinsky", "sourceImId": "Igor_Stravinsky_LOC_32392u.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/33/Igor_Stravinsky_LOC_32392u.jpg/180px-Igor_Stravinsky_LOC_32392u.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/12/15/1448831", "aUrlId": "9D05E0DC133AF936A25751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Al, who is 42 and has two children and can often be found listening to sports radio as his car idles in a parking lot, fancies himself the *Stravinsky* of /excuses/.", "author": "Fuchs, Marek", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1449879_0", "date": "2002-12-19", "sourceId": "Q57384", "sourceLabel": "Wernher von Braun", "sourceImId": "Wernher_von_Braun.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/Wernher_von_Braun.jpg/180px-Wernher_von_Braun.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/12/19/1449879", "aUrlId": "9F00E1DD133DF93AA25751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Approached by the Whirlpool Corporation two years ago to be a consumer ''pilot'' for a next generation of fabric-care appliances, Mrs. Bova quickly proved to be the *Wernher von Braun* of /duds-in-suds/, pushing the $10 billion company toward imagining a braver future -- brighter, cleaner, fresher!", "author": "Hamilton, William L", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1450289_0", "date": "2002-12-20", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "2002/12/20/1450289", "aUrlId": "9D02E3DD1E3DF933A15751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "The traditional idea is to stamp the feet to drown out any mention of Haman, the *Hitler* of /his Biblical day/; Mr. Borocz has worked up elaborate wooden toys in which shoes are activated by cranks to produce that result.", "author": "Glueck, Grace", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1450439_0", "date": "2002-12-21", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2002/12/21/1450439", "aUrlId": "9F0DEED81F3DF932A15751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "That is helping Gerald R. Ford, once parodied as the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /presidents/, to enjoy a rehabilitation of sorts, bringing new respect for his leadership skills.", "author": "Marquis, Christopher", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "1450658_0", "date": "2002-12-22", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/12/22/1450658", "aUrlId": "9902E2DB133DF931A15751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "He was introduced as the *Michael Jordan* of /hunting and fishing/.", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1451562_0", "date": "2002-12-26", "sourceId": "Q552819", "sourceLabel": "Hank Williams Jr.", "sourceImId": "Hank_Williams,_Jr._(2006).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6b/Hank_Williams%2C_Jr._%282006%29.jpg/180px-Hank_Williams%2C_Jr._%282006%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/12/26/1451562", "aUrlId": "9807E4DF103CF935A15751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Take: Rushing to release this less than a year after his last album, Mr. Keith sings of vengeance, vacation and the rodeo, becoming the *Hank Williams Jr.* of /the moment/.", "author": "Strauss, Neil", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1451810_0", "date": "2002-12-27", "sourceId": "Q5950", "sourceLabel": "James Brown", "sourceImId": "Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Jamesbrown4.jpg/180px-Jamesbrown4.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2002/12/27/1451810", "aUrlId": "9C05E5DC1E3CF934A15751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Chuck Schumer is the *James Brown* of /politics/ -- no one works harder,'' said Hank Sheinkopf, a Democratic consultant in New York.", "author": "Hernandez, Raymond", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1452071_0", "date": "2002-12-29", "sourceId": "Q3838473", "sourceLabel": "Lucia Pamela", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2002/12/29/1452071", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3DB143CF93AA15751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "She's the *Lucia Pamela* of /her day/.", "author": "Kushner, Tony", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1452073_0", "date": "2002-12-29", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2002/12/29/1452073", "aUrlId": "9C06E2DB143CF93AA15751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Lee's vixeny style made her something like the *Madonna* of /her time/ (an idea verified for me by, of all people, my neighborhood butcher, a New Deal baby who said of Lee, ''Oh, she was the bad girl'').", "author": "Hoerburger, Rob", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1452280_0", "date": "2002-12-29", "sourceId": "Q1586470", "sourceLabel": "Harry Cohn", "sourceImId": "Harry_Cohn_Oscar_1938_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1a/Harry_Cohn_Oscar_1938_cropped.jpg/180px-Harry_Cohn_Oscar_1938_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/12/29/1452280", "aUrlId": "9C0DE2D71E3CF93AA15751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "He's the *Harry Cohn* of /today/.''", "author": "Carter, Bill", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1452372_0", "date": "2002-12-29", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2002/12/29/1452372", "aUrlId": "940CE4D8163FF93AA15751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Mr. Byrd has occupied an extraordinarily beautiful suite, resplendent with frescoes by Constantino Brumidi, the Italian artist often called the *Michelangelo* of /the Capitol/.", "author": "Stolberg, Sheryl Gay", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1452742_0", "date": "2002-12-30", "sourceId": "Q128121", "sourceLabel": "Mick Jagger", "sourceImId": "Rolling_Stones_04.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/74/Rolling_Stones_04.jpg/180px-Rolling_Stones_04.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2002/12/30/1452742", "aUrlId": "9C02EFDA173FF933A05751C1A9649C8B63", "text": "Lord Byron was the *Mick Jagger* of /his time/, ''mad, bad, and dangerous to know,'' in the words of his tragic admirer Caroline Lamb.", "author": "Smith, Dinitia", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1453822_0", "date": "2003-01-05", "sourceId": "Q957543", "sourceLabel": "Ernest Shackleton", "sourceImId": "Shack-endurance.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/27/Shack-endurance.png/180px-Shack-endurance.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/01/05/1453822", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DB1E3CF936A35752C0A9659C8B63", "text": "The 19th-century explorer Richard Burton, the *Ernest Shackleton* of /sex/, wrote that if a woman can perform this technique, ''her husband will then value her above all women, nor would he exchange her for the most beautiful queen in the Three Worlds.''", "author": "Buckley, Christopher", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1455219_0", "date": "2003-01-10", "sourceId": "Q164487", "sourceLabel": "Ava Gardner", "sourceImId": "Studio_publicity_Ava_Gardner.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/89/Studio_publicity_Ava_Gardner.jpg/180px-Studio_publicity_Ava_Gardner.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/01/10/1455219", "aUrlId": "9B01E3D8113EF933A25752C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Strolling into the main room, designed to resemble a Renaissance Spanish courtyard, you come face to face with ''The Duchess of Alba,'' Goya's memorable portrait of the *Ava Gardner* of /Spanish nobility/.", "author": "Salamon, Julie", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1455690_0", "date": "2003-01-12", "sourceId": "Q216810", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "King_Kong_(1933)_movie_poster_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg/180px-King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/01/12/1455690", "aUrlId": "9900E3D7123EF931A25752C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Live is now the dominant player on the scene, the *King Kong* of /Southern California performance/.", "author": "Rockwell, John", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1455754_0", "date": "2003-01-12", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/01/12/1455754", "aUrlId": "9407E1D9133EF931A25752C0A9659C8B63", "text": "The question is, who wants to be the *Rosa Parks* of /computer science/?''", "author": "Stabiner, Karen", "desk": "Education Life Supplement"},
{"id": "1456006_0", "date": "2003-01-12", "sourceId": "Q558664", "sourceLabel": "Alex Rodriguez", "sourceImId": "A-Rod_Damon_adjusted.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c9/A-Rod_Damon_adjusted.jpg/180px-A-Rod_Damon_adjusted.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/01/12/1456006", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2D71731F931A25752C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Last year, the Rangers acted as if they were signing the *Alex Rodriguez* of /relievers/, giving Jay Powell a three-year, $9 million contract and Todd Van Poppel a three-year, $7.5 million deal.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1457548_0", "date": "2003-01-19", "sourceId": "Q9696", "sourceLabel": "John F. Kennedy", "sourceImId": "John_F._Kennedy,_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c3/John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg/180px-John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/01/19/1457548", "aUrlId": "9800E6DD1531F93AA25752C0A9659C8B63", "text": "But how to reconcile those rumors with others that have him down as a world-class womanizer, the *Jack Kennedy* of /the Sahara/, or with the official line that lists him as a doting husband and father to his seven children?", "author": "Anderson, Scott", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1457551_0", "date": "2003-01-19", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/01/19/1457551", "aUrlId": "9504E5DD1531F93AA25752C0A9659C8B63", "text": "If Wilt Chamberlain was the *Babe Ruth* of /basketball/, the outsize figure who forever changed his game's frame of reference, then West was the sport's DiMaggio, its understated classicist.", "author": "Coplon, Jeff", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1458686_0", "date": "2003-01-23", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/01/23/1458686", "aUrlId": "9807E1D81130F930A15752C0A9659C8B63", "text": "It was Feb. 19, 2002 and Eric Bergoust, the *Babe Ruth* of /freestyle aerials/, stood at the crest of a snowy hill making the last preparations for his final jump at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games.", "author": "Pennington, Bill", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1459685_0", "date": "2003-01-26", "sourceId": "Q107002", "sourceLabel": "Evelyn Waugh", "sourceImId": "Evelynwaugh.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/01/Evelynwaugh.jpeg/180px-Evelynwaugh.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/01/26/1459685", "aUrlId": "9B01E2DE1630F935A15752C0A9659C8B63", "text": "The result is a ''richly constructed and brilliantly ornamented'' roman-fleuve whose ''tinder-dry combustion of comic, indignant and elegiac suggests an *Evelyn Waugh* of /the left/,'' Richard Eder said in the Book Review last year.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1461536_0", "date": "2003-02-02", "sourceId": "Q234163", "sourceLabel": "Nell Gwyn", "sourceImId": "Nell_gwyn_peter_lely_c_1675.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Nell_gwyn_peter_lely_c_1675.jpg/180px-Nell_gwyn_peter_lely_c_1675.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/02/02/1461536", "aUrlId": "9E04E6D71438F931A35751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "One can almost imagine Mrs. Simpson in the court of Charles II, the Lady Castlemaine, if not the *Nell Gwyn* of /her day/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1462734_0", "date": "2003-02-06", "sourceId": "Q1048", "sourceLabel": "Julius Caesar", "sourceImId": "Gaius_Iulius_Caesar_(Vatican_Museum).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8f/Gaius_Iulius_Caesar_%28Vatican_Museum%29.jpg/180px-Gaius_Iulius_Caesar_%28Vatican_Museum%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/02/06/1462734", "aUrlId": "9E02E6DD173BF935A35751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Jim Irsay, the eccentric son of the erratic Bob Irsay, the *Caesar* of /sports carpetbaggers/, is now running the show for the Colts.", "author": "Pennington, Bill", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1462973_0", "date": "2003-02-07", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "2003/02/07/1462973", "aUrlId": "9901E5D6143BF934A35751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "The same was said of Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom the West saw as the *Hitler* of /the 1950's and 1960's/.", "author": "Kristof, Nicholas D", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1462973_1", "date": "2003-02-07", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "2003/02/07/1462973", "aUrlId": "9901E5D6143BF934A35751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "A better analogy is Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya, who used to be denounced as the *Hitler* of /the 1980's/.", "author": "Kristof, Nicholas D", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1463692_0", "date": "2003-02-09", "sourceId": "Q8027", "sourceLabel": "Martin Luther King, Jr.", "sourceImId": "Martin_Luther_King,_Jr..jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr..jpg/180px-Martin_Luther_King%2C_Jr..jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/02/09/1463692", "aUrlId": "9E02E2DE103BF93AA35751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "He's like the *Martin Luther King* of /basketball/,'' Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves said.", "author": "Robbins, Liz", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1463847_0", "date": "2003-02-10", "sourceId": "Q8704", "sourceLabel": "Walt Disney", "sourceImId": "Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walt_Disney_1946.JPG/180px-Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/02/10/1463847", "aUrlId": "9F07E3DB103BF933A25751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Another question is, Who will be the *Walt Disney* of /this era/?", "author": "Holson, Laura M", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1464040_0", "date": "2003-02-11", "sourceId": "Q2553832", "sourceLabel": "Azzedine Alaia", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2003/02/11/1464040", "aUrlId": "9A07E2DF1E3BF932A25751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "asked |the designer|, who thinks of himself, broadly, as an *Azzedine Ala\u00efa* for /the Almanac de Gotha set/.", "author": "Trebay, Guy", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1466343_0", "date": "2003-02-20", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2003/02/20/1466343", "aUrlId": "9A01E2D6143DF933A15751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "|He| does not mind being a *Rodney Dangerfield* of /re-enactment/.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1467023_0", "date": "2003-02-23", "sourceId": "Q13894", "sourceLabel": "Richard Strauss", "sourceImId": "Max_Liebermann_Bildnis_Richard_Strauss.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Max_Liebermann_Bildnis_Richard_Strauss.jpg/180px-Max_Liebermann_Bildnis_Richard_Strauss.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/02/23/1467023", "aUrlId": "9E02E0DF173DF930A15751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "The virtuosic writing, grand gestures and extremes of volume, with antecedents in ''Solar Trilogy'' (1992-95), Mr. Ruders's sprawling symphonic drama, illustrate the British critic Stephen Johnson's often repeated description of Mr. Ruders as ''the *Richard Strauss* of /the computer-age orchestra/.''", "author": "Jepson, Barbara", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1467070_0", "date": "2003-02-23", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/02/23/1467070", "aUrlId": "9A06E0DB153DF930A15751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "We want to be the *Johnny Appleseed* of /these projects/,'' Mr. Bee said, ''so we can see more of them proliferate.''", "author": "Mcdowell, Edwin", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "1467291_0", "date": "2003-02-23", "sourceId": "Q312348", "sourceLabel": "Thurgood Marshall", "sourceImId": "Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5d/Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg/180px-Thurgood-marshall-2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/02/23/1467291", "aUrlId": "9401E6D7113DF930A15751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "HE is sometimes called the *Thurgood Marshall* of /Long Island/.", "author": "Toy, Vivian S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1467291_1", "date": "2003-02-23", "sourceId": "Q1346641", "sourceLabel": "Johnnie Cochran", "sourceImId": "JohnnieCochran_2001.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/JohnnieCochran_2001.jpg/180px-JohnnieCochran_2001.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/02/23/1467291", "aUrlId": "9401E6D7113DF930A15751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Perhaps less flatteringly, Mr. Brewington also is sometimes called the *Johnnie Cochran* of /Long Island/.", "author": "Toy, Vivian S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1467644_0", "date": "2003-02-25", "sourceId": "Q1409", "sourceLabel": "Caligula", "sourceImId": "Gaius_Caligula_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/15/Gaius_Caligula_Head.jpg/180px-Gaius_Caligula_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/02/25/1467644", "aUrlId": "9C01E6DA1F3DF936A15751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "One of these, Dr. Edward O. Wilson, called him in a memoir ''the *Caligula* of /biology/.''", "author": "Wade, Nicholas", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1467976_0", "date": "2003-02-26", "sourceId": "Q442202", "sourceLabel": "Vanna White", "sourceImId": "Vanna_White_and_Pat_Sajak,_2006.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b3/Vanna_White_and_Pat_Sajak%2C_2006.jpg/180px-Vanna_White_and_Pat_Sajak%2C_2006.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/02/26/1467976", "aUrlId": "9A0CE4DE143CF935A15751C0A9659C8B63", "text": "She was the *Vanna White* of /the day/ -- the person who spelled ''Herbert H. Lehman,'' letter by letter, on a sign announcing a symposium that looked at his place in history and his place in the participants' memories.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1468803_0", "date": "2003-03-02", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/03/02/1468803", "aUrlId": "9802E7DA143AF931A35750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "In 1964, the United States Congress authorized that land all along the Jacks Fork River (once described by a boater as the *Mozart* of /rivers/) would be part of the 80,000-acre park, the first of the national riverways.", "author": "", "desk": "Sophisticated Traveler Magazine"},
{"id": "1468986_0", "date": "2003-03-02", "sourceId": "Q188375", "sourceLabel": "Lucy Liu", "sourceImId": "Lucy_Liu_Cannes_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b0/Lucy_Liu_Cannes_2008.jpg/180px-Lucy_Liu_Cannes_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2003/03/02/1468986", "aUrlId": "9A00E3DF103CF931A35750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "|The Shanghai Cosmo| at 66, which was created in character with the restaurant's Chinese theme, is a *Lucy Liu* of /a drink/ -- it lowers its eyes and kicks, the Asian Charlie's Angel.", "author": "Hamilton, William L", "desk": "Style Desk"},
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{"id": "1470289_0", "date": "2003-03-07", "sourceId": "Q188955", "sourceLabel": "Matthew McConaughey", "sourceImId": "Matthew_McConaughey_Cannes_2015.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c9/Matthew_McConaughey_Cannes_2015.jpg/180px-Matthew_McConaughey_Cannes_2015.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2003/03/07/1470289", "aUrlId": "9401E0DC133FF934A35750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Rodney Gilfry, the strapping, blond baritone who has been called ''the *Matthew McConaughey* of /opera/'' (for good or bad), will star in this spring's Encores!", "author": "Mckinley, Jesse", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1470825_0", "date": "2003-03-09", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2003/03/09/1470825", "aUrlId": "9A01E2DD153FF93AA35750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "As the *Martha Stewart* of /the hippie age/, Alicia Bay Laurel wrote the book on living in do-it-yourself harmony with Mother Nature.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1471019_0", "date": "2003-03-09", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/03/09/1471019", "aUrlId": "9507E2DC1F3FF93AA35750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "He's the *Michael Jordan* of /the game/,'' Bowden said.", "author": "Kepner, Tyler", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1473251_0", "date": "2003-03-18", "sourceId": "Q8409", "sourceLabel": "Alexander the Great", "sourceImId": "Alexander_and_Bucephalus_-_Battle_of_Issus_mosaic_-_Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_-_Naples_BW.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Alexander_and_Bucephalus_-_Battle_of_Issus_mosaic_-_Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_-_Naples_BW.jpg/180px-Alexander_and_Bucephalus_-_Battle_of_Issus_mosaic_-_Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_-_Naples_BW.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/03/18/1473251", "aUrlId": "9D06E1D71731F93BA25750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "That was in the reign of Pachacuti, considered the *Alexander the Great* of /the Incas/.", "author": "Wilford, John Noble", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1473361_0", "date": "2003-03-18", "sourceId": "Q184650", "sourceLabel": "Donald Rumsfeld", "sourceImId": "Rumsfeld1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/17/Rumsfeld1.jpg/180px-Rumsfeld1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/03/18/1473361", "aUrlId": "9C04E1D71431F93BA25750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Agamemnon was the *Donald Rumsfeld* of /his day/, needlessly angering his key allies -- and outraging Achilles by swiping his concubine Briseis.", "author": "Kristof, Nicholas D", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1473894_0", "date": "2003-03-20", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/03/20/1473894", "aUrlId": "9D02E3DB1031F933A15750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Capitalizing on generous Medicare payments for physical rehabilitation, he built enough personal wealth to become known as the *Donald Trump* of /Birmingham/.", "author": "Freudenheim, Milt", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1474775_0", "date": "2003-03-23", "sourceId": "Q555370", "sourceLabel": "Ed McMahon", "sourceImId": "EdMcMahon05.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/49/EdMcMahon05.jpg/180px-EdMcMahon05.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2003/03/23/1474775", "aUrlId": "9505E7DA1730F930A15750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "We're the *Ed McMahon* of /the health business/,'' Mr. Freeman said, alluding to the Publishers Clearing House contest where winners are also informed of their luck with the ring of a doorbell.", "author": "Fischler, Marcelle S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1476563_0", "date": "2003-03-30", "sourceId": "Q182882", "sourceLabel": "John James Audubon", "sourceImId": "John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg/180px-John_James_Audubon_1826.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/03/30/1476563", "aUrlId": "9D01E6D81539F933A05750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "For this skill, he has been hailed ''the *Audubon* of /trout/.''", "author": "Bisbort, Alan", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1476699_0", "date": "2003-03-30", "sourceId": "Q559822", "sourceLabel": "Tom Ridge", "sourceImId": "Tom_Ridge.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/Tom_Ridge.jpg/180px-Tom_Ridge.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/03/30/1476699", "aUrlId": "9E0DE7D61031F933A05750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Reisner is the *Tom Ridge* of /the ecology/: he's put us all on red alert, but, short of vacating the state altogether, it's hard to know what to do about it; and never addressed is the question that, for all we know, Reisner might have tried to answer here had he lived, and that's what it is that continues to draw people to the continent's death row.", "author": "Erickson, Steve", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1476700_0", "date": "2003-03-30", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/03/30/1476700", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7D61031F933A05750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "One might well object that there is nothing representative about them: he talks to the *Bill Gates* of /India/; he manages to find a non-Coptic Christian family in Egypt (who complained that the Americans weren't as tough on Muslims as the Israelis were).", "author": "Gewen, Barry", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1476728_0", "date": "2003-03-30", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/03/30/1476728", "aUrlId": "9F03E7DE1530F933A05750C0A9659C8B63", "text": "He's very knowledgeable about fine art but has no idea who Krazy Kat is, and he's like the *Leonardo da Vinci* of /the cartoon world/.", "author": "Eisner, Lisa; Alonso, Roman", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
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{"id": "1478881_0", "date": "2003-04-07", "sourceId": "Q6377737", "sourceLabel": "Kato Kaelin", "sourceImId": "Kato_Kaelin_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/11/Kato_Kaelin_2011.jpg/180px-Kato_Kaelin_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2003/04/07/1478881", "aUrlId": "9D06EED81238F934A35757C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Then he has settled in -- as ''a permanent house guest, the *Kato Kaelin* of /the wine country/,'' in the case of Alan Deutschman -- and tried to figure out what it all means.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1479837_0", "date": "2003-04-11", "sourceId": "Q1771239", "sourceLabel": "Robert Trent Jones", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2003/04/11/1479837", "aUrlId": "9407E7DE173BF932A25757C0A9659C8B63", "text": "I would say he is the *Robert Trent Jones* of /tracks/.''", "author": "Patton, Phil", "desk": "Escapes"},
{"id": "1480088_0", "date": "2003-04-12", "sourceId": "Q51566", "sourceLabel": "Spike Lee", "sourceImId": "Spike_Lee_(2012).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fc/Spike_Lee_%282012%29.jpg/180px-Spike_Lee_%282012%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0-br", "fId": "2003/04/12/1480088", "aUrlId": "9905E1D7143BF931A25757C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Now it is also becoming known as the territory of a former graffiti sprayer and youth gang member, Neco Celik, whose debut movie, ''Alltag,'' or ''Every Day,'' is gaining him a reputation as the *Spike Lee* of /his time and place/.", "author": "Bernstein, Richard", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
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{"id": "1480710_0", "date": "2003-04-13", "sourceId": "Q864751", "sourceLabel": "The Hatter", "sourceImId": "MadlHatterByTenniel.svg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/MadlHatterByTenniel.svg/180px-MadlHatterByTenniel.svg.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/04/13/1480710", "aUrlId": "9B01E4D7123BF930A25757C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Mildred herself -- Mildred Goldstein, that is, the wife of Herbert Goldstein, a voluble man known as the *Mad Hatter* of /Utica Avenue/ -- died several years ago.", "author": "Newman, Andy", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1480850_0", "date": "2003-04-14", "sourceId": "Q44176", "sourceLabel": "Hulk Hogan", "sourceImId": "Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c6/Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg/180px-Hulk_hogan_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/04/14/1480850", "aUrlId": "9C02EEDF133BF937A25757C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Meanwhile, at 5 feet 10 tall and 115 pounds, Andy is the *Hulk Hogan* of /this food-phobic crowd/.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1482270_0", "date": "2003-04-20", "sourceId": "Q705715", "sourceLabel": "RuPaul", "sourceImId": "RuPaul_at_Dragcon_by_dvsross_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/RuPaul_at_Dragcon_by_dvsross_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-RuPaul_at_Dragcon_by_dvsross_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2003/04/20/1482270", "aUrlId": "9A03EFD7113BF933A15757C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Caushun says there were labels that wanted to turn him into a house-music artist or into the *RuPaul* of /hip-hop/, but he said no.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1482749_0", "date": "2003-04-21", "sourceId": "Q217764", "sourceLabel": "Maurice B\u00e9jart", "sourceImId": "Maurice-B\u00e9jart--1984---w.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/31/Maurice-B%C3%A9jart--1984---w.jpg/180px-Maurice-B%C3%A9jart--1984---w.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2003/04/21/1482749", "aUrlId": "9C03E2DD133AF932A15757C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Boris Eifman may be the *Maurice B\u00e9jart* of /our time/.", "author": "Dunning, Jennifer", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1483660_0", "date": "2003-04-25", "sourceId": "Q345612", "sourceLabel": "Harold Bloom", "sourceImId": "Harold_Bloom_(Agon_portrait).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Harold_Bloom_%28Agon_portrait%29.jpg/180px-Harold_Bloom_%28Agon_portrait%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/04/25/1483660", "aUrlId": "9C06E5DE173DF936A15757C0A9659C8B63", "text": "|He| talks about fires of the past with a kind of melancholy nostalgia, like a *Harold Bloom* of /the fire buffs' world/.", "author": "Worth, Robert F", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1484223_0", "date": "2003-04-27", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/04/27/1484223", "aUrlId": "9C01E4D7173DF934A15757C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Pierre Herm\u00e9, a Frenchman who was once called the *Picasso* of /Pastry/ in Vogue magazine, has trained bakers to create tartes, individual pastries and macaroons.", "author": "Savage, Beverly", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
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{"id": "1485914_0", "date": "2003-05-04", "sourceId": "Q966859", "sourceLabel": "Richard Perle", "sourceImId": "Richard_Perle_IMG_1281.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ed/Richard_Perle_IMG_1281.JPG/180px-Richard_Perle_IMG_1281.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-fr", "fId": "2003/05/04/1485914", "aUrlId": "9903E4D9133DF937A35756C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Even Shingo Nishimura, a staunch parliamentary militarist who was described to me as ''the *Richard Perle* of /Japan/'' (he was once fired from the cabinet for lamenting Japan's nuclear impotence), said he does not favor Japan producing nuclear weapons.", "author": "Keller, Bill", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1485970_0", "date": "2003-05-04", "sourceId": "Q27214", "sourceLabel": "Jerry Springer", "sourceImId": "Jerry_Springer_at_Emory.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Jerry_Springer_at_Emory.jpg/180px-Jerry_Springer_at_Emory.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "2003/05/04/1485970", "aUrlId": "9407E7D8113DF937A35756C0A9659C8B63", "text": "He's like the *Jerry Springer* of /rap/,'' said DJ Goldfinger, the host of a popular Friday night hip-hop party in Manhattan.", "author": "Ogunnaike, Lola", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1485970_1", "date": "2003-05-04", "sourceId": "Q27214", "sourceLabel": "Jerry Springer", "sourceImId": "Jerry_Springer_at_Emory.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Jerry_Springer_at_Emory.jpg/180px-Jerry_Springer_at_Emory.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "2003/05/04/1485970", "aUrlId": "9407E7D8113DF937A35756C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Before he became the *Jerry Springer* of /hip-hop/, Kay Slay was Kenneth Gleason.", "author": "Ogunnaike, Lola", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1486720_0", "date": "2003-05-06", "sourceId": "Q12897", "sourceLabel": "Pel\u00e9", "sourceImId": "Pele200802FabioRodriguesPozzebomAgenciaBrasil.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4a/Pele200802FabioRodriguesPozzebomAgenciaBrasil.jpg/180px-Pele200802FabioRodriguesPozzebomAgenciaBrasil.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.5-br", "fId": "2003/05/06/1486720", "aUrlId": "9A0DE7DC113CF935A35756C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Emmanuel Baba Dano, known throughout Iraq as Amu Baba, the *Pel\u00e9* of /Iraqi soccer/, served as the national coach for most of the last three decades.", "author": "Burns, John F", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
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{"id": "1488815_0", "date": "2003-05-14", "sourceId": "Q5598", "sourceLabel": "Rembrandt", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/05/14/1488815", "aUrlId": "9A0CE0DF1E3FF937A25756C0A9659C8B63", "text": "As a teenager he became known as the *Rembrandt* of /Third Avenue/.", "author": "Cardwell, Diane", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1489947_0", "date": "2003-05-18", "sourceId": "Q54684", "sourceLabel": "Bill Tilden", "sourceImId": "Bill_Tilden.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e7/Bill_Tilden.jpg/180px-Bill_Tilden.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/05/18/1489947", "aUrlId": "9C04E5DC153EF93BA25756C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Annika Sorenstam is the *Bill Tilden* of /her sport/.", "author": "Nyad, Diana", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1492543_0", "date": "2003-05-29", "sourceId": "Q55800", "sourceLabel": "Oprah Winfrey", "sourceImId": "Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Oprah_in_2014.jpg/180px-Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2003/05/29/1492543", "aUrlId": "9A03E1DD1E31F93AA15756C0A9659C8B63", "text": "She thinks of herself as ''the *Oprah* of /the skin-deep set/.''", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1493185_0", "date": "2003-06-01", "sourceId": "Q3219646", "sourceLabel": "Laurie Colwin", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2003/06/01/1493185", "aUrlId": "940CEEDE1731F932A35755C0A9659C8B63", "text": "In her first book, the former owner of Marnie's Noodle Shop in Manhattan comes off like the *Laurie Colwin* of /Asian food/.", "author": "Garner, Dwight", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
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{"id": "1497258_0", "date": "2003-06-15", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/06/15/1497258", "aUrlId": "9C01E4DA1230F936A25755C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Some of these likenesses I recognized, including that of Carlos Gardel, the *Elvis* of /tango culture/, and the writer Jorge Luis Borges, a personal hero of mine.", "author": "Nordan, Lewis", "desk": "Sophisticated Traveler Magazine"},
{"id": "1499006_0", "date": "2003-06-22", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/06/22/1499006", "aUrlId": "9F03E1DF143BF931A15755C0A9659C8B63", "text": "She's the *Greta Garbo* of /the modern century/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1500128_0", "date": "2003-06-27", "sourceId": "Q25973", "sourceLabel": "Hermann Hesse", "sourceImId": "Hermann_Hesse_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/da/Hermann_Hesse_2.jpg/180px-Hermann_Hesse_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "2003/06/27/1500128", "aUrlId": "9F05E6D9113BF934A15755C0A9659C8B63", "text": "George Grosz described him as ''the *Hermann Hesse* of /painting/, German and heavy,'' and ''utterly lacking in humor.''", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1502617_0", "date": "2003-07-06", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/07/06/1502617", "aUrlId": "9C06E4DF173DF935A35754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Parks was the *Jackie Robinson* of /the art world/, you could say.", "author": "Genocchio, Benjamin", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
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{"id": "1504002_0", "date": "2003-07-13", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/07/13/1504002", "aUrlId": "9400E5D6153DF930A25754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "On Hart: ''He's the *Shakespeare* of /self-pity/.", "author": "Mccarter, Jeremy", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
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{"id": "1504593_0", "date": "2003-07-15", "sourceId": "Q93604", "sourceLabel": "Lotte Lenya", "sourceImId": "Lotte_Lenya.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/Lotte_Lenya.jpg/180px-Lotte_Lenya.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/07/15/1504593", "aUrlId": "9C02E6DE173CF936A25754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "In ''Four Lullabies for Working Mothers,'' he proved himself the *Lotte Lenya* of /Hanns Eisler/.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1505270_0", "date": "2003-07-18", "sourceId": "Q5231587", "sourceLabel": "David Bouley", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2003/07/18/1505270", "aUrlId": "9A05E7DB133CF93BA25754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Aside from hotel renovations, Mr. Van Meter said other signs of growth were making the area more appealing to the kind of New Yorkers who pick and choose where to make cameo appearances as if they were Bill Clinton -- new restaurants with ''real chefs'' (''When I read that chef Susanna Foo, considered the *David Bouley* of /Philadelphia/, is launching a restaurant in Atlantic City, I was floored -- in a good way,'' he said), and new clubs with ''real D.J.'s.''", "author": "Robinovitz, Karen; Schumacher, Emily", "desk": "Escapes"},
{"id": "1505638_0", "date": "2003-07-20", "sourceId": "Q93188", "sourceLabel": "Errol Flynn", "sourceImId": "Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Errol_Flynn1.jpg/180px-Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/07/20/1505638", "aUrlId": "9907E5DD103DF933A15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "In such a situation, being a superstud -- the *Errol Flynn* of /the primate world/ -- is the best way forward.", "author": "Ruse, Michael", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1505699_0", "date": "2003-07-20", "sourceId": "Q55800", "sourceLabel": "Oprah Winfrey", "sourceImId": "Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Oprah_in_2014.jpg/180px-Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2003/07/20/1505699", "aUrlId": "9D06E4D7143CF933A15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Gertrude Berg, the accentless, Columbia University-educated granddaughter of immigrants who created, produced, wrote and starred in the show (she played Molly), became the *Oprah Winfrey* of /her time/, a widely beloved entrepreneur who eventually branched into cookbooks and fashion for the larger lady and whose brand was her ability to touch everyone's common humanity.", "author": "Shulevitz, Judith", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1505728_0", "date": "2003-07-20", "sourceId": "Q9711", "sourceLabel": "Honor\u00e9 de Balzac", "sourceImId": "Honor\u00e9_de_Balzac_(1842)_Detail.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e6/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac_%281842%29_Detail.jpg/180px-Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac_%281842%29_Detail.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/07/20/1505728", "aUrlId": "9503E4D9153CF933A15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "The show, which is the latest opus by David Simon, the journalist turned producer who has become, with ''Homicide'' and ''The Corner,'' the *Balzac* of /postindustrial Maryland/, takes what might have looked like an exhausted set of premises -- a motley squad of detectives investigating homicides, drug trafficking and union corruption -- and infuses them with surprising realism.", "author": "Scott, A O", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1506165_0", "date": "2003-07-21", "sourceId": "Q39829", "sourceLabel": "Stephen King", "sourceImId": "Stephen_King,_Comicon.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e3/Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg/180px-Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2003/07/21/1506165", "aUrlId": "9C0DE6DB1F3CF932A15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "She's like the *Stephen King* of /our genre/,'' Ms. Lynch said, and then amended that to ''Stephen King is the Nora Roberts of his genre,'' as her friend and writing partner, Cai Smith, from Wisconsin, nodded her head in agreement.", "author": "Ogunnaike, Lola", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1506165_1", "date": "2003-07-21", "sourceId": "Q231356", "sourceLabel": "Nora Roberts", "sourceImId": "NoraRoberts.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4e/NoraRoberts.jpg/180px-NoraRoberts.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/07/21/1506165", "aUrlId": "9C0DE6DB1F3CF932A15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "She's like the Stephen King of our genre,'' Ms. Lynch said, and then amended that to ''Stephen King is the *Nora Roberts* of /his genre/,'' as her friend and writing partner, Cai Smith, from Wisconsin, nodded her head in agreement.", "author": "Ogunnaike, Lola", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1506513_0", "date": "2003-07-23", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/07/23/1506513", "aUrlId": "9C0CEFDB173FF930A15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "She's making Ernie into the *Elvis* of /New Orleans/.''", "author": "Strauss, Neil", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1506970_0", "date": "2003-07-25", "sourceId": "Q5597", "sourceLabel": "Raphael", "sourceImId": "Raffaello_Sanzio.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f6/Raffaello_Sanzio.jpg/180px-Raffaello_Sanzio.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/07/25/1506970", "aUrlId": "9C05E0DC123FF936A15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "(Manet, who referred to Monet as ''the *Raphael* of /water/,'' admired his seascapes and owned a few of them.)", "author": "Glueck, Grace", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1507245_0", "date": "2003-07-26", "sourceId": "Q1618", "sourceLabel": "Charles Lindbergh", "sourceImId": "Col_Charles_Lindbergh.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/75/Col_Charles_Lindbergh.jpg/180px-Col_Charles_Lindbergh.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/07/26/1507245", "aUrlId": "9F07EFD9103FF935A15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "He did it, rumbling down Fifth Avenue 100 years ago today and becoming what a transportation specialist at the Smithsonian Institution calls ''the *Charles Lindbergh* of /1903/, no question about it.''", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1507363_0", "date": "2003-07-27", "sourceId": "Q162629", "sourceLabel": "Simon Cowell", "sourceImId": "Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/aa/Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg/180px-Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/07/27/1507363", "aUrlId": "9400EFDE1F3CF934A15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "Mr. Allen, the *Simon Cowell* of /the board/, suggests that Cousin Mike doesn't deserve to win because he'd never be allowed to play on a decent golf course with all those tattoos.", "author": "Gates, Anita", "desk": "Television"},
{"id": "1507526_0", "date": "2003-07-27", "sourceId": "Q193635", "sourceLabel": "Alan Greenspan", "sourceImId": "Alan_Greenspan_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e9/Alan_Greenspan_color_photo_portrait.jpg/180px-Alan_Greenspan_color_photo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/07/27/1507526", "aUrlId": "9F01E5D7133FF934A15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "BusinessWeek declared Professor Boskin ''clearly back on top of his game'' in its June 30 issue, calling him ''the *Alan Greenspan* of /his generation/.''", "author": "Altman, Daniel", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1507992_0", "date": "2003-07-29", "sourceId": "Q220210", "sourceLabel": "George Steinbrenner", "sourceImId": "George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13,_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/19/George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13%2C_2010.jpg/180px-George_Steinbrenner_on_April_13%2C_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2003/07/29/1507992", "aUrlId": "9C0DE4DE1F3FF93AA15754C0A9659C8B63", "text": "(You might say he's the *George Steinbrenner* of /hip-hop/, except that P. Diddy insists on playing, too.)", "author": "Sanneh, Kelefa", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1508990_0", "date": "2003-08-02", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/08/02/1508990", "aUrlId": "9A06E6D8133EF931A3575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Mel Gibson is the *Michelangelo* of /this generation/,'' said the Rev.", "author": "Goodstein, Laurie", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1509118_0", "date": "2003-08-03", "sourceId": "Q131324", "sourceLabel": "Janet Jackson", "sourceImId": "Janet_Jackson_2002.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Janet_Jackson_2002.jpg/180px-Janet_Jackson_2002.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/08/03/1509118", "aUrlId": "9900E5D6163EF930A3575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Until Ms. Shwari makes good on her dream to be the *Janet Jackson* of /Indian pop/, Americans will be well served by Panjabi MC's American debut album, ''Beware'' (Sequence Records).", "author": "Frere-Jones, Sasha", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1509152_0", "date": "2003-08-03", "sourceId": "Q103767", "sourceLabel": "Charlie Parker", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/82/Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/08/03/1509152", "aUrlId": "9B06E0D9143EF930A3575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "An embodied opposite of clich\u00e9, he was the *Charlie Parker* of /something/, maybe several somethings.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1509410_0", "date": "2003-08-03", "sourceId": "Q1225", "sourceLabel": "Bruce Springsteen", "sourceImId": "Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d7/Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg/180px-Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2003/08/03/1509410", "aUrlId": "9C03E0D8103EF930A3575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Mr. Tice is the *Bruce Springsteen* of /photography/.", "author": "Genocchio, Benjamin", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1510583_0", "date": "2003-08-09", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/08/09/1510583", "aUrlId": "9B03E1D71531F93AA3575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Lou Fine, who was known for drawing just like Eisner, called Woolfolk ''the *Shakespeare* of /comics/.''", "author": "Nash, Eric P", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1510820_0", "date": "2003-08-10", "sourceId": "Q216810", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "King_Kong_(1933)_movie_poster_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg/180px-King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/08/10/1510820", "aUrlId": "9905E6DB1731F933A2575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "For different reasons, a quick evening visit to the Chesapeake Club, the inn's informal restaurant, made us wish we'd ordered less: the Caesar salad was fine, but the artichoke, spinach and crab fondue was lukewarm and bland, and half a dozen heavily breaded chicken fingers were so huge they must have come from the *King Kong* of /fowl/.", "author": "Becker, Alida", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1511600_0", "date": "2003-08-13", "sourceId": "Q302", "sourceLabel": "Jesus Christ", "sourceImId": "Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4a/Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg/180px-Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/08/13/1511600", "aUrlId": "9C04E0DF1E31F930A2575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "I'm like the *Jesus* of /extreme cooking/.", "author": "Hesser, Amanda", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1512043_0", "date": "2003-08-15", "sourceId": "Q727418", "sourceLabel": "Nicholas Payton", "sourceImId": "NicholasPayton5deMayo07Playing.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3f/NicholasPayton5deMayo07Playing.jpg/180px-NicholasPayton5deMayo07Playing.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.5", "fId": "2003/08/15/1512043", "aUrlId": "9F05E6D81630F936A2575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Jeremy Pelt is the new straight-ahead jazz trumpeter to whom everyone's paying attention, in essence the *Nicholas Payton* of /the new decade/.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1512544_0", "date": "2003-08-17", "sourceId": "Q213793", "sourceLabel": "Phil Spector", "sourceImId": "Phil_Spector_2000.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/24/Phil_Spector_2000.jpg/180px-Phil_Spector_2000.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/08/17/1512544", "aUrlId": "9501E0DB1031F934A2575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "It is talent like this that has helped make |Brion| a *Phil Spector* of /unpopular pop/.", "author": "Rodrick, Stephen", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1513710_0", "date": "2003-08-21", "sourceId": "Q9077", "sourceLabel": "Moses", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/08/21/1513710", "aUrlId": "9C05EED81F30F932A1575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Supporters are now calling him ''the *Moses* of /Alabama/.''", "author": "Gettleman, Jeffrey", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1513834_0", "date": "2003-08-22", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/08/22/1513834", "aUrlId": "9F02E7DB1639F931A1575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "The man was our hero: the *Babe Ruth* of /bodybuilding/.", "author": "Jordan, Pat", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1514454_0", "date": "2003-08-24", "sourceId": "Q356929", "sourceLabel": "Gray Davis", "sourceImId": "Gdavis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fc/Gdavis.jpg/180px-Gdavis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/08/24/1514454", "aUrlId": "9D04E5DA1539F937A1575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Call it California envy, but Mr. Jedynak calls Governor McGreevey ''the *Gray Davis* of /the East/.''", "author": "Ginsberg, Wendy", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1514795_0", "date": "2003-08-26", "sourceId": "Q187033", "sourceLabel": "Sally Field", "sourceImId": "Sally_Field_1971_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/85/Sally_Field_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Sally_Field_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/08/26/1514795", "aUrlId": "9D07EFD81239F935A1575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "AFTER 9/11, we became the *Sally Field* of /cities/.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1515430_0", "date": "2003-08-29", "sourceId": "Q1516734", "sourceLabel": "Ricky Jay", "sourceImId": "Ricky_Jay_by_David_Shankbone.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/14/Ricky_Jay_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/180px-Ricky_Jay_by_David_Shankbone.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2003/08/29/1515430", "aUrlId": "9E03E5D81E39F93AA1575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "You could say |Mr. Robbins| is a *Ricky Jay* for /the Jerry Springer crowd/.", "author": "Weber, Bruce", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "1515435_0", "date": "2003-08-29", "sourceId": "Q21872596", "sourceLabel": "Marty", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2003/08/29/1515435", "aUrlId": "940DE1D81E39F93AA1575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "|Mr. Pekar|, a slovenly pessimist with a wonderfully retentive ear for the nuances of American speech, resembles a *Marty* for /the new millennium/.", "author": "Holden, Stephen", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1515956_0", "date": "2003-08-31", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/08/31/1515956", "aUrlId": "9407EFDD1738F932A0575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "|Dr. Scaife|, who taught at Union College in Schenectady, became a *Johnny Appleseed* of /science/ after helping a student develop an experiment -- growing crystals in space -- to be performed on the Challenger space shuttle in 1986.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
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{"id": "1516046_0", "date": "2003-08-31", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2003/08/31/1516046", "aUrlId": "9A01EED61738F932A0575BC0A9659C8B63", "text": "He was the *Martha Stewart* of /his day/.", "author": "Genocchio, Benjamin", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1517056_0", "date": "2003-09-05", "sourceId": "Q2274", "sourceLabel": "Chet Baker", "sourceImId": "Chet_Baker_(1929\u20131988).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/15/Chet_Baker_%281929%E2%80%931988%29.jpg/180px-Chet_Baker_%281929%E2%80%931988%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2003/09/05/1517056", "aUrlId": "9D01E4D81338F936A3575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Mr. Kelly was the *Chet Baker* of /the new, cool painters of the post-Abstract Expressionist generation/.", "author": "", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1518658_0", "date": "2003-09-11", "sourceId": "Q83325", "sourceLabel": "Pamela Anderson", "sourceImId": "AV0A6273_Pamela_Anderson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0d/AV0A6273_Pamela_Anderson.jpg/180px-AV0A6273_Pamela_Anderson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2003/09/11/1518658", "aUrlId": "9B01E1DC123BF932A2575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Loni Anderson, who in the 70's was the *Pamela Anderson* of /her time/, is accordingly cast as the Mullets' sexy mother, Mandi Mullet-Heidecker.", "author": "Stanley, Alessandra", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1518898_0", "date": "2003-09-12", "sourceId": "Q107190", "sourceLabel": "Peter Pan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Llewelyn_Davies_as_Peter_Pan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2a/Michael_Llewelyn_Davies_as_Peter_Pan.jpg/180px-Michael_Llewelyn_Davies_as_Peter_Pan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/09/12/1518898", "aUrlId": "9A0DE5D8123BF931A2575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Based on the true story of Michael Alig, the *Peter Pan* of /the New York club kids of the 1980's/, this familiar tale of big-city glamour and ruin is a stylish muddle.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1518901_0", "date": "2003-09-12", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/09/12/1518901", "aUrlId": "950CE7D9133BF931A2575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "One man, the *Cal Ripken* of /the sport/, has been surfing every day for 24 years, long enough to have worn out 32 boards.", "author": "Nichols, Peter M", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1519242_0", "date": "2003-09-13", "sourceId": "Q335798", "sourceLabel": "Sugar Ray Leonard", "sourceImId": "Sugar_Ray_Leonard.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/Sugar_Ray_Leonard.jpg/180px-Sugar_Ray_Leonard.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/09/13/1519242", "aUrlId": "9F03E4DC1E3BF930A2575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Shane could have been like the *Sugar Ray Leonard* of /his time/,'' De La Hoya said.", "author": "Brown, Clifton", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1519492_0", "date": "2003-09-14", "sourceId": "Q231255", "sourceLabel": "Julie London", "sourceImId": "Julie_London_1958.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Julie_London_1958.JPG/180px-Julie_London_1958.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/09/14/1519492", "aUrlId": "9807E0DC113BF937A2575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "You look at Christina Aguilera, and she has all the affectations of somebody who would be a rocker, and then you hear her songs and you think, Is this the *Julie London* of /today/?''", "author": "Trebay, Guy", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1519493_0", "date": "2003-09-14", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/09/14/1519493", "aUrlId": "9800E7DB113BF937A2575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Tilman Fertitta is like the *Donald Trump* of /the Southwest/,'' said Frances Farenthold, known as Sissy, who represented Corpus Christi in the Texas Legislature from 1968 to 1973 and is a staunch opponent of the proposed deal in that city.", "author": "Murphy, Kate", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1521031_0", "date": "2003-09-21", "sourceId": "Q201608", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Rodman", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg/180px-Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "2003/09/21/1521031", "aUrlId": "9A0DEED8143BF932A1575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "David Coulthard, of the McLaren Mercedes racing team, models for Hugo Boss; Jacques Villeneuve, the *Dennis Rodman* of /the racing world/, colors his hair and is fussy about his racing gear; and Flavio Briatore, a former leader of the Benetton racing team and the manager of the Renault crew, owns a trendy nightclub in Sardinia and has been dating the supermodel Heidi Klum.", "author": "Paul, Jonathan S", "desk": "Men's Fashions of The Times Magazine"},
{"id": "1521049_0", "date": "2003-09-21", "sourceId": "Q180795", "sourceLabel": "Mohammad Khatami", "sourceImId": "Mohammad_Khatami.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c6/Mohammad_Khatami.jpg/180px-Mohammad_Khatami.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/09/21/1521049", "aUrlId": "9C06E2D6103BF932A1575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "He might be considered the *Mohammad Khatami* of /the Evangelical Republic of Massachusetts/.", "author": "Crain, Caleb", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1521281_0", "date": "2003-09-21", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/09/21/1521281", "aUrlId": "9F02E4D6103AF932A1575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "I quizzed Jonathan on what the *Garbo* of /butchers/ was really like.", "author": "Ingall, Marjorie", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1523512_0", "date": "2003-09-30", "sourceId": "Q122634", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png/180px-Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/09/30/1523512", "aUrlId": "9B0DEEDC113DF933A0575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "In her own soft-spoken way, Dr. Eva Harris, 38, has become the *Robin Hood* of /biotechnology/.", "author": "Dreifus, Claudia", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1523575_0", "date": "2003-09-30", "sourceId": "Q313697", "sourceLabel": "Ross Perot", "sourceImId": "RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/RossPerotColor.jpg/180px-RossPerotColor.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2003/09/30/1523575", "aUrlId": "9F0CEED6113DF933A0575AC0A9659C8B63", "text": "Most of the candidates are selling decidedly protectionist messages, as if seeking to become the *Ross Perot* of /the 2004 race/, not the Bill Clinton.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1524243_0", "date": "2003-10-03", "sourceId": "Q314712", "sourceLabel": "Barry Bonds", "sourceImId": "BarryBonds1993.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/BarryBonds1993.jpg/180px-BarryBonds1993.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2003/10/03/1524243", "aUrlId": "9D07E0DB173CF930A35753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Ms. Clarkson has been delivering meaty, juicy plums to movies for several years; she's become the *Barry Bonds* of /low-budget film/.", "author": "Mitchell, Elvis", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1524605_0", "date": "2003-10-04", "sourceId": "Q278804", "sourceLabel": "Bear Bryant", "sourceImId": "Bear_Bryant_1945.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/03/Bear_Bryant_1945.jpg/180px-Bear_Bryant_1945.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/10/04/1524605", "aUrlId": "9C06E1DE123CF937A35753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Royal, the *Bear Bryant* of /Texas/, led the Longhorns to three national championships in his 20 seasons here, from 1957 to 1976.", "author": "Bernstein, Viv", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1525859_0", "date": "2003-10-09", "sourceId": "Q26806", "sourceLabel": "Danny DeVito", "sourceImId": "DannyDeVitoHWOFAug2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/21/DannyDeVitoHWOFAug2011.jpg/180px-DannyDeVitoHWOFAug2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2003/10/09/1525859", "aUrlId": "9D04E2DC163FF93AA35753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Short, stocky and balding, Mr. Bustamante described himself as the *Danny DeVito* of /the recall race/.", "author": "Richtel, Matt", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1526015_0", "date": "2003-10-10", "sourceId": "Q5597", "sourceLabel": "Raphael", "sourceImId": "Raffaello_Sanzio.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f6/Raffaello_Sanzio.jpg/180px-Raffaello_Sanzio.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/10/10/1526015", "aUrlId": "9A02EEDF173FF933A25753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Bonington, whom Delacroix called the *Raphael* of /landscape painting/, is represented by a luminous work called ''A Fishmarket Near Boulogne,'' which made a splash in the 1824 Salon.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1526736_0", "date": "2003-10-12", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/10/12/1526736", "aUrlId": "9901E5DD133FF931A25753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "A friend from Brewster who prefers to remain anonymous calls her husband ''the *Johnny Appleseed* of /guitars/.''", "author": "West, Debra", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1527475_0", "date": "2003-10-15", "sourceId": "Q5237521", "sourceLabel": "David Merrick", "sourceImId": "David_Merrick_(13563015335).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/David_Merrick_%2813563015335%29.jpg/180px-David_Merrick_%2813563015335%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2003/10/15/1527475", "aUrlId": "9B03E7D71F3FF936A25753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "George Steinbrenner, the *David Merrick* of /sports/, got into the act by misquoting, at top volume, Douglas MacArthur.", "author": "Weber, Bruce", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1528235_0", "date": "2003-10-19", "sourceId": "Q311135", "sourceLabel": "Karl Rove", "sourceImId": "Karl_Rove.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "8/82/Karl_Rove.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/10/19/1528235", "aUrlId": "9B06E1D9103FF93AA25753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Hwang was the *Karl Rove* of /North Korea/ for more than three decades, creating the ideology of Juche, or self-sufficiency, that was the bedrock of Kim Il Sung's regime and remains in place today -- though in name only, since North Korea depends on foreign aid for its survival.", "author": "Maas, Peter", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1529132_0", "date": "2003-10-22", "sourceId": "Q709413", "sourceLabel": "Arthur Freed", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2003/10/22/1529132", "aUrlId": "9C05E6D61E3EF931A15753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "The East Is Red,'' photographed in volcanic color, splashes its propaganda in terms so simple that the scenes become almost Brechtian; more specifically, it's a crude Minnelli musical essentially produced by Mao, the *Arthur Freed* of /Communism/.", "author": "Mitchell, Elvis", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1530026_0", "date": "2003-10-26", "sourceId": "Q410", "sourceLabel": "Carl Sagan", "sourceImId": "Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG/180px-Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/10/26/1530026", "aUrlId": "940CE7D8133EF935A15753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Dr. Greene is the *Carl Sagan* of /this new multidimensional cosmos/, diving through wormholes to travel instantaneously the length of Manhattan, lecturing on relativity to his dog, encountering multiple disconnected copies of himself in the quantum cafe, where an order of orange juice may get you a glass of blue liquid instead.", "author": "Overbye, Dennis", "desk": "Television"},
{"id": "1530036_0", "date": "2003-10-26", "sourceId": "Q653333", "sourceLabel": "Michael Ovitz", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2003/10/26/1530036", "aUrlId": "9405E0DE113EF935A15753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Not only has he managed to get himself talked about (''Dale Peck is the *Michael Ovitz* of /the literary world/,'' says the literary agent Bonnie Nadell); he has managed to stir up a debate over the practice of book reviewing -- its status, its value, its effect on our literary culture.", "author": "Atlas, James", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
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{"id": "1530219_0", "date": "2003-10-26", "sourceId": "Q355314", "sourceLabel": "Jack Welch", "sourceImId": "JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/JackWelchApril2012.jpg/180px-JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2003/10/26/1530219", "aUrlId": "9402E6D81231F935A15753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Mr. Zhang has sometimes called himself the *Jack Welch* of /China/.", "author": "Zhao, Yilu", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1530725_0", "date": "2003-10-28", "sourceId": "Q380429", "sourceLabel": "Tony Robbins", "sourceImId": "Tony_Robbins.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Tony_Robbins.jpg/180px-Tony_Robbins.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/10/28/1530725", "aUrlId": "9C0DE1DF1E31F93BA15753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "|Mr. Greene|, a compact and antic man who has participated in musicals and judo tournaments, emerges as a motivational guru, *a Tony Robbins of* /physics/.", "author": "Heffernan, Virginia", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1531415_0", "date": "2003-10-31", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/10/31/1531415", "aUrlId": "9404EEDA1430F932A05753C1A9659C8B63", "text": "He was the *Babe Ruth* of /racehorses/,'' Mr. Balch said.", "author": "Graeber, Laurel", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1531857_0", "date": "2003-11-02", "sourceId": "Q195527", "sourceLabel": "Lester Bangs", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2003/11/02/1531857", "aUrlId": "9E02E0DE1431F931A35752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "He's the *Lester Bangs* of /media culture/.", "author": "Walker, Rob", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
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{"id": "1532193_0", "date": "2003-11-02", "sourceId": "Q1378052", "sourceLabel": "Sam Rayburn", "sourceImId": "Rayburn-Sam-LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/Rayburn-Sam-LOC.jpg/180px-Rayburn-Sam-LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/02/1532193", "aUrlId": "9404E7DB1030F931A35752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Donald Scarinci, a Hudson County attorney who was Mr. Doria's counsel in the speaker's office, described his former boss as ''the *Sam Rayburn* of /New Jersey/,'' referring to the legendary Texan who served as House speaker for all but four years from 1940 to 1961.", "author": "Golway, Terry", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1533041_0", "date": "2003-11-06", "sourceId": "Q9077", "sourceLabel": "Moses", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_-_Moses_with_the_Ten_Commandments_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/06/1533041", "aUrlId": "9E02E7DC1739F935A35752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "He is not just a beloved former president; he is the *Moses* of /the conservative movement/.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1534152_0", "date": "2003-11-09", "sourceId": "Q531759", "sourceLabel": "Peter Mayle", "sourceImId": "Peter_Mayle_en_Provence.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0d/Peter_Mayle_en_Provence.jpg/180px-Peter_Mayle_en_Provence.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2003/11/09/1534152", "aUrlId": "9D0DEFDB1430F93AA35752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Thus begins a love story that drives this new memoir (the second of what looks to be a series, initiated two years ago with the publication of ''Country Matters,'' which earned its British-born author the reputation of being the *Peter Mayle* of /Dutchess County/).", "author": "Green, Penelope", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1534198_0", "date": "2003-11-09", "sourceId": "Q316639", "sourceLabel": "Daniel Burnham", "sourceImId": "Daniel_Burnham.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Daniel_Burnham.jpg/180px-Daniel_Burnham.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/09/1534198", "aUrlId": "9C0DE7D81F30F93AA35752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Also, Philadelphia had two giants in the fields of architecture and city planning: Kahn and the legendary Ed Bacon, the *Daniel Burnham* of /postwar American planning/.", "author": "Muschamp, Herbert", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1534208_0", "date": "2003-11-09", "sourceId": "Q2009573", "sourceLabel": "James Bond", "sourceImId": "James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds,_London.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2e/James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds%2C_London.jpg/180px-James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds%2C_London.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2003/11/09/1534208", "aUrlId": "9803E6D61F30F93AA35752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "John Carpenter (Willem Dafoe), whom Crane calls ''the *James Bond* of /video nuts/,'' is a bad influence.", "author": "Gates, Anita", "desk": "Television"},
{"id": "1534480_0", "date": "2003-11-11", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/11/1534480", "aUrlId": "9A0DE4D81E39F932A25752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "The prototype was Bill Parcells, who, while working for NBC after he left the Giants, was the *Michelangelo* of /saying he did not interview with clubs he had clearly interviewed with/.", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1535536_0", "date": "2003-11-16", "sourceId": "Q1341644", "sourceLabel": "Rich Little", "sourceImId": "Rich_Little,_USAF.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a8/Rich_Little%2C_USAF.jpg/180px-Rich_Little%2C_USAF.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/16/1535536", "aUrlId": "9A0CE5D71539F935A25752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Happily, in the end he discovers a talent that sets him up as the *Rich Little* of /the elephant world/, and he wows his formerly scornful schoolmates with snorts that transform his trunk into a veritable menagerie.", "author": "Frederick, Heather Vogel", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
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{"id": "1535891_0", "date": "2003-11-16", "sourceId": "Q30875", "sourceLabel": "Oscar Wilde", "sourceImId": "Oscar_Wilde_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Oscar_Wilde_portrait.jpg/180px-Oscar_Wilde_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/16/1535891", "aUrlId": "9402E5D91038F935A25752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "It's not for nothing that Orton was referred to as the *Oscar Wilde* of /his time/.", "author": "Klein, Alvin", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1536867_0", "date": "2003-11-20", "sourceId": "Q9554", "sourceLabel": "Martin Luther", "sourceImId": "Martin_Luther,_1529.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f8/Martin_Luther%2C_1529.jpg/180px-Martin_Luther%2C_1529.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/20/1536867", "aUrlId": "9400E5D6173BF933A15752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Tom Wolfe called Mr. Hartford ''the *Martin Luther* of /modern culture/,'' a zealot with ''the most flagrantly unfashionable taste anybody in New York had ever heard of.''", "author": "Worth, Robert F", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1538569_0", "date": "2003-11-27", "sourceId": "Q1339", "sourceLabel": "Johann Sebastian Bach", "sourceImId": "Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg/180px-Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/27/1538569", "aUrlId": "9505E2DD173AF934A15752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Centenaries come and go, but celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Balanchine (Jan. 22, 1904) is not like an anniversary tribute to Bach (although Balanchine is certainly the *Bach* of /choreographers/).", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1539110_0", "date": "2003-11-30", "sourceId": "Q34970", "sourceLabel": "D. H. Lawrence", "sourceImId": "DH_Lawrence_1906.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/DH_Lawrence_1906.jpg/180px-DH_Lawrence_1906.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/30/1539110", "aUrlId": "9B04E4D7153BF933A05752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "In its wake Perry is left feeling like ''the *D. H. Lawrence* of /not doing it/, the voice of all the would-be lovers who ached and squirmed.''", "author": "Mobilio, Albert", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1539168_0", "date": "2003-11-30", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/30/1539168", "aUrlId": "9D02EEDF1F3BF933A05752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "When he died in 1904, The New York Times called him ''the *Napoleon* of /China/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
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{"id": "1539488_0", "date": "2003-11-30", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/11/30/1539488", "aUrlId": "9A03E5D7133AF933A05752C1A9659C8B63", "text": "But this is not about |Spurrier|'s view of himself as the *Picasso* among /finger painters in college coaching/.", "author": "Roberts, Selena", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1540519_0", "date": "2003-12-05", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2003/12/05/1540519", "aUrlId": "9C01E0DE143DF936A35751C1A9659C8B63", "text": "South Beach is the *Madonna* of /the resort industry/ -- reinvents itself every year or so to keep up with the times and the trends and the demands of vacationers,'' said Dindy Yokel, a public-relations representative.", "author": "Brandt, Pamela Robin", "desk": "Escapes"},
{"id": "1543179_0", "date": "2003-12-14", "sourceId": "Q122634", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png/180px-Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/12/14/1543179", "aUrlId": "9D02E5DC133CF937A25751C1A9659C8B63", "text": "He was the *Robin Hood* of /the whole neighborhood/.''", "author": "Jennings, Dana", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1543598_0", "date": "2003-12-16", "sourceId": "Q8023", "sourceLabel": "Nelson Mandela", "sourceImId": "Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg/180px-Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2003/12/16/1543598", "aUrlId": "9E02E3D8113CF935A25751C1A9659C8B63", "text": "WITH a new advertising campaign, MTV Networks Europe hopes to turn |Daw Aung San Suu Kyi|, the Burmese dissident, into a *Nelson Mandela* for /the music video generation/.", "author": "Pfanner, Eric", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1543794_0", "date": "2003-12-17", "sourceId": "Q486096", "sourceLabel": "Theodore Dreiser", "sourceImId": "Theodore_Dreiser.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5a/Theodore_Dreiser.jpg/180px-Theodore_Dreiser.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/12/17/1543794", "aUrlId": "9B04E2DB1E3CF934A25751C1A9659C8B63", "text": "He worked on a Gulf of Mexico freighter, was arrested for vagrancy in Bogalusa, La., worked in a Maine bookstore, delivered milk in Washington, jerked orange soda in Philadelphia and stocked glassware in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. All the while he was mentally preparing to become the *Theodore Dreiser* of /his generation/.", "author": "Brinkley, Douglas", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1544569_0", "date": "2003-12-20", "sourceId": "Q517", "sourceLabel": "Napoleon", "sourceImId": "Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg/180px-Jacques-Louis_David_-_The_Emperor_Napoleon_in_His_Study_at_the_Tuileries_-_Google_Art_Project_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/12/20/1544569", "aUrlId": "9805EED8153FF933A15751C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Love them all,'' Scrooge muttered emphatically; but would |he| ever cease to fret and worry, planning strategy and giving orders the whole day long like a *Napoleon* of /tree trimming/?", "author": "Steinfels, Peter", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1545369_0", "date": "2003-12-23", "sourceId": "Q314384", "sourceLabel": "Huey Long", "sourceImId": "HueyPLongGesture.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/91/HueyPLongGesture.jpg/180px-HueyPLongGesture.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/12/23/1545369", "aUrlId": "9A02E1D8103FF930A15751C1A9659C8B63", "text": "On the stump he seems too decent and admirable a guy to take on Howard Dean, the *Huey Long* of /the iPod set/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1545699_0", "date": "2003-12-24", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/12/24/1545699", "aUrlId": "9F01E1DF1F3FF937A15751C1A9659C8B63", "text": "He could with good reason be called the *Elvis* of /Brazil/,'' Mr. Veloso wrote in ''Tropical Truth,'' his recently published autobiography.", "author": "Rohter, Larry", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1545895_0", "date": "2003-12-25", "sourceId": "Q238948", "sourceLabel": "Typhoid Mary", "sourceImId": "Mary_Mallon_(Typhoid_Mary).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Mary_Mallon_%28Typhoid_Mary%29.jpg/180px-Mary_Mallon_%28Typhoid_Mary%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/12/25/1545895", "aUrlId": "9907E0DB163EF936A15751C1A9659C8B63", "text": "The United States will soon discover what it feels like to be the *Typhoid Mary* of /the beef world/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
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{"id": "1546115_0", "date": "2003-12-27", "sourceId": "Q319084", "sourceLabel": "Al Franken", "sourceImId": "Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/70/Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg/180px-Al_Franken_Official_Senate_Portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2003/12/27/1546115", "aUrlId": "9C04E2D6173EF934A15751C1A9659C8B63", "text": "Republicans are likely to be infuriated by ''A New War,'' an *Al Franken* of /a play/ that preaches happily to the converted.", "author": "Weber, Bruce", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1546122_0", "date": "2003-12-27", "sourceId": "Q434513", "sourceLabel": "Alice Waters", "sourceImId": "Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards,_Napa.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards%2C_Napa.jpg/180px-Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards%2C_Napa.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2003/12/27/1546122", "aUrlId": "9D0CE4DD143EF934A15751C1A9659C8B63", "text": "She was ''the *Alice Waters* of /the tea movement/,'' said a friend, Ruth Reichl, editor in chief of Gourmet magazine and former restaurant critic of The New York Times, in a reference to the founder of Chez Panisse.", "author": "Pogash, Carol", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "1548718_0", "date": "2004-01-07", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2004/01/07/1548718", "aUrlId": "9D06E0DA1331F934A35752C0A9629C8B63", "text": "The owner of Sumile, a Japanese pop star called Miwa Yoshida (Mr. DeChellis describes her as ''the *Madonna* of /Japan/''), often sends him to cook and learn at her brother's upscale izakaya in Tokyo.", "author": "Moskin, Julia", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1549236_0", "date": "2004-01-09", "sourceId": "Q133054", "sourceLabel": "Sylvia Plath", "sourceImId": "Sylvia_Plath.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/Sylvia_Plath.jpg/180px-Sylvia_Plath.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/01/09/1549236", "aUrlId": "9D05E3DA1E31F93AA35752C0A9629C8B63", "text": "The clich\u00e9 of her as the *Sylvia Plath* of /photographers/, combined with the way her photographs direct your attention to her presence, can obscure the difference between what is in the pictures and what we might like to read into them.", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "1550194_0", "date": "2004-01-12", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2004/01/12/1550194", "aUrlId": "9C01E6DD1530F931A25752C0A9629C8B63", "text": "It's a reinforcement of our political status as the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the Democratic Party/,'' said Mark Plotkin, a local radio commentator.", "author": "Dao, James", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1550806_0", "date": "2004-01-15", "sourceId": "Q82778", "sourceLabel": "Pliny the Elder", "sourceImId": "Grande_Illustrazione_del_Lombardo_Veneto_Vol_3_Plinio_Secondo_300dpi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Grande_Illustrazione_del_Lombardo_Veneto_Vol_3_Plinio_Secondo_300dpi.jpg/180px-Grande_Illustrazione_del_Lombardo_Veneto_Vol_3_Plinio_Secondo_300dpi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/01/15/1550806", "aUrlId": "9404E1DA1030F936A25752C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Here was Madden, the *Pliny the Elder* of /football announcers/.", "author": "Weinraub, Bernard", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1552782_0", "date": "2004-01-22", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/01/22/1552782", "aUrlId": "9906EEDA1039F931A15752C0A9629C8B63", "text": "That is because there was no place |Mr. Serling|, a *Johnny Appleseed* of /online concert recordings/, would rather go.", "author": "Schiesel, Seth", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1553868_0", "date": "2004-01-26", "sourceId": "Q36105", "sourceLabel": "Charles Bronson", "sourceImId": "Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4d/Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG/180px-Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/01/26/1553868", "aUrlId": "9E0CE2DA1738F935A15752C0A9629C8B63", "text": "After thieves stole flowers from him recently, Mr. Price, who could become the *Charles Bronson* of /guacamole/, planted his hillsides with long-thorned finger cactus -- ''enough to completely engulf the valley,'' he said.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "1569312_0", "date": "2004-03-26", "sourceId": "Q319682", "sourceLabel": "Louis B. Mayer", "sourceImId": "Louis_B_Mayer_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d4/Louis_B_Mayer_cropped.jpg/180px-Louis_B_Mayer_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/03/26/1569312", "aUrlId": "950CE6DC1330F935A15750C0A9629C8B63", "text": "She is the widow of Alamo Village's founder, James T. Shahan, the *Louis B. Mayer* of /Brackettville moviemaking/, who in 1995, the year before his death, was named ''father of the Texas movie industry'' by Gov.", "author": "Blumenthal, Ralph", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1569473_0", "date": "2004-03-27", "sourceId": "Q8016", "sourceLabel": "Winston Churchill", "sourceImId": "Sir_Winston_S_Churchill.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Sir_Winston_S_Churchill.jpg/180px-Sir_Winston_S_Churchill.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/03/27/1569473", "aUrlId": "990CE5DD1030F934A15750C0A9629C8B63", "text": "But now Clinton is portrayed as the *Winston Churchill* of /the antiterror brigades/, and Bush is Neville Chamberlain.", "author": "Brooks, David", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
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{"id": "1569636_0", "date": "2004-03-28", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2004/03/28/1569636", "aUrlId": "9405E1DB1231F93BA15750C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Brooding over Osborne's adventure like an implacable Greek god -- the anti-Dionysus, perhaps -- is the ''all-powerful'' American wine critic Robert Parker, who sees himself as the *Ralph Nader* of /wine/, the incorruptible gatekeeper of the American palate.", "author": "Hendra, Tony", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1569940_0", "date": "2004-03-28", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/03/28/1569940", "aUrlId": "980DE0D91130F93BA15750C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Oh, who is considered the *Babe Ruth* of /Japanese baseball/ because of his 868 career homers, was managing the Hawks at the time.", "author": "Curry, Jack", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1571034_0", "date": "2004-04-02", "sourceId": "Q47216", "sourceLabel": "Condoleezza Rice", "sourceImId": "Condoleezza_Rice.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/Condoleezza_Rice.jpg/180px-Condoleezza_Rice.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/04/02/1571034", "aUrlId": "9B03E7DB1239F931A35757C0A9629C8B63", "text": "On Thursday, Mr. Doggett called |Mr. Badger| ''the *Condoleezza Rice* for /health care/.''", "author": "Stolberg, Sheryl Gay", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1572012_0", "date": "2004-04-05", "sourceId": "Q5387668", "sourceLabel": "Eric Valent", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2004/04/05/1572012", "aUrlId": "9404E2DC1E39F936A35757C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Neither did the Mets, but here they are, heading to Atlanta for opening day, hoping to become the *Eric Valent* of /this season/.", "author": "Jenkins, Lee", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1572556_0", "date": "2004-04-08", "sourceId": "Q80739", "sourceLabel": "Charlton Heston", "sourceImId": "Charlton_Heston_-_1953.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dc/Charlton_Heston_-_1953.jpg/180px-Charlton_Heston_-_1953.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/04/08/1572556", "aUrlId": "9E0CE5D91438F93BA35757C0A9629C8B63", "text": "THESE days, Hootie Johnson is unable to blast what he can't see, forcing the *Charlton Heston* of /Magnolia Lane/ to lay down his musket.", "author": "Roberts, Selena", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1572846_0", "date": "2004-04-09", "sourceId": "Q8023", "sourceLabel": "Nelson Mandela", "sourceImId": "Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg/180px-Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/04/09/1572846", "aUrlId": "9D04E5DA1238F93AA35757C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Where is the *Nelson Mandela* of /Iraq/?", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1574879_0", "date": "2004-04-18", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/04/18/1574879", "aUrlId": "9F0CE2DB1038F93BA25757C0A9629C8B63", "text": "In his own way, Ashton was the *Shakespeare* of /ballet/, less like the playwright who composed revenge tragedies than the poet who wrote love sonnets.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "Television"},
{"id": "1575170_0", "date": "2004-04-18", "sourceId": "Q128121", "sourceLabel": "Mick Jagger", "sourceImId": "Rolling_Stones_04.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/74/Rolling_Stones_04.jpg/180px-Rolling_Stones_04.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2004/04/18/1575170", "aUrlId": "9C07E7DA103BF93BA25757C0A9629C8B63", "text": "But she is breaking some of the nation's most delicate political china, so much so that one recent Vancouver newspaper article described her as the ''the *Mick Jagger* of /the accounting profession/.''", "author": "Krauss, Clifford", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1576723_0", "date": "2004-04-25", "sourceId": "Q8023", "sourceLabel": "Nelson Mandela", "sourceImId": "Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg/180px-Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/04/25/1576723", "aUrlId": "9C03E7DE143AF936A15757C0A9629C8B63", "text": "He's old,'' Abdul Hadi said, ''he's losing control, but he can't accept the idea of leaving the stage gracefully or trying to become the *Mandela* of /Palestine/.", "author": "Rieff, David", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1576914_0", "date": "2004-04-25", "sourceId": "Q721948", "sourceLabel": "Nolan Ryan", "sourceImId": "Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f3/Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg/180px-Nolan_Ryan_in_Atlanta_close-up.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/04/25/1576914", "aUrlId": "9905EFDB133AF936A15757C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Clemens is demonstrating that he is the *Nolan Ryan* of /this pitching generation/.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1577716_0", "date": "2004-04-29", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/04/29/1577716", "aUrlId": "9404EFD91F3AF93AA15757C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Mr. Kondo, Nintendo's in-house composer, wrote the Super Mario Brothers theme and is regarded by aficionados as the *Mozart* of /video game composers/.", "author": "Weingarten, Marc", "desk": "Circuits"},
{"id": "1577732_0", "date": "2004-04-29", "sourceId": "Q35332", "sourceLabel": "Brad Pitt", "sourceImId": "Brad_Pitt_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4c/Brad_Pitt_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Brad_Pitt_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2004/04/29/1577732", "aUrlId": "9E05EFD71F3AF93AA15757C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Mr. Florence, described later in the show as ''the *Brad Pitt* of /the Food Network/,'' made his entrance and prepared an avocado-and-seared-tuna appetizer, a roast poussin with garden pur\u00e9e and, for dessert, a basil panna cotta.", "author": "Gates, Anita", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1578230_0", "date": "2004-05-01", "sourceId": "Q192236", "sourceLabel": "Thomas \u00e0 Beckett", "sourceImId": "De_Grey_Hours_f.28.v_St._Thomas_of_Canterbury.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/De_Grey_Hours_f.28.v_St._Thomas_of_Canterbury.png/180px-De_Grey_Hours_f.28.v_St._Thomas_of_Canterbury.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "2004/05/01/1578230", "aUrlId": "9505E4DA153DF932A35756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "One banker even referred to Mr. Reed, who has been known for his deep streak of Presbyterian rectitude since his days at Citicorp, as the *Thomas \u00e0 Beckett* of /Wall Street/.", "author": "Thomas, Landon Jr", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1579929_0", "date": "2004-05-08", "sourceId": "Q339838", "sourceLabel": "Emeril Lagasse", "sourceImId": "Emeril_Lagasse_in_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f8/Emeril_Lagasse_in_2010.jpg/180px-Emeril_Lagasse_in_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/05/08/1579929", "aUrlId": "9C02E4DA173CF93BA35756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "He was the *Emeril Lagasse* of /his time/, gaining notoriety while working in several noble households and famous for such stunts as baking a deer-shaped loaf of bread that bled wine when pricked.", "author": "Robertson, Campbell", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1580170_0", "date": "2004-05-09", "sourceId": "Q4441", "sourceLabel": "Emily Dickinson", "sourceImId": "Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_(Restored).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg/180px-Emily_Dickinson_daguerreotype_%28Restored%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/05/09/1580170", "aUrlId": "9506E3D9113DF93AA35756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "He was becoming sort of the *Emily Dickinson* of /his era/: it is said that he found interacting with other people torture, and after he finished school he rarely left his parents' home.", "author": "Gates, Anita", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1580172_0", "date": "2004-05-09", "sourceId": "Q203401", "sourceLabel": "Edward Hopper", "sourceImId": "Edward_Hopper,_New_York_artist_LCCN2016871478_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b7/Edward_Hopper%2C_New_York_artist_LCCN2016871478_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Edward_Hopper%2C_New_York_artist_LCCN2016871478_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/05/09/1580172", "aUrlId": "9E00E2D9113DF93AA35756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS -- The author, poet and cult figure Charles Bukowski (1920-94) was a little like the *Edward Hopper* of /his genres/.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1581303_0", "date": "2004-05-13", "sourceId": "Q457840", "sourceLabel": "Will Rogers", "sourceImId": "Will_Rogers_-_1940s_-_color.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5b/Will_Rogers_-_1940s_-_color.JPG/180px-Will_Rogers_-_1940s_-_color.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/05/13/1581303", "aUrlId": "9E02EED9113CF930A25756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "I think he is the *Will Rogers* of /the Christian world/,'' Mr. Vermillion said in a telephone interview.", "author": "Kirkpatrick, David D", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1583245_0", "date": "2004-05-21", "sourceId": "Q21847069", "sourceLabel": "Annie Osborn", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2004/05/21/1583245", "aUrlId": "9C00E1DF113FF932A15756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Similarly, in Hudson, where antiques dealers and artists have pried open Warren Street to reveal a *Cinderella* of /charming row houses/, three-bedroom homes sold last year for an average of $200,000, double what they went for five years ago.", "author": "Lee, Denny", "desk": "Escapes"},
{"id": "1583723_0", "date": "2004-05-23", "sourceId": "Q310588", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Kucinich", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Kucinich.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Dennis_Kucinich.jpg/180px-Dennis_Kucinich.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/05/23/1583723", "aUrlId": "9C06EFD9123FF930A15756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "(An informal survey of Tony voters suggests that Ms. D'Abruzzo, the perky, quirky puppeteer from ''Avenue Q,'' is the *Dennis Kucinich* of /this campaign/.)", "author": "Mckinley, Jesse", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1583885_0", "date": "2004-05-23", "sourceId": "Q342778", "sourceLabel": "Pat Boone", "sourceImId": "Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/180px-Pat_Boone_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2004/05/23/1583885", "aUrlId": "9A03E6D91E3FF930A15756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "It's the *Pat Boone* of /energy drinks/, an upbeat, peppy blend of apple, pear and carrot juice tweaked with hints of this and that to bend it in the direction of grapefruit and strawberry.", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1585380_0", "date": "2004-05-30", "sourceId": "Q456921", "sourceLabel": "Paul O'Neill", "sourceImId": "OneilllPaul.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/OneilllPaul.jpg/180px-OneilllPaul.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/05/30/1585380", "aUrlId": "9C06E7D8103FF933A05756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Maureen Orth could be the *Paul O'Neill* of /Cond\u00e9 Nast/!", "author": "Kantor, Jodi", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1585401_0", "date": "2004-05-30", "sourceId": "Q216936", "sourceLabel": "Sean Combs", "sourceImId": "Sean_Combs_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/13/Sean_Combs_2010.jpg/180px-Sean_Combs_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/05/30/1585401", "aUrlId": "9C00E2DB173EF933A05756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Dance hall is faster than reggae,'' says Paul, 31, known here as the *Sean Combs* of /Jamaica/.", "author": "Garbarino, Steve", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1585791_0", "date": "2004-05-30", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2004/05/30/1585791", "aUrlId": "9C07E1DC1F3EF933A05756C0A9629C8B63", "text": "But now that he is a finalist for the Hart trophy as most valuable player for the second time and participating in the championship round for the first time, Iginla responded enthusiastically when asked questions about how he would feel to be known as the *Tiger Woods* of /hockey/.", "author": "Lapointe, Joe", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1586550_0", "date": "2004-06-03", "sourceId": "Q201608", "sourceLabel": "Dennis Rodman", "sourceImId": "Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg/180px-Dennis_Rodman_ToPo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-1.0", "fId": "2004/06/03/1586550", "aUrlId": "980CEEDA1531F930A35755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "I like to say that she's the *Dennis Rodman* of /her sport/,'' Joy Schwikert said at one of Tasha's workouts last week, there just to reassure the coach that her daughter wouldn't behave badly.", "author": "Macur, Juliet", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1587118_0", "date": "2004-06-06", "sourceId": "Q6107", "sourceLabel": "Tupac Shakur", "sourceImId": "Tupac_graffiti_New_York.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/Tupac_graffiti_New_York.jpg/180px-Tupac_graffiti_New_York.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2004/06/06/1587118", "aUrlId": "9F01E7D91731F935A35755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Bukowski is the *Tupac Shakur* of /American literature/: dead, he seems to be as prolific as when he was alive.", "author": "Garner, Dwight", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1588048_0", "date": "2004-06-09", "sourceId": "Q242936", "sourceLabel": "Susan Lucci", "sourceImId": "Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg/180px-Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/06/09/1588048", "aUrlId": "9C0DEED91630F93AA35755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "That he isn't really a designer but a man of many parts -- rap artist, record producer, St. Tropez party animal and, most recently, Broadway star -- is probably one reason he was on his way to becoming the *Susan Lucci* of /fashion/.", "author": "Horyn, Cathy", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1588068_0", "date": "2004-06-09", "sourceId": "Q431015", "sourceLabel": "David Koresh", "sourceImId": "David_koresh.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/David_koresh.jpg/180px-David_koresh.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/06/09/1588068", "aUrlId": "9E0DE0D81630F93AA35755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Rowland has become the *David Koresh* of /Connecticut politics/,'' said Roy Occhiogrosso, a consultant who was the campaign manager for William E. Curry, a Democrat whom Mr. Rowland defeated in 2002.", "author": "Applebome, Peter", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1588152_0", "date": "2004-06-09", "sourceId": "Q329466", "sourceLabel": "Freddy Krueger", "sourceImId": "Freddy_Krueger_(15889450739).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/db/Freddy_Krueger_%2815889450739%29.jpg/180px-Freddy_Krueger_%2815889450739%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/06/09/1588152", "aUrlId": "9C0DE2D61630F93AA35755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "It's the *Freddy Krueger* of /sports-arena projects/,'' said Manuel Lavin, an activist from the Ironbound community in Newark's East Ward.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1588482_0", "date": "2004-06-11", "sourceId": "Q451185", "sourceLabel": "Matthew Barney", "sourceImId": "Matthew-Barney-1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a6/Matthew-Barney-1.jpg/180px-Matthew-Barney-1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2004/06/11/1588482", "aUrlId": "9C03E0D61430F932A25755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Nate and David's younger sister, Claire (Lauren Ambrose), still mired in alienation and slacker ennui, says of an attractive boy in her art class that he is the *Matthew Barney* of /their school/ but she is ''so not'' Bjork.", "author": "Stanley, Alessandra", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1588869_0", "date": "2004-06-13", "sourceId": "Q34012", "sourceLabel": "Marlon Brando", "sourceImId": "Marlon_Brando_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/Marlon_Brando_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Marlon_Brando_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2004/06/13/1588869", "aUrlId": "9F04EEDC1E31F930A25755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Ben Hogan played to win in cuffed trousers, argyle cashmere and bespoke spats; Arnold Palmer was the *Marlon Brando* of /golf/ in tight, bicep-revealing shirts; and Payne Stewart's plus fours and tam-o'-shanter -- not to mention his habit of wearing the N.F.L.", "author": "Silva, Horacio", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1589810_0", "date": "2004-06-16", "sourceId": "Q92566", "sourceLabel": "Flash Gordon", "sourceImId": "Flash_Gordon_Strange_Adventures_December_1936.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f4/Flash_Gordon_Strange_Adventures_December_1936.jpg/180px-Flash_Gordon_Strange_Adventures_December_1936.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/06/16/1589810", "aUrlId": "9405E5D91E30F935A25755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "But City Councilman Michael McMahon has become the *Flash Gordon* of /Staten Island/, determined to vanquish the planet of pleasure.", "author": "Barry, Dan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1590100_0", "date": "2004-06-17", "sourceId": "Q174908", "sourceLabel": "Michael Moore", "sourceImId": "Michael_Moore_2011_Shankbone_4.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8b/Michael_Moore_2011_Shankbone_4.JPG/180px-Michael_Moore_2011_Shankbone_4.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2004/06/17/1590100", "aUrlId": "9507EEDE1F30F934A25755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Instead of an acceptance speech, Mr. Schneider, whom Mr. Davis called the *Michael Moore* of /his day/, read a statement from the provisional Vietnamese government.", "author": "Boxer, Sarah", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1590120_0", "date": "2004-06-17", "sourceId": "Q583448", "sourceLabel": "Roger Tory Peterson", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2004/06/17/1590120", "aUrlId": "9402E0DC1F30F934A25755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Conceived as a dictionary encompassing 51 species, from alligator to zoomburb (a city in the suburbs growing faster than a boomburb) the guide may well establish Ms. Hayden as the *Roger Tory Peterson* of /sprawl/.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1590211_0", "date": "2004-06-18", "sourceId": "Q36107", "sourceLabel": "Muhammad Ali", "sourceImId": "Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/89/Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/06/18/1590211", "aUrlId": "9507E2DB1639F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "These two views have faced off in opposing corners of the art world boxing ring for the better part of a century, ever since Marcel Duchamp, the *Muhammad Ali* of /Western modernism/, came floating and stinging onto the scene and messed with the protocols and the expectations of the game.", "author": "Cotter, Holland", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "1593193_0", "date": "2004-06-30", "sourceId": "Q170779", "sourceLabel": "Cassandra", "sourceImId": "Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Cassandra1.jpeg/180px-Cassandra1.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/06/30/1593193", "aUrlId": "9B07E0D91538F933A05755C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Though ingenious and witty and a fine teller of contemporary quips and quirks, Mr. Neate is closer to the *Cassandra* of /a doomed city-state/.", "author": "Eder, Richard", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1595061_0", "date": "2004-07-08", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/07/08/1595061", "aUrlId": "9B01EEDD153BF93BA35754C0A9629C8B63", "text": "This was Ashton, the *Shakespeare* of /ballet/ -- the Shakespeare who wrote love sonnets.", "author": "Kisselgoff, Anna", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1596074_0", "date": "2004-07-11", "sourceId": "Q231001", "sourceLabel": "Amanda Beard", "sourceImId": "Amanda_Beard_on_the_Red_Carpet.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9d/Amanda_Beard_on_the_Red_Carpet.jpg/180px-Amanda_Beard_on_the_Red_Carpet.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2004/07/11/1596074", "aUrlId": "9C04E0DD113BF932A25754C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Hoff said she never thought she would become the *Amanda Beard* of /this meet/.", "author": "Zinser, Lynn", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1596311_0", "date": "2004-07-13", "sourceId": "Q5598", "sourceLabel": "Rembrandt", "sourceImId": "Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn_-_Self-Portrait_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/07/13/1596311", "aUrlId": "9F02E7DD1E3BF930A25754C0A9629C8B63", "text": "Shot on digital video by the *Rembrandt* of /the medium/, Anthony Dod Mantle (''Dogville''), the film runs a brief 75 minutes, but any more than that would definitely be overkill.", "author": "Kehr, Dave", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1601013_0", "date": "2004-08-01", "sourceId": "Q26702", "sourceLabel": "Cardinal Richelieu", "sourceImId": "Cardinal_de_Richelieu.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8f/Cardinal_de_Richelieu.jpg/180px-Cardinal_de_Richelieu.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/08/01/1601013", "aUrlId": "9E0DE1D71E3DF932A3575BC0A9629C8B63", "text": "To Ilana Wexler, the unbearably cute 12-year-old who ventured that Vice President Dick Cheney, the *Cardinal Richelieu* of /his age/, needs ''to be put in a timeout''?", "author": "Buckley, Christopher", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1601036_0", "date": "2004-08-01", "sourceId": "Q1346641", "sourceLabel": "Johnnie Cochran", "sourceImId": "JohnnieCochran_2001.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/JohnnieCochran_2001.jpg/180px-JohnnieCochran_2001.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/08/01/1601036", "aUrlId": "9B06E4DD1F3DF932A3575BC0A9629C8B63", "text": "Fuaad Ahmed al-Jawary, attorney at law, has become the *Johnnie Cochran* of /the insurgency/, and as the resistance continues, his criminal defense practice has soared.", "author": "Gettleman, Jeffrey", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
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{"id": "1605112_0", "date": "2004-08-19", "sourceId": "Q3308441", "sourceLabel": "Eppie Lederer", "sourceImId": "Ann_Landers.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Ann_Landers.jpg/180px-Ann_Landers.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/08/19/1605112", "aUrlId": "940CE5D91E3FF93AA2575BC0A9629C8B63", "text": "This is where Gary Bogue, the *Ann Landers* of /California wildlife/, steps in.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1605193_0", "date": "2004-08-20", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/08/20/1605193", "aUrlId": "9C05E2DE1F3FF933A1575BC0A9629C8B63", "text": "Financially, they're trying to destroy us,'' said Mr. Burns, 52, whose critics have painted him as the *Donald Trump* of /Tybee/.", "author": "Lee, Denny", "desk": "Escapes"},
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{"id": "1607221_0", "date": "2004-08-29", "sourceId": "Q313367", "sourceLabel": "Gary Coleman", "sourceImId": "Gary_Coleman_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Gary_Coleman_cropped.jpg/180px-Gary_Coleman_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2004/08/29/1607221", "aUrlId": "9503E0DC153CF93AA1575BC0A9629C8B63", "text": "It's a job so stressful that it's burned out adults like Isaac Mizrahi and Todd Oldham, neither of whom had to face the possibility of becoming the *Gary Coleman* of /fashion/ as soon as they stepped away from the sewing machine.", "author": "Marshall, Alexandra", "desk": "T: Women's Fashion Magazine"},
{"id": "1607515_0", "date": "2004-08-29", "sourceId": "Q233937", "sourceLabel": "Nancy Sinatra", "sourceImId": "Nancy_Sinatra.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/Nancy_Sinatra.JPG/180px-Nancy_Sinatra.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/08/29/1607515", "aUrlId": "9F05E4D7113EF93AA1575BC0A9629C8B63", "text": "The show is headlined by Liz Phair, who is the *Nancy Sinatra* of /alternative rock/, alternately kittenish and aggressive in songs of self-assertion and troubled romance.", "author": "Sisario, Ben", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "1608307_0", "date": "2004-09-01", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/09/01/1608307", "aUrlId": "9C0CE6DE1531F932A3575AC0A9629C8B63", "text": "Arnold Schwarzenegger is the *John Wayne* of /the current generation/,'' said the Rev.", "author": "Slackman, Michael", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "1610869_0", "date": "2004-09-12", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2004/09/12/1610869", "aUrlId": "9B00E1D81530F931A2575AC0A9629C8B63", "text": "Craig Ehrich, another board member, added: ''She's the *Ralph Nader* of /the board/.''", "author": "Kugel, Seth", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1612690_0", "date": "2004-09-19", "sourceId": "Q297469", "sourceLabel": "Leo Fender", "sourceImId": "Leo_Fender.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5f/Leo_Fender.jpg/180px-Leo_Fender.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "2004/09/19/1612690", "aUrlId": "9501E6DC153CF93AA2575AC0A9629C8B63", "text": "He's the *Leo Fender* of /synthesizers/,'' says Money Mark, a longtime keyboardist for the Beastie Boys, who is featured in the film.", "author": "Nelson, Steffie", "desk": "T: Men's Fashion Magazine"},
{"id": "1612886_0", "date": "2004-09-20", "sourceId": "Q959153", "sourceLabel": "Frank Stallone", "sourceImId": "Frank_Stallone.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f6/Frank_Stallone.jpg/180px-Frank_Stallone.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2004/09/20/1612886", "aUrlId": "980DE2D71439F933A1575AC0A9629C8B63", "text": "He can read the biblical story of Aaron and imagine ''the *Frank Stallone* of /ancient Judaism/.''", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1613516_0", "date": "2004-09-23", "sourceId": "Q294927", "sourceLabel": "Jerry Lewis", "sourceImId": "Jerry_Lewis_-_1960s.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Jerry_Lewis_-_1960s.jpg/180px-Jerry_Lewis_-_1960s.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/09/23/1613516", "aUrlId": "9C0DE7D61339F930A1575AC0A9629C8B63", "text": "To be accepted by the French will only confirm for skeptics here that Evans is the *Jerry Lewis* of /modern design/.", "author": "Hamilton, William L", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1613724_0", "date": "2004-09-24", "sourceId": "Q180748", "sourceLabel": "Mark Spitz", "sourceImId": "Mark_Spitz.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/03/Mark_Spitz.jpg/180px-Mark_Spitz.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/09/24/1613724", "aUrlId": "9804EED61039F937A1575AC0A9629C8B63", "text": "I need to stay fit to keep up with all the other geezers,'' said Biff Lowry, 77, who could be described as the *Mark Spitz* of /his generation/ (he took home seven gold medals in swimming at the Huntsman Games two years ago).", "author": "Lee, Denny", "desk": "Escapes"},
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{"id": "1613944_0", "date": "2004-09-25", "sourceId": "Q205721", "sourceLabel": "Joni Mitchell", "sourceImId": "1974_Joni_Mitchell.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/1974_Joni_Mitchell.jpg/180px-1974_Joni_Mitchell.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/09/25/1613944", "aUrlId": "9E03E1DB1E39F936A1575AC0A9629C8B63", "text": "Todd Rundgren, who produced ''Things Here Are Different,'' raised the stakes, proclaiming |her| ''a *Joni Mitchell* for /the 90's/.''", "author": "Topcik, Joel", "desk": "Arts & Ideas/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1615895_0", "date": "2004-10-03", "sourceId": "Q959153", "sourceLabel": "Frank Stallone", "sourceImId": "Frank_Stallone.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f6/Frank_Stallone.jpg/180px-Frank_Stallone.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2004/10/03/1615895", "aUrlId": "9B07E7DE1E39F930A35753C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Seems he was sort of the *Frank Stallone* of /ancient Judaism/.", "author": "Queenan, Joe", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
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{"id": "1621023_0", "date": "2004-10-22", "sourceId": "Q107008", "sourceLabel": "Count Basie", "sourceImId": "Count_Basie_in_Rhythm_and_Blues_Revue.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Count_Basie_in_Rhythm_and_Blues_Revue.jpg/180px-Count_Basie_in_Rhythm_and_Blues_Revue.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/10/22/1621023", "aUrlId": "9C0DE3D9103AF931A15753C1A9629C8B63", "text": "At 75, the *Count Basie* of /cocktail jazz piano/ still commands the keyboard with the authority of a sharpshooter who never misses.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "1623696_0", "date": "2004-10-31", "sourceId": "Q26702", "sourceLabel": "Cardinal Richelieu", "sourceImId": "Cardinal_de_Richelieu.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8f/Cardinal_de_Richelieu.jpg/180px-Cardinal_de_Richelieu.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/10/31/1623696", "aUrlId": "9C01E3DA113DF932A05753C1A9629C8B63", "text": "James E. McGreevey's chief of staff, James P. Fox, has been called the governor's right hand, the head fixer, the *Cardinal Richelieu* of /the State House/.", "author": "Mansnerus, Laura", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1623833_0", "date": "2004-11-01", "sourceId": "Q39829", "sourceLabel": "Stephen King", "sourceImId": "Stephen_King,_Comicon.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e3/Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg/180px-Stephen_King%2C_Comicon.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/11/01/1623833", "aUrlId": "9506E7D6113DF932A35752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "This is because over the last decade Mr. Suzuki has written a series of horror novels and short stories that have earned him the title -- one that alternately annoys and flatters him -- of the *Stephen King* of /Japan/.", "author": "Kennedy, Randy", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1625121_0", "date": "2004-11-07", "sourceId": "Q11459", "sourceLabel": "Serena Williams", "sourceImId": "Serena_Williams_at_2013_US_Open.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4b/Serena_Williams_at_2013_US_Open.jpg/180px-Serena_Williams_at_2013_US_Open.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/11/07/1625121", "aUrlId": "9906E4D7113BF934A35752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Herm\u00e9, the *Serena Williams* of /French sweets/, always wears black, so it is no surprise that his signature sabl\u00e9 is blackened with cocoa and bittersweet chocolate and spiked with challenging, crunchy shards of fleur de sel.", "author": "", "desk": "T: Living Magazine"},
{"id": "1625157_0", "date": "2004-11-07", "sourceId": "Q298237", "sourceLabel": "Benedict Arnold", "sourceImId": "Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg/180px-Benedict_arnold_illustration.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/11/07/1625157", "aUrlId": "990DE4D6123DF934A35752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Blacks jumped on Johnson for this, and their very virulence -- ''Uncle Tom Johnson,'' ''the *Benedict Arnold* of /his race/'' and ''a jimson weed in the nostrils of those who once cheered him'' are only some of the epithets thrown his way -- suggests that their anger toward him was older and deeper than Ward represents.", "author": "Margolick, David", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1625608_0", "date": "2004-11-07", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2004/11/07/1625608", "aUrlId": "9404E6D6123CF934A35752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "She is known uptown as the *Ralph Nader* of /Harlem/.", "author": "Feuer, Alan", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1626383_0", "date": "2004-11-11", "sourceId": "Q55800", "sourceLabel": "Oprah Winfrey", "sourceImId": "Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Oprah_in_2014.jpg/180px-Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/11/11/1626383", "aUrlId": "9E06E7D71E3CF932A25752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Enter Ms. Orman, the *Oprah Winfrey* of /financial planning/.", "author": "Hakim, Danny", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1626966_0", "date": "2004-11-14", "sourceId": "Q23", "sourceLabel": "George Washington", "sourceImId": "Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg/180px-Gilbert_Stuart_Williamstown_Portrait_of_George_Washington.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/11/14/1626966", "aUrlId": "9C03E1D6133CF937A25752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "We shared Delft's wet streets with mainly Dutch tourists, drawn by the intimacy and beauty of its old center and probably also by monuments associated with William of Orange, the *George Washington* of /the Netherlands/ who led an insurrection against the Spanish Hapsburgs in the 16th century.", "author": "Yarnall, Judith", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1627029_0", "date": "2004-11-14", "sourceId": "Q295080", "sourceLabel": "Aaron Spelling", "sourceImId": "Aaron_Spelling_TWA_ad_photo.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d4/Aaron_Spelling_TWA_ad_photo.JPG/180px-Aaron_Spelling_TWA_ad_photo.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/11/14/1627029", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2DC113CF937A25752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Juan Osorio, the *Aaron Spelling* of /Mexican television/, was so ready to gamble on Ms. Trevi's marketability that he signed her to a contract before she was acquitted; he created a soap opera, yet to be produced, based on her life, and figured out a way she could phone in her lines from jail in the event of her conviction.", "author": "Mcdougall, Christopher", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1627041_0", "date": "2004-11-14", "sourceId": "Q11675", "sourceLabel": "Eliot Spitzer", "sourceImId": "Eliot_Spitzer.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Eliot_Spitzer.jpg/180px-Eliot_Spitzer.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/11/14/1627041", "aUrlId": "9C07EFDC1E3CF937A25752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Back in 1997, Congressman Schumer was the *Eliot Spitzer* of /his day/.", "author": "Kirtzman, Andrew", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1627093_0", "date": "2004-11-14", "sourceId": "Q345004", "sourceLabel": "Mickey Mantle", "sourceImId": "Mickey_Mantle_1953.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/66/Mickey_Mantle_1953.jpg/180px-Mickey_Mantle_1953.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/11/14/1627093", "aUrlId": "9404EFDC1F3CF937A25752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "MAYBE it's the droopy Mets windbreaker or the scuffed black Keds, but |Matt Matros| doesn't look much like the *Mickey Mantle* for /a new generation of teenage boys/.", "author": "Rubenstein, Carin", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1627639_0", "date": "2004-11-16", "sourceId": "Q231417", "sourceLabel": "Barbara Walters", "sourceImId": "Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ad/Barbara_Walters.jpg/180px-Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/11/16/1627639", "aUrlId": "9E00E5DD153FF935A25752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "I'll be like the *Barbara Walters* of /Barneys today/,'' he said.", "author": "Horyn, Cathy", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1628364_0", "date": "2004-11-19", "sourceId": "Q497827", "sourceLabel": "Sam Walton", "sourceImId": "SamWalton-1936.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b6/SamWalton-1936.jpg/180px-SamWalton-1936.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/11/19/1628364", "aUrlId": "9B05E0DF113FF93AA25752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "And here in Arkansas, you might say he grew to become the *Sam Walton* of /national retail politics/.", "author": "Purdum, Todd S", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1629416_0", "date": "2004-11-23", "sourceId": "Q8023", "sourceLabel": "Nelson Mandela", "sourceImId": "Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg/180px-Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/11/23/1629416", "aUrlId": "9906E1D8163EF930A15752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Some in his party even eulogized him as the *Nelson Mandela* of /Pakistan/, a claim that made his rivals snicker.", "author": "Masood, Salman", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1629819_0", "date": "2004-11-25", "sourceId": "Q363308", "sourceLabel": "Walker Evans", "sourceImId": "Walker_Evans_1937-02.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/Walker_Evans_1937-02.jpg/180px-Walker_Evans_1937-02.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/11/25/1629819", "aUrlId": "9503EED7143EF936A15752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Shomei Tomatsu is the *Walker Evans* of /Japanese photography/, says Sandra S. Phillips, a senior curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and one of the book's authors.", "author": "Gefter, Philip", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1630043_0", "date": "2004-11-26", "sourceId": "Q327071", "sourceLabel": "Paul Revere", "sourceImId": "J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg/180px-J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/11/26/1630043", "aUrlId": "9904E0D6153EF935A15752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "And so |Mr. Burress| became a *Paul Revere* for /the movement against same-sex marriage/, not only sounding warnings across the land but also laying the groundwork for a church-based conservative movement that he hopes will transform Ohio politics for years to come.", "author": "Dao, James", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "1630380_0", "date": "2004-11-28", "sourceId": "Q214477", "sourceLabel": "Julia Child", "sourceImId": "Julia_Child_portrait_by_\u00a9Lynn_Gilbert,_1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg/180px-Julia_Child_portrait_by_%C2%A9Lynn_Gilbert%2C_1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2004/11/28/1630380", "aUrlId": "9C06E2D6163EF93BA15752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "On the more contemporary side ''An Omelette and a Glass of Wine: Walk Elizabeth David's Chelsea'' is a tribute to the *Julia Child* of /England/.", "author": "Lourie, Richard", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
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{"id": "1630801_0", "date": "2004-11-29", "sourceId": "Q55800", "sourceLabel": "Oprah Winfrey", "sourceImId": "Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Oprah_in_2014.jpg/180px-Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/11/29/1630801", "aUrlId": "9401EFD6133EF93AA15752C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Is it a conflict of interest for Suze Orman, often called the *Oprah Winfrey* of /financial planning/, to appear as a pitchwoman in a campaign peddling the new ''Lock 'n' Roll'' loan promotion sponsored by the General Motors Corporation?", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
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{"id": "1633980_0", "date": "2004-12-12", "sourceId": "Q229232", "sourceLabel": "Gloria Swanson", "sourceImId": "Gloria_Swanson-James_Abbe_1921.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/91/Gloria_Swanson-James_Abbe_1921.jpg/180px-Gloria_Swanson-James_Abbe_1921.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/12/12/1633980", "aUrlId": "9F0DEED81431F931A25751C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Mr. Balazs's first property, Chateau Marmont, could be described as the *Gloria Swanson* of /hotels/.", "author": "Iovine, Julie V", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1635360_0", "date": "2004-12-17", "sourceId": "Q174908", "sourceLabel": "Michael Moore", "sourceImId": "Michael_Moore_2011_Shankbone_4.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8b/Michael_Moore_2011_Shankbone_4.JPG/180px-Michael_Moore_2011_Shankbone_4.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2004/12/17/1635360", "aUrlId": "9A00E6DF1530F934A25751C1A9629C8B63", "text": "I think that if Bill Moyers is trying to go out as the *Michael Moore* of /television/, he ought to be congratulated, because he has succeeded,'' he said.", "author": "Carr, David", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1635940_0", "date": "2004-12-19", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/12/19/1635940", "aUrlId": "9401E4DB1530F93AA25751C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Mr. Dell may not quite be the *Henry Ford* of /our time/, but his company is certainly the Wal-Mart of the high-technology industry, for better or worse.", "author": "Rivlin, Gary", "desk": "SundayBusiness"},
{"id": "1637346_0", "date": "2004-12-26", "sourceId": "Q51492", "sourceLabel": "Frank Capra", "sourceImId": "Capra-signed_1930s.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ab/Capra-signed_1930s.jpg/180px-Capra-signed_1930s.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/12/26/1637346", "aUrlId": "9B01E0D81330F935A15751C1A9629C8B63", "text": "Still others are known only to a handful of devotees, like Russ Meyer, the *Frank Capra* of /the big-breasted sexploitation film/; Katharina Dalton, who changed women's lives by explaining PMS; Mary-Ellis Bunim, who helped unleash the beast that is reality TV; and Sidney Morgenbesser, the kibitzing philosopher of upper Broadway.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1637357_0", "date": "2004-12-26", "sourceId": "Q739866", "sourceLabel": "Pete Rose", "sourceImId": "Pete_rose_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7a/Pete_rose_cropped.jpg/180px-Pete_rose_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2004/12/26/1637357", "aUrlId": "9B03EFD71330F935A15751C1A9629C8B63", "text": "James might be called the *Pete Rose* of /funk/; deprived of Sly Stone's or Prince's native genius, he scrapped his way to the top.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
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{"id": "1638195_0", "date": "2004-12-29", "sourceId": "Q180919", "sourceLabel": "Natalie Wood", "sourceImId": "Natalie_Wood_publicity_1963.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/08/Natalie_Wood_publicity_1963.jpg/180px-Natalie_Wood_publicity_1963.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2004/12/29/1638195", "aUrlId": "9500E4DF1739F93AA15751C1A9629C8B63", "text": "The article made Ms. Sontag an international celebrity, showered with lavish, if unintentionally ridiculous, titles (''a literary pinup,'' ''the dark lady of American letters,'' ''the *Natalie Wood* of /the U.S. avant-garde/'').", "author": "Fox, Margalit", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1639000_0", "date": "2005-01-02", "sourceId": "Q41166", "sourceLabel": "Jonathan Swift", "sourceImId": "Jonathan_Swift_by_Charles_Jervas_detail.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4b/Jonathan_Swift_by_Charles_Jervas_detail.jpg/180px-Jonathan_Swift_by_Charles_Jervas_detail.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/01/02/1639000", "aUrlId": "9F02EEDC1439F931A35752C0A9639C8B63", "text": "It wasn't Jerry Orbach addressing me, but the character he'd created and so thoroughly inhabited: Lennie Briscoe, the *Jonathan Swift* of /the N.Y.P.D./, quintessential tough-skinned, nasty-tongued, broken-hearted New Yorker.", "author": "Schwartz, Lynne Sharon", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
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{"id": "1640675_0", "date": "2005-01-09", "sourceId": "Q169452", "sourceLabel": "Shaquille O'Neal", "sourceImId": "Shaqmiami.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a7/Shaqmiami.jpg/180px-Shaqmiami.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/01/09/1640675", "aUrlId": "9D06E6D71139F93AA35752C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Over the last few weeks, several of the nation's largest buyout firms, including the Blackstone Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners, have each been not-so-discreetly talking up the possibility of trying to raise what would be the *Shaquille O'Neal* of /L.B.O./", "author": "Sorkin, Andrew Ross", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1642486_0", "date": "2005-01-16", "sourceId": "Q355314", "sourceLabel": "Jack Welch", "sourceImId": "JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/JackWelchApril2012.jpg/180px-JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/01/16/1642486", "aUrlId": "9406E3D91438F935A25752C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Industry has every reason to be alarmed at the social, economic and financial implications,'' said Alfred Sloan, the chief executive of General Motors and the *Jack Welch* of /his day/.", "author": "Gross, Daniel", "desk": "SundayBusiness"},
{"id": "1642808_0", "date": "2005-01-17", "sourceId": "Q285536", "sourceLabel": "Imelda Marcos", "sourceImId": "Imeldamarcos1982.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Imeldamarcos1982.jpg/180px-Imeldamarcos1982.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/01/17/1642808", "aUrlId": "9B03E0DF1238F934A25752C0A9639C8B63", "text": "But comments occasionally seem deliberately na\u00efve, like a reference by Michael Farquhar, author of ''A Treasury of Royal Scandals,'' to Marie, with her fashion excesses, as ''the *Imelda Marcos* of /her day/.''", "author": "Gates, Anita", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1643883_0", "date": "2005-01-22", "sourceId": "Q242936", "sourceLabel": "Susan Lucci", "sourceImId": "Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg/180px-Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/01/22/1643883", "aUrlId": "9C0DE2D81138F931A15752C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Rather than become the *Susan Lucci* of /the N.F.L./, Harry Carson said Thursday night that he had petitioned the governing board of the Hall of Fame to take his name off the ballot.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1644306_0", "date": "2005-01-23", "sourceId": "Q445701", "sourceLabel": "Kenneth Lay", "sourceImId": "Ken_Lay.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/Ken_Lay.jpg/180px-Ken_Lay.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/01/23/1644306", "aUrlId": "9A01E4D91138F930A15752C0A9639C8B63", "text": "I was the *Kenneth Lay* of /the moment/.''", "author": "Johnson, Robert", "desk": "SundayBusiness"},
{"id": "1645547_0", "date": "2005-01-28", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "2005/01/28/1645547", "aUrlId": "9E01E3DF143BF93BA15752C0A9639C8B63", "text": "She said that because the biography did not accept a popular image of Ms. Bari as ''the *Mother Teresa* of /the North Coast forests/,'' it had invited a showdown with ''bitter-enders who are the keepers of her flame.''", "author": "Murphy, Dean E", "desk": "National Desk"},
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{"id": "1656018_0", "date": "2005-03-11", "sourceId": "Q102289", "sourceLabel": "Buckminster Fuller", "sourceImId": "BuckminsterFuller1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3b/BuckminsterFuller1.jpg/180px-BuckminsterFuller1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2005/03/11/1656018", "aUrlId": "9C02E3DB173CF932A25750C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Mr. Zatkoff, who is now the *Buckminster Fuller* of /crab pots/, experimenting with squares and octagons, reluctantly sold his boat, the Koritsa, last year after becoming disoriented in the valley of a wave.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Escapes"},
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{"id": "1660495_0", "date": "2005-03-28", "sourceId": "Q55800", "sourceLabel": "Oprah Winfrey", "sourceImId": "Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/Oprah_in_2014.jpg/180px-Oprah_in_2014.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2005/03/28/1660495", "aUrlId": "9501E3DD153FF93BA15750C0A9639C8B63", "text": "For Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, a talk-show host who has been called the *Oprah Winfrey* of /South Africa/, the channel is ''the best news ever to come out of America about Africa.''", "author": "Madigan, Nick", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
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{"id": "1663656_0", "date": "2005-04-10", "sourceId": "Q30487", "sourceLabel": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "sourceImId": "Gorbachev_2019_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ef/Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Gorbachev_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-4.0", "fId": "2005/04/10/1663656", "aUrlId": "9C03E3DC163EF933A25757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "I don't mean to be dramatic, but I think John LaValle has been the *Gorbachev* of /Brookhaven/, and just like Gorbachev, his fate was sealed because he was a product of the same corrupt system that he needed to destroy.''", "author": "Toy, Vivian S", "desk": "Long Island Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1663822_0", "date": "2005-04-10", "sourceId": "Q368744", "sourceLabel": "Charles Atlas", "sourceImId": "Charles_Atlas_c1920.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1d/Charles_Atlas_c1920.jpg/180px-Charles_Atlas_c1920.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/04/10/1663822", "aUrlId": "9D04E6DD143EF933A25757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Mr. Schwarzenegger appeared in Army fatigues and took Mr. Buffett -- who may be the *Charles Atlas* of /investors/ but who has the musculature of a chipmunk -- through a grueling workout to punish him for criticizing inequities in California's property tax system.", "author": "O'Brien, Timothy L", "desk": "SundayBusiness"},
{"id": "1663850_0", "date": "2005-04-10", "sourceId": "Q53002", "sourceLabel": "Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut", "sourceImId": "Fran\u00e7ois_Truffaut_(1965).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/Fran%C3%A7ois_Truffaut_%281965%29.jpg/180px-Fran%C3%A7ois_Truffaut_%281965%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-nl", "fId": "2005/04/10/1663850", "aUrlId": "9905E6D8143EF933A25757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Who is the *Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut* of /our moment/?)", "author": "Brooks, David", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1665352_0", "date": "2005-04-17", "sourceId": "Q222134", "sourceLabel": "Ted Kaczynski", "sourceImId": "Young_theodore_kaczynski.jpeg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Young_theodore_kaczynski.jpeg/180px-Young_theodore_kaczynski.jpeg", "sourceImLicense": "GFDL", "fId": "2005/04/17/1665352", "aUrlId": "9900E2DF173EF934A25757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "So it takes courage, if not a touch of Brownian madness, to argue, as David S. Reynolds does in his absorbing new biography, ''John Brown, Abolitionist,'' that Brown was not the *Unabomber* of /his time/, but a reasonable man, well connected to his era's intellectual currents and a salutary force for change.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1665402_0", "date": "2005-04-17", "sourceId": "Q2896645", "sourceLabel": "Ruth Reichl", "sourceImId": "Ruth_Reichl.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/Ruth_Reichl.jpg/180px-Ruth_Reichl.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2005/04/17/1665402", "aUrlId": "9D05EED6153EF934A25757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "If this was the Zagat's of the air, I would now be the *Ruth Reichl* of /the sky/.", "author": "Conlin, Jennifer", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1665414_0", "date": "2005-04-17", "sourceId": "Q1744", "sourceLabel": "Madonna", "sourceImId": "Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b1/Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_%2823051472299%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/04/17/1665414", "aUrlId": "9B0DE6DF123EF934A25757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "EVER the *Madonna* of /cities/, Las Vegas -- once the home of the Rat Pack and then, briefly, a family friendly destination -- has once again reinvented itself for baby boomers and their echo-boomer offspring, both eager to spend whatever it takes for a taste of the good life.", "author": "Horchow, Sally", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1666672_0", "date": "2005-04-22", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/04/22/1666672", "aUrlId": "9900E7DA1731F931A15757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "(He is sometimes called ''the *Leonardo* of /Liverpool/.'')", "author": "Moonan, Wendy", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1666689_0", "date": "2005-04-22", "sourceId": "Q2263", "sourceLabel": "Tom Hanks", "sourceImId": "TomHanksJan2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/TomHanksJan2009.jpg/180px-TomHanksJan2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/04/22/1666689", "aUrlId": "9806EEDA1731F931A15757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "He's the *Tom Hanks* of /the 1920's/,'' said Suzanne Lloyd, Lloyd's granddaughter.", "author": "Graeber, Laurel", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1666692_0", "date": "2005-04-22", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2005/04/22/1666692", "aUrlId": "9503E3D91731F931A15757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Among the Asian cuisines that New Yorkers have embraced, Chinese often seems to be the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the club/, getting less respect than others.", "author": "Bruni, Frank", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1666699_0", "date": "2005-04-22", "sourceId": "Q37327", "sourceLabel": "Samuel Beckett", "sourceImId": "Samuel_Beckett,_Pic,_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/09/Samuel_Beckett%2C_Pic%2C_1.jpg/180px-Samuel_Beckett%2C_Pic%2C_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/04/22/1666699", "aUrlId": "9D01EFD91731F931A15757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "|Mr. Eno| is a *Samuel Beckett* for /the Jon Stewart generation/ (1:10).", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1666904_0", "date": "2005-04-23", "sourceId": "Q762", "sourceLabel": "Leonardo da Vinci", "sourceImId": "Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png/180px-Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/04/23/1666904", "aUrlId": "9C03E4DA1431F930A15757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "We think that he is the *da Vinci* of /our time/,'' said Joseph J. Seymour, the former executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is building the station.", "author": "Pogrebin, Robin", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1667287_0", "date": "2005-04-24", "sourceId": "Q8704", "sourceLabel": "Walt Disney", "sourceImId": "Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walt_Disney_1946.JPG/180px-Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/04/24/1667287", "aUrlId": "9A04E0DC1431F937A15757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "The restaurant was designed by David Rockwell, an architect and set designer who is the *Walt Disney* of /the New York theme dining world/.", "author": "", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1667895_0", "date": "2005-04-26", "sourceId": "Q952688", "sourceLabel": "G. Gordon Liddy", "sourceImId": "G._Gordon_Liddy_c_1964.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4f/G._Gordon_Liddy_c_1964.jpg/180px-G._Gordon_Liddy_c_1964.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/04/26/1667895", "aUrlId": "980CE0D71231F935A15757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Cablevision is the *G. Gordon Liddy* of /corporations/, willing to hold a hand to the fire to maintain its principles.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1668067_0", "date": "2005-04-27", "sourceId": "Q199369", "sourceLabel": "Naomi Campbell", "sourceImId": "Naomi_Campbell_Cannes_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/10/Naomi_Campbell_Cannes_2018.jpg/180px-Naomi_Campbell_Cannes_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2005/04/27/1668067", "aUrlId": "9902E4DA1331F934A15757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "The uncombed, untethered Mr. Bolton is fabulously operatic -- the *Naomi Campbell* of /the Bush administration/, ready at a moment's notice to beat up on underlings.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1668469_0", "date": "2005-04-29", "sourceId": "Q49214", "sourceLabel": "Dan Quayle", "sourceImId": "Dan_Quayle.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3c/Dan_Quayle.jpg/180px-Dan_Quayle.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/04/29/1668469", "aUrlId": "9A04E6D71031F93AA15757C0A9639C8B63", "text": "A black-and-white newsreel shows him bounding onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention as the vice-presidential nominee, the *Dan Quayle* of /his time/.", "author": "Stanley, Alessandra", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1668882_0", "date": "2005-05-01", "sourceId": "Q1929421", "sourceLabel": "Nicholson Baker", "sourceImId": "Nicholson_baker_8208.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ea/Nicholson_baker_8208.JPG/180px-Nicholson_baker_8208.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "GFDL 1.2", "fId": "2005/05/01/1668882", "aUrlId": "9802E3DB1731F932A35756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "But ''Freakonomics'' is so sly, finicky and micro-observant that the Indiana Jones comparison feels a little off -- Levitt is more like the *Nicholson Baker* of /economists/.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1669399_0", "date": "2005-05-02", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/05/02/1669399", "aUrlId": "9A01E6DF1F31F931A35756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "She is the *Donald Trump* of /the younger generation/,'' said Al Ries, chairman of Ries & Ries, marketing consultants in Roswell, Ga.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1670008_0", "date": "2005-05-05", "sourceId": "Q28493", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Fiennes", "sourceImId": "Ralph_Fiennes_from_\"The_White_Crow\"_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2018_(31747095048).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Ralph_Fiennes_from_%22The_White_Crow%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2018_%2831747095048%29.jpg/180px-Ralph_Fiennes_from_%22The_White_Crow%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2018_%2831747095048%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2005/05/05/1670008", "aUrlId": "9805E6DF1730F936A35756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "An elegant and hardy singer, Mr. Keenlyside again proved himself a risk-taking actor -- the *Ralph Fiennes* of /baritones/.", "author": "Tommasini, Anthony", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1670224_0", "date": "2005-05-06", "sourceId": "Q234691", "sourceLabel": "Stevie Nicks", "sourceImId": "StevieNicks2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6f/StevieNicks2.jpg/180px-StevieNicks2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2005/05/06/1670224", "aUrlId": "9904EED81730F935A35756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STEVIES (Tonight) For devotees of the *Stevie Nicks* of /''Rhiannon'' and ''Belladonna''/ this 15th annual lip-synch-heavy tribute to Fleetwood Mac's songstress is a chance for fans to don a diaphanous shawl and join in a night of white winged doves and crystal worship.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1670826_0", "date": "2005-05-08", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/05/08/1670826", "aUrlId": "9F0CE6DF1430F93BA35756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Asked if he might be considered the *Donald Trump* of /China/, Mr. Tang smiled.", "author": "Neuman, William", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "1670843_0", "date": "2005-05-08", "sourceId": "Q1779", "sourceLabel": "Louis Armstrong", "sourceImId": "Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0e/Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg/180px-Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/05/08/1670843", "aUrlId": "9C05E3D91430F93BA35756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Armstrong's song has the glow of a cocktail and the |What a Wonderful World, with cream vanilla vodka|, is *a Louis Armstrong of* /a drink/: round and happy and beaming with hope.", "author": "", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1672918_0", "date": "2005-05-16", "sourceId": "Q162629", "sourceLabel": "Simon Cowell", "sourceImId": "Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/aa/Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg/180px-Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/05/16/1672918", "aUrlId": "9507E7D61E30F935A25756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Ms. Brown, who had long been the *Simon Cowell* of /American media/, pointing a crooked Brit finger at the foibles of others, seems less interested in what she used to call ''quality heat'' than pushing her choices for quality political leaders (usually liberal).", "author": "Carr, David", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1673164_0", "date": "2005-05-17", "sourceId": "Q380429", "sourceLabel": "Tony Robbins", "sourceImId": "Tony_Robbins.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Tony_Robbins.jpg/180px-Tony_Robbins.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/05/17/1673164", "aUrlId": "9805E1DF1639F934A25756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Won't he be remembered as the *Tony Robbins* of /professional basketball coaches/, the self-help guru who taught Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and even Michael Jordan to look within themselves for the secrets of the N.B.A.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1673804_0", "date": "2005-05-20", "sourceId": "Q295834", "sourceLabel": "Jean-Pierre L\u00e9aud", "sourceImId": "Jean-Pierre_L\u00e9aud_C\u00e9sars.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a7/Jean-Pierre_L%C3%A9aud_C%C3%A9sars.jpg/180px-Jean-Pierre_L%C3%A9aud_C%C3%A9sars.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/05/20/1673804", "aUrlId": "9500E6D81739F933A15756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Mr. Amalric, who won a 2005 C\u00e9sar award for Best Actor for the role, has been called ''the *Jean-Pierre L\u00e9aud* of /the 90's/,'' and just as that actor became Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut's nervous muse in a series of films spanning decades, Mr. Amalric seems destined to continue into the 21st century as Mr. Desplechin's filmic alter ego.", "author": "Stevens, Dana", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1674615_0", "date": "2005-05-22", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/05/22/1674615", "aUrlId": "9E05E7D91030F931A15756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Turner's track record was dazzling -- he ''won more than 350 races, driving on any surface he could find,'' Edelstein writes, eventually earning the title of ''the *Babe Ruth* of /Stock-Car Racing/'' -- but his off-track record, especially in light of Nascar's efforts to remake their drivers as gassed-up Mouseketeers, was downright dizzying.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1674628_0", "date": "2005-05-22", "sourceId": "Q222071", "sourceLabel": "Courtney Love", "sourceImId": "Life_Ball_2014_Courtney_Love_Crop.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fd/Life_Ball_2014_Courtney_Love_Crop.png/180px-Life_Ball_2014_Courtney_Love_Crop.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc0", "fId": "2005/05/22/1674628", "aUrlId": "9806E6D91030F931A15756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Undaunted, she goes on to become the *Courtney Love* of /her time/: hanging out with Marcel Duchamp, composing poems that are like ''small explosions'' for The Little Review, parading through the streets in outrageous costumes (a car's blinking tail light for a bustle, a dress covered with bits of newspaper) -- and trying not to succumb to the madness that destroyed her mother.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1675483_0", "date": "2005-05-26", "sourceId": "Q353511", "sourceLabel": "Derek Jeter", "sourceImId": "Derek_Jeter_batting_9-3-2005_New_York_Yankees.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2e/Derek_Jeter_batting_9-3-2005_New_York_Yankees.JPG/180px-Derek_Jeter_batting_9-3-2005_New_York_Yankees.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/05/26/1675483", "aUrlId": "9E01E1DD1039F935A15756C0A9639C8B63", "text": "The class of the organization comes from Milan's captain, Paolo Maldini, the *Derek Jeter* of /soccer/ -- great player, great leader, handsome, suave.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1677264_0", "date": "2005-06-03", "sourceId": "Q242936", "sourceLabel": "Susan Lucci", "sourceImId": "Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg/180px-Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/03/1677264", "aUrlId": "9C0DE6DE1738F930A35755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "'), who is the *Susan Lucci* of /the Tonys/, having been nominated 14 times without winning.", "author": "Mckinley, Jesse", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1677279_0", "date": "2005-06-03", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2005/06/03/1677279", "aUrlId": "9D0CE5DD1738F930A35755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "The new car that is most likely to usurp the Pinto as the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /collectible autos/ could be the Pontiac Aztek.", "author": "Mccosh, Dan", "desk": "Escapes"},
{"id": "1677350_0", "date": "2005-06-03", "sourceId": "Q472547", "sourceLabel": "David Souter", "sourceImId": "DavidSouter.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2f/DavidSouter.jpg/180px-DavidSouter.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/03/1677350", "aUrlId": "9900E3D81738F930A35755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "In Republican and business circles, William H. Donaldson has been viewed as the *David Souter* of /the Securities and Exchange Commission/, a disappointingly independent choice who sided too frequently with the Democrats.", "author": "Labaton, Stephen", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1677662_0", "date": "2005-06-05", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/05/1677662", "aUrlId": "9404E4DC1139F936A35755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "FERRAN ADRI\u00c0 reigns as the *Elvis* of /the culinary world/, and his restaurant El Bulli -- found in the tiny town of Roses, two hours north of Barcelona by car -- is certainly its Graceland.", "author": "Reynolds, Jonathan", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1678349_0", "date": "2005-06-07", "sourceId": "Q157054", "sourceLabel": "Giorgio Armani", "sourceImId": "GiorgioArmani.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/96/GiorgioArmani.jpg/180px-GiorgioArmani.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/06/07/1678349", "aUrlId": "980DE7DA1238F934A35755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Racks of colored robes, with neat stitches and fitting marks, fill the workshop of this scholarly city's most famous tailor, the *Giorgio Armani* of /clerical clothes/, Abolfazl Arabpour.", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1678803_0", "date": "2005-06-09", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2005/06/09/1678803", "aUrlId": "9E07E3DC1038F93AA35755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "It's the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the agency/.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1679010_0", "date": "2005-06-10", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/10/1679010", "aUrlId": "9C06E2D71038F933A25755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "He's known as the *Johnny Appleseed* of /the Federalist Society/,'' said a friend, Algert Agricola, a lawyer in Montgomery.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1679013_0", "date": "2005-06-10", "sourceId": "Q36107", "sourceLabel": "Muhammad Ali", "sourceImId": "Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/89/Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/10/1679013", "aUrlId": "9C02E1D71038F933A25755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "His large head hovers in the air at a sardonic tilt, and I think wryly, ''He's the *Muhammad Ali* of /conversation/: floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee.''", "author": "Bellow, Saul; Bellow, Adam", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1679091_0", "date": "2005-06-10", "sourceId": "Q5599", "sourceLabel": "Peter Paul Rubens", "sourceImId": "Sir_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a7/Sir_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/180px-Sir_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/10/1679091", "aUrlId": "9C06E7DD1138F933A25755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Let's be devils and call Andy Warhol the *Rubens* of /American art/.", "author": "Cotter, Holland", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1679403_0", "date": "2005-06-12", "sourceId": "Q169452", "sourceLabel": "Shaquille O'Neal", "sourceImId": "Shaqmiami.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a7/Shaqmiami.jpg/180px-Shaqmiami.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/06/12/1679403", "aUrlId": "9401E3D71638F931A25755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "He uncharacteristically sank 28 of 32 free throws (a clue the night was like none other for a notoriously poor free-throw shooter, the *Shaquille O'Neal* of /his day/), and made 36 of 63 field-goal attempts on his typical fadeaway and finger roll.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1679406_0", "date": "2005-06-12", "sourceId": "Q41508", "sourceLabel": "Ludwig Mies van der Rohe", "sourceImId": "Mies_van_der_Rohe_Portraet_1934.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Mies_van_der_Rohe_Portraet_1934.jpg/180px-Mies_van_der_Rohe_Portraet_1934.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/12/1679406", "aUrlId": "9C0DE3D71638F931A25755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "To a man who despairs that his fianc\u00e9e wants ''one of those several-tiered monstrosities'' for a wedding cake, she shoots back, ''Who are you, the *Mies van der Rohe* of /the pastry shop/?''", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1679657_0", "date": "2005-06-12", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "2005/06/12/1679657", "aUrlId": "9E05E1DF1E38F931A25755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Reg is now dead, while Catherine is the *Mother Teresa* of /our time/ and is long overdue for a Nobel Peace Prize.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1680036_0", "date": "2005-06-13", "sourceId": "Q311135", "sourceLabel": "Karl Rove", "sourceImId": "Karl_Rove.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "8/82/Karl_Rove.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/13/1680036", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFDE133EF930A25755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "He is even referred to by some as the *Karl Rove* of /Hoboken/.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1680370_0", "date": "2005-06-15", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/15/1680370", "aUrlId": "9F00E2DE163BF936A25755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "As the architect of the European Union constitution, Val\u00e9ry Giscard d'Estaing seemed at the top of his game, praised as ''the *Mozart* of /politics/'' and poised to go down in history as the founding father of a new Europe.", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1680534_0", "date": "2005-06-16", "sourceId": "Q3925", "sourceLabel": "Grace Kelly", "sourceImId": "Grace_Kelly30419.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Grace_Kelly30419.jpg/180px-Grace_Kelly30419.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2005/06/16/1680534", "aUrlId": "9C01E4DB163BF935A25755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Charlotte Jorgensen, a former dance champion who helped the actor John O'Hurley (J. Peterman on ''Seinfeld'') perform a cha-cha, said, ''I'm known as the *Grace Kelly* of /the dancing world/.''", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1680925_0", "date": "2005-06-17", "sourceId": "Q5182352", "sourceLabel": "Crash Davis", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2005/06/17/1680925", "aUrlId": "9402E0DC143BF934A25755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "He is already being called the *Crash Davis* of /tennis/, after the baseball catcher in the film ''Bull Durham,'' played by Kevin Costner, who sets a record for minor league home runs.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1682062_0", "date": "2005-06-22", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/22/1682062", "aUrlId": "9C02E3D6133BF931A15755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "EVEN with his 24 restaurants in nine cities from London to Los Angeles, even with his four homes, his private jet and his television appearances -- even though he can rightfully claim the title of being the *Donald Trump* of /the restaurant world/ -- Jeffrey Chodorow does not seem a very happy man.", "author": "", "desk": "Dining In, Dining Out/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1682532_0", "date": "2005-06-24", "sourceId": "Q103767", "sourceLabel": "Charlie Parker", "sourceImId": "Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/82/Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg/180px-Portrait_of_Charlie_Parker_in_1947.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/24/1682532", "aUrlId": "9503EEDB1F3BF937A15755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "In the 1970's and 80's, Jaco Pastorius was the *Charlie Parker* of /the electric bass/, spooking his colleagues with his brilliance; he was also a daredevil composer and record maker and one of the most imposing, volatile stage performers in jazz.", "author": "Ratliff, Ben", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1682620_0", "date": "2005-06-24", "sourceId": "Q434513", "sourceLabel": "Alice Waters", "sourceImId": "Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards,_Napa.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards%2C_Napa.jpg/180px-Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards%2C_Napa.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2005/06/24/1682620", "aUrlId": "9402E6D81F3BF937A15755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "A pioneer in the slow-zombie movement (think of him as the *Alice Waters* of /contemporary horror/), Mr. Romero has not joined the recent fad for zippy corpses, as seen in both ''28 Days Later'' and the remake of ''Dawn of the Dead.''", "author": "Dargis, Manohla", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1683013_0", "date": "2005-06-26", "sourceId": "Q44301", "sourceLabel": "Jim Morrison", "sourceImId": "Jim_Morrison_1969.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7f/Jim_Morrison_1969.JPG/180px-Jim_Morrison_1969.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/26/1683013", "aUrlId": "990CE6DF163AF935A15755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "As Mr. Alson, the co-author of Ungar's biography, said, ''He was the *Jim Morrison* of /poker/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1683088_0", "date": "2005-06-26", "sourceId": "Q223839", "sourceLabel": "Larry Flynt", "sourceImId": "Larry_Flynt_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/13/Larry_Flynt_2009.jpg/180px-Larry_Flynt_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/06/26/1683088", "aUrlId": "9C0DE1DE163AF935A15755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Time magazine called him the *Larry Flynt* of /the Internet/.", "author": "", "desk": "SundayBusiness"},
{"id": "1683325_0", "date": "2005-06-26", "sourceId": "Q1168491", "sourceLabel": "Charlie Brown", "sourceImId": "Linus_and_Charlie_Brown.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Linus_and_Charlie_Brown.jpg/180px-Linus_and_Charlie_Brown.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/06/26/1683325", "aUrlId": "940DE7D71F3EF935A15755C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Being the *Charlie Brown* of /umpires/, I felt that I owed everybody involved written apologies as well as a signed contract to never call another game.", "author": "", "desk": "New Jersey Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1684204_0", "date": "2005-07-01", "sourceId": "Q344045", "sourceLabel": "Alfred P. Sloan", "sourceImId": "Alfred_Pritchard_Sloan_1937.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Alfred_Pritchard_Sloan_1937.jpg/180px-Alfred_Pritchard_Sloan_1937.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/07/01/1684204", "aUrlId": "9401E5D61531F932A35754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "The study cites an Institutional Investors' article with one colleague referring to him as the *Alfred P. Sloan* of /Morgan Stanley/.", "author": "Anderson, Jenny", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1684667_0", "date": "2005-07-03", "sourceId": "Q208871", "sourceLabel": "Ike Turner", "sourceImId": "Iketurner1997.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b9/Iketurner1997.jpg/180px-Iketurner1997.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/07/03/1684667", "aUrlId": "9A02E4D81731F930A35754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Yes, Mr. Dylan in his book, ''Chronicles Volume One,'' lamented Mr. Kooper's status in ''eternal musical limbo'' and suggested he was ''the *Ike Turner* of /the white world/'' and should have teamed up with Janis Joplin.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1684831_0", "date": "2005-07-03", "sourceId": "Q47087", "sourceLabel": "Arthur C. Clarke", "sourceImId": "Clarke_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3a/Clarke_cropped.jpg/180px-Clarke_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/07/03/1684831", "aUrlId": "9901E3DC1331F930A35754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Wells, the *Arthur C. Clarke* of /the paleoindustrial age/, once wrote: ''There is no way back into the past.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1685183_0", "date": "2005-07-05", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2005/07/05/1685183", "aUrlId": "9B00EED71031F936A35754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "He virtually casts Gates as the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /war heroes/, convinced as he is that George Washington's sterling reputation came, to some degree, at Gates's expense.", "author": "Haberman, Clyde", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1685772_0", "date": "2005-07-08", "sourceId": "Q345231", "sourceLabel": "Evel Knievel", "sourceImId": "At_Home_With_Evel_Knievel.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/At_Home_With_Evel_Knievel.jpg/180px-At_Home_With_Evel_Knievel.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/07/08/1685772", "aUrlId": "990DE4DE1630F93BA35754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "He's the *Evel Knievel* of /skateboarding/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1686145_0", "date": "2005-07-10", "sourceId": "Q165421", "sourceLabel": "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis", "sourceImId": "JBK_In_Ft_Worth_(11-22-63).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/JBK_In_Ft_Worth_%2811-22-63%29.jpg/180px-JBK_In_Ft_Worth_%2811-22-63%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/07/10/1686145", "aUrlId": "9D0DEEDB153DF933A25754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "As they sat together at a cafe here, Mrs. McCool said, ''Rona is like the *Jackie O.* of /Israel/,'' although her friend said, ''Well, no,'' and Mrs. McCool said, ''But they recognize her everywhere.''", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1687227_0", "date": "2005-07-14", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/07/14/1687227", "aUrlId": "9B01E7D71230F937A25754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "In physique, personality and production, Ortiz could be the *Babe Ruth* of /the Dominican Republic/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1687750_0", "date": "2005-07-17", "sourceId": "Q353754", "sourceLabel": "Paul de Man", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2005/07/17/1687750", "aUrlId": "9C01E5DA123DF934A25754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "One original-series fan called him ''the *Paul de Man* of /current science fiction/,'' accusing him of casually deconstructing the story that had been so close to their hearts for so long, only in order to ''make his mark.''", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine Desk"},
{"id": "1688906_0", "date": "2005-07-21", "sourceId": "Q8005887", "sourceLabel": "William Brennan", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2005/07/21/1688906", "aUrlId": "9C03E4D7163FF932A15754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "But here is where conservatives and liberals may part company about John Roberts: Conservatives hope |he| will be a *William Brennan* of /the right/, using his intelligence and charm on behalf of his deeply conservative views to move the court far to the right of where it was under the moderate influence of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor; liberals fear that conservatives are correct.", "author": "Rosen, Jeffrey (Prof); Rosen, Jeffrey", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1690071_0", "date": "2005-07-26", "sourceId": "Q10520", "sourceLabel": "David Beckham", "sourceImId": "Beckswimbledon.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9e/Beckswimbledon.jpg/180px-Beckswimbledon.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/07/26/1690071", "aUrlId": "9B0CEFDB123FF935A15754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "But it wasn't until Mr. Cooper, the man the English press has called the Brad Pitt and the *David Beckham* of /dance/, began to strip to his 18th-century knickers as the irresistibly frozen-hearted, woman-devouring Vicomte de Valmont that the first real frisson shot through the audience.", "author": "Hohenadel, Kristin", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1690536_0", "date": "2005-07-28", "sourceId": "Q3268056", "sourceLabel": "Mr. Chips", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2005/07/28/1690536", "aUrlId": "9401E5DF103FF93BA15754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Seeing his students' comedy credits made him feel like ''the *Mr. Chips* of /comedy writing/,'' he said.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1691335_0", "date": "2005-07-31", "sourceId": "Q60809", "sourceLabel": "Ansel Adams", "sourceImId": "Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg/180px-Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/07/31/1691335", "aUrlId": "9A07E5D8103FF932A05754C0A9639C8B63", "text": "Watkins is largely forgotten today, but he was the *Ansel Adams* of /19th-century photography/.", "author": "", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1692805_0", "date": "2005-08-07", "sourceId": "Q193156", "sourceLabel": "Ralph Nader", "sourceImId": "Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg/180px-Ralph_nader_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/08/07/1692805", "aUrlId": "9D07E5D8103CF934A3575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Enter, at the average wine consumer's side, Robert M. Parker Jr., who sees himself as the *Ralph Nader* of /wine/.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1693653_0", "date": "2005-08-10", "sourceId": "Q222008", "sourceLabel": "Kathleen Turner", "sourceImId": "Kathleen_Turner_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/23/Kathleen_Turner_1.jpg/180px-Kathleen_Turner_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/08/10/1693653", "aUrlId": "9F01E4D7173EF933A2575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "It's the *Kathleen Turner* of /cooking implements/: a fiery diva at center stage.", "author": "", "desk": "Dining, Dining Out/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1694322_0", "date": "2005-08-13", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/08/13/1694322", "aUrlId": "9C04E1DC153EF930A2575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "I've wanted to be the *Johnny Appleseed* of /marijuana/, so if we produced millions and millions of marijuana plants all over the world, it would be impossible for governments to eradicate or control all of it.''", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1694358_0", "date": "2005-08-13", "sourceId": "Q122634", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png/180px-Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/08/13/1694358", "aUrlId": "9D04E3DB153EF930A2575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "The game's image has also improved because of players like Barry Greenstein, who with good reason is called the *Robin Hood* of /Poker/: he donates millions of dollars in tournament prize money to children's charities.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1695421_0", "date": "2005-08-17", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/08/17/1695421", "aUrlId": "9501E7DE133EF934A2575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "I hope that Cindy Sheehan will become the *Rosa Parks* of /the Iraq antiwar movement/.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1696593_0", "date": "2005-08-22", "sourceId": "Q44200", "sourceLabel": "Billy the Kid", "sourceImId": "Billy_the_Kid_corrected.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Billy_the_Kid_corrected.jpg/180px-Billy_the_Kid_corrected.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/08/22/1696593", "aUrlId": "9F01E1DE113EF931A1575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "He called him ''the *Billy the Kid* of /American literature/.''", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1697096_0", "date": "2005-08-25", "sourceId": "Q864751", "sourceLabel": "The Hatter", "sourceImId": "MadlHatterByTenniel.svg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/MadlHatterByTenniel.svg/180px-MadlHatterByTenniel.svg.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/08/25/1697096", "aUrlId": "9903E6DD1E3EF936A1575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Frederick Carder has been called the *Mad Hatter* of /glass/.", "author": "", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1697308_0", "date": "2005-08-26", "sourceId": "Q553321", "sourceLabel": "Vince Lombardi", "sourceImId": "Vince_Lombardi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "a/a2/Vince_Lombardi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/08/26/1697308", "aUrlId": "950CE5D81E3EF935A1575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "He comes off as the *Vince Lombardi* of /space travel/, leading astronauts beyond their corporal capacity.", "author": "Martel, Ned", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1697630_0", "date": "2005-08-28", "sourceId": "Q4583", "sourceLabel": "Anne Frank", "sourceImId": "Anne_Frank_lacht_naar_de_schoolfotograaf.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fe/Anne_Frank_lacht_naar_de_schoolfotograaf.jpg/180px-Anne_Frank_lacht_naar_de_schoolfotograaf.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/08/28/1697630", "aUrlId": "9801E0DC113CF93BA1575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Sometimes called the *Anne Frank* of /Cambodia/, Bophana has become a folk heroine, known for the letters and confessions she wrote before her torture and murder by the Khmer Rouge.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1698188_0", "date": "2005-08-29", "sourceId": "Q54584", "sourceLabel": "Andy Roddick", "sourceImId": "US_Open_Tennis_2010_1st_Round_200.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/59/US_Open_Tennis_2010_1st_Round_200.jpg/180px-US_Open_Tennis_2010_1st_Round_200.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2005/08/29/1698188", "aUrlId": "9503E1D81F3EF93AA1575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "He is the *Andy Roddick* of /France/, the great national hope.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1698348_0", "date": "2005-08-30", "sourceId": "Q307", "sourceLabel": "Galileo Galilei", "sourceImId": "Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg/180px-Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/08/30/1698348", "aUrlId": "9A0CE2DC1631F933A0575BC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Whether Mr. Koizumi will be remembered as the *Galileo* of /Japanese politics/ remains to be seen.", "author": "Onishi, Norimitsu", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1699273_0", "date": "2005-09-04", "sourceId": "Q189081", "sourceLabel": "Howard Hughes", "sourceImId": "Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1b/Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg/180px-Howard_Hughes_1938.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/09/04/1699273", "aUrlId": "9901E3DA113CF937A3575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Kimmelman's trek to visit Michael Heizer's huge, incomplete (and probably unfinishable) ''City'' in the Nevada desert made the author call the sculptor ''the *Howard Hughes* of /American art/ to Smithson's Buddy Holly or Judd's Nietzsche,'' and it seems that Heizer is as much of an enigma as his vast earthwork.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1699450_0", "date": "2005-09-04", "sourceId": "Q231417", "sourceLabel": "Barbara Walters", "sourceImId": "Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/ad/Barbara_Walters.jpg/180px-Barbara_Walters.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2005/09/04/1699450", "aUrlId": "9903E3D81731F937A3575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "PEOPLE magazine once called Yue-Sai Kan the *Barbara Walters* of /China/.", "author": "Neuman, William", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "1700513_0", "date": "2005-09-09", "sourceId": "Q4616", "sourceLabel": "Marilyn Monroe", "sourceImId": "Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/46/Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg/180px-Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/09/09/1700513", "aUrlId": "9C03E0D71231F93AA3575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "With columns of poetic fog billowing through its iconic bridge, |the bay| has been a *Marilyn Monroe* of /places/, a locale to be worshipped from afar rather than a place to hike, skip stones, think deeply or simply poke around.", "author": "Brown, Patricia Leigh", "desk": "Escapes"},
{"id": "1700749_0", "date": "2005-09-10", "sourceId": "Q174346", "sourceLabel": "Katie Holmes", "sourceImId": "Katie_Noelle_Holmes.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Katie_Noelle_Holmes.jpg/180px-Katie_Noelle_Holmes.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2005/09/10/1700749", "aUrlId": "9402E5DA1331F933A2575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Preity Zinta must be the *Katie Holmes* of /the Indian film industry/.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1701109_0", "date": "2005-09-11", "sourceId": "Q40523", "sourceLabel": "Julia Roberts", "sourceImId": "Julia_Roberts_(43838880775).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/Julia_Roberts_%2843838880775%29.jpg/180px-Julia_Roberts_%2843838880775%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/09/11/1701109", "aUrlId": "9C05E3D61531F932A2575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "If Ms. Clayburgh was the *Julia Roberts* of /the late 1970's/, Gabriel Byrne might be described as the Humphrey Bogart of the early 1990's.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
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{"id": "1701109_2", "date": "2005-09-11", "sourceId": "Q129087", "sourceLabel": "Ethel Merman", "sourceImId": "Ethel_merman_1967.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/04/Ethel_merman_1967.JPG/180px-Ethel_merman_1967.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/09/11/1701109", "aUrlId": "9C05E3D61531F932A2575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Ms. LuPone -- who, since we're playing that game, might be described as the *Ethel Merman* of /the 1980's/ -- dazzled, and nearly deafened, New York with her lungs of brass in ''Evita'' and ''Anything Goes,'' but has been absent from Broadway musicals for more than a decade.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1702130_0", "date": "2005-09-15", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/09/15/1702130", "aUrlId": "9400E6D81131F936A2575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Mr. Birnbaum is the *Johnny Appleseed* of /landscape preservation/, rallying grass-roots organizers in places like Seattle and Tampa and residents of Buckland, Va., where a proposed eight-lane highway could threaten an 18th-century village that includes a former plantation and a Civil War battlefield.", "author": "", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1702809_0", "date": "2005-09-18", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/09/18/1702809", "aUrlId": "9E05E7D7113CF93BA2575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Ch\u00e2teau d'Yquem is the *Michael Jordan* of /Sauternes/,'' he says.", "author": "", "desk": "T: Men's Fashion Magazine"},
{"id": "1703015_0", "date": "2005-09-18", "sourceId": "Q460876", "sourceLabel": "Lenny Bruce", "sourceImId": "Lenny_Bruce.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/49/Lenny_Bruce.jpg/180px-Lenny_Bruce.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/09/18/1703015", "aUrlId": "9F07EEDE1131F93BA2575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "In bestowing its 1993 National Honor Award on the center, the American Institute of Architects' jury called it ''the *Lenny Bruce* of /architecture/ -- bold and brilliant to some and to others irritating and resistant.''", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1703022_0", "date": "2005-09-18", "sourceId": "Q170509", "sourceLabel": "Henry James", "sourceImId": "Henry_James_by_John_Singer_Sargent_cleaned.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ed/Henry_James_by_John_Singer_Sargent_cleaned.jpg/180px-Henry_James_by_John_Singer_Sargent_cleaned.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/09/18/1703022", "aUrlId": "9905E6DD1131F93BA2575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "I thought of her as the *Henry James* of /dance critics/,'' he said.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1703222_0", "date": "2005-09-18", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/09/18/1703222", "aUrlId": "9E06E2DB1F31F93BA2575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "George Castro, the owner of the Ritz, who is referred to by some people as the *Donald Trump* of /Elizabeth/, is clearly more honored than surprised.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1704035_0", "date": "2005-09-22", "sourceId": "Q317128", "sourceLabel": "Jelly Roll Morton", "sourceImId": "MortonBricktopRowCropMortonFace.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "3/35/MortonBricktopRowCropMortonFace.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/09/22/1704035", "aUrlId": "9906E6DE1730F931A1575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "On Thursday Mr. Barth\u00e9, who has been called the *Jelly Roll Morton* of /plaster/, will put on a borrowed suit and a broad-brim hat sent by a family member familiar with his J.R. Ewing style to accept a now-bittersweet award from the National Endowment for the Arts: a National Heritage Fellowship, which carries a no-strings grant of $20,000.", "author": "", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1704842_0", "date": "2005-09-25", "sourceId": "Q93188", "sourceLabel": "Errol Flynn", "sourceImId": "Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/95/Errol_Flynn1.jpg/180px-Errol_Flynn1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/09/25/1704842", "aUrlId": "9E02E1D81730F936A1575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Built in 1927, |the Sherry-Netherland| is an *Errol Flynn* of /a building/, leaping and lunging in the air as if in a pirate duel.", "author": "Gray, Christopher", "desk": "Real Estate Desk"},
{"id": "1705171_0", "date": "2005-09-25", "sourceId": "Q35332", "sourceLabel": "Brad Pitt", "sourceImId": "Brad_Pitt_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4c/Brad_Pitt_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/180px-Brad_Pitt_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2005/09/25/1705171", "aUrlId": "9D01E3DA1530F936A1575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Figueras, standing center, is also a Ford model who has been called the *Brad Pitt* of /polo players/.", "author": "", "desk": "T: Travel Magazine"},
{"id": "1705321_0", "date": "2005-09-27", "sourceId": "Q8743", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Edison", "sourceImId": "Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg/180px-Thomas_Edison2-crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/09/27/1705321", "aUrlId": "9A0DEFD81530F934A1575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Bill Joy, the former Sun Microsystems scientist who's been called the *Edison* of /the Internet/, is one of the prophets of doom calling for restraints on researchers.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1706071_0", "date": "2005-09-30", "sourceId": "Q234579", "sourceLabel": "Flannery O'Connor", "sourceImId": "Robie_with_Flannery_1947.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Robie_with_Flannery_1947.jpg/180px-Robie_with_Flannery_1947.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/09/30/1706071", "aUrlId": "9E06E6DA1330F933A0575AC0A9639C8B63", "text": "Arbus was a wonderful formalist and just as wonderful a storyteller -- the *Flannery O'Connor* of /photography/.", "author": "", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1707530_0", "date": "2005-10-06", "sourceId": "Q4535129", "sourceLabel": "Sol Hurok", "sourceImId": "Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6c/Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg/180px-Sol_Hurok_-_Hanna_Robina1954.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/10/06/1707530", "aUrlId": "9405E0D61130F935A35753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Mr. Leventhal, who began his career in the 1930's as a song plugger for Irving Berlin, was by the early 1950's the *Sol Hurok* of /America's flourishing folk-music revival/.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1708135_0", "date": "2005-10-09", "sourceId": "Q93341", "sourceLabel": "Miles Davis", "sourceImId": "Miles_Davis_by_Palumbo_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/24/Miles_Davis_by_Palumbo_cropped.jpg/180px-Miles_Davis_by_Palumbo_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/10/09/1708135", "aUrlId": "9900E1D61230F93AA35753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "If Doris Kearns Goodwin or David McCullough can lay claim to being the *Miles Davis* of /popular history/, Winchester is becoming the Kenny G. Where another author might rely on groundbreaking scholarship or at least narrative drive, Winchester, a geologist turned ''globe-trotting correspondent,'' favors a meandering approach laced with bons mots and fusty subject headings -- e.g., ''The Well-Illumined Earth'' and, on the North American tectonic plate, ''The Plate Entire.''", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1708203_0", "date": "2005-10-09", "sourceId": "Q1515039", "sourceLabel": "William Morris", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2005/10/09/1708203", "aUrlId": "9F04E2DC1130F93AA35753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Michele wants to be the *William Morris* of /the design world/,'' says the developer Sam Nazarian, who courted Caniato for months to lure Starck for a project in Los Angeles.", "author": "", "desk": "T: Design Magazine"},
{"id": "1708466_0", "date": "2005-10-09", "sourceId": "Q9559", "sourceLabel": "John Major", "sourceImId": "Major_PM_full.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/72/Major_PM_full.jpg/180px-Major_PM_full.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/10/09/1708466", "aUrlId": "9C06E7DB1F30F93AA35753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "After a while you begin to wonder: Did I really get engaged in politics so I could spend months arguing about the confirmation of Harriet Miers, the *John Major* of /American jurisprudence/?", "author": "Brooks, David", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1708539_0", "date": "2005-10-09", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/10/09/1708539", "aUrlId": "9A02E1D81F30F93AA35753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Bill is the *Michael Jordan* of /language/.", "author": "", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1708539_1", "date": "2005-10-09", "sourceId": "Q378098", "sourceLabel": "William F. Buckley Jr.", "sourceImId": "William_F._Buckley,_Jr._1985.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0a/William_F._Buckley%2C_Jr._1985.jpg/180px-William_F._Buckley%2C_Jr._1985.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/10/09/1708539", "aUrlId": "9A02E1D81F30F93AA35753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "And I guess Karl Rove is the *Bill Buckley* of /today/, in the sense of nurturing the conservative movement.", "author": "", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1708694_0", "date": "2005-10-10", "sourceId": "Q473208", "sourceLabel": "Roger Clemens", "sourceImId": "Roger_clemens_2004.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3e/Roger_clemens_2004.jpg/180px-Roger_clemens_2004.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/10/10/1708694", "aUrlId": "9805E7DE163FF933A25753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "For sheer arm strength at such an advanced age, Testaverde is the *Roger Clemens* of /pro football/.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1711573_0", "date": "2005-10-23", "sourceId": "Q36322", "sourceLabel": "Jane Austen", "sourceImId": "CassandraAusten-JaneAusten(c.1810)_hires.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/CassandraAusten-JaneAusten%28c.1810%29_hires.jpg/180px-CassandraAusten-JaneAusten%28c.1810%29_hires.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/10/23/1711573", "aUrlId": "9A05E0DA173FF930A15753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Mary Gaitskill made her reputation as a chilly chronicler of emotional brutality and sexual sadism, earning her the apt sobriquet ''the *Jane Austen* of /sickos/'' from one Amazon reviewer.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1711576_0", "date": "2005-10-23", "sourceId": "Q692", "sourceLabel": "William Shakespeare", "sourceImId": "Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a2/Shakespeare.jpg/180px-Shakespeare.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/10/23/1711576", "aUrlId": "9C06E0DA173FF930A15753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Comparisons with Dickens, who was, in a way, the *Shakespeare* of /the novel/, are particularly suggestive; but Ackroyd, fruitfully, quotes many foreign opinions, old and new, as well.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1712004_0", "date": "2005-10-23", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/10/23/1712004", "aUrlId": "9401EFDE103FF930A15753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "But even as Clemens, the *John Wayne* of /pitchers/, gave a tough-guy answer about ignoring the aches that he had accumulated in 22 seasons, he probably never imagined he would be in the clubhouse getting his hamstring treated after collecting six outs.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1713579_0", "date": "2005-10-30", "sourceId": "Q189599", "sourceLabel": "Keith Richards", "sourceImId": "Keith_Richards_2_Berlinale_2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1a/Keith_Richards_2_Berlinale_2008.jpg/180px-Keith_Richards_2_Berlinale_2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2005/10/30/1713579", "aUrlId": "980DEEDA1E3FF933A05753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "He's becoming like the *Keith Richards* of /content/.", "author": "", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1713665_0", "date": "2005-10-30", "sourceId": "Q367566", "sourceLabel": "Yogi Berra", "sourceImId": "Yogi_Berra_1956.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6b/Yogi_Berra_1956.png/180px-Yogi_Berra_1956.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/10/30/1713665", "aUrlId": "9D01E4DF1F3FF933A05753C1A9639C8B63", "text": "For a sport that disdains most formulaic numbers -- just win, baby -- quarterback rating has become the *Yogi Berra* of /stats/, as quoted as it is confounding.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1714190_0", "date": "2005-11-01", "sourceId": "Q297945", "sourceLabel": "Lee Strasberg", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2005/11/01/1714190", "aUrlId": "9C04EFDF163EF932A35752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "FRIEDBERG -- Martin Har vey, the *Lee Strasberg* of /improvisational comedy/, died October 30, 2005.", "author": "", "desk": "Classified"},
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{"id": "1714393_0", "date": "2005-11-02", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2005/11/02/1714393", "aUrlId": "9D05E6DA163EF931A35752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "O.K., so maybe New Jersey didn't hit the marketing jackpot when it paid a New York image and branding consultant $260,000 for research and a new slogan and ended up with the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /state boasts/: ''New Jersey: We'll Win You Over.''", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1714895_0", "date": "2005-11-04", "sourceId": "Q2865273", "sourceLabel": "Arthur Murray", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2005/11/04/1714895", "aUrlId": "9C00E1D9173EF937A35752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Chad Johnson, the Bengals' receiver who is the *Arthur Murray* of /the N.F.L./, performed a rendition of ''Riverdance'' after scoring a touchdown against the Bears on Sept. 25.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1715899_0", "date": "2005-11-08", "sourceId": "Q34012", "sourceLabel": "Marlon Brando", "sourceImId": "Marlon_Brando_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e5/Marlon_Brando_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Marlon_Brando_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2005/11/08/1715899", "aUrlId": "9D0DE4D7143EF93BA35752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "He named his daughter Tuesday, after the actress Tuesday Weld, whom Sam Shepard once called ''the *Marlon Brando* of /women/.''", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1715934_0", "date": "2005-11-08", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/11/08/1715934", "aUrlId": "9C05E3D6143EF93BA35752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "The world lost Rosa Parks last month, but |Mukhtaran| is a *Rosa Parks* for /the new century/: a woman simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary, who transcended her role and started a broad movement for justice.", "author": "Kristof, Nicholas D", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
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{"id": "1716977_0", "date": "2005-11-13", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/11/13/1716977", "aUrlId": "9E0DE3DF173EF930A25752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "The artist in question, Michelangelo Merisi, known to most of us as Caravaggio (after his hometown outside Milan), was then among the most famous, innovative and copied painters in Rome -- the *Picasso* of /his day/, more or less.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1717106_0", "date": "2005-11-13", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/11/13/1717106", "aUrlId": "9A02E5DB153EF930A25752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Anointed ''the *Elvis* of /cultural theory/'' by The Chronicle of Higher Education, and described on his book jackets as ''the giant of Ljubljana,'' the 58-year-old Mr. Zizek is a jocular, motormouthed theorist whose critical musings on postmodernism and popular culture -- rich in deeply spun allusions to the likes of Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch -- are inspired by the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1718615_0", "date": "2005-11-19", "sourceId": "Q106275", "sourceLabel": "Juliette Binoche", "sourceImId": "Juliette_Binoche_Cannes_2017.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/45/Juliette_Binoche_Cannes_2017.jpg/180px-Juliette_Binoche_Cannes_2017.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/11/19/1718615", "aUrlId": "9503E5DC1E3EF93AA25752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "It helps that she is the *Juliette Binoche* of /sopranos/ and moves like a dancer.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1718862_0", "date": "2005-11-20", "sourceId": "Q1317", "sourceLabel": "Osama bin Laden", "sourceImId": "Osama_bin_Laden_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ca/Osama_bin_Laden_portrait.jpg/180px-Osama_bin_Laden_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/11/20/1718862", "aUrlId": "990CE7DE103EF933A15752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "People talk about him as if he were the *Osama bin Laden* of /Latin America/,'' Shifter told me, adding that, after a recent lecture Shifter gave at a military institution, two American officers came up to him and said that Morales ''was a terrorist, a murderer, the worst thing ever.''", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine"},
{"id": "1719129_0", "date": "2005-11-20", "sourceId": "Q122634", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png/180px-Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/11/20/1719129", "aUrlId": "9C0DE5D81E3EF933A15752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "If bin Laden is the *Robin Hood* of /jihad/,'' the authors write, then Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ''has been its Horatio Alger, and Iraq his field of dreams.''", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1719542_0", "date": "2005-11-22", "sourceId": "Q314636", "sourceLabel": "Michael Graves", "sourceImId": "Michael_Graves_Drawing.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "a/ac/Michael_Graves_Drawing.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/11/22/1719542", "aUrlId": "9A07E7D91F3EF931A15752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "|He| is a sort of highbrow populist, a *Michael Graves* of /men's suits/.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1720853_0", "date": "2005-11-28", "sourceId": "Q2596171", "sourceLabel": "John Henry", "sourceImId": "John_Henry-27527.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/00/John_Henry-27527.jpg/180px-John_Henry-27527.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/11/28/1720853", "aUrlId": "9C01E7DF1431F93BA15752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Mr. Goto, who is 37, might even be called the *John Henry* of /the information age/.", "author": "Markoff, John", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1721019_0", "date": "2005-11-29", "sourceId": "Q213550", "sourceLabel": "Billy Graham", "sourceImId": "Billy_Graham_bw_photo,_April_11,_1966.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e0/Billy_Graham_bw_photo%2C_April_11%2C_1966.jpg/180px-Billy_Graham_bw_photo%2C_April_11%2C_1966.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/11/29/1721019", "aUrlId": "9C02E2DC1431F93AA15752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "On his deathbed, Wilmot was attended by a parson named Gilbert Burnet, who was a sort of celebrity chaplain -- the *Billy Graham* of /the 17th century/.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1721221_0", "date": "2005-11-30", "sourceId": "Q230299", "sourceLabel": "Nellie Bly", "sourceImId": "Nellie_Bly_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/52/Nellie_Bly_2.jpg/180px-Nellie_Bly_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/11/30/1721221", "aUrlId": "9B0CE0D81431F933A05752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "CLEMENTINE PADDLEFORD was the *Nellie Bly* of /culinary journalism/, a go-anywhere, taste-anything, ask-everything kind of reporter who traveled more than 50,000 miles a year in search of stories in a day when very few food editors strayed far from their desks.", "author": "", "desk": "Dining, Dining Out/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1721235_0", "date": "2005-11-30", "sourceId": "Q310394", "sourceLabel": "Alan Alda", "sourceImId": "Alan_Alda_by_Bridget_Laudien_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3f/Alan_Alda_by_Bridget_Laudien_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Alan_Alda_by_Bridget_Laudien_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2005/11/30/1721235", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3D71431F933A05752C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Charles Krauthammer, in a 1989 column in The Washington Post, referred to ''the postfeminist Papa Bear'' as ''the *Alan Alda* of /Grizzlies/, a wimp so passive and fumbling he makes Dagwood Bumstead look like Batman.''", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1722083_0", "date": "2005-12-04", "sourceId": "Q204218", "sourceLabel": "Stuart Sutcliffe", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2005/12/04/1722083", "aUrlId": "9807E4DC1631F937A35751C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Paul Simonon was the cool-looking, unmusical bass player -- Gilbert calls him the *Stuart Sutcliffe* of /punk rock/.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1723424_0", "date": "2005-12-09", "sourceId": "Q213626", "sourceLabel": "Jesse James", "sourceImId": "Jesse_james_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/22/Jesse_james_portrait.jpg/180px-Jesse_james_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/12/09/1723424", "aUrlId": "9F00E4D71031F93AA35751C1A9639C8B63", "text": "How else to explain ''Comma Sense,'' which has a blurb from Ms. Truss and claims that the apostrophe is the *Jesse James* of /punctuation marks/?", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1723956_0", "date": "2005-12-11", "sourceId": "Q2855440", "sourceLabel": "Boston Strangler", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2005/12/11/1723956", "aUrlId": "9A0DEED71331F932A25751C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Videocassette recorders did not, as feared, become the *Boston Strangler* of /the movie studios/.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1723997_0", "date": "2005-12-11", "sourceId": "Q211987", "sourceLabel": "Jon Stewart", "sourceImId": "Stewart_-_USO-Metro_Merit_Awards_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/80/Stewart_-_USO-Metro_Merit_Awards_2.jpg/180px-Stewart_-_USO-Metro_Merit_Awards_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/12/11/1723997", "aUrlId": "9E04E7D81031F932A25751C1A9639C8B63", "text": "The potshots at pomposity, jokes and political references made Gilbert and Sullivan together ''the *Jon Stewart* of /their time/,'' she said.", "author": "", "desk": "Westchester Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1724564_0", "date": "2005-12-13", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/12/13/1724564", "aUrlId": "9A0CE7DA1E31F930A25751C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Richard Pryor was the *Rosa Parks* of /comedy/,'' said Chris Rock, in a statement.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1725623_0", "date": "2005-12-18", "sourceId": "Q5480", "sourceLabel": "Bart Simpson", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2005/12/18/1725623", "aUrlId": "9C05E5DB1E31F93BA25751C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Loki is the *Bart Simpson* of /Norse mythology/, forever pulling pranks, forever getting caught and forever talking his way out of the consequences.", "author": "Hynes, James", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1725624_0", "date": "2005-12-18", "sourceId": "Q676226", "sourceLabel": "Lawrence Welk", "sourceImId": "Lawrence_welk_norma_zimmer_1961.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d0/Lawrence_welk_norma_zimmer_1961.JPG/180px-Lawrence_welk_norma_zimmer_1961.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/12/18/1725624", "aUrlId": "9504E5DB1E31F93BA25751C1A9639C8B63", "text": "For years, critics have savaged this music, dismissing Mannheim Steamroller as ''the *Lawrence Welk* of /New Age/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine"},
{"id": "1725933_0", "date": "2005-12-18", "sourceId": "Q327071", "sourceLabel": "Paul Revere", "sourceImId": "J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg/180px-J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/12/18/1725933", "aUrlId": "9D00E4D61630F93BA25751C1A9639C8B63", "text": "He relished being called ''the *Paul Revere* of /journalism/'' for his knack for uncovering major stories first almost as much as he enjoyed being at the top of President Richard M. Nixon's enemies list.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1727280_0", "date": "2005-12-25", "sourceId": "Q41921", "sourceLabel": "Rosa Parks", "sourceImId": "Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c4/Rosaparks.jpg/180px-Rosaparks.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/12/25/1727280", "aUrlId": "9C04E6D91730F936A15751C1A9639C8B63", "text": "He might have been celebrated in his community, the *Rosa Parks* of /Japanese-American life/; in fact, he was shunned.", "author": "", "desk": "Magazine"},
{"id": "1728356_0", "date": "2005-12-30", "sourceId": "Q366563", "sourceLabel": "Dick Clark", "sourceImId": "Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ca/Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG/180px-Dick_Clark_American_Bandstand_1961.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2005/12/30/1728356", "aUrlId": "9E00E5D91330F933A05751C1A9639C8B63", "text": "Danny Wright, Julian's wide-eyed sidekick, is agreeably played by Greg Kinnear, wagging his bushy tail and radiating the ageless boyishness that makes him the *Dick Clark* of /movie stars/.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1729288_0", "date": "2006-01-03", "sourceId": "Q216810", "sourceLabel": "King Kong", "sourceImId": "King_Kong_(1933)_movie_poster_(1).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/65/King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg/180px-King_Kong_%281933%29_movie_poster_%281%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/01/03/1729288", "aUrlId": "9905EEDF1130F930A35752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "And over the last 12 months -- with the Indian Ocean tsunami, the hurricanes on the Gulf Coast and the Pakistan earthquake -- fund-raising records have been broken by the *King Kong* of /relief agencies/, the American Red Cross, and by many smaller organizations as well.", "author": "Walden, Richard M", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1729584_0", "date": "2006-01-05", "sourceId": "Q5604", "sourceLabel": "Frank Lloyd Wright", "sourceImId": "Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/99/Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg/180px-Frank_Lloyd_Wright_LC-USZ62-36384.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/01/05/1729584", "aUrlId": "9501EFD91130F936A35752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "PEAK EXPERIENCE -- Being fitted for a custom fedora by Orlando Palacios, the *Frank Lloyd Wright* of /men's hats/.", "author": "", "desk": "Thursday Styles"},
{"id": "1729816_0", "date": "2006-01-06", "sourceId": "Q100937", "sourceLabel": "Fred Astaire", "sourceImId": "Astaire,_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/69/Astaire%2C_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg/180px-Astaire%2C_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/01/06/1729816", "aUrlId": "9C03E3DE1E30F935A35752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "CASSIE TERMAN AND SHINICHI MOMO KOGA (Tonight and tomorrow night) Known as the *Fred Astaire* of /Butoh/, Mr. Koga will perform ''The Smallest Country,'' a program of improvised duets, with Ms. Terman, who trained in physical theater with Ruth Zaporah.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1730398_0", "date": "2006-01-08", "sourceId": "Q202878", "sourceLabel": "Mae West", "sourceImId": "Mae_West_-_1936.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/ce/Mae_West_-_1936.jpg/180px-Mae_West_-_1936.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/01/08/1730398", "aUrlId": "9E02E4D91E30F93BA35752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "I like to consider myself the *Mae West* of /rock 'n' roll/,'' Ms. Claret, the lead singer of the band Morningwood, said one recent evening.", "author": "Ryzik, Melena Z", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1730507_0", "date": "2006-01-08", "sourceId": "Q36107", "sourceLabel": "Muhammad Ali", "sourceImId": "Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/89/Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Muhammad_Ali_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/01/08/1730507", "aUrlId": "9E0CEFDF1F30F93BA35752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "He is the *Muhammad Ali* of /college football/ -- transcending the sport and taking a new dimension to fans everywhere.", "author": "", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1730722_0", "date": "2006-01-09", "sourceId": "Q229749", "sourceLabel": "Heather Locklear", "sourceImId": "Heather_Locklear_1993_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/50/Heather_Locklear_1993_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Heather_Locklear_1993_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2006/01/09/1730722", "aUrlId": "9905E3DB1F30F93AA35752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Heather Graham is the *Heather Locklear* of /the Dragonball Z generation/ -- the kind of seraphic beauty who is funny only when playing a Becky Sharpe or fantasy figure.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1730780_0", "date": "2006-01-09", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2006/01/09/1730780", "aUrlId": "9907E2DA1F30F93AA35752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Diabetes is ''the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /diseases/,'' said Dr. James L. Rosenzweig, the director of disease management at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.", "author": "", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1731146_0", "date": "2006-01-11", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2006/01/11/1731146", "aUrlId": "990CE0DD163FF932A25752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Yes, |curling|, a *Rodney Dangerfield* of /Olympic sports/, one that gets no respect, one that has been mocked by David Letterman.", "author": "Barron, James", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
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{"id": "1732497_0", "date": "2006-01-16", "sourceId": "Q312167", "sourceLabel": "Meyer Lansky", "sourceImId": "Meyer_Lansky_NYWTS_1_retouched.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dc/Meyer_Lansky_NYWTS_1_retouched.jpg/180px-Meyer_Lansky_NYWTS_1_retouched.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/01/16/1732497", "aUrlId": "950CE6DC143FF935A25752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "(He has called himself the *Meyer Lansky* of /hip-hop/.)", "author": "Ogunnaike, Lola", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1732836_0", "date": "2006-01-18", "sourceId": "Q5679", "sourceLabel": "Lord Byron", "sourceImId": "George_Gordon_Byron,_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cc/George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg/180px-George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron_by_Richard_Westall.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/01/18/1732836", "aUrlId": "9807E1DF153FF93BA25752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Christopher Marlowe was the *Byron* of /the Elizabethan age/.", "author": "Grimes, William", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1733152_0", "date": "2006-01-19", "sourceId": "Q5284", "sourceLabel": "Bill Gates", "sourceImId": "Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Bill_Gates_2018.jpg/180px-Bill_Gates_2018.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/01/19/1733152", "aUrlId": "9401E2D8153FF93AA25752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Part of his allure was a success story that made him appear to be the *Bill Gates* of /Japan/.", "author": "", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1733189_0", "date": "2006-01-19", "sourceId": "Q695751", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Dooley", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2006/01/19/1733189", "aUrlId": "9B02E5D7153FF93AA25752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Mike Piazza has a chance to be the *Thomas Dooley* of /baseball/.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1733467_0", "date": "2006-01-21", "sourceId": "Q315808", "sourceLabel": "Neil Simon", "sourceImId": "Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/35/Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg/180px-Neil_Simon_NYWTS.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/01/21/1733467", "aUrlId": "9507E0DA123FF932A15752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "If he was not exactly the *Neil Simon* of /16th-century Florence/, he packed them in and left them laughing.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1736019_0", "date": "2006-01-31", "sourceId": "Q38222", "sourceLabel": "George Lucas", "sourceImId": "George_Lucas_cropped_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/George_Lucas_cropped_2009.jpg/180px-George_Lucas_cropped_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/01/31/1736019", "aUrlId": "990DE7D91E3FF932A05752C0A9609C8B63", "text": "But when the star being interviewed is someone deeply in sync with run-and-gun digital video and visual tone poems -- the supreme example being Mr. Romanek, who is the *George Lucas* of /the video world/ -- the effect can be to suggest entirely new reference points for the arts.", "author": "Heffernan, Virginia", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1737164_0", "date": "2006-02-05", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/02/05/1737164", "aUrlId": "9B02E0D61E3FF936A35751C0A9609C8B63", "text": "And soon to become, in marketing terms, ''the *Michael Jordan* of /college coaches/,'' according to his agent, David Falk (who is, yes, Jordan's agent).", "author": "Sokolove, Michael", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1739292_0", "date": "2006-02-12", "sourceId": "Q640936", "sourceLabel": "Robert Ryman", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2006/02/12/1739292", "aUrlId": "9B01E6DD123EF931A25751C0A9609C8B63", "text": "She is the *Robert Ryman* of /the 21st century/.", "author": "", "desk": "Connecticut Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1739579_0", "date": "2006-02-14", "sourceId": "Q302", "sourceLabel": "Jesus Christ", "sourceImId": "Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/4a/Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg/180px-Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/02/14/1739579", "aUrlId": "9E00EEDA123EF937A25751C0A9609C8B63", "text": "I am the *Jesus Christ* of /politics/,'' he corrected himself in a speech on Saturday.", "author": "", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1739999_0", "date": "2006-02-16", "sourceId": "Q318475", "sourceLabel": "Randy Newman", "sourceImId": "RandyNewman_nojhf_May12008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7b/RandyNewman_nojhf_May12008.jpg/180px-RandyNewman_nojhf_May12008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/02/16/1739999", "aUrlId": "9905E7DB133EF935A25751C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Mr. Soniat, a songwriter and pianist, is sometimes called the *Randy Newman* of /New Orleans/.", "author": "Raver, Anne", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1740023_0", "date": "2006-02-16", "sourceId": "Q11806", "sourceLabel": "John Adams", "sourceImId": "US_History.pdf", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7c/US_History.pdf/page1-180px-US_History.pdf.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/02/16/1740023", "aUrlId": "9804E0DB133EF935A25751C0A9609C8B63", "text": "He was the *John Adams* of /his country/; its founding father with Kwame Nkrumah.''", "author": "Brozan, Nadine", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1740381_0", "date": "2006-02-17", "sourceId": "Q2172", "sourceLabel": "Lance Armstrong", "sourceImId": "Lance_Armstrong_MidiLibre_2002.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/03/Lance_Armstrong_MidiLibre_2002.jpg/180px-Lance_Armstrong_MidiLibre_2002.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/02/17/1740381", "aUrlId": "9C07E7DC103EF934A25751C0A9609C8B63", "text": "He's sort of the *Lance Armstrong* of /Nordic skiing/,'' said Trond Nystad, the coach of the United States cross-country team.", "author": "Vinton, Nathaniel", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1740659_0", "date": "2006-02-19", "sourceId": "Q502", "sourceLabel": "Stendhal", "sourceImId": "Stendhal.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/Stendhal.jpg/180px-Stendhal.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/02/19/1740659", "aUrlId": "9D05E6DB153EF93AA25751C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Who is the *Stendhal* of /the stick to the groin/?", "author": "Gessen, Keith", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1741167_0", "date": "2006-02-20", "sourceId": "Q13685096", "sourceLabel": "Cinderella", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2006/02/20/1741167", "aUrlId": "9D0DE2DC113EF933A15751C0A9609C8B63", "text": "He wasn't even the starting goalie as Switzerland, suddenly the *Cinderella* of /the Olympic hockey tournament/, qualified for the quarterfinals with a 2-2 tie against Germany, the day after Gerber shut out Canada, 2-0.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1742402_0", "date": "2006-02-26", "sourceId": "Q242936", "sourceLabel": "Susan Lucci", "sourceImId": "Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg/180px-Susan_Lucci_Heart_Truth_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/02/26/1742402", "aUrlId": "980CE4DC133EF935A15751C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Overnight, Hill became what Men's Journal called ''the *Susan Lucci* of /the continuing Everest soap opera/.''", "author": "Haskell, Rob", "desk": "T: Women's Fashion Magazine"},
{"id": "1742521_0", "date": "2006-02-26", "sourceId": "Q182580", "sourceLabel": "Shirley Temple", "sourceImId": "Temple_Black_1990.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/50/Temple_Black_1990.jpg/180px-Temple_Black_1990.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/02/26/1742521", "aUrlId": "9C00E4D6113EF935A15751C0A9609C8B63", "text": "She was the *Shirley Temple* of /the Catskills/.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
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{"id": "1744250_0", "date": "2006-03-05", "sourceId": "Q2009573", "sourceLabel": "James Bond", "sourceImId": "James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds,_London.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2e/James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds%2C_London.jpg/180px-James_Bond_at_Madame_Tussauds%2C_London.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2006/03/05/1744250", "aUrlId": "9903EFD71631F936A35750C0A9609C8B63", "text": "It felt right that the *James Bond* of /the future/ would bed anyone,'' said Steven Moffat, the creator of the BBC sitcom ''Coupling'' and the writer of the Captain Jack storyline.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1745121_0", "date": "2006-03-08", "sourceId": "Q221048", "sourceLabel": "Jackie Robinson", "sourceImId": "Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/42/Jrobinson.jpg/180px-Jrobinson.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/03/08/1745121", "aUrlId": "9F0CE5DE1231F93BA35750C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Gordon Parks was like the *Jackie Robinson* of /film/,'' Donald Faulkner, the director of the New York State Writers Institute, once said.", "author": "Grundberg, Andy", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
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{"id": "1745945_0", "date": "2006-03-12", "sourceId": "Q285536", "sourceLabel": "Imelda Marcos", "sourceImId": "Imeldamarcos1982.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6a/Imeldamarcos1982.jpg/180px-Imeldamarcos1982.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/03/12/1745945", "aUrlId": "9B04E2DA113EF931A25750C0A9609C8B63", "text": "As he says, ''I am the *Imelda Marcos* of /trainers/.''", "author": "Egan, Maura", "desk": "T: Men's Fashion Magazine"},
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{"id": "1746062_0", "date": "2006-03-12", "sourceId": "Q873", "sourceLabel": "Meryl Streep", "sourceImId": "Meryl_Streep_at_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_(32801846044)_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1a/Meryl_Streep_at_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2832801846044%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Meryl_Streep_at_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2016_%2832801846044%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2006/03/12/1746062", "aUrlId": "9D07E5D61531F931A25750C0A9609C8B63", "text": "122 from 1983 to 2004, said, ''She's the *Meryl Streep* of /downtown/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1746205_0", "date": "2006-03-12", "sourceId": "Q1514", "sourceLabel": "Janis Joplin", "sourceImId": "Janis_Joplin_in_1969_(cropped).png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/79/Janis_Joplin_in_1969_%28cropped%29.png/180px-Janis_Joplin_in_1969_%28cropped%29.png", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2006/03/12/1746205", "aUrlId": "9C06E2DB1331F931A25750C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Students have called her the drill sergeant of love and the *Janis Joplin* of /yoga/.", "author": "", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1746784_0", "date": "2006-03-14", "sourceId": "Q213812", "sourceLabel": "Babe Ruth", "sourceImId": "Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cb/Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg/180px-Babe_Ruth_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/03/14/1746784", "aUrlId": "9C01E6D71031F937A25750C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Lee was a pitcher when he played in high school and, Heo suggested, could be considered the *Babe Ruth* of /South Korea/.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1747425_0", "date": "2006-03-17", "sourceId": "Q4766303", "sourceLabel": "Ann Calvello", "sourceImId": "Ann_Calvello.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a7/Ann_Calvello.jpg/180px-Ann_Calvello.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2006/03/17/1747425", "aUrlId": "9F00E3DD1E31F934A25750C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Joe Namath is the *Ann Calvello* of /football/,'' she once said.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1747792_0", "date": "2006-03-19", "sourceId": "Q344977", "sourceLabel": "Don King", "sourceImId": "Don_king.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6b/Don_king.jpg/180px-Don_king.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2006/03/19/1747792", "aUrlId": "9501E5DA1031F93AA25750C0A9609C8B63", "text": "The kid took the Cuban to school,'' Frank Warren, a boxing promoter known as ''the *Don King* of /British Boxing/,'' told me.", "author": "Jordan, Pat", "desk": "Magazine"},
{"id": "1747872_0", "date": "2006-03-19", "sourceId": "Q958489", "sourceLabel": "Justin Guarini", "sourceImId": "Justin_Guarini.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/03/Justin_Guarini.jpg/180px-Justin_Guarini.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/03/19/1747872", "aUrlId": "940DE6DF1131F93AA25750C0A9609C8B63", "text": "There's a little entertainment to be found in imagining Jerry Vale as the *Justin Guarini* of /his day/, but this quickly palls.", "author": "Dederer, Claire", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
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{"id": "1750632_0", "date": "2006-03-30", "sourceId": "Q531759", "sourceLabel": "Peter Mayle", "sourceImId": "Peter_Mayle_en_Provence.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0d/Peter_Mayle_en_Provence.jpg/180px-Peter_Mayle_en_Provence.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2006/03/30/1750632", "aUrlId": "9C0DE0DB1530F933A05750C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Despite the subtitle, Mr. Shah, 39, said he refused to become the *Peter Mayle* of /his generation/.", "author": "Owens, Mitchell", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1751048_0", "date": "2006-04-01", "sourceId": "Q23728", "sourceLabel": "Larry David", "sourceImId": "LarryDavidDec09.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/LarryDavidDec09.jpg/180px-LarryDavidDec09.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/04/01/1751048", "aUrlId": "980DE1DA1230F932A35757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Does he become the *Larry David* of /history/ with a 10-episode deal, or will he have to curb his enthusiasm after his one shot at teaching?", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1751293_0", "date": "2006-04-02", "sourceId": "Q19074", "sourceLabel": "Samuel P. Huntington", "sourceImId": "Samuel_P._Huntington_(2004_World_Economic_Forum).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b4/Samuel_P._Huntington_%282004_World_Economic_Forum%29.jpg/180px-Samuel_P._Huntington_%282004_World_Economic_Forum%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/04/02/1751293", "aUrlId": "9407E3D71630F931A35757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "WILL BLYTHE is the *Samuel P. Huntington* of /hoops/.", "author": "Foer, Franklin", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1751382_0", "date": "2006-04-02", "sourceId": "Q160534", "sourceLabel": "Jack Kerouac", "sourceImId": "Kerouac_by_Palumbo.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/Kerouac_by_Palumbo.jpg/180px-Kerouac_by_Palumbo.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/04/02/1751382", "aUrlId": "9801E1DF1530F931A35757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "In 1955, at 23, Mr. Ishihara became the *Jack Kerouac* of /Japan/, publishing the scandalous novel, ''Season of the Sun,'' which depicted the debauchery of rich college students after the war.", "author": "Heffernan, Virginia", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1751388_0", "date": "2006-04-02", "sourceId": "Q43432", "sourceLabel": "Justin Timberlake", "sourceImId": "Justin_Timberlake_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/ed/Justin_Timberlake_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/180px-Justin_Timberlake_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/04/02/1751388", "aUrlId": "9505E0DF1530F931A35757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "He has been described as ''the *Justin Timberlake* of /Korea/.''", "author": "Simonson, Robert", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1751712_0", "date": "2006-04-02", "sourceId": "Q311869", "sourceLabel": "Shawn Marion", "sourceImId": "Shawn_MARION.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/aa/Shawn_MARION.jpg/180px-Shawn_MARION.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/04/02/1751712", "aUrlId": "9A00E1DD1330F931A35757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "s super freshman, Howland said, ''Thomas is the *Shawn Marion* of /college basketball/.''", "author": "Rhoden, William C", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1754098_0", "date": "2006-04-13", "sourceId": "Q24829", "sourceLabel": "Orson Welles", "sourceImId": "Orson_Welles_1937.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/Orson_Welles_1937.jpg/180px-Orson_Welles_1937.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/04/13/1754098", "aUrlId": "980CEFDA1F30F930A25757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "In South Korea, however, he was a major figure of that nation's film industry in the 1950's and 60's, leading some to call him the *Orson Welles* of /South Korea/.", "author": "Martin, Douglas", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1754994_0", "date": "2006-04-16", "sourceId": "Q347395", "sourceLabel": "Luis Guzm\u00e1n", "sourceImId": "Luis_Guzman_2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/22/Luis_Guzman_2012.jpg/180px-Luis_Guzman_2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/04/16/1754994", "aUrlId": "9501EEDF1F30F935A25757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "So, do Charles Dierkop, an oddly appealing actor who was the *Luis Guzman* of /the 70's/, and Ed Bernard, who had appeared in ''Shaft,'' as Royster and Styles, funky fellow detectives prone, like so many vintage TV characters, to such period-defining lingo as ''bread,'' ''jive,'' ''heavy'' and the classic ''Freeze, turkey!''", "author": "Decaro, Frank", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
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{"id": "1755647_0", "date": "2006-04-20", "sourceId": "Q234606", "sourceLabel": "Martha Stewart", "sourceImId": "Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/68/Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG/180px-Martha_Stewart_2011_Shankbone.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2006/04/20/1755647", "aUrlId": "9500E7DC143FF933A15757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Mrs. Draper was the *Martha Stewart* of /her time/.", "author": "Louie, Elaine", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
{"id": "1756192_0", "date": "2006-04-22", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2006/04/22/1756192", "aUrlId": "980CEFD9153FF931A15757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Image committee members say that students' morale and sense of self-worth is caught up in the university's standing, though they deny that they see the school as the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /the Ivy League/.", "author": "", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1757141_0", "date": "2006-04-26", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/04/26/1757141", "aUrlId": "9C02EFD8123FF935A15757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "You might call him the *Johnny Appleseed* of /ostreiculture/.", "author": "Apple, R W Jr", "desk": "Dining, Dining Out/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1757861_0", "date": "2006-04-29", "sourceId": "Q313509", "sourceLabel": "Bernard-Henri L\u00e9vy", "sourceImId": "Bernard_Henri_L\u00e9vy.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/75/Bernard_Henri_L%C3%A9vy.jpg/180px-Bernard_Henri_L%C3%A9vy.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2006/04/29/1757861", "aUrlId": "9403E2DA103FF93AA15757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "His 1995 book, ''Being Digital,'' cemented his reputation as the *Bernard-Henri L\u00e9vy* of /the digerati/: even when he was right, he made your eyes roll.", "author": "Nocera, Joseph", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1758426_0", "date": "2006-04-30", "sourceId": "Q3244512", "sourceLabel": "Harry Potter", "sourceImId": "Harry_Potter.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/97/Harry_Potter.jpg/180px-Harry_Potter.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2006/04/30/1758426", "aUrlId": "9D0CE3DD113FF933A05757C0A9609C8B63", "text": "Sky High (2005)  Saturday at 9 p.m. on Starz  Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano, near left, with Kurt Russell) is the *Harry Potter* of /his set/ in this peppy Disney action comedy, directed by Mike Mitchell.", "author": "", "desk": "Television"},
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{"id": "1759939_0", "date": "2006-05-07", "sourceId": "Q305497", "sourceLabel": "Richard Avedon", "sourceImId": "Richard_Avedon.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Richard_Avedon.jpg/180px-Richard_Avedon.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2006/05/07/1759939", "aUrlId": "9C0CE2DD1F3FF934A35756C0A9609C8B63", "text": "A show by Eikoh Hosoe -- Mr. Seliger calls him ''the *Richard Avedon* of /Japan/'' -- is planned for the fall.", "author": "Koppel, Lily", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1760102_0", "date": "2006-05-07", "sourceId": "Q885384", "sourceLabel": "Lester Maddox", "sourceImId": "Lester_Maddox.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bc/Lester_Maddox.jpg/180px-Lester_Maddox.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/05/07/1760102", "aUrlId": "9C06E4D61F3FF934A35756C0A9609C8B63", "text": "I think he'll be remembered as the *Lester Maddox* of /sex discrimination/,'' said Burk, referring to the controversial segregationist.", "author": "Roberts, Selena", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1760490_0", "date": "2006-05-09", "sourceId": "Q410", "sourceLabel": "Carl Sagan", "sourceImId": "Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/be/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG/180px-Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/05/09/1760490", "aUrlId": "9E02E5D9163EF93AA35756C0A9609C8B63", "text": "For summarizing Henry Petroski's importance as an explainer and popularizer (''Engineering a Safer, More Beautiful World, One Failure at a Time,'' May 2), another phrase beats ''meistersinger of the guild'': the *Carl Sagan* of /engineering/.", "author": "", "desk": "Science Desk"},
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{"id": "1788260_0", "date": "2006-09-08", "sourceId": "Q834621", "sourceLabel": "Bono", "sourceImId": "Bono_U2_360_Tour_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/dd/Bono_U2_360_Tour_2011.jpg/180px-Bono_U2_360_Tour_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2006/09/08/1788260", "aUrlId": "9C05E3DC1731F93BA3575AC0A9609C8B63", "text": "He is also taken up by Mohammad (Charles Daniel Sandoval), a successful Pakistani businessman who recognizes ''the *Bono* of /Lahore/,'' as he hyperbolically calls Ahmad, and offers to help restart his musical career.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "1792983_0", "date": "2006-09-27", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/09/27/1792983", "aUrlId": "9501E4D91F31F934A1575AC0A9609C8B63", "text": "Overseeing the distribution of the Fon routers is Andrew Rasiej, the *Johnny Appleseed* of /Fon's New York program/.", "author": "Gnatek, Tim", "desk": "Circuits"},
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{"id": "1793841_0", "date": "2006-10-01", "sourceId": "Q460833", "sourceLabel": "Trisha Brown", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2006/10/01/1793841", "aUrlId": "9C02EFD91F31F932A35753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "ODILE DUBOC is the *Trisha Brown* of /French contemporary dance/, much admired during the late 1980's and early 90's for an autodidactic style that -- unlike the work of most of her contemporaries -- focused strongly on pure movement.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1794125_0", "date": "2006-10-01", "sourceId": "Q230762", "sourceLabel": "Dale Carnegie", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2006/10/01/1794125", "aUrlId": "9D0DE0D91730F932A35753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "On the printed page, |Mr. Lewis| emerges as a *Dale Carnegie* of /diction/, equal parts teacher and salesman.", "author": "Fox, Margalit", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1795741_0", "date": "2006-10-08", "sourceId": "Q1225", "sourceLabel": "Bruce Springsteen", "sourceImId": "Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d7/Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg/180px-Bruce_Springsteen_Oslo_2019_193031.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2006/10/08/1795741", "aUrlId": "9403E2DC1230F93BA35753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "In the eyes of Judy Kastin, a society member and a professional calligrapher who teaches the craft to grade-school children in Long Island, Mr. Jackson is the *Bruce Springsteen* of /the quill and vellum set/.", "author": "Porcaro, Lauren", "desk": "The City Weekly Desk"},
{"id": "1796120_0", "date": "2006-10-10", "sourceId": "Q6691", "sourceLabel": "Homer", "sourceImId": "Homer_British_Museum.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1c/Homer_British_Museum.jpg/180px-Homer_British_Museum.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/10/10/1796120", "aUrlId": "9801E6DB1330F933A25753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "That is Jean-Henri Fabre, who himself was called the *Homer* of /the insect world/.", "author": "Gorman, James", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1796555_0", "date": "2006-10-12", "sourceId": "Q62766", "sourceLabel": "Jay Z", "sourceImId": "Jay-Z_@_Shawn_'Jay-Z'_Carter_Foundation_Carnival_(crop_2).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9c/Jay-Z_%40_Shawn_%27Jay-Z%27_Carter_Foundation_Carnival_%28crop_2%29.jpg/180px-Jay-Z_%40_Shawn_%27Jay-Z%27_Carter_Foundation_Carnival_%28crop_2%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/10/12/1796555", "aUrlId": "9D07EFDD1030F931A25753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "(Vibe magazine reaffirmed Jay-Z's role as a hip-hop yardstick by putting T. I. on the cover, accompanied by the question, ''Is he the *Jay-Z* of /the South/?'')", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1796734_0", "date": "2006-10-13", "sourceId": "Q5593", "sourceLabel": "Pablo Picasso", "sourceImId": "Pablo_picasso_1_(cuadrado).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a9/Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg/180px-Pablo_picasso_1_%28cuadrado%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/10/13/1796734", "aUrlId": "9803E2D81030F930A25753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "As for Mr. Crumb, he's still the *Picasso* of /comics/: the unavoidable influence on all younger artists.", "author": "Kimmelman, Michael", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1797185_0", "date": "2006-10-15", "sourceId": "Q303", "sourceLabel": "Elvis Presley", "sourceImId": "PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg/180px-PresleyPromo1954PhotoOnly.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/10/15/1797185", "aUrlId": "980CE0D71330F936A25753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Mr. Vernon signed autographs for 45 minutes: for one late September night, he was the *Elvis* of /the brass set/.", "author": "Wakin, Daniel J", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1798456_0", "date": "2006-10-20", "sourceId": "Q359416", "sourceLabel": "George Hamilton", "sourceImId": "GeorgeHamiltonAug09.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/94/GeorgeHamiltonAug09.jpg/180px-GeorgeHamiltonAug09.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/10/20/1798456", "aUrlId": "9C05E5D81F30F933A15753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "BARGEMUSIC (Tonight through Sunday) Robert White, the Irish tenor, is the *George Hamilton* of /the vocal world/: an unbowed, ageless veteran.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1798936_0", "date": "2006-10-22", "sourceId": "Q1541", "sourceLabel": "Cicero", "sourceImId": "M-T-Cicero.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9a/M-T-Cicero.jpg/180px-M-T-Cicero.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/10/22/1798936", "aUrlId": "9802E5D91030F931A15753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "He paints |an engrossing picture| of the caldron of Roman politics and presents a *Cicero* for /our own times/, a man who is the lineal ancestor of the modern career politician.", "author": "Theroux, Marcel", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
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{"id": "1799005_0", "date": "2006-10-22", "sourceId": "Q60465", "sourceLabel": "Wieland Wagner", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2006/10/22/1799005", "aUrlId": "9C06E3D71E30F931A15753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "The missing link between Dada and contemporary, the continuation of Artaud, the *Wieland Wagner* of /the present time/, tra-la-li, tra-la-lo,'' she says.", "author": "", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1799723_0", "date": "2006-10-25", "sourceId": "Q712180", "sourceLabel": "Wilford Brimley", "sourceImId": "Wilford_Brimley.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f5/Wilford_Brimley.jpg/180px-Wilford_Brimley.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/10/25/1799723", "aUrlId": "9E01E5DE143FF936A15753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "But how do you bump off the *Wilford Brimley* of /coaches/?", "author": "Roberts, Selena", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1800043_0", "date": "2006-10-27", "sourceId": "Q309618", "sourceLabel": "Giorgio Morandi", "sourceImId": "Giorgio-Morandi.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/22/Giorgio-Morandi.jpg/180px-Giorgio-Morandi.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/10/27/1800043", "aUrlId": "9902E0D9143FF934A15753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Such comparisons have earned Mr. Marden a kind of flame-keeper status -- something like the *Giorgio Morandi* of /radical abstraction/, a maker of inordinately beautiful, exquisitely made (and expensive) artworks.", "author": "Smith, Roberta", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1800192_0", "date": "2006-10-27", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/10/27/1800192", "aUrlId": "9505EFDE153FF934A15753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Their ad is an excerpt from Jay-Z's video of ''Show Me What You Got,'' a song released in advance of ''Kingdom Come'' and which includes the lyric, ''I'm the *Mike Jordan* of /recording/.''", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1800445_0", "date": "2006-10-29", "sourceId": "Q40531", "sourceLabel": "John Wayne", "sourceImId": "John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/40/John_Wayne_portrait.jpg/180px-John_Wayne_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/10/29/1800445", "aUrlId": "9C0CE7DC163FF93AA15753C1A9609C8B63", "text": "John Newcombe Tennis Ranch  Newcombe, who won 26 Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles and who has been called ''the *John Wayne* of /tennis/,'' runs his camp in the Texas Hill Country, near San Antonio.", "author": "Williams, Paige", "desk": "Play"},
{"id": "1801765_0", "date": "2006-11-03", "sourceId": "Q18917590", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Duveen", "sourceImId": "Emil_Fuchs_-_Portrait_of_Sir_Joseph_Duveen_in_1903,_donated_by_hs_son_Lord_Joseph_Duveen.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/Emil_Fuchs_-_Portrait_of_Sir_Joseph_Duveen_in_1903%2C_donated_by_hs_son_Lord_Joseph_Duveen.jpg/180px-Emil_Fuchs_-_Portrait_of_Sir_Joseph_Duveen_in_1903%2C_donated_by_hs_son_Lord_Joseph_Duveen.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/11/03/1801765", "aUrlId": "9F02E2D8133FF930A35752C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Hanns Weinberg was the *Joseph Duveen* of /antique porcelain/,'' said Ms. Beiny, comparing her grandfather to the flamboyant early-20th-century dealer who sold old master paintings to American tycoons.", "author": "Moonan, Wendy", "desk": "Leisure/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1802313_0", "date": "2006-11-05", "sourceId": "Q40523", "sourceLabel": "Julia Roberts", "sourceImId": "Julia_Roberts_(43838880775).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/Julia_Roberts_%2843838880775%29.jpg/180px-Julia_Roberts_%2843838880775%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/11/05/1802313", "aUrlId": "990CE0D7123FF936A35752C1A9609C8B63", "text": "KNOWN as the *Julia Roberts* of /Spain/, Paz Vega made her American debut two years ago in the big-budget film ''Spanglish.''", "author": "Durbin, Karen", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1802458_0", "date": "2006-11-05", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/11/05/1802458", "aUrlId": "9905E3D7133FF936A35752C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Like a *Johnny Appleseed* of /horsepower/, |Mr. Grimsrud| routinely travels from his home in Lafayette, Colo., to hold technical seminars for ad hoc groups of Corvette Forum members.", "author": "Sabatini, Jeff", "desk": "Automobiles"},
{"id": "1802795_0", "date": "2006-11-06", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/11/06/1802795", "aUrlId": "9E06E3DD113FF935A35752C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Frederic Collignon, a 30-year-old who works as a car salesman in Li\u00e8ge, Belgium, but who is considered by his fans to be the *Michael Jordan* of /foosball/, said, ''Nice mountains, nice view, a little bit too cold, and it is different from Vegas, but I still like the town.''", "author": "Kiefer, Peter", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1803150_0", "date": "2006-11-08", "sourceId": "Q104000", "sourceLabel": "Lauren Bacall", "sourceImId": "Lauren_Bacall_1945_(cropped).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/ff/Lauren_Bacall_1945_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Lauren_Bacall_1945_%28cropped%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/11/08/1803150", "aUrlId": "9C01E5D6113FF93BA35752C1A9609C8B63", "text": "This is the *Lauren Bacall* of /cheeses/,'' he said of the Beenleigh Blue, an English delicacy made from sheep's milk.", "author": "Bruni, Frank", "desk": "Dining, Dining Out/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1803158_0", "date": "2006-11-08", "sourceId": "Q4616", "sourceLabel": "Marilyn Monroe", "sourceImId": "Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/46/Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg/180px-Marilyn_Monroe_in_1952_TFA.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/11/08/1803158", "aUrlId": "9C02E3D6113FF93BA35752C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Curvaceous, cuddlesome and irresistibly charming, the ''Introduction and Allegro'' is something like the *Marilyn Monroe* of /the classical-music repertory/.", "author": "Holland, Bernard", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1803630_0", "date": "2006-11-10", "sourceId": "Q7245", "sourceLabel": "Mark Twain", "sourceImId": "MarkTwain.LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/31/MarkTwain.LOC.jpg/180px-MarkTwain.LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/11/10/1803630", "aUrlId": "9407EEDC1F3FF933A25752C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Cummins is the *Mark Twain* of /the engine business/,'' said Mike Osega, the publisher of the trade magazine Diesel Progress.", "author": "Barringer, Felicity", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
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{"id": "1803972_0", "date": "2006-11-12", "sourceId": "Q21466190", "sourceLabel": "Reshid Bey", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2006/11/12/1803972", "aUrlId": "9D04E1DC103FF931A25752C1A9609C8B63", "text": "He looked for a *Reshid Bey* among /Palestinian political prisoners, suicide bombers, politicians and clerics/, and he has written a lucid, richly layered memoir about this personal quest.", "author": "Lappin, Elena", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
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{"id": "1810379_0", "date": "2006-12-08", "sourceId": "Q551032", "sourceLabel": "John Wooden", "sourceImId": "Johnwooden.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/29/Johnwooden.jpg/180px-Johnwooden.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/12/08/1810379", "aUrlId": "9D06E2D91731F93BA35751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Years before her mother would co-write a book with Anson Dorrance -- the *John Wooden* of /women's college soccer/, whose Tar Heel program spawned, among others, Mia Hamm -- Yael was insisting that was where she would go.", "author": "Araton, Harvey", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1810595_0", "date": "2006-12-10", "sourceId": "Q186", "sourceLabel": "Ken Jennings", "sourceImId": "KenJenningsByPhilKonstantin.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cd/KenJenningsByPhilKonstantin.jpg/180px-KenJenningsByPhilKonstantin.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/12/10/1810595", "aUrlId": "9407E1D6113EF933A25751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "But Lawson, presumably viewing Oldham as the *Ken Jennings* of /criminalia/, falls prey to the common trap of letting only the caged canary sing.", "author": "Burrough, Bryan", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1810666_0", "date": "2006-12-10", "sourceId": "Q855", "sourceLabel": "Joseph Stalin", "sourceImId": "JStalin_Secretary_general_CCCP_1942.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f1/JStalin_Secretary_general_CCCP_1942.jpg/180px-JStalin_Secretary_general_CCCP_1942.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/12/10/1810666", "aUrlId": "9C03EFDE1631F933A25751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "I actually consider myself the *Stalin* of /basketball/,'' he says, ''the Hitler of basketball, the Pol Pot of basketball.''", "author": "Zinoman, Jason", "desk": "Magazine"},
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{"id": "1811150_0", "date": "2006-12-11", "sourceId": "Q2808", "sourceLabel": "Elton John", "sourceImId": "Elton_John_2011_Shankbone_2_(cropped).JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/80/Elton_John_2011_Shankbone_2_%28cropped%29.JPG/180px-Elton_John_2011_Shankbone_2_%28cropped%29.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2006/12/11/1811150", "aUrlId": "9401E4DB1431F932A25751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Though Foujita had a fashion sense that made him look like the *Elton John* of /Montparnasse/ (he favored earrings, bangs and show-stopping homemade costumes), and though he is seen here hand in hand with a male Japanese friend during their shared tunic-wearing phase, he is viewed by Ms. Birnbaum strictly as a lady-killer.", "author": "Maslin, Janet", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1811897_0", "date": "2006-12-15", "sourceId": "Q4636", "sourceLabel": "Barbra Streisand", "sourceImId": "Barbra_Streisand_at_Health_Matters_Conference.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/fa/Barbra_Streisand_at_Health_Matters_Conference.jpg/180px-Barbra_Streisand_at_Health_Matters_Conference.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2006/12/15/1811897", "aUrlId": "9405E3DF1231F936A25751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "SARAH SAVELLI (Tonight) There is only one night to see Ms. Savelli, an Ohio dancer whom the tap diva Jane Goldberg describes as the *Barbra Streisand* of /tap/, in a program with guests including Ayodele Casel.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
{"id": "1812010_0", "date": "2006-12-15", "sourceId": "Q355314", "sourceLabel": "Jack Welch", "sourceImId": "JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/2d/JackWelchApril2012.jpg/180px-JackWelchApril2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/12/15/1812010", "aUrlId": "9A03E3DC1231F936A25751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "He's kind of like the *Jack Welch* of /private equity/,'' referring to the former chief executive of General Electric.", "author": "De La Merced, Michael J", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1812639_0", "date": "2006-12-17", "sourceId": "Q23844", "sourceLabel": "George Clooney", "sourceImId": "George_Clooney_2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/36/George_Clooney_2012.jpg/180px-George_Clooney_2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2006/12/17/1812639", "aUrlId": "9805E7DF1331F934A25751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "All the talk is about Mr. Ahmadinejad, he's become the *George Clooney* of /the political world/.", "author": "Macfarquhar, Neil", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1812640_0", "date": "2006-12-17", "sourceId": "Q336581", "sourceLabel": "Red Auerbach", "sourceImId": "Auerbach_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b5/Auerbach_Lipofsky.jpg/180px-Auerbach_Lipofsky.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/12/17/1812640", "aUrlId": "9407E6DF1331F934A25751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "I thought I'd be the *Red Auerbach* of /that franchise/, just end up being an adviser,'' Nelson said of his former mentor with the Celtics.", "author": "Robbins, Liz", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1812933_0", "date": "2006-12-19", "sourceId": "Q7245", "sourceLabel": "Mark Twain", "sourceImId": "MarkTwain.LOC.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/31/MarkTwain.LOC.jpg/180px-MarkTwain.LOC.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/12/19/1812933", "aUrlId": "9507E7D91331F93AA25751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "PRESTON STURGES -- THE FILMMAKER COLLECTION' (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, $59.98) Sturges, the *Mark Twain* of /American movies/, receives his belated due from Universal, the studio that currently owns most of his important work.", "author": "Kehr, David", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1813035_0", "date": "2006-12-19", "sourceId": "Q194280", "sourceLabel": "Hugh Hefner", "sourceImId": "Hugh_Hefner_Glamourcon_2010.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5c/Hugh_Hefner_Glamourcon_2010.jpg/180px-Hugh_Hefner_Glamourcon_2010.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2006/12/19/1813035", "aUrlId": "9C03E2D71331F93AA25751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Mr. Charney has gained a reputation as the *Hugh Hefner* of /retailing/, decorating his stores with covers of Penthouse magazine and admitting in interviews to sleeping with employees.", "author": "", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1813555_0", "date": "2006-12-22", "sourceId": "Q40523", "sourceLabel": "Julia Roberts", "sourceImId": "Julia_Roberts_(43838880775).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/Julia_Roberts_%2843838880775%29.jpg/180px-Julia_Roberts_%2843838880775%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2006/12/22/1813555", "aUrlId": "9504E1D61031F931A15751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Anna Netrebko, the *Julia Roberts* of /opera/, was singing her one and only Mim\u00ec of the season, and tickets had been sold out for months.", "author": "", "desk": "Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk"},
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{"id": "1814011_0", "date": "2006-12-24", "sourceId": "Q81752", "sourceLabel": "Anton Bruckner", "sourceImId": "Bruckner_Anton_Postcard-1910.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bd/Bruckner_Anton_Postcard-1910.jpg/180px-Bruckner_Anton_Postcard-1910.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2006/12/24/1814011", "aUrlId": "9D07EEDF1031F937A15751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "That night Mr. Feldman seemed to me the *Anton Bruckner* of /silence/.", "author": "Holland, Bernard", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1814577_0", "date": "2006-12-26", "sourceId": "Q1426891", "sourceLabel": "Michael Myers", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2006/12/26/1814577", "aUrlId": "9C0DE4DA1E31F935A15751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "But the Giants are the *Michael Myers* of /football teams/.", "author": "Branch, John", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1815413_0", "date": "2006-12-31", "sourceId": "Q218718", "sourceLabel": "Jay Leno", "sourceImId": "JayLenoJul08.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c1/JayLenoJul08.jpg/180px-JayLenoJul08.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2006/12/31/1815413", "aUrlId": "9500E3D91E31F932A05751C1A9609C8B63", "text": "Mr. Mazursky appears in the film as a genial tour guide, and he shares the screen with a diverse array of pilgrims, including Mr. Miretsky; a Hasidic rock 'n' roll musician; a comedian known as the *Jay Leno* of /Tel Aviv/; and a neurosurgeon who offers a concise history of Jews in Ukraine.", "author": "Farber, Stephen", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
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{"id": "1819107_0", "date": "2007-01-15", "sourceId": "Q41601", "sourceLabel": "Phil Mahre", "sourceImId": "Phil_Mahre_1984_Paraguay_stamp.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/af/Phil_Mahre_1984_Paraguay_stamp.jpg/180px-Phil_Mahre_1984_Paraguay_stamp.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/01/15/1819107", "aUrlId": "9B0DEFDC1030F936A25752C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Bode is definitely the *Phil Mahre* of /our time/,'' Cochran said.", "author": "Vinton, Nathaniel", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1821182_0", "date": "2007-01-24", "sourceId": "Q47899", "sourceLabel": "Paris Hilton", "sourceImId": "Paris_Hilton_2009.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/b0/Paris_Hilton_2009.jpg/180px-Paris_Hilton_2009.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-4.0", "fId": "2007/01/24/1821182", "aUrlId": "9A01EED61F30F937A15752C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Of Mr. Cooper's comment, she said, ''Yet another cry for attention by the *Paris Hilton* of /television news/, Anderson Cooper.''", "author": "Carter, Bill", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1821801_0", "date": "2007-01-27", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/01/27/1821801", "aUrlId": "9E03E4D9173FF934A15752C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Some New York write-ups referred to her as the *Garbo* of /Detroit/, and to Miss Randolph ''that's still a mystery,'' she said.", "author": "Collins, Glenn", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1822747_0", "date": "2007-01-31", "sourceId": "Q34424", "sourceLabel": "Shakira", "sourceImId": "Shakira_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/50/Shakira_2011.jpg/180px-Shakira_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2007/01/31/1822747", "aUrlId": "9A01E6D6143FF932A05752C0A9619C8B63", "text": "I was the *Shakira* of /the school/,'' she said.", "author": "Rehrmann, Alexis", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1823562_0", "date": "2007-02-04", "sourceId": "Q7243", "sourceLabel": "Leo Tolstoy", "sourceImId": "Leo_Tolstoy,_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a3/Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg/180px-Leo_Tolstoy%2C_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/02/04/1823562", "aUrlId": "9806E6DC173FF937A35751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "In ''Henderson,'' I detected ominous foreshadowings of the elderly Bellow's mischievous joke about multiculturalism -- ''Who is the *Tolstoy* of /the Zulus/?", "author": "Tanenhaus, Sam", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1823588_0", "date": "2007-02-04", "sourceId": "Q253167", "sourceLabel": "Margaux Hemingway", "sourceImId": "Margaux_Hemingway.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d9/Margaux_Hemingway.jpg/180px-Margaux_Hemingway.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/02/04/1823588", "aUrlId": "9805E2DC143FF937A35751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "In April 1976, Clifford Terry wrote in The Chicago Tribune about the actress Louise Lasser, whose role in the TV series ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' was ''becoming a media darling, sort of the *Margaux Hemingway* of /the Crock Pot set/.''", "author": "Safire, William", "desk": "Magazine"},
{"id": "1823794_0", "date": "2007-02-04", "sourceId": "Q8023", "sourceLabel": "Nelson Mandela", "sourceImId": "Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7e/Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg/180px-Nelson_Mandela-2008.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2007/02/04/1823794", "aUrlId": "9B07EFDD123FF937A35751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "It was still a Portuguese colony and he was kind of the *Nelson Mandela* of /Mozambique/.", "author": "Maccormack, Charles; Tahmincioglu, Eve", "desk": "Money and Business/Financial Desk"},
{"id": "1824127_0", "date": "2007-02-06", "sourceId": "Q266611", "sourceLabel": "Ann Coulter", "sourceImId": "Ann_Coulter_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6b/Ann_Coulter_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg/180px-Ann_Coulter_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2007/02/06/1824127", "aUrlId": "9A03E7DA133FF935A35751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "With this book, Dinesh D'Souza, the Rishwain research scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, has officially become the *Ann Coulter* of /the think tank set/.", "author": "Kakutani, Michiko", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1825570_0", "date": "2007-02-11", "sourceId": "Q6101", "sourceLabel": "Marco Polo", "sourceImId": "Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/54/Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg/180px-Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/02/11/1825570", "aUrlId": "9C04EED81E3FF932A25751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "The Yankees were not the *Marco Polo* of /baseball/.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1825570_1", "date": "2007-02-11", "sourceId": "Q58590", "sourceLabel": "Yao Ming", "sourceImId": "YaoMingonoffense2_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a8/YaoMingonoffense2_crop.jpg/180px-YaoMingonoffense2_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2007/02/11/1825570", "aUrlId": "9C04EED81E3FF932A25751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Levine did not come back with the *Yao Ming* of /Chinese baseball/ because no such person exists.", "author": "Chass, Murray", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1826062_0", "date": "2007-02-14", "sourceId": "Q180453", "sourceLabel": "Dolly Parton", "sourceImId": "Dolly_Parton_accepting_Liseberg_Applause_Award_2010_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d8/Dolly_Parton_accepting_Liseberg_Applause_Award_2010_portrait.jpg/180px-Dolly_Parton_accepting_Liseberg_Applause_Award_2010_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2007/02/14/1826062", "aUrlId": "950DE3DA163EF937A25751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "It's the *Dolly Parton* of /cakes/: a little bit tacky, but you love her,'' said Angie Mosier, a food writer in Atlanta and a board member of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.", "author": "Fabricant, Florence", "desk": "Dining, Dining Out/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1826948_0", "date": "2007-02-18", "sourceId": "Q122634", "sourceLabel": "Robin Hood", "sourceImId": "Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c8/Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png/180px-Robin_shoots_with_sir_Guy_by_Louis_Rhead_1912.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/02/18/1826948", "aUrlId": "9D01E6D81F3FF93BA25751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Cocktails and Kitsch  For more kitschy good times, head to Malverde (Amsterdam at Teotihuac\u00e1n, Condesa; 52-5584-0486), named after Jes\u00fas Malverde, venerated as the *Robin Hood* of /Mexico/.", "author": "Williams, Gisela", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1826951_0", "date": "2007-02-18", "sourceId": "Q1152754", "sourceLabel": "Mary Boone", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2007/02/18/1826951", "aUrlId": "9E0CE6D81F3FF93BA25751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Could this be the *Mary Boone* of /Hanoi/?", "author": "Conlin, Jennifer", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1828518_0", "date": "2007-02-25", "sourceId": "Q95026", "sourceLabel": "Shirley MacLaine", "sourceImId": "Studio_publicity_Shirley_MacLaine.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/62/Studio_publicity_Shirley_MacLaine.jpg/180px-Studio_publicity_Shirley_MacLaine.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/02/25/1828518", "aUrlId": "9B00EFDC143FF936A15751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "While it's tempting to dismiss him as the *Shirley MacLaine* of /fashion/, Mugler moonwalks it like he talks it and has steadfastly adhered to his fantastical aesthetic since the early 1970s.", "author": "Silva, Horacio", "desk": "T: Women's Fashion Magazine"},
{"id": "1828625_0", "date": "2007-02-25", "sourceId": "Q3240869", "sourceLabel": "Al Roker", "sourceImId": "Al_Roker_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f2/Al_Roker_crop.jpg/180px-Al_Roker_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2007/02/25/1828625", "aUrlId": "9D05EEDA123EF936A15751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "It's Jack Lescoulie, an announcer on the ''Today'' show, the *Al Roker* of /his day/.", "author": "Ratliff, Ben", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1828883_0", "date": "2007-02-25", "sourceId": "Q30547", "sourceLabel": "Mother Teresa", "sourceImId": "MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/8e/MotherTeresa_090.jpg/180px-MotherTeresa_090.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0-de", "fId": "2007/02/25/1828883", "aUrlId": "9B00EEDF113EF936A15751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Dr. Hamlin is the *Mother Teresa* of /our age/.", "author": "Kristof, Nicholas D", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1828938_0", "date": "2007-02-25", "sourceId": "Q731168", "sourceLabel": "Cal Ripken", "sourceImId": "Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Cal_Ripken.jpg/180px-Cal_Ripken.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2007/02/25/1828938", "aUrlId": "9806E6DA113EF936A15751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "For 38 years, from the 1968-69 season until illness forced him from his courtside seat in November, Beagle was also the *Cal Ripken* of /statisticians/.", "author": "Mallozzi, Vincent M", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1829202_0", "date": "2007-02-27", "sourceId": "Q2640705", "sourceLabel": "Mario Batali", "sourceImId": "Mario_Batali,_2005.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/eb/Mario_Batali%2C_2005.jpg/180px-Mario_Batali%2C_2005.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2007/02/27/1829202", "aUrlId": "9804E0DC1E3EF934A15751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "We are to think of him as the *Mario Batali* of /sugar/.", "author": "Bellafante, Ginia", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1829251_0", "date": "2007-02-27", "sourceId": "Q436386", "sourceLabel": "Rodney Dangerfield", "sourceImId": "RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/b/bf/RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg/180px-RodneyDangerfield1978.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-3.0", "fId": "2007/02/27/1829251", "aUrlId": "950CE6DA1E3EF934A15751C0A9619C8B63", "text": "It's time we stopped being the *Rodney Dangerfield* of /presidential primaries/ and sent a clear message to candidates,'' Senate President Richard J. Codey said.", "author": "Smothers, Ronald", "desk": "Metropolitan Desk"},
{"id": "1830023_0", "date": "2007-03-03", "sourceId": "Q19673", "sourceLabel": "Al Gore", "sourceImId": "Al_Gore,_Vice_President_of_the_United_States,_official_portrait_1994.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c5/Al_Gore%2C_Vice_President_of_the_United_States%2C_official_portrait_1994.jpg/180px-Al_Gore%2C_Vice_President_of_the_United_States%2C_official_portrait_1994.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/03/03/1830023", "aUrlId": "9D00E4DE1731F930A35750C0A9619C8B63", "text": "He is a bit like the *Al Gore* of /fashion/: it took a while for people to get his message.", "author": "Wilson, Eric", "desk": "National Desk"},
{"id": "1830035_0", "date": "2007-03-03", "sourceId": "Q2632", "sourceLabel": "Ringo Starr", "sourceImId": "Ringo_Starr_and_all_his_band_(8470866906).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3b/Ringo_Starr_and_all_his_band_%288470866906%29.jpg/180px-Ringo_Starr_and_all_his_band_%288470866906%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2007/03/03/1830035", "aUrlId": "9806E0DE1731F930A35750C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Mary Magdalene is the *Ringo* of /this inquiry/.", "author": "Stanley, Alessandra", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1830102_0", "date": "2007-03-03", "sourceId": "Q10993", "sourceLabel": "Tiger Woods", "sourceImId": "TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/0b/TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg/180px-TigerWoodsOct2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2007/03/03/1830102", "aUrlId": "9F0DE2DC1731F930A35750C0A9619C8B63", "text": "When the *Tiger Woods* of /politics/ goes to a civil rights commemoration in Selma, Ala., this weekend -- just as the story breaks that his white ancestors had slaves -- he will compete for attention with Hillary and the man billed as the first black president.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1830465_0", "date": "2007-03-04", "sourceId": "Q215805", "sourceLabel": "Peter Max", "sourceImId": "Peter_Max.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/78/Peter_Max.jpg/180px-Peter_Max.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2007/03/04/1830465", "aUrlId": "9A05E6DA1631F937A35750C0A9619C8B63", "text": "In the 1960s, Mr. Colani in his Nehru jackets was the *Peter Max* of /design/ and was known around the world.", "author": "Patton, Phil", "desk": "Automobiles"},
{"id": "1831690_0", "date": "2007-03-09", "sourceId": "Q93843", "sourceLabel": "Derrick Brooks", "sourceImId": "Derrick_Brooks_with_2006_Pro_Bowl_MVP_trophy_060210-N-4856G-129.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/55/Derrick_Brooks_with_2006_Pro_Bowl_MVP_trophy_060210-N-4856G-129.jpg/180px-Derrick_Brooks_with_2006_Pro_Bowl_MVP_trophy_060210-N-4856G-129.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/03/09/1831690", "aUrlId": "9506EFD61231F93AA35750C0A9619C8B63", "text": "I want you to be the *Derrick Brooks* of /this defense/.", "author": "Anderson, Dave", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1831985_0", "date": "2007-03-11", "sourceId": "Q1430", "sourceLabel": "Marcus Aurelius Antoninus", "sourceImId": "Marcus_Aurelius_Louvre_MR561_n02.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1c/Marcus_Aurelius_Louvre_MR561_n02.jpg/180px-Marcus_Aurelius_Louvre_MR561_n02.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.5", "fId": "2007/03/11/1831985", "aUrlId": "9C01E0DF1631F932A25750C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Reginald Hill's crude and canny policeman (''the *Marcus Aurelius* of /mid-Yorkshire/'' to those who love him) is nothing less than a force of nature in these idiosyncratic procedurals, and the act of terrorism that has his life hanging by a thread may pose an even graver threat to the natural order of his kind of genre novel.", "author": "Stasio, Marilyn", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1832328_0", "date": "2007-03-11", "sourceId": "Q3268056", "sourceLabel": "Mr. Chips", "sourceImId": "", "sourceImThumb": "", "sourceImLicense": "", "fId": "2007/03/11/1832328", "aUrlId": "9406E0D91331F932A25750C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Dealing with scrutiny is one of many aspects of an unusual on-the-job education he is receiving from Mr. Kaplan, who has called himself the *Mr. Chips* of /New York journalism/, greeting each arriving class of boys (and girls), whose youth never changes.", "author": "Salkin, Allen", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1832608_0", "date": "2007-03-13", "sourceId": "Q254", "sourceLabel": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "sourceImId": "Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/cf/Mozart-small.jpg/180px-Mozart-small.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/03/13/1832608", "aUrlId": "9902E6D71031F930A25750C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Colleagues have teasingly called Dr. Tao a rock star and the *Mozart* of /Math/.", "author": "Chang, Kenneth", "desk": "Science Desk"},
{"id": "1833173_0", "date": "2007-03-15", "sourceId": "Q532329", "sourceLabel": "George Mason", "sourceImId": "George_Mason's_portrait.png", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/48/George_Mason%27s_portrait.png/180px-George_Mason%27s_portrait.png", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/03/15/1833173", "aUrlId": "9D00E0DC1E31F936A25750C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Everybody is talking about which team will be the *George Mason* of /this year's tournament/, meaning the charming outsider that made a run to the Final Four last year.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1833173_1", "date": "2007-03-15", "sourceId": "Q129041", "sourceLabel": "Carmelo Anthony", "sourceImId": "Carmelo_Anthony_March_2013.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f9/Carmelo_Anthony_March_2013.jpg/180px-Carmelo_Anthony_March_2013.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2007/03/15/1833173", "aUrlId": "9D00E0DC1E31F936A25750C0A9619C8B63", "text": "The real issue is who will be the *Carmelo Anthony* of /this year/, a reference to the man among boys who led Syracuse to its national title in 2003, as a freshman, and then turned pro.", "author": "Vecsey, George", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1837956_0", "date": "2007-04-04", "sourceId": "Q434513", "sourceLabel": "Alice Waters", "sourceImId": "Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards,_Napa.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/87/Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards%2C_Napa.jpg/180px-Alice_Waters_at_Viader_Vinyards%2C_Napa.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2007/04/04/1837956", "aUrlId": "990CE2D81F30F937A35757C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Although Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, recently weighed in on the 2007 Farm Bill and many mayors have taken up the anti-obesity cause, no mayor of a large urban city has stood up and become, in essence, the *Alice Waters* of /city food politics/.", "author": "Severson, Kim", "desk": "Dining, Dining Out/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1838964_0", "date": "2007-04-08", "sourceId": "Q937", "sourceLabel": "Albert Einstein", "sourceImId": "Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/180px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/04/08/1838964", "aUrlId": "9F04E0DB143FF93BA35757C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Marty might be the *Einstein* of /goalies/.''", "author": "Crouse, Karen", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1839119_0", "date": "2007-04-09", "sourceId": "Q936132", "sourceLabel": "Monty Hall", "sourceImId": "Monty_hall_abc_tv.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/48/Monty_hall_abc_tv.JPG/180px-Monty_hall_abc_tv.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/04/09/1839119", "aUrlId": "9E04E5D7143FF93AA35757C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Miles S. Nadal, the *Monty Hall* of /Madison Avenue/, is at it again, doing what he loves to do best: making deals.", "author": "Elliott, Stuart", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
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{"id": "1839640_0", "date": "2007-04-12", "sourceId": "Q5592", "sourceLabel": "Michelangelo", "sourceImId": "Miguel_\u00c1ngel,_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_(detalle).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/5e/Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg/180px-Miguel_%C3%81ngel%2C_por_Daniele_da_Volterra_%28detalle%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/04/12/1839640", "aUrlId": "940CE4DD123FF931A25757C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Mr. Gunn is the *Michelangelo* of /the form/.", "author": "Wilson, Eric", "desk": "Thursday Styles"},
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{"id": "1839968_0", "date": "2007-04-13", "sourceId": "Q55415", "sourceLabel": "Leni Riefenstahl", "sourceImId": "Leni_Riefenstahl,_1935.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/1a/Leni_Riefenstahl%2C_1935.jpg/180px-Leni_Riefenstahl%2C_1935.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/04/13/1839968", "aUrlId": "9905EFDA133FF930A25757C0A9619C8B63", "text": "In a March 28 op-ed article in The Wall Street Journal, she warned Mr. Spielberg that he could ''go down in history as the *Leni Riefenstahl* of /the Beijing Games/,'' a reference to a German filmmaker who made Nazi propaganda films.", "author": "Cooper, Helene", "desk": "Foreign Desk"},
{"id": "1840317_0", "date": "2007-04-15", "sourceId": "Q56005", "sourceLabel": "Ridley Scott", "sourceImId": "NASA_Journey_to_Mars_and_\u201cThe_Martian\"_(201508180030HQ).jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/3/3d/NASA_Journey_to_Mars_and_%E2%80%9CThe_Martian%22_%28201508180030HQ%29.jpg/180px-NASA_Journey_to_Mars_and_%E2%80%9CThe_Martian%22_%28201508180030HQ%29.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/04/15/1840317", "aUrlId": "9403E1D7153FF936A25757C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Mr. Lawrence, whose previous movie was ''Lantana,'' an Altmanesque story of multiple strands about four unhappy couples, is the *Ridley Scott* of /Australia/, the country's most successful director of television commercials.", "author": "Mcgrath, Charles", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1840597_0", "date": "2007-04-15", "sourceId": "Q148726", "sourceLabel": "Albert Pujols", "sourceImId": "Albert_Pujols_on_April_14,_2012.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/64/Albert_Pujols_on_April_14%2C_2012.jpg/180px-Albert_Pujols_on_April_14%2C_2012.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-2.0", "fId": "2007/04/15/1840597", "aUrlId": "9E0CE3DC103FF936A25757C0A9619C8B63", "text": "He is the *Albert Pujols* of /fantasy sports/, a player who consistently produces, a player who is money in the bank.''", "author": "Mallozzi, Vincent M", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1841042_0", "date": "2007-04-17", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2007/04/17/1841042", "aUrlId": "9B00E3D7113FF934A25757C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Billed as the *Michael Jordan* of /hockey/ by a former Lightning owner, Lecavalier appeared to be on a career path more like Sam Bowie's, his 37 points in 76 games in his fourth season seeming to cement his underachieving status.", "author": "Crouse, Karen", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
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{"id": "1842224_0", "date": "2007-04-22", "sourceId": "Q93341", "sourceLabel": "Miles Davis", "sourceImId": "Miles_Davis_by_Palumbo_cropped.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/2/24/Miles_Davis_by_Palumbo_cropped.jpg/180px-Miles_Davis_by_Palumbo_cropped.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2007/04/22/1842224", "aUrlId": "9507E4D9163EF931A15757C0A9619C8B63", "text": "He has become a great improviser, the *Miles Davis* of /the war/.", "author": "Wong, Edward", "desk": "Week in Review Desk"},
{"id": "1842575_0", "date": "2007-04-24", "sourceId": "Q8768", "sourceLabel": "Henry Ford", "sourceImId": "Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/1/18/Henry_ford_1919.jpg/180px-Henry_ford_1919.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/04/24/1842575", "aUrlId": "9B04EEDF143EF937A15757C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Vern told me he wanted to be the *Henry Ford* of /aviation/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Business/Financial Desk"},
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{"id": "1844722_0", "date": "2007-05-03", "sourceId": "Q41421", "sourceLabel": "Michael Jordan", "sourceImId": "Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/88/Michael_Jordan.jpg/180px-Michael_Jordan.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2007/05/03/1844722", "aUrlId": "9D00E5D7103EF930A35756C0A9619C8B63", "text": "He's the *Michael Jordan* of /boxing/.''", "author": "Sandomir, Richard", "desk": "Sports Desk"},
{"id": "1845209_0", "date": "2007-05-06", "sourceId": "Q216896", "sourceLabel": "L. Ron Hubbard", "sourceImId": "L._Ron_Hubbard_in_1950.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/f/f1/L._Ron_Hubbard_in_1950.jpg/180px-L._Ron_Hubbard_in_1950.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/05/06/1845209", "aUrlId": "9D0CEEDD133EF935A35756C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Once the reader despairs of ever finding out whether Smith was God's own spokesman or the *L. Ron Hubbard* of /his day/, it's possible to enjoy a tale that's as colorful, suspenseful and unlikely as any in American history,'' Walter Kirn wrote here.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1846872_0", "date": "2007-05-13", "sourceId": "Q8018", "sourceLabel": "Augustine of Hippo", "sourceImId": "Augustine_Lateran.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/4/44/Augustine_Lateran.jpg/180px-Augustine_Lateran.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/05/13/1846872", "aUrlId": "9900E4DA113EF930A25756C0A9619C8B63", "text": "It has always been convenient to see John Donne (1572-1631) as the *St. Augustine* of /English letters/, made priestly and pure in his own good time, and not too soon to have produced the brainy carnal thrustings of his early love poems.", "author": "Mallon, Thomas", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1847901_0", "date": "2007-05-17", "sourceId": "Q207405", "sourceLabel": "Zsa Zsa Gabor", "sourceImId": "Gabor,_Zsa_Zsa.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/9/9f/Gabor%2C_Zsa_Zsa.jpg/180px-Gabor%2C_Zsa_Zsa.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/05/17/1847901", "aUrlId": "9D07E3DE1031F934A25756C0A9619C8B63", "text": "We were thrilled to discover she was a rather fancy type known as a Frizzle -- the *Zsa Zsa Gabor* of /chickens/.", "author": "", "desk": "House & Home/Style Desk"},
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{"id": "1848597_0", "date": "2007-05-20", "sourceId": "Q8704", "sourceLabel": "Walt Disney", "sourceImId": "Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Walt_Disney_1946.JPG/180px-Walt_Disney_1946.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/05/20/1848597", "aUrlId": "9B07E5DA1331F933A15756C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Even the death of Bambi's mother pales in comparison to the bloody war between a mining camp and the resident spirits of a mountain forest at the center of Hayao Miyazaki's ''Princess Mononoke,'' a 1997 film by the animator most often called the *Walt Disney* of /Japan/.", "author": "Kehr, Dave", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1848767_0", "date": "2007-05-20", "sourceId": "Q126462", "sourceLabel": "Thomas Paine", "sourceImId": "ThomasPaineStamp1969.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "e/e8/ThomasPaineStamp1969.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/05/20/1848767", "aUrlId": "9C04EEDA1131F933A15756C0A9619C8B63", "text": "You're going to see a real revolution,'' |she| predicted, sounding a bit like *a Thomas Paine of* /retro play/.", "author": "", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1849039_0", "date": "2007-05-21", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/05/21/1849039", "aUrlId": "9B0DE1D61E31F932A15756C0A9619C8B63", "text": "He's still the *P. T. Barnum* of /activist cinema/, but he no longer runs the entire circus directly from the spotlight.", "author": "Dargis, Manohla", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1850120_0", "date": "2007-05-27", "sourceId": "Q193368", "sourceLabel": "Ted Turner", "sourceImId": "Ted_Turner_LF.JPG", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/d1/Ted_Turner_LF.JPG/180px-Ted_Turner_LF.JPG", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.5", "fId": "2007/05/27/1850120", "aUrlId": "9D0CE1D91F31F934A15756C0A9619C8B63", "text": "You could think of him as the *Ted Turner* of /great moments in sports history/, except that Mr. Kreindler doesn't rely on computerized colorization but instead conducts painstaking research to ensure that the hues he chooses are accurate.", "author": "Fields, Lisa", "desk": "Arts and Leisure Desk"},
{"id": "1851208_0", "date": "2007-06-01", "sourceId": "Q223766", "sourceLabel": "P. T. Barnum", "sourceImId": "Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/d/df/Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg/180px-Phineas_Taylor_Barnum_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/06/01/1851208", "aUrlId": "9D0DEEDD1530F932A35755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Mr. Johnson, who had been a crew member on Jack London's ill-fated 1907 voyage on the Snark, was the *P. T. Barnum* of /the lecture circuit/ and one of the earliest adventure-film makers.", "author": "Robinson, Joe", "desk": "Escapes"},
{"id": "1851623_0", "date": "2007-06-03", "sourceId": "Q369675", "sourceLabel": "Johnny Appleseed", "sourceImId": "Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/63/Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg/180px-Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/06/03/1851623", "aUrlId": "9B01EED61630F930A35755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "In 1993, he attended a lecture by Terence McKenna, the ''geeky American'' who became the *Johnny Appleseed* of /psilocybin/.", "author": "", "desk": "Book Review Desk"},
{"id": "1851887_0", "date": "2007-06-03", "sourceId": "Q22686", "sourceLabel": "Donald Trump", "sourceImId": "Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/5/56/Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/06/03/1851887", "aUrlId": "950DE4DD1330F930A35755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "|He| is not a *Donald Trump* of /the Lower East Side/.", "author": "", "desk": "Style Desk"},
{"id": "1853443_0", "date": "2007-06-10", "sourceId": "Q60809", "sourceLabel": "Ansel Adams", "sourceImId": "Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/0/05/Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg/180px-Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/06/10/1853443", "aUrlId": "9E05E6DB1130F933A25755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "A 52-year-old photographer from Little Rock, Ark., Mr. McDermott may be the *Ansel Adams* of /Angkor/.", "author": "Gross, Matt", "desk": "Travel Desk"},
{"id": "1853459_0", "date": "2007-06-10", "sourceId": "Q352", "sourceLabel": "Adolf Hitler", "sourceImId": "Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/180px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0-de", "fId": "2007/06/10/1853459", "aUrlId": "9803E0D81130F933A25755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "(''LeftyHenry,'' a recent poster on a political blog, was less subtle in his criticism; he called Payne ''the *Hitler* of /American academics/.'')", "author": "Tough, Paul", "desk": "Magazine"},
{"id": "1853778_0", "date": "2007-06-11", "sourceId": "Q336303", "sourceLabel": "Michael Brown", "sourceImId": "Michael_D._Brown,_official_FEMA_photo_portrait,_2003.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/c/c2/Michael_D._Brown%2C_official_FEMA_photo_portrait%2C_2003.jpg/180px-Michael_D._Brown%2C_official_FEMA_photo_portrait%2C_2003.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/06/11/1853778", "aUrlId": "9E04E5DE173FF932A25755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Mr. Gonzales is the *Michael Brown* of /the Justice Department/, smilingly presiding over incompetence, chaos and malfeasance, while President Bush insists that he is doing a heck of a job.", "author": "", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1853926_0", "date": "2007-06-12", "sourceId": "Q550381", "sourceLabel": "Dick Wolf", "sourceImId": "DickWolfJan10.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a1/DickWolfJan10.jpg/180px-DickWolfJan10.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2007/06/12/1853926", "aUrlId": "9D04E5DB173FF931A25755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Denis Leary would seem an unlikely candidate to become the *Dick Wolf* of /dark/, morally muddied TV series about firefighters, cops and lawyers -- and perhaps no more so than on a morning last week on an Upper East Side playground.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1854107_0", "date": "2007-06-13", "sourceId": "Q2685", "sourceLabel": "Arnold Schwarzenegger", "sourceImId": "Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/8/80/Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg/180px-Arnold_Schwarzenegger_1971.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/06/13/1854107", "aUrlId": "9E01E4D8173FF930A25755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Aldo called it the *Arnold Schwarzenegger* of /zweigelts/, and not coincidentally it was the most expensive zweigelt in the tasting, at $28.", "author": "", "desk": "Dining, Dining Out/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1854256_0", "date": "2007-06-13", "sourceId": "Q5443", "sourceLabel": "Greta Garbo", "sourceImId": "Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/a0/Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg/180px-Garbo-Anna_Karenina-036.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/06/13/1854256", "aUrlId": "9C01E4DE143FF930A25755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "We'll have to wait to see if David Chase, the *Garbo* of /goombahs/ now pursued by a feral beast of disappointed ''Sopranos'' fans, is feeling as paranoid and thin-skinned as the two Tonys, and as deeply surprised by the consequences of his actions.", "author": "Dowd, Maureen", "desk": "Editorial Desk"},
{"id": "1854714_0", "date": "2007-06-16", "sourceId": "Q162629", "sourceLabel": "Simon Cowell", "sourceImId": "Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/a/aa/Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg/180px-Simon_Cowell_in_December_2011.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-2.0", "fId": "2007/06/16/1854714", "aUrlId": "9901E2DA153FF935A25755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "(She is billed as the *Simon Cowell* of /matchmaking/.)", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1855371_0", "date": "2007-06-18", "sourceId": "Q381178", "sourceLabel": "Bob Barker", "sourceImId": "Bob_Barker_at_WWE_crop.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/7/7b/Bob_Barker_at_WWE_crop.jpg/180px-Bob_Barker_at_WWE_crop.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "cc-by-sa-3.0", "fId": "2007/06/18/1855371", "aUrlId": "9E04E4DD123FF93BA25755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "So it's not surprising that Simon Schama, a Columbia University professor, is turning into the *Bob Barker* of /art criticism/, a genial television host who excitedly invites viewers to come on down to high culture.", "author": "", "desk": "The Arts/Cultural Desk"},
{"id": "1855557_0", "date": "2007-06-19", "sourceId": "Q327071", "sourceLabel": "Paul Revere", "sourceImId": "J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImThumb": "thumb/6/6e/J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg/180px-J_S_Copley_-_Paul_Revere.jpg", "sourceImLicense": "pd", "fId": "2007/06/19/1855557", "aUrlId": "9F06E1DF133FF93AA25755C0A9619C8B63", "text": "Time magazine once nicknamed him ''the *Paul Revere* of /the environmental movement/.''", "author": "", "desk": "Science Desk"}
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