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Prisons chief Velasco quits Ex-jail head facing heat resigns only 38 days into new post
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Gov. Blagojevich sought to end one of his fledgling
administration's more embarrassing episodes Friday, accepting the
resignation of Ernesto Velasco just 38 days after he was appointed to
run the state prisons.
Originally touted as an American success story, Velasco quickly
became a lightning rod for negative publicity about his tenure as
executive director of Cook County Jail--from allegations of a
conflict of interest to questions about his handling of prisoners'
claims they suffered brutality at the hands of guards.
"It's appropriate," Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley said of
Velasco's ...
 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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A MASTERCLASS IN DEBAUCHERY; No one depicted louche behaviour like William Hogarth.As a major exhibition of his art opens, we examine one of his finest works...
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...yokels, thieves and murderers - William Hogarth depicted England in all its squalor...passed into the English vernacular. Hogarth has binge-drinkers spilling out...and harlots are still with us. Hogarth was born in 1697 in the City of...
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William Hogarth: a musicologist's progress.(The Enraged Musician: Hogarth's Musical Imagery)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; ...musician and each performance in Hogarth's work, but does not develop an argument about their place in Hogarth's antagonistic perception of...the screwed-up oakum knot of William Hogarth. One suspects that his book will...
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Characters and Caricaturas (1743) William Hogarth BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...easy. But how like is too like? William Hogarth's print Characters and Caricaturas...particular and collective, in Hogarth's own hands, the dispute is...evenly weighed. About the artist William Hogarth (1697-1764) is often named...
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Drawn to sin ; (1)EXHIBITION (2)William Hogarth was compelled to paint pictures of London's seedier side. Now his work is on view in a new exhibition.
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; WILLIAM Hogarth was not destined for greatness. He...Whether painting high or low life, William Hogarth made London his own. Hogarth is on...org.uk. PICTURE CAPTIONS (1) William Hogarth's Marriage-a-la-Mode: Tete...
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William Hogarth and the Tradition of Sexual Scissors.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
; ...Sydney Smith The opening plate of William Hogarth's A Harlot's Progress [ILLUSTRATION...hang from Moll's belt. But with Hogarth, we dismiss or ignore "superficial...convey significant ideas. Does Hogarth hope to convey a message through...
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SWANN FELLOW TO LECTURE ON WILLIAM HOGARTH AND THE ART OF GESTURE APRIL 10
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...the connection between the popular graphic satire of William Hogarth, whose art presented amusing yet cautionary tales...present the lecture, titled "Of Attitude and Action: William Hogarth and the Art of Gesture," at noon on Tuesday, April...
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Unraced William Hogarth backed for Derby.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...described the widely entered William Hogarth as the "outstanding liability...2002 Derby hero High Chaparral, William Hogarth was introduced into William Hill...channels have been red hot for William Hogarth today to the extent that if the...
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A WRITER AT LARGE: Men behaving bawdily In 1732 the artist William Hogarth and some cronies took off on a five-day pub crawl through Kent, eating, drinking, indulging in bad behaviour and worse jokes. In 2003 JONATHAN MYERSON decided to recreate their binge with some suitably irresponsible companions, including MARTIN ROWSON to do the pictures
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...is 1732. The nettle victim is William Hogarth, soon to be the most famous artist...Britain. The nettle-wielder is William Tothall, draper- cum-rum merchant...the scene are John Thornhill, Hogarth's brother-in-law, recently...
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"How I want thee, humorous Hogart": the motif of the absent artist in Swift, fielding and others.(Jonathan Swift, William Hogarth)
Magazine article from: Papers on Language & Literature
; ...the form of a plea for the aid of William Hogarth. This was to leave a profound...following generations of writers. Hogarth had only just come into real prominence...1) Swift probably never met Hogarth, and it is a tribute to his percipience...
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Horse Racing: William Hogarth could make eagerly awaited debut this week.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: Brian Fleming WILLIAM HOGARTH, who shot to second favouritism...However, where or even whether William Hogarth makes his eagerly awaited debut...to trainer Aidan O'Brien. "William Hogarth is well entered up later in the...
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