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Originally appeared in the September 2003 issue EPILOGUE (2011): Tom Junod Puts the Falling Man to Rest UPDATE (2012): Mad Men and "The Falling Man" ***** In the picture, he departs from this earth…

H ot Sauce Committee Part Two , out May 3, is, according to the Beastie Boys, a return to their fundamental smartassery after 2004 s uncharacteristically serious To the 5 Boroughs, which was, in…

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In the picture, he departs from this earth like an arrow. Although he has not chosen his fate, he appears to have, in his last instants of life, embraced it. If he were not falling, he might very well be flying. He appears relaxed, hurtling through the air. He appears comfortable in the grip of unimaginable motion. He does not appear intimidated by gravity's divine suction or by what awaits him. His arms are by his side, only slightly outriggered. His left leg is bent at the knee, almost casually. His white shirt, or jacket, or frock, is billowing free of his black pants. His black high-tops are still on his feet. In all the other pictures, the people who did what he did -- who jumped -- appear to be struggling against horrific discrepancies of scale.

Later, lost far at sea, when you're trying to forget all you've left behind, the memory will bubble up unbidden: a village…

MICHAEL STIPE LICKED THE LAST of the sugar from the metal dispenser at the top of the jar before handing the jar to the busboy. He had just been to Japan, where he had seen a…

As Wall Street hangs on the question, "Will Greece default?", the author heads for riot-stricken Athens, and for the mysterious Vatopaidi monastery, which brought down the last government, laying bare the country's economic insanity.