Esquire (magazine)

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Esquire is a magazine for men owned by the Hearst Corporation. The magazine was founded in 1933 and flourished during the depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich. Although the magazine began as a racy publication for men, it soon transformed itself into a more refined periodical, becoming well-known for its emphasis on men's fashion and frequent contributions by literary giants such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. In the 1940s, the magazine's popularity increased, partly due to its coverage of the famous Vargas Girls. In the 1960s, Esquire helped pioneeer the so-called new journalism trend, publishing writers such as John Sack, Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Tim O'Brien, and Gay Talese.

For many years, Esquire has published its annual Dubious Achievement Awards, which lampoon events of the preceding year. As a running gag, the annual article almost always includes an old photo of Richard Nixon laughing with the caption, "Why is this man laughing?" However, the February 2006 "Dubious Achievement Awards" used the caption under a photo of W. Mark Felt, the former FBI official revealed in 2005 to be Bob Woodward's and Carl Bernstein's "Deep Throat" Watergate source.

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Esquire (magazine)

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