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...From the description it seemed like a pretty important class, because it covers all of Chinese literature up to the 13th century. It's basic, basic stuff," Joseph says...
When Venetian troops ransacked Constantinople early in the 13th century, they brought home religious ornaments created by the world's finest craftsmen: goldsmiths, jewelers, wizards who worked in enamel. The Treasury of San Marco Venice (Abrams; 337 pages; $60) displays the loot, and poring over the glittering pictures is like wandering in a celestial gem shop. Among the glories here are a lyrical alabaster-and-pearl paten, which may have come from St. Sophia, and an opulent, dappled sardonyx chalice decorated with enamel figures that resemble mini-mosaics. There are treasuries or reliquaries in important churches all over Europe...
...13th year of playing the sport, Biotti considers his greatest strength "my love for the game. I love to skate--it's in my blood," he says...
...naming seven recipients of its coveted prizes last week, the Nobel Committee remained faithful to tradition. The judges honored the 13th American in 17 years with the economics award. As usual, U.S. researchers dominated the sciences. In literature, the gold medal went to a French experimental writer, whose murky novels are no longer in vogue. The winners and their credentials...
...principal author, was named the 1985 Nobel laureate in economic science. "With many people, the Nobel Prize is a question of if," said Paul Samuelson, an M.I.T. colleague and the 1970 economics laureate. "With Franco, it was only a question of when." The Italian-born Modigliani is the 13th American to win or share the prize since it was first given in 1969 and the fifth to receive it in the past six years...