Word: 17th
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Winslow Homer was, along with Thomas Eakins, the greatest American painter of the late 19th century. Vermeer of Delft was the greatest Dutch one of the late 17th century. Both are the subjects of extraordinary retrospective shows at the National Gallery in Washington. But because the Republicans' zeal to pressure Bill Clinton into signing their balanced-budget bill has closed the National Gallery (along with the whole Smithsonian complex, and much else), nobody can see Homer in Washington, though the show will travel to Boston in February and New York City in June...
...such strict laws: The weather made them do it. The French philosopher Montesquieu suggested that climate and other environmental factors help determine forms of government. I would go a step further and say that climate determines a region's personality. After all, when you're walking around in the 17th century with nary a fox skin covering your shoulders, who wants to stop and say hello...
...coupling, but a happy one. Tony Randall, 75, took Heather Harlan, 25, to be his wife in a civil ceremony performed in 17th century English by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Harlan is an understudy in School for Scandal, Randall's latest Broadway vehicle, which opened last weekend. "He spoke of two people becoming one," said Randall. "I'm afraid I'm a sucker for that kind of thing." Randall's wife of 54 years, Florence, died of cancer...
JAMES BOND MOVIES ARE AS STYLIZED as a Noh play--or should one say a Dr. No play?--and the 17th film in the series raises only one question. How well do Bond's established conventions survive after a third of a century's hard use, the post-cold war deglamourization of espionage and the arrival of yet another actor in the central role? The short answer is, on wobbly knees. But herewith some further reflections--007 of them--on a Goldeneye...
...entirely different course for Carswell, who gained ground as he ran. After starting off relatively well, in the top 35 or 40, he ran in about 25th-place for most of the course. With a mile and a half remaining, he added an additional charge that set up his 17th-place finish...