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"One does research prior to acquisition. If confident, even without documentation or without all questions answered [that the piece has not been illegally acquired]," Cuno says, "then one can acquire [a piece] provided that one continues to do research and make public one's acquisition of that object."
"One can't always get full documentation, and to acquire a work of art is, in almost every case, to bring that work of art from the private realm into the public realm," he says.
The contradiction comes full circle when these same critics are quick to point out the abundance of vacation time and a decent, stable salary as attractive benefits to the profession. These are valid assertions, and many teachers enter the field for such selfish reasons. But I like to believe that...
Buffett's silver spree caught almost everyone off guard. After all, the man made his personal billions--$25 billion at last count--by buying and holding undervalued stocks. But silver doesn't even pay a dividend and, worse, costs money to store. So why on earth did Buffett use Berkshire...
More important, the Northwest-Continental link may represent the end of an era of chaos that began with deregulation in 1978. Midsize carriers such as U.S. Airways are viewed as ripe for merger. "In a mature industry, if you want growth you have to acquire your neighbor or form an...