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...around a gleaming conference table and decide how to push oil prices up or down by closing or opening the spigots on their vast resources - about two-thirds of the world's total reserves. At this week's meeting, however, OPEC's oil ministers attempted an even trickier acrobatic act: staying in place...
...holding prices steady might be OPEC's toughest act yet. Oil analysts list a few key factors that OPEC leaders will find all but impossible to control and that could complicate efforts by the U.S. and Europe to kick-start a global economic recovery...
...consider a hypothetical. A group of representatives from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) walk into an advertising agency—say the firm from “Mad Men.” John Hamm’s character sits staring across the table, trying to act like he doesn’t want a cigarette, and he says to PETA, “Now tell me, who exactly would you like your ads to target? Because as of now, it seems to me you’re alienating some people.” The PETA people look...
...Thus the guards themselves—six for the entire Sackler—act as little more than a deterrent to art heist. Their training includes a little self-defense, but the guards interviewed say they could not stop an armed robbery. “Primarily it’s just being here as a presence to discourage theft,” the first guard says. “If they came in with arms, we would let them take it [the targeted piece] and call the authorities...
...meets recommended practices for museum security—has never faced the embarrassment of a successful heist. Still, a few crimes have been attempted, according to one Sackler guard. One Degas showed subtle signs of being cut out of the frame, although the culprit was never caught in the act and disappeared among the crowd...