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Then this week Reinharz sent a letter to Brandeis students and faculty to apologize for his confusing mishandling of the whole affair. "The statements [from the university ]gave the misleading impression that we were selling the entire collection immediately," he wrote, "which is not true. The University may have the option, subject to applicable legal requirements and procedures, to sell some artworks if necessary, but I assure you that other options will also be considered." In his letter Reinharz also said that "the museum will remain open," but as an arts study center, "more fully integrated into the university...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brandeis' Attempt to Turn Art into Assets | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...Sionil José describes the street as one of "intractable damnation," and it's not hard to see why. Shanties still line the same steel tracks on which José's tortured antihero Antonio Samson kills himself, after learning that his vapid high-society wife is having an affair. On a recent afternoon, naked boys skipped rope near piles of rotting trash. Meals bubbled over open fires, just feet from railroad ballast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manila Through the Eyes of F. Sionil José | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...Usually he is. I can rub my face in his belly and he squeals. A couple weeks ago we were sleeping in the same bed together, although that may be illegal in New York State. We take naps, it's kind of like a very intimate little love affair we've got going. But around Groundhog Day he's most ornery cause it's breeding season and he is trying to assert his dominance so that other males will stay away. He makes an awful screeching sound and then he scent marks my house and I have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Groundhog Handler Doug Schwartz | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

SENTENCED In the aftermath of last year's milk-contamination scandal in China--at least six children were killed and 300,000 sickened--two men, Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping, were sentenced to death on Jan. 22 for their involvement in the affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...Sponsors have also lined up for ESPN The Magazine's big affair, which will take place in a 22,000-sq.-ft. outdoor space in downtown Tampa on Friday. Wyclef Jean will perform for 1,250 people. The party is a no-brainer for ESPN because the marketers are paying for the whole thing. "If we did not have full sponsor support, we would not do the event," says ESPN The Magazine publishing director Steven Binder. Ford, Corona, Old Spice and H&R Block are picking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thrown for a Loss: Super Bowl Parties | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

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