Word: alberto
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...whose dark, moody canvases could sell for upwards of $15,000, Wada won Japan's prestigious Minister of Education Art Encouragement Prize in March. But a few weeks later, an anonymous tipster alerted government officials that several of his paintings were virtual replicas of works by an Italian artist, Alberto Sughi. When confronted by the media, the 66-year-old Wada claimed his works were an "homage" to Sughi, not theft. Sughi, however, had a different view of their relationship. According to him, Wada had visited his studio in Rome as often as five times a year, often taking photos...
...tough questions and cut to the core of things. In addition to speaking at Class Day, She will also be awarded the Radcliffe Institute Medal on Radcliffe Day this Friday. Recent Class Day speakers at HLS include CNN talk show host Larry King, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, now the U.S. attorney general, and former presidential adviser David Gergen, now a Kennedy School professor.—Staff writer Johannah S. Cornblatt can be reached at jcornbl@fas.harvard.edu...
...focus on Chávez at the end of the race is only the final chapter in a colorful campaign that has centered more on the candidates' personalities and their supposed allies than on the issues. Besides Chávez, Bolivian President Evo Morales, former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and his corrupt, imprisoned national security advisor, Vladimiro Montesinos, have also figured prominently...
...Hastert led congressional appeals to the White House, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller made clear that they would not comply with any presidential order to return the seized materials--and were willing to risk being fired for their defiance, says a law-enforcement source. So the President instead ordered the FBI to hand over the documents to the Solicitor General's office, which is not involved in the probe. The documents will be sealed for 45 days while Congress and the Administration seek agreement on what prosecutors may view...
...lawyers who gave legal advice on that program. The investigating lawyers were denied the necessary security clearances to look into the matter. Asked what agency refused the access, Justice Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse told TIME: "We don't discuss internal decision-making processes." In a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that was obtained by TIME, Senate Judiciary chairman Specter complained, "I cannot understand why the department has denied the clearances necessary for this degree of modest, internal oversight. I urge you to reconsider this decision...