Word: amsterdams
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...equally severe. Their woes fall at a time when they seemed to be growing ever richer and more powerful. The art market had rebounded; sales were up. Both firms had invested in glossy and expensive new Manhattan headquarters. Sotheby's fortunes, particularly, were expansive, as it opened outlets in Amsterdam and Zurich and spent more than $40 million to make itself a presence on the Internet, including a partnership with Amazon.com Accordingly, Sotheby's has taken the greater fall. Its stock, which was at 47 last April, closed last Friday at 19.5, after sinking as low as 14.5 earlier...
Thomson's unnamed protagonist is a dancer, 29, with a ballet company in Amsterdam. He is, at the outset, a happy man. His well-regarded initial efforts as a choreographer allow him to look forward to a satisfying career when his performing days come to an end. He remains in love with Brigitte, a fellow dancer with whom he has lived and to whom he has stayed faithful for seven years. When she asks him to go out and buy her a pack of cigarettes, he teases her about smoking too much but walks willingly into the spring sunshine...
...husband-and-wife team are best known for conceptual mixed-media installations using video images, such as their display of the contents of travelers' suitcases at an airport, or a performance piece about a woman who flew between Amsterdam and New York more than 150 times to keep custody of her grandson...