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Belgian police recovered two priceless works of art, Vermeer's Lady and a Maid Servant and Goya's Portrait of Dona Antonia Zarate. In one of the largest art heists of recent years, the paintings were stolen seven years ago from Russborough House, the Dublin-area home of the late Sir Alfred Beit, a private , collector. Three Irishmen and a Yugoslav were caught near Antwerp transporting the paintings, along with six other stolen works, in two rented cars...
...novel's title is a clever allusion to Diderot's Rameau's Nephew. Its structure, while not entirely original, is ambitious. Reminiscent of Antonia Byatt's Possession, it uses the same conceit of imposing a fictional historical text upon the lives of contemporary characters and concocting a story to fill in the interstices...
...LADY ANTONIA FRASER...
...quarter of all those seeking prenatal care, are victims of domestic violence. After years of averting their eyes, of treating the symptoms while politely ignoring the causes, doctors are being urged to play a new role. In an unusually strong statement, backed by U.S. Surgeon General Antonia Novello, the American Medical Association last week declared that domestic violence against women is a true epidemic, one that requires response from health officials. According to new A.M.A. guidelines, physicians should routinely screen female patients for incidents of abuse. "Domestic violence is rampant, and doctors are part of the problem," says Novello...
...Antonia Novello--who replaced C. Everett Koop as the "national physician" in March 1990--said that half the children in junior high school and high school drink alcohol regularly, despite the national minimum drinking...