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...French artist Eugene Delacroix did something that would change the course of his own art, and to no small degree that of French painting itself. He left Paris and went to Morocco -- an arduous journey in those days, on winter roads to Marseilles and then by naval frigate to Tangier. It was made easier by his connections. The 34-year-old painter was traveling with his friend, a French diplomat named Charles de Mornay, sent to conclude a treaty with Moulay Abd-er-Rahman, the Sultan of Morocco. (France had conquered neighboring Algeria the year before and did not want...
John Paul has never stepped back from difficulties, and he looks forward to an arduous 1995 agenda. First up is a scheduled 10-day trip in January to Papua New Guinea, Australia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, where the Archbishop of Manila is in open conflict with the country's Protestant President over population control. The Pope is also laying strategy for the 1995 U.N. World Conference on Women in Beijing, which figures to be a replay of Cairo. In June, he plans to meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church. John Paul...
...vitro fertilization is an arduous process in which a woman is pumped full of drugs that force several of her eggs to mature before they are removed from her body. But a new technique involves taking out immature eggs and bringing them to maturity outside the mother. Possible benefits: freedom from harsh drugs, lower cost and maybe even a better success rate...
...team marches away on an arduous campaign-seven straight regular season games on the road, beginning today against Colgate...
That is not to say the process will be easy. Rudenstine himself has emphasized the extreme difficulty in averaging the necessary $1 million a day. In the first five months, the fundraising has already proved arduous...