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...DIED. LEOPOLDO GALTIERI, 76, former Argentine military dictator who in 1982 ordered the invasion of the Falkland Islands, and who was implicated in Argentina's own "dirty war" against left-wing subversion; in Buenos Aires. Galtieri was imprisoned in 1986 for his "incompetence" during the Falklands war, and before his death was under house arrest. About 15,000 dissidents perished during the eight-year "dirty war," according to human-rights groups. Galtieri once said he had "no regrets...
...Elvis never died, though they can't explain how one of the world's most recognizable people could remain incognito all these years, or why he'd want to. But let's assume for a second that the Big E is still around. Why, this very evening, perhaps in Argentina at a reunion of nonagenarian Nazis, or in Bin Laden's cave, or deep in Area 51, some thoughtful soul will stick 68 candles into a Twinkie and lead a chorus of "Happy Birthday, Dear Elvis." You can join in from afar...
Barker was born in Brookline and raised in Argentina and Switzerland. He graduated from the College magna cum laude...
...deeply mysterious thing, but visitors to the Verona show "Baroque Metaphors," on through March 9, will feel the artist's creative stabbings even though they escaped photographic investigation. The Attese (Waiting) series of slashed canvases still convey the full force of Fontana's unusual technique. Born in Argentina to an Italian sculptor father in 1899, Fontana was a decidedly intellectual artist, who published several manifestos to explain the ideas behind his work. He was most concerned with space - and how to overcome its preconceived limits. Before ever piercing a canvas, he produced ceramic sculptures so jagged and indented that...
...Napa-based Beringer Blass Wine Estates in 2000 for $1.5 billion, and for the first time last year, the quintessential global beer company sold more wine ($1.04 billion) than beer ($931.9 million). Allied Domecq of Britain, which already owned Clos du Bois in Napa as well as wineries in Argentina and New Zealand, last September paid $275 million for Spain's largest wine producer, Bodegas y Bebidas...