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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Forest (circa 1886) is not out shopping, but lost in a misty valley filled with autumnal trees. In his last painting, the justly famous The Dream (1910), his own velvet studio couch is set down in the middle of a jungle. Lying on it is a naked woman, her arm outstretched. She luxuriates like Eve in an arabesque of luminous lotus flowers, surrounded by lionesses with gleaming yellow eyes and other half-glimpsed animals from disparate continents. And in the most erotic work on view, the haunting Snake Charmer (1907), a woman's nude figure in dark silhouette stands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Jungles Of The Mind | 12/17/2005 | See Source »

...Legislative Council looks likely to reject the bill too. It has no hope of securing the required two-thirds majority unless one of the following two things happens: either six of the 25 pro-democracy lawmakers are successfully arm-twisted to switch their stand, thus ensuring at least 40 votes for approval, or Beijing gives in to the demands of the people of Hong Kong and accelerates the roadmap to democracy. Neither will occur. Tsang has warned that, should the package be voted down, constitutional development "would come to a halt." Pass the proposals, he argues, and Hong Kong will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gridlock on the Road to Democracy | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...that one I thought I was in position and should have had it,” Boe said. “It just kind of trickled up my arm there. That’s one I wanted back and the minute it went in I knew it was my fault. It was just my frustration there, letting...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shut Out | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...under assault. It was a scary game to play in as a goaltender and defenseman.”The only score that could maybe be attributed to Boe was an unfortunate bounce for the Crimson. Boe blocked a shot by UNH’s Craig with her right arm, but the puck bounced on her shoulder, and as she brought her arm down, it fell behind her and into the net.Both of the other two tallies against Harvard came with Boe on the ground or out of position after having already stopped two or three chances with some quick reactions...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wildcat Power Play Notches Two | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...Here,” I said, taking her awkwardly by the elbow and helping her to her feet. She leaned against me without protest. Like a real lady she put her arm around the crook of my elbow, and like a real gentleman I escorted her to the toilet...

Author: By William B. Higgins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Tao of Dry | 12/7/2005 | See Source »

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