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...frequented University dining facility. So, added to the damaging sunlight was beverage and food spills and splatters, vandalism, and even a physical tear from an ill-placed chair. The Fogg Museum, aware of the damage, made numerous attempts to bring about the murals' removal and preservation. But to no avail, as the murals belonged to the Corporation, which itself was held under the Deed of Gift not to move the murals without the artist's consent. Th final difficulty was Rothko's death in 1970, which lead to a legal entanglement over his estate that would delay the murals' removal...
...bizarre album covers. The man himself, whose name has been debated more than the gender of Pat on Saturday Night Live. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, and Now Generally Referred to As Freak, has put forth a valiant effort in his latest major label album, but to no avail. He plays his own instruments, he writes his own songs (with the lone exception of a cover of the Sheryl Crow song "Every Day is a Winding Road"). but his extreme image appears to be all that remains of this former member of pop's royal family...
...sudden, desperate need of fresh air. Exit through back and stand outside for a few minutes. Realize soon after that door is locked. Pound on front door to no avail...
...months, anti-sweatshop activists have been raising the same questions, to no avail. But in the past two weeks, Harvard's two largest apparel makers, Champion and Gear For Sports, have each made stunning announcements: the answers are near...
...influential forester Aldo Leopold wrote, "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are 40 freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" Fifty-four years later, it's not so easy to find wild country to be young in. For now, however, a few tracts of wilderness still endure. We should be grateful for this and appreciate them as long...