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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seemingly benign wall of Southern Song landscape paintings that packs the most visual and intellectual punch. In contrast to the rugged monumentality of the Northern landscapes, Southern Song painters, in their own particular ways, tried to prove that "less is more." Instead of the sheer density of Northern brushstrokes, we are submerged in vast areas of blank space in which islands of calligraphic brushstrokes take on the appearance of solid ground. What distinguishes this section is not only the meticulous attention it gives to the variations within the Southern Song landscape tradition but also the fact that we see this...

Author: By Paul A. Galvez, | Title: Two Rocks, Nine Dragons and 1000 Years of Chinese Painting | 4/24/1997 | See Source »

...have HEART PALPITATIONS? If you're a woman, chances are they'll be misdiagnosed as a panic attack rather than a benign but treatable heart-rhythm disorder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 14, 1997 | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

...group's Website hailed the Hale-Bopp comet as the "marker" the members were waiting for. In this belief, at least, Heaven's Gate cultists were not alone. According to a popular theory circulating on the Internet, a spaceship is hidden behind the comet--whether inhabited by benign or evil aliens is unclear. Astronomers say the image behind the comet in some photographs is a mere star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MARKER WE'VE BEEN...WAITING FOR | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

There seems to be a consensus in America that legal immigration, at the very least, has a benign effect upon our society. At best, the innovative ideas and new frames of reference which legal immigrants bring with them serve as a virtual blood transfusion for the American political, economic and social systems. Despite the fact that the virtues of legal immigration are widely extolled, immigrants are still denied the right to run for president of their country...

Author: By Justin C. Danilewitz, | Title: Constitutional Contradiction | 4/3/1997 | See Source »

...FIBROIDS in retreat? A preliminary trial finds that the benign tumors shrink markedly when doctors inject uterine arteries with a solution containing tiny plastic particles. The injections cut off the blood supply to the fibroids--apparently without harming the uterus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 24, 1997 | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

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