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Polish artistry drew on the resources of Europe. During the early 16th century reign of Sigismund I, Italian Renaissance artists were at work in Poland. Even two centuries later, the most famous master in the country bore the name of Bernardo Bellotto, a nephew of Canaletto. A court painter from 1767 to 1780, he used a camera obscura to obtain perfect perspectives for his city scapes. After the destruction of Warsaw during World War II, his paintings were so accurate that they were used to reconstruct demolished monuments and buildings. The horn of the Wieliczka salt miners, made...
This is the second controversy between the Council and Harvard over the underpass. Last month, Whitlock agreed for Harvard that the underpass will be named after Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko the Polish hero of the American Revolution, to make up for the destruction of the square that bore his name...
Some critics have added Petrakis' name to the literary tree that bore Homer and Nikos Kazantzakis. That's going out on a limb, perhaps. It is reasonable enough to say that this third novel has the virtues of forthrightness and utter simplicity and shows, at least, how much a little hubris on the author's part can improve an indifferent story...
McMahon was just about the entire Brown offense. The sophomore signal-caller, completed 10 of 22 passes for 128 yards, ran 21 times, and scored the only Bruin touchdown. He also directed three drives that fizzled inside the Harvard 20 when the Crimson defense bore down. But the Brown fans loved him. They applauded McMahon when he came off the field each time one of his drives bogged down...
...nation's first full-blown spy nightspot. The fun is in the trappings, and few were left unsprung on opening night. Waitresses dressed in abbreviated black trenchcoats served drinks; red-vested bartenders whipped out fake automatics from their shoulder holsters to light customers' cigarettes. Rooms bore such names as Hari's (for Mata Hari) and M16; the bar was inevitably the Interpol, backed by a mammoth world map with clocks telling the time in Moscow, London and Hong Kong. A closed-circuit TV screen in each room scanned the outer "office." The walls were studded with Sten...