Word: buffone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dead things at the back door and stalk away for a nap. He may shred the antique silk draperies or decide that the shower stall is a Bauhaus litter pan. Whether the cat is friend or foe, many would agree with the prominent 18th century naturalist, the Count de Buffon. The cat, he wrote, "appears to have feelings only for himself, loves only conditionally and only enters into relations [with people] in order to abuse them...
Harvard has never released an official estimate as to the extent of the MCZ losses -- which included original works by John J. and John W. Audubon. Louis Agassiz, and George Buffon--but the Globe reported that an appraisal commissioned by the paper had set the figure at more than $500.000. The study was conducted from lists of books the University had reported missing...