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...acquisition of a Goya would be a noteworthy event no matter what the subject, but a Goya Wellington attracts added interest these days. Goya painted three: the one in Washington, a less successful Wellington on horseback in London's Wellington Museum, and the bust-length portrait that was stolen last year from the National Gallery in London...
...Bust in There!" Unlike some pro quarterbacks, who take their orders from the bench, Tittle calls almost all the Giants' plays himself, has a repertoire of hundreds to choose from. About one play m seven is an "automatic," changed by Tittle (in code) at the line of scrimmage after he inspects the constantly shifting enemy defenses. "You call an automatic " says Tittle, "not so much to get into something better, as to get out of something worse." And when things go very wrong he can be a testy leader. "Yat has the enthusiasm of a high school kid " says...
...threatening to bust up the alliance is Herbert Hill, 37, the N.A.A.C.P.'s labor secretary since 1951. Hill has taken to tangling with such labor leaders as A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany, United Auto Workers Chief Walter Reuther and the Garment Workers' David Dubinsky. He charges that A.F.L.-C.I.O. unions practice open segregation in some cases, token integration in some others. Cries Hill: "We are going into federal court to develop a whole new body of labor laws in behalf of the Negro. The opposition of Meany, Reuther and Dubinsky to this new effort will not deter...
...that day in 1894, the U.S. flag flew at half-mast. The artist who had just died was called a "giant," and the academy spared itself nothing to give him a giant's funeral. The casket of silver and velvet was lost among palm leaves and flowers, a bust of the dead man stood on a pedestal, and the grand stairway was draped in black. All this was fitting for an age that loved a good show, but it could not have been more inappropriate for the most unobtrusive of painters, George Inness...
...candidates then settled down to the topic of the debate, "Automation and Defense Contracts--Boom or Bust for Massachusetts...