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Face to Face reveals the many personal traumas in van Gogh's life. While in The Hague, to his family's severe chagrin, van Gogh began living with a former prostitute, Sien, and her mother and children. His earlier portraits of Sien, which occupy more than a wall of the exhibition, reflect a woman defined by hardship and given a sense of beauty. Cleverly juxtaposed with these images are later ones, from 1883, showing an aged, unsmiling and cynical Sien. Shortly after one particularly jaded drawing, van Gogh upped and left for Nuenen, a village in the Netherlands, to live...
...Wislander, 36, is 10 years older than the average player. He leads an equally experienced team of thirtysomethings, many of whom have played together for a decade. The results? Since his debut in 1985, Wislander has scored 956 goals and led his team to three World Cups. To his chagrin, Croatia upset Sweden to win gold in Atlanta. Which is to say, beware old-timers seeking revenge...
...mean to give the impression that college students can, or should, stay kids forever--high school is over for all of us, to the chagrin of some and to the joy of others. Indeed, it is not the myriad internships and jobs themselves that are the culprits. They truly are great opportunities that help students learn more about the world and gain deeper insight into a specific field...
...long as George W. Bush has friends like these, it would appear that Al Gore can take a nice, long vacation until November. Much to chagrin of Bush's campaign, the National Rifle Association, according to a report in the Washington Post, has been boasting about its "unbelievably friendly relations" with the Texas governor. In a video obtained by the Post of a Los Angeles branch meeting in February, NRA vice president Kayne Robinson, who is widely expected to take over the top job from Charlton Heston, tells the audience that "the NRA will have... a President where we work...
This has been a banner year for Big Green women's sports, much to the chagrin of Harvard's women's basketball, hockey and field hockey teams...