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...when the 60-year-old Titian was one of the best-known painters in Europe, the 30-year-old Tintoretto staked his claim to dominance with Miracle of the Slave, a tour de force crowd scene (not included in the Boston show) that he shrewdly unveiled while Titian was away from Venice so that the old man couldn't mobilize local opinion against it. With Tintoretto, the harmony and serenity of Bellini are entirely a thing of the past. Figures whirl, somersault and lunge like darts in and out of the picture. The palette is iridescent, and at close range...
...disappointed that Levi and his family are engaging in flat-out lies, gross exaggeration and even distortion of their relationship.' A statement released by the PALIN FAMILY, which slammed Johnston's claim that the governor probably knew he and Bristol were sleeping together; Johnston also says the family has restricted his access to infant son Tripp...
From the 1950s to the 1970s, homeownership and personal incomes grew--and so did tax rates and the increasingly complex tax code. Americans looking to reduce their liabilities turned to experts for advice on how much to donate to charity and what to claim as a business expense. By 1978, H&R Block was responsible for 1 in 9 returns; today the rate is 1 in 7. While many returns are prepared by employees at storefront-shops who take a short training course, there are some 400,000 certified public accountants in the U.S., who have passed a uniform test...
...Each turned in an impressive rookie season, but none of the three could definitively claim to be the best player on her team. And only Berry was asked to take on even close to the same role of controlling the game that Brown faces every time she steps into the circle...
...washed with their opponents. The Eastern Cape's poverty lit the flame of rebellion in Mandela and Mbeki, both born and raised near the dirt-poor Transkei city of Mthatha, and Steve Biko, who grew up in nearby King William's Town. Even today, both the ANC and COPE claim the Eastern Cape as their heartland...