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...against what was painted in Italy, and especially in Rome, when he was alive. Other exhibitions have focused on how the artist influenced 17th century painting all over Europe. This one shows the painting that influenced him when he was growing up--and the visual pedantry he had to contend with. Except for Lotto, Tintoretto and Bassano, and some beautiful works by Annibale Carracci, Adam Elsheimer and Guido Reni, most of this is deadwood and of interest mainly to specialists. Moreover, the climactic efforts of Caravaggio's career, like the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in Malta (which must...
...concerted need to reduce the national deficit. But the Governors are by no means idle spectators in the fight over the program. They know that if cities lose their customary Washington pipeline, they will turn first to their state capitals to try to close the gap. Many Governors contend that their state surpluses are small relative to their budgets, and that they are required to set aside much of the extra money in "rainy day funds" for emergencies. To give greater help to the cities, the Governors say, they would have to raise taxes. Pennsylvania's Republican Govenor Richard Thornburgh...
Defenders of the program contend that this does not mean the principle is flawed but that the distribution formula should be changed. They concede, however, that federal income tax revenues, which once seemed limitless, can no longer provide the surpluses needed to prop up local budgets. At the same time, many cities have broadened their financial bases through sales or income taxes. In 1972, for example, sales taxes accounted for 8.6% of all local revenues; by 1983 they supplied 14.2%. Meanwhile, federal revenue sharing, which contributed 13.7% of all local government income in 1973, dropped to 6.4% in 1983. That...
...core of the federal case is expected to be its charge that the Mafia is governed by a national commission consisting of the five New York bosses and family leaders from Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Cleveland, Philadelphia and New England. Federal investigators contend that the Mob's most lucrative operations and major disciplinary acts, including the elimination of top figures who have disobeyed the rules, must be approved by the commission and that the New York bosses effectively control this ruling body. Investigators say that Corallo talked frequently about the commission in his conversations in the Jaguar. Thus...
...Chicago, the combination of federal pressure and a new challenge to family discipline by Mafia underlings and independent bookies has led to three Mob executions since Jan. 10. Investigators contend that the murders were sanctioned by four aging Windy City Mafia chieftains as they spent the Christmas season in the warmth of a Palm Springs, Calif., retreat. The four, according to investigators, were Accardo, 79, the longtime Chicago boss, who suffers from cancer and heart trouble; Joseph Aiuppa, 77, the operating chief, who has a bad heart and is rumored to suffer from throat cancer; John (Jackie) Cerone...