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...confession emerged from a suit that a Swiss art dealer filed against the 209-year-old firm for breach of contract in failing to sell the works. Although the Degas fetched a record price, bids for the other two works fell below the minimum set by the auction house and thus were not accepted. Bathurst said he reported the false sales in order "to maintain stability in the art market." The suit was dismissed because the judge said Christie's was not responsible for the vagaries of the market. In a statement issued last week, Christie's board said...
...rated films with Porno Star Seka, and probed Jim Palmer, the former Baltimore Orioles pitcher, about his relationship with Manager Earl Weaver. In his first five weeks, King's ratings have surpassed those of his predecessor, Sandi Freeman, who was replaced when CNN decided not to renew her contract...
DIED. Arnold Ray Miller, 62, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, who in 1972 mounted a successful insurgent candidacy that brought increased democracy to the union and in 1974 negotiated a contract widely regarded as the best ever, but whose leadership was subsequently plagued by factional power struggles, rank-and-file dissension and finally the failing health that led to his 1979 resignation; of pneumonia; in Charleston...
Pathologists examining the polyp had discovered that it was cancerous and that the malignancy had grown through the connective tissue under the colon's inner lining into the layer of muscle that helps the colon contract. Yet their tests suggested that none of the malignant cells had spread beyond the intestine. Thus it was likely, though not certain, that in removing the 2-ft. section of Reagan's colon that contained the polyp, the surgical team had freed the President of cancer...
Baseball faces the same problems that have tormented most professional team sports in recent years: surging players' salaries, contract hassles, shaky finances, sudden ownership changes and heightened economic competition between clubs and leagues. Only about seven of the 21 teams in the National Hockey League are making money. The National Basketball Association has bounced back from its huge losses of the early 1980s, but eight of the league's 23 teams are still in the red. Even the mighty National Football League has been under a bit of pressure from its pesky new competitor, the United States Football League. Concludes...