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...looked for custom stamps, inscriptions that indicated if a piece was from a certain gallery or country, German writing, anything that might indicate that the painting passed through Nazi hands,” he says. “The inscriptions are very difficult to see, even under UV light. They were written in pencil decades...
...good use on trips to Capitol Hill, where key G.O.P. Senators like Iowa's Chuck Grassley and Ohio's George Voinovich have suggested the President's plan won't pass without big changes. During downtime on the Hill last week he started cold-calling lawmakers, dispensing with the custom of scheduled conversations. "John Snow here," he bellowed out to bewildered interns...
...once again creeping toward the living room. And this time, thanks to a wave of new products and digital-appliance advances, convergence seems ready to take hold. Your TV viewing - indeed, your entire home-entertainment experience - may never be the same. A Miami-based company called Alienware makes a custom PC called Navigator starting at $1700: an entertainment-dedicated unit that runs Microsoft's new Windows XP Media Center Edition and plays TV, records like a TiVo, and runs Internet content, DVDs, CDs and digital music, either on its own monitor and speakers or by channeling the media to your...
...Here we cook the way Buddhists from Taiwan’s Fo Guang Shan sect cook,” he says. “The food is purely vegetarian. No dairy products, garlic or onions are used.” The omission of garlic and onions, a custom also practiced in strict vegetarian Hindu households, as those ingredients are considered aphrodisiac, has carried over into Buddhism...
...Beverly Hills Hotel, for example, guest dogs are escorted by clerks to their rooms and always greeted by name by hotel staff. Canine guests get custom-made beds, inscribed ceramic water bowls and personalized dog treats. At Loews Hotels, V.I.P.s ("Very Important Pets") are welcomed with a letter from the general manager with a map of nearby scenic, dog-friendly walks; owners get a "puppy pager" when they leave their pet behind so they can be reached in case of emergency...