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Other works take more evocative, period approaches to their subjects, with often breathtaking results. In the interpretation of Gauguin’s epic “Women and a White Horse” by Cynthia Antonopoulos of the Wollaston Garden Club, exotic tropical flowers fans out like a hanging garden and draws us into the Tahitian world of the painting...

Author: By Maria-helene V. Wagenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: April Showers Bring MFA Flowers | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

...Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, all 14, and Denise McNair, 11, were killed in a bomb explosion on the morning of Sept. 15, 1963, an act that horrified the nation and helped lead to passage of a landmark civil rights bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tales From the Tapes Help Convict Birmingham Bomber | 5/2/2001 | See Source »

...kreung's close-knit community and Western-stoked confidence sometimes elicits grumbles from other Thais, who also resent their stranglehold on the entertainment industry. The ultimate blow came a few years back when Thailand sent a blue-eyed woman to the Miss World competition. Sirinya Winsiri, also known as Cynthia Carmen Burbridge, beat out another half-Thai, half-American for the coveted Miss Thailand spot. "Luk kreung have made it very difficult for normal Thais to compete," gripes a Bangkok music mogul. "We should put more emphasis on developing real Thai talent." The Eurasians consider this unfair. "I was born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eurasian Invasion | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...argument against. McVeigh will be the first condemned killer to get not only a last meal and last words but also a last photo op. Other moves to deprive him of the attention he craves--forbidding jailhouse interviews, limiting phone calls--are futile in light of the telecast. Cynthia Ferrell Ashwood, who lost her sister, hopes for a boycott, believing it would punish McVeigh more. "I would like him to die very much alone, which is how my sister died. It won't hurt him for me to watch him die. It will just please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Give Him The Satisfaction | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

Harvard offers other benefits. The departments' dossier services handle its students job applications for life, providing confidential recommendations and sending materials to potential employers, says GSAS Director of Fellowships Cynthia E. Verba. And an eager alumni network helps students get established in non-academic jobs...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Competition For Jobs After Harvard Difficult, Many Graduate Students Say | 3/14/2001 | See Source »

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