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...breakthroughs of such 19th century greats as Van Gogh, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Cezanne, on whose vision modern art largely rests. Less known but of no less importance was Georges Seurat, born in 1859, who made it his goal to weld science and art into a technique of dot, dab and stitch strokes that would not only challenge the glowing canvases of the impressionists but be a compendium of what was known in his day of optics, color and psychology...
...well. Last week, in Brooks County, Texas, still another well came in for the same three outfits, this one capable of producing 30 million to 40 million cu. ft. of gas daily on 1,600 acres of previously undeveloped land. But the Ohio strike was the most spectacular, smack dab in old Mike's backyard, not many miles from the Pittsburgh headquarters of an oil empire stretching from Canada to Africa...
...climbed aboard Manhattan-bound ferryboats to shake hands, waded into lakes, scoured supermarkets, logged 6,000 miles on the converted milk truck. Along with this "Operation Doorbell" went "Operation Coffee Cup." By the hundreds, New Jersey women are sitting down to sip coffee from Forbes-decorated cups, dab at their lips with paper napkins imprinted with a Forbes family cooky recipe, listen to a tape-recorded message from the candidate...
...Every effort will be made to maintain the same scholarly character as the DAB," Schlesinger said. Preliminary research by the Radcliffe group indicates that at least twice as many biographies should be available as are now included in the DAB. New information and additional biographies would be included...
...Brambilla, on hand to work on a later work by Fiammenghino, quickly turned her attention to the new find. Working meticulously with microscope and checking herself by photographing the work as she went along, she managed to uncover the fresco and preserve the color down to the last clinging dab of paint...