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Swiss industrialist Emil Georg Bührle (1890-1956) studied art history and was 30 years old when he began amassing his collection. Since 1960, his family's foundation has put around 200 of the works on public display...
...thousands on Monday in the commercial capital of Rangoon, their sandal-shod feet slapping through the rain alongside the monks' bare feet. Participation by these citizens - many of whom are fed up with the economic hardships caused by the ruling generals' inept governance - has helped make this display of civil disobedience the largest mass movement in Burma in nearly two decades...
...Saturday, protesting monks made their way to Suu Kyi's house, where they prayed en masse. The veteran democracy advocate came to her gate to watch the rare display of dissent. Since then, however, the road to the resistance leader's home has been blocked by soldiers. But if the protests in Burma continue to swell, riot police may not be able to hold back the crowds any longer. If so, the world can only hope that the monks' burgundy robes will not be stained further by the color of blood...
...neighboring, “medium-sized” city of six million people (Suzhou is one of over 60 Chinese cities with more than a million people). On a lake in a hyper-modern downtown district built entirely in the last few years, the city hosts a weekly display of pyrotechnics and choreographed water-technics that puts the Bellagio in Las Vegas to shame...
...will hardly be alone in the backfield. Only two backs carried the ball in the season opener, but more depth at the position should be on display all season...