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...deported. And this could have gotten serious, because the accusation was true. Four years earlier, he had bought from Pieret two of the pilfered sculptures, Roman-era Iberian heads whose thick features and wide eyes he would introduce into the great painting he was then just about to embark upon, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Though he would deny it in court, he almost certainly knew at the time that both heads were lifted from the Louvre. He may even have pushed Pieret to take them in the first place. But prosecutors couldn't build a case that either Picasso...
...That being said, we would like to see Cuba respond to U.S. overtures with concessions of its own, perhaps addressing crucial issues such as human-rights violations and political prisoners, topics on which Raúl Castro has indicated a willingness to begin a dialogue. If we are truly to embark on a “new beginning,” both sides must take bold steps forward on a new path, one that hopefully leads to a better future than that projected by the hostility of the Cold War days...
...with still more auto-plant closings coming soon, launched its "No Worker Left Behind" program in August 2007. So far the state has footed the bill - up to $10,000 per displaced worker - for 61,434 unemployed Michiganders to learn the math, technology and science skills they need to embark on new careers at companies like Hemlock Semiconductor, Dow Chemical and Dow Corning, which are investing and hiring there. Also in demand: the program's newly trained nursing assistants, physical therapists and health-care technicians...
...bring us together to create a common ground transcending ideology, nationality, and race.It is a theory put to the test in the sometimes insular, often elaborate, yet always enthralling web of sport in America.Two years ago, I forsook the rural pleasantries of my sleepy town in northeast Scotland to embark on a grand journey to Harvard. Shuffling restlessly in my economy class seat thousands of feet above the Atlantic Ocean, I could barely contain my excitement—here I was, preparing to study and compete in the country that had dominated athleticism in the 20th century: the country...
...000th response paper as we speak. What do you think? And you know what the worst part of all of this is? As hard as I may try to scare the little ones away, somehow they (almost) always make their valiant return come fall: ready to embark on a year of Domna’s swipes, all proudly donning their class t-shirts. Maybe I’m just bitter I never got mine...