Word: englands
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...home to the world's largest art market, so it follows that a lot of stolen art - from churches and elsewhere - eventually ends up there. That is, if it doesn't go to England (Europe's biggest art market), Japan, Russia, India or any number of other nations with deep-pocketed collectors. Once a stolen work crosses into another country, varying and often contradictory laws mean it can get trapped in legislative red tape for years, sometimes indefinitely. Better international cooperation is high on the wish lists of many an art squad. "The difficulty is convincing our European partners that...
...makes it much easier for police to find them once they're gone. That seems obvious, but few churches take the time to point and shoot. So insurers and investigators must find other ways to keep track of religious paintings and icons. Ecclesiastical Insurance, a company based in Gloucester, England, that insures 97% of the churches in the U.K., has given free Alpha-Dot kits to all its customers. Stuck on the frame of a painting or at the base of a statue, the tiny dots are almost invisible to the naked eye and each is imprinted with a unique...
...troubled by it. When [my family] came from England during the war, people said, "You are welcome here. What can we do to help?" I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here...
...these numbers may underrepresent the vinyl trend since they don't always include sales at smaller indie shops where vinyl does best. Still, 990,000 vinyl albums were sold in 2007, up 15.4% from the 858,000 units bought in 2006. Mike Dreese, CEO of Newbury Comics, a New England chain of independent music retailers that sells LPs and CDs, says his vinyl sales were up 37% last year, and Patrick Amory, general manager of indie label Matador Records, whose artists include Cat Power and the New Pornographers, claims, "We can't keep up with the demand...
...dustup revolves around Harvard’s fidelity to the bequest that deeded the land to the University in the first place. It specifies that the tract be maintained as an “experimental station in forestry for the benefit of all persons and institutions in New England.” Another concern is that the non-profit would have to sell a small portion to developers to finance the deal. Nevertheless, while we are sympathetic to the desire to preserve woodlands in Massachusetts and the need to remain true to donors’ bequests, we think the locals?...