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...learn that he existed at all. That turns out to be a story that begins with the painter Max Weber, a Russian Jewish migr to New York City. It was Weber who brought the first Picasso canvas to the U.S., in 1909, on his return from a four-year stay in Paris, where he had befriended the indispensable Gertrude Stein and her brother Leo, cocksure tastemakers and champions of Picasso. By that year Picasso and Braque were already off and running through the first stages of Cubism. Meanwhile, advanced American painting, such as it was, meant the Ashcan School...
...about how she would institute fiscal discipline or deal with unsustainable long-range spending obligations that legislators have agreed to - for everything from Medicaid expenses to public employee pensions - kept her from looking like a serious contender. But in late August she took an important step in announcing a four-year revenue plan that depends on the controversial notion of opening Chicago's first casino to help provide billions of dollars for public schools and property tax relief. Topinka, like Blagojevich, has been averse to raising sales or income taxes to generate revenue, though the challenger insists she wouldn...
...merged in 1993. And three more, Beth-Israel, Deaconess, and Mount Auburn, joined together in 1996.Looking for a leader who would steer the school through a period of change, then-President Neil L. Rudenstine named Martin to the deanship starting in 1997, bringing him to Harvard after a four-year stint as chancellor of the University of California-San Francisco.“The situation at the time was one when the health care system as a whole was in jeopardy.” Rudenstine recalled in a phone interview yesterday. “We needed someone who knew...
...night at Princeton to discuss the school's most aggressive effort to counter the influence of eating clubs on campus, according to the Daily Princetonian. (Perhaps the eating clubs had something better than fast food on the menu.) The 15 students who did show up expressed concern that the four-year residential colleges, set to debut next year, will isolate students who choose—whether for financial or social reasons—to distance themselves from "The Street," as Princeton's eating clubs are collectively known...
...Today, at the end of a four-year term that will be remembered as much for corruption and cynicism as for economic stability or attempts to right the country's myriad social wrongs, those voters are no longer celebrating Lula. The optimism that marked his election has been replaced by unease, and the hope by resignation. Still, Lula is more popular than ever. His approval rating of 52% is the highest on record for a sitting president, and he is odds-on favorite to win a second four-year term when voters go to the polls...