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...masters who rediscovered an unmatched array of rare and valuable paintings; of cancer; in London. Art historian, dealer and critic, Carritt had an unerring eye that enabled him to buy a misattributed Fragonard masterpiece at a public auction, under the noses of other top experts, at a tiny fraction of its present million-dollar value. "When you've become familiar with the work of a master, it's like recognizing a friend's handwriting," he once said. Among his finds were five Francesco Guardi canvases rolled up in an Irish country shed; two Tiepolo ceiling paintings...
...Post the other day ex-Senator J. William Fulbright recalled, "In the old days, when your speeches were reported in the press, reading was clearly a habit with everybody. But in television, it's this sort of instant impression. They always to cut down everything to just a fraction. Your reasons are usually left out because they're not flamboyant...
...with cable, far more than any other cable service; in those homes it commands about a tenth of the audience through the day. Most important to Turner, WTBS reaped $18 million last year in profits, and this year, he projects, it will garner $40 million. That is a significant fraction of the earnings of any of the Big Three networks, and probably sufficient for now to sustain...
...Oklahoma bank had assets of only about $525 million, or a mere fraction of those held by large commercial lenders like New York's Citibank, which counts nearly $105 billion in assets. Yet the tremors from Penn Square's fall were felt far beyond the bank's stuccoed shopping-mall office...
White acknowledged the risks to legitimate publications containing pictures of nude children and to other works that are pornographic only in isolated segments. "Yet we seriously doubt," he argued, that more than "a tiny fraction" of worthwhile materials would be involved. Not everyone shared the court's optimism on that score. Said Herald Price Fahringer, who represented Ferber: "This decision could inspire more censorship, and I find that alarming...