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...Woman in Blue, is the donation of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, who are notable collectors of modern art. The woman was obviously posed in a chair, but she is painted so that she seems to stand parallel to the wall, in a manner reminiscent of El Greco's Fray Hortensio Felix Paravicino. The intricate composition contrasts the arabesques on the left side of the canvas with the straighter verticals on the right, and is painted in a startingly original color scheme, full of blues, lavenders, and canary yellow. This is major Picasso and an important addition to the Fogg...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Two University Exhibitions | 1/12/1960 | See Source »

...Principal Larsh, who quickly agreed that the poems were "unsuitable" and that the book would be withdrawn. When Teacher Russell refused to do so, Alfred S. Roberts, a cheesemaker who heads the Venice Civic Union and devotes himself to ridding Venice of beatniks (TIME, Sept. 14), charged into the fray. What Barbara Jean's father calls the "poetry analogy" quickly vanished from the halls of Venice High School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sin of Commission? | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

...Bishop James A. Pike had challenged Roman Catholic presidential aspirants to speak out on the question of governmental sponsorship of birth-control information for other countries (TIME, Dec. 7), every non-Catholic with a pulpit seemed eager to get a word in. And Bishop Pike himself returned to the fray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Birth-Control Debate | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

After a rocky first five minutes, the Crimson held an 8-7 lead. Four minutes later, however, the varsity was ahead 22 to 15. The second unit entered the fray shortly thereafter and kept piling it on, building the Crimson margin to 44 to 20 by halftime...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Crimson Basketball Players Romp To Easy 84-34 Triumph at M.I.T. | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Frustrated by Dunster in the tackle football playoffs, Eliot House quashed the Funsters in a 3-0 soccer championship fray. Alex Lagerudakis led the Eliot booters to a 5-0-3 record. Dunster thus finished second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster Dominates Fall Season, Wins in Football, Cross Country | 11/24/1959 | See Source »

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