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...truth, those works - along with dozens of others by important modern Spanish artists - have been hanging in the esteemed institution for years. Until now, however, almost no one could see them. In 2002, the Academy opened a third floor dedicated to contemporary and modern works like Juan Gris' Fruit Bowl and Newspaper (1920), pictured. But just one day after the debut, a lack of security guards forced the new galleries to close. Since then, only members have had viewing privileges. "People would accuse us of being élitist and denying ordinary citizens the right to see these works," says Mercedes...
That instinct helps explain why Gates thinks of himself as a transformational leader. After the CIA missed the fall of the Soviet Union, Gates launched reforms of 14 parts of the agency's operations, from analysis to satellite imagery to language study. Although not all these reforms bore fruit, CIA spending on Soviet collection and analysis shrank from 60% of its budget to less than 15%. Gates tried the same thing at Texas A&M, a school with an almost stubborn resistance to change--ending admissions preference for children of alumni, hiring hundreds of new faculty members and firing veteran...
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...fact that the diet favored by the Greeks is good for the heart seems as ancient as Greece itself. But now the Mediterranean diet--high in fruit, vegetables, cereals, fish, olive oil and topped with a glass or two of wine daily--has been linked to a lower risk for Alzheimer's, even in patients with vascular disease. When researchers from Columbia University Medical Center scored the diets of nearly 2,000 subjects on a 0-to-9 scale--depending on their adherence to a Mediterranean-style food plan--each additional point on the scale corresponded...
...militant; his father convinced him never to join the fighting. But Ma-ae's village, hidden amid fruit trees and rubber plantations near Thailand's border with Malaysia, is what the Thai military terms a "red zone" of insurgent activity. Soldiers patrolling the area were recently injured by a bomb rigged in the branches of a tree. "The moment you enter my village, all eyes are upon you," says Ma-ae. His father, a well-known local official, angered militants by negotiating the release of state employees being held hostage by a mob protesting the arrest of a suspected insurgent...