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...government offices. Orsay has called them in and resifted them. The best-known of these collections was that of Paris' renowned impressionist museum, the Jeu de Paume, which, before its collection was moved across the Seine last summer, was attracting three-quarters of a million visitors annually to gaze at its superb Cezannes, Monets, Renoirs, Van Goghs and Lautrecs. There was a residue of 19th century work from Paris' former Musee National d'Art Moderne, whose 20th century collections had already been siphoned off into the Centre Pompidou. Major sculptures, including Rodin's original plasters, came from the Rodin museum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Out of a Grand Ruin, a Great Museum | 12/8/1986 | See Source »

...will Boesky abandon the stock-trading world right away: he will continue until April 1988 to exercise control, under the gaze of a court- appointed supervisor, over a diverse business empire that holds about $2 billion worth of securities. The transition period is intended to guarantee the "orderly and smooth transfer of control," meaning, in effect, the return of money to Boesky's many investors, who only last March anted up $900 million to participate in his speculations. In his statement, Boesky said he was "grateful" to the SEC for allowing him to insulate from harm others involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fall of a Wall Street Superstar | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...blazing arms crossed on her chest, her misty head inclined, emanating a fierce chestnut heat, losing, losing the layer of violet that disintegrated into ashes under his terrible, unnoticed gaze...

Author: By Jane Avrich, | Title: `Fire of My Loins'--With a Douse of Water | 11/6/1986 | See Source »

...consequences of excessive family freedom need not be as dramatic as in the Levin killing. Little murders are committed daily in homes where Mom and Dad sit planted in front of pieces of paper or The Cosby Show, while the children lie still as dolls on their beds and gaze at ceiling fixtures, like stations in a dream. See how free everybody is. The only things missing are the essentials: authority, responsibility, attention and love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Freedom of the Damned | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...houses, the story is one of disparities. While Lowell House residents gaze at a video portrait of the campus, their Eliot peers will host Leonard Bernstein '39, someone whose presence in a house dining hall is truly something special...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: An Unhappy Birthday | 9/30/1986 | See Source »

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