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...time. "Kandinsky," a major retrospective at Paris' Pompidou Center until Aug. 10 and then at the Guggenheim in New York City from Sept. 18, tracks his journey over the ensuing decades, both geographically and stylistically. Drawn to centers of the avant-garde and occasionally swept off course by the grim events of the early 1900s, we see Kandinsky progress from traditional naturalistic scenes to the stunning abstract canvases that made him one of the great pioneers of 20th century...
...wedding party, some guests speculated that the grim news might be a ploy by the government, "maybe a big devaluation [is on the way] and they want to distract us," said a hotel owner in Acapulco. An accountant at the event said, "Who can believe these people? They always lie." At the same time, however, everyone was glued to the latest. Another guest read out from his Blackberry, driving everybody crazy with minute by minute bulletins. "Maybe this time is true," he said. "the U.S. Embassy is closing until, at the moment, Wednesday, and they do not do that." Then...
...Going into the fourth period on Saturday, things looked grim for the Crimson. The Hoosiers held a six-goal advantage and time was swiftly ticking away...
...toward pay-for-rescue schemes. Howard Paul, former president of the Colorado Search and Rescue Board, worries that people will hesitate to call for help if they know it will come with a price tag. He points to numerous anecdotes in which people, fearing costs, have refused rescue despite grim injuries: a climber who hobbled down a 3,000-ft. mountain with a broken ankle; a woman who set out on her own to locate her missing husband; a lost and bewildered runner who hid from rescue crews. "We know that when people believe that they are going to receive...
...Washington Haste Makes Waste In an April 21 report to Congress, the special inspector general overseeing the government's $700 billion financial bailout offered some grim news and a stern warning. Neil Barofsky said he had begun "almost 20 preliminary and full criminal investigations" into allegations of fraudulent use of bailout funds. He urged the government to revamp the bailout rules so it can better track spending. According to Barofsky, the bailout's Public-Private Investment Partnership program, in particular, is "inherently vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse...