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...regarded as old hat was something new for Matisse. He had made his name in the preceding decade as the most dauntless of the Fauves - the Wild Beasts - a small group of painters who pushed the telegraphic brushwork of Impressionism and the dissonant palette of post-Impressionism into fever territory. At their head was Matisse, King of the Beasts, building pictures out of colliding zones of pyrotechnic color or from staccato dashes of magenta and ultramarine...
...known to have carried out executions" in the past year. Iran executed at least 388 people, Iraq at least 120 and Saudi Arabia at least 69. The total of 714 documented judicial killings outside China--a low estimate, Amnesty says--includes 52 in the U.S. The anti-death-penalty group also reported that for the first time since it started keeping track some 30 years ago, there were no executions in Europe...
...like fuel efficient engines. The scooter, meanwhile, has lost its appeal among the younger generation for not being macho enough. The two-wheeler has always been associated with teachers, professors and government clerks and is considered too "serious looking" for young people, says Rahul Bajaj, chairman of the Bajaj group. Waiting lists for Bajaj scooters are a thing of the past. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...from this year’s winter break—when students without explicit approval were not permitted to stay on campus—all undergraduates will be able to return to Harvard about a week before classes begin on Jan. 24. The administration is hoping to facilitate student group-initiated programming during that week-long period...
Rejection is a fact of life. I can handle rejection. What I can’t handle is a higher-stakes combination of being stood up by a date without a plausible reason and being given the cold shoulder by a group of middle school girls for no reason. Believe it or not, many of us have been rejected before, in ways more painful than by a job. Yes, it can be disappointing, frustrating, heartbreaking, and may even draw tears, but rejection is not always a bad thing, and can definitely make you a stronger person. So, dear employers...