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...place of pilgrimage for art connoisseurs visiting Moscow. Nowhere else in the world could one see such, a concentration of major works by Russian artists whose output is still insufficiently known in the West. The eventual fate of the Costakis collection has therefore been a subject of much guesswork both in Russia and outside it, but now the question appears to be settled. Under the terms of an agreement with the Soviet Ministry of Culture, Costakis is giving about 300 paintings to the government, with the understanding that they will eventually be shown as a group in a still unfinished...
Scorsese, on the other hand, does not rely solely on intellectual guesswork. Travis's emotional development is sketched vividly, convincingly. When he arrives in New York, his letters and diary are fairly banal, but as his experience begins to baffle him, the tone of his writings become progressively more psychotic, until it reaches an Arthur Bremer-like level of intensity. Scorsese plays on our knowledge of real assassins, but he doesn't abuse it. He provides the context; our sense of history merges seamlessly with our understanding of Travis...
...eliminate guesswork by eye, he invented jigs, or guides for tools, so that the outline of the product would not be marred by the fallibility of a shaky hand or imperfect vision. He made automatic stops that would disconnect the tool at the precise depth or diameter of a cut. He made clamps to hold the metal while the guided chisels or milling wheels cut it. By dividing his factory into departments-one for barrels, one for stocks, one for each lock piece-the parts could be brought into an assembly room and put together in one continuous, uninterrupted process...
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...much guesswork was needed, however, as the freshman boat left its opposition to slash it out for seconds en route to a three-quarter-length open water win in the time...