Word: hammerism
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...considering Hammer's extensive relations with the Soviet Union--he has had dealings with Russian leaders as diverse as Lenin and Trotsky and was the motivating force behind a huge phosphorus deal with the Soviets several years ago--it didn't come as any surprise when he said he would give money to the current Russian Research Center Fund Drive...
...most of the fun was reserved for the Hammers as they oohed, aawed, and gee whizzed their way through the Fogg's Renoirs, Daumiers and, of course, Rembrandts. "You've got a treasure house here," Hammer told Slive. "A small Hermitage...
...Wertheim Collection of Impressionists brought out the story-teller in Hammer. After hearing Slive discourse on how Van Gogh's art was considered degenerate by the Nazis, Hammer related a story about his newly-purchased Rembrandt...
...mentioned that Juno was in the basement of a Bonn museum in 1934 when Hitler decided that all paintings that weren't Rhenish should be sold. An astute collector snatched up the painting for 900 Marks, or $214. "We got even with Hitler," Hammer said of the deal. "That...
...during his hour-long tour Hammer remained the consummate businessman--even taking phone calls, one of them from Columbia's Soviet scholar and Carter adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski to arrange a meeting later that afternoon, presumably to discuss Soviet-American relations...