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...icon was recovered a month later, after one of the thieves called with a $1.7 million demand and the police tracked him down. But the theft sent a chilling message that nothing is sacred. Greece is known as a tomb raider's paradise, with thieves plucking archaeological treasures straight from the ground. And while this looting is still one of the biggest challenges for the country's art squad, the theft of religious art is eclipsing it. In 2005, 333 liturgical items were reported stolen in Greece, compared with only eight archaeological artifacts. "There's a fresh fad for Byzantine...
...many, though, it's too late. Some churches have already made the painful decision to put their religious works under glass. At the Elona Monastery outside Leonidio, the Mary and Jesus icon now rests in a steel compartment with a bulletproof-glass front. A sensible measure, no doubt, but hardly a sign of faith in the goodness of human nature...
...mere opening of a tear duct seemed to expose the gender issue that had percolated under the surface of this Democratic race. The media have been quick to repackage New Hampshire as a referendum on feminism. On the day of the primary, feminist icon Gloria Steinem scolded New York Times readers for abandoning the cause, warning women that the "sex barrier [is] not taken as seriously as the racial...
There you have it, the utterly improbable central trauma that "explains" the rest of Dewey's life: his drive for the fame that can never compensate for his terrible guilt, the self-destructive drinking, drugging and sexual outlawry that sully his path to pop icon status, the bum musical trips - his adored brother may have been an authentic musical prodigy that Dewey dimly needs to emulate - that threaten his career. You've been here before, of course, with Walk the Line and Ray, to name only the most recent biopics about the trials and triumphs of pop-music icons. These...
...rock hit, Part of the Plan, was the first of a string of emotional, radio-friendly tunes, including Leader of the Band, written for his bandleader father, and Same Old Lang Syne, about a chance meeting with an old girlfriend. By the end of the decade, he was an icon for sensitive souls everywhere. (Comedian Denis Leary joked that his adolescent admiration for Fogelberg hindered his success with girls.) Fogelberg discovered he had prostate cancer in 2004, a year after releasing his last studio album, Full Circle...