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...crown jewel of the show, though, is a Van Gogh called The Thicket done shortly before he took his own life. Although the catalogue emphasizes the painting's lack of "tragic import," there is a sense of tragedy in the painting if one views the forest as the paradise which evaded Van Gogh during his life. The catalog also states that there is no entry into this forest scene, but under close observation a path can be detected between two trees. The two trees seem to beckon to the viewer, conveying the idea that within the most destitute mind lies...
...Secretary of State Warren Christopher, has put her on the Washington gossip circle's short list of candidates for the Secretary's job if he is pushed into retirement after the midterm elections. "She is hot around here," says an Administration official. "A star," says another. "A crown jewel," chimes a third...
...crisis proportions because of stagnating wages and escalating real estate prices. From snow-and-arts resorts like Breckenridge, Colorado, to country- music Meccas like Branson, Missouri, America's playlands are producing a booming class of unfortunates: the hardworking homeless. To step off the main drag of a glistening little jewel like Telluride, then, is like stepping out the back flap of a circus tent: Lord, there's a caravansary of gypsies parked back here! The chief of Telluride's housing authority, Dave Johnson, quit in June, citing job stress. The problem, says Jim Davidson, editor of the Telluride Times-Journal...
...McNally is by far the more colorful -- and controversial. Before retiring from the New York police department in 1971, he collected 22 commendations and attained top standing as a first-grade detective, despite several internal investigations into his conduct. He is credited with collaring notorious jewel thief Jack ("Murph the Surf") Murphy in 1964. Since going private, McNally has provided his services to the defense of Patty Hearst, Bernhard Goetz and John Gotti. Defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, who is also part of the Simpson team, has tapped McNally's services regularly, as have other top attorneys...
...jewel in the crown that is this collection is "SantaLand Diaries," the closing essay. The piece recounts Sedaris' stint working as an elf at Macy's SantaLand. From his weeks wandering the candy cane-lined mazes of SantaLand and pretending to cavort with mechanical penguins, Sedaris has defracted a chilling portrait of that dark region of the New York shopper's soul which emerges at Christmas. His eye is merciless and this memoir reads like stand-up Dante. Sedaris has seen what most of us choose not to, and we should be grateful for his act of witness...