Word: lamberte
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...week at 1874.19. What really jolted the nerves of Wall Streeters, though, was the fallout from the Dennis Levine insider-trading scandal, the worst in history. Paranoia swept the close-knit investment community a week after Levine, 33, a former managing director at the firm of Drexel Burnham Lambert, pleaded guilty to criminal charges of income tax evasion, securities fraud and perjury and settled a civil suit charging that he had made $12.6 million in illegal stock- market profits on corporate takeovers. A Securities and Exchange Commission investigation was in full swing, along with criminal investigations by U.S. Attorney Rudolph...
...seemed like it was senselessly making light of what is a major issue for many people.” The idea of harming one’s body for the sake of performance art is not unheard of in the art community, according to Carrie Lambert-Beatty, assistant professor of History of Art and Architecture and of Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) at Harvard. “What makes [Shvarts’ project] so provocative is the idea that she was impregnated,” she said. “What is also interesting about any art project...
...were quite respectful of them really. But we just hoped that they wouldn't be successful getting to the top. The Swiss put in a particularly good effort, getting to 28,000 feet. That's when Tenzing really came into his own. He teamed up with [Raymond] Lambert, and Lambert and Tenzing were a pretty formidable combination. Post-monsoon they had bad weather and didn't get as high...
...their most beloved and valuable artworks. From small-time crooks trying to earn drug money to seasoned pros who snatch massive canvases, art thieves are erasing a significant part of the religious heritage of some of the most culturally rich countries. "Our churches are being pillaged," says Captain Dominique Lambert of France's Central Office for the Fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods (OCBC). "They take everything - statues, paintings, chalices, silverwork. When a Virgin Mary is stolen from a church after being there since the Middle Ages, that can't leave you indifferent...
...reported art thefts from churches is holding steady or, in many cases, rising. In France, for example, the OCBC has recorded a 62% drop in stolen-art reports since 2002 - yet every year, thefts from churches hover between 200 and 300. "If it continues at the current rate," says Lambert, "in 20 or 30 years, there won't be anything left...