Word: lands
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...After her induction into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame last year, and the recent Sundance premiere of Patti Smith: Dream of Life, a documentary about her life and work, she's now thrown herself headlong into a major exhibition at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, Patti Smith: Land 250, which highlights her photographs and drawings from...
...Land 250 serves as a reminder that Smith has been making a lot more than just music all these years. She sat down with TIME's Jeffrey T. Iverson on the eve of the exhibition opening to talk about the life of an artist, her love for Paris, and the figures who have shepherded her along her creative path...
...biggest heavyweight players in the industry, both wanted what resembled a dented, but potentially valuable, possession. Ford won the ensuing bidding war, paying $2.5 billion for the coveted car brand. Accelerate ahead 11 years to 2000, and Ford again had its checkbook out, paying $2.7 billion for Land Rover, another luxury British carmaker that had run into some rough road. It also invested many billions more trying to turn both companies around, mainly by upgrading aging plants and developing new product lines. It was a big bet, and it didn...
...announced it was selling both brands to Tata Motors of India for $2.3 billion in a deal that's been in the works for months - and is about half the price Ford paid for them in the first place. Analysts say Tata's scored a bargain-basement price for Land Rover alone, since it is already a profitable brand (Ford doesn't break out financial figures for individual units). Jaguar, however, continues to lose money and its sales remain in free fall. Despite hitting a high-water mark of 130,000 sales in 2004 - which Ford felt could eventually rise...
...Israel argues that it is no longer the occupying power in Gaza and therefore no longer has responsibility for the Palestinians living there. But many international agencies say that since Israel controls all land, air and sea access to Gaza, it cannot shirk its responsibility to Palestinians trapped inside, nor can it deny Palestinians the right to urgent medical care if they refuse to become Israeli collaborators.With reporting by Aaron J. Klein/Erez