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...keep pure of all such influences, and his missteps are on display at the exhibit as well. While billed as "explorations of form, color, shape and mass," his paintings and small assemblages convey little original thought. "Relief with Bones" is a particular disaster-- constructed of chicken bones, a shoebox lid, and canvas, this mess of gouache and watercolor artlessly melds the elemental primitivism of Jean DuBuffet with the cool detachment of pop artists. Although occasionally suggesting the powerful brushwork of a Kline, Smith's other paintings pale in comparison with the power of his sculpture...
...police he had been planning to kill Rabin since at least January. The Prime Minister had been scheduled to go to Yad Vashem that month to visit the sacred memorial to the Holocaust, but when the Islamic Jihad launched a suicide bomb at a bus depot at the Beit Lid Junction in Central Israel, he canceled the visit. Several months later, Amir allegedly planned to assassinate Rabin at a highway dedication in Kfar Shmaryahu, but that time he could not penetrate the Prime Minister's security detail...
...News correspondent; in Washington. In 1962, as the world was watching the rapidly escalating Cuban missile crisis, a Soviet intelligence official asked Scali to pass on to the White House a proposal to defuse the edge-of-Armageddon confrontation. President Kennedy then asked the newsman to keep a lid on the secrets he was privy to as unofficial go-between. Nobly, Scali did--passing up the scoop of a lifetime...
...when the trouble can begin. During late summer and fall, broad swaths of subtropical ocean can reach temperatures of 80øF or more. The warm, humid air above the ocean surface would tend to rise anyway, and when a low-pressure region drifts by, it's like taking the lid off a steaming pot. The air rushes upward, dumping its moisture and energy, which forces the winds to whirl ever faster. Meanwhile, down at the surface, more warm air rushes in to replace what's risen, and it shoots upward in turn. After a few days of this self-sustaining...
...Friday, Packwood issued a statement saying he had reviewed the woman's deposition and took "strong exception to her version of the event." The Senator added, "It's not in my nature to lob personal attacks, and I'm doing my best to keep a lid on my powder." Meanwhile, he has continued to deny rumors that he will soon end the Senate's ordeal by resigning. "I have found my colleagues willing to wait until the Ethics Committee is done and we see the report. They're much less inclined than the press to judge until they know...