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...Ralph F. Colin, went into high gear. It took him 14 more years of negotiation, a lawsuit against Klumpp and another against the government of East Germany to winkle out the missing paintings and get them to New York City. They were first exhibited at the Acquavella Galleries in Manhattan last fall. Now they can be seen (through Feb. 9) at the Phillips Collection in Washington...
...million) puts it on a par with the fourth-largest city in the U.S. A savvy leader whose burly gruffness sometimes masked his warmth and intelligence, he had been known as "the King of Queens" for the way he dispensed patronage and used his clout with city hall in Manhattan...
...Good Government Commission, charged with recouping Marcos' hidden wealth, has estimated the deposed leader's assets at between $5 billion and $10 billion. Some $800 million is located in a Swiss bank account. Approximately $350 million more is apparently tied up in five New York properties, including Manhattan's Crown Building and Lindenmere, a Long Island estate. In Texas, Marcos allegedly controls $13 million worth of property in Tarrant County, and has parcels of land valued at $19.2 million in Corpus Christi. It appears that there may also be as many as 200 properties in California owned by Marcos' associates...
...third video, discovered inside one of the Marcoses' semiofficial New York residences, showed Imelda, in black velvet and diamonds, as hostess at a dinner party for Saudi Arabian Billionaire Adnan Khashoggi in a plush Manhattan town house. "You have contributed a lot," says her guest in a gallant toast. "History will judge...
...talk more honestly than they ever could as husband and wife. She is a gifted golfer with hopes of joining the L.P.G.A. tour. There are two other Bascombe children who live with her in a new development house. Frank has kept the old Tudor residence rather than move to Manhattan. He rents the top floor to a Gabonese theology student, belongs to a divorced men's club and strives to be ordinary...