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...that they have not produced clear physical or documentary evidence that any of the glue and lampblack on the Sistine was put there by Michelangelo himself. James Beck cites a phrase in an account by Ascanio Condivi, a Renaissance biographer, about Michelangelo applying "so to speak, the ultima mano" (final touches) to the mighty fresco cycle; but Condivi did not say what medium these touches were in. Giorgio Vasari (1511-74), whose Lives of Italian artists is a fundamental source on the Sistine, describes how "Michelangelo desired to retouch some parts a secco, painting backgrounds, draperies and skies in ultramarine...
Harvard fans are used to seeing big games in New Haven. Time after time, championship dreams have come down to Harvard versus Yale, Crimson and Bulldogs, mano a mano. For decades, they have watched and cheered as their crimson-clad warriors battled for athletic greatness. Usually, though, those warriors are a bit bigger than...
...which Sisco is based, at its core it's the story of a woman juggling work and personal life. (Carla Gugino, of Spy Kids, takes over the curvy, gun-toting J. Lo character.) After admitting to a date that she's killed two men--one with a gun, one mano a mano--Karen insists that "I'm just a girl." TV has blurred the line between "girl" and "person who kills with her bare hands" for years (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias), but Karen Sisco is an appealing rendition because it knows that a girl--or any kind of person...
Other candidates--Joe Lieberman, Bob Graham--are in the parade, but you would hardly know it. This event is mano a mano: Kerry vs. Dr. Howard Dean, the former Governor of Vermont. Dean has about the same number of supporters as Kerry--but they're younger, more enthusiastic and much more creative. Some are wearing white doctors' coats, brandishing stethoscopes and passing out tongue depressors with the words "Rx for America: Howard Dean." The Governor, however, seems unprepared for parading. He's wearing navy pinstripe suit pants, a blue business shirt and his perennial black penny loafers. When we shake...
...Other candidates-Joe Lieberman, Bob Graham-are in the parade, but you would hardly know it. This event is mano a mano: Kerry vs. Dr. Howard Dean, the former Governor of Vermont. Dean has about the same number of supporters as Kerry-but they're younger, more enthusiastic and much more creative. Some are wearing white doctors' coats, brandishing stethoscopes and passing out tongue depressors with the words "Rx for America: Howard Dean." The Governor, however, seems unprepared for parading. He's wearing navy pinstripe suit pants, a blue business shirt and his perennial black penny loafers. When we shake...