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...legacy of serfdom, and the realistpainters turned their eye to these new problems.The image of the peasant dominated many canvassesof the period; as Lecturer in History andLiterature Cathy Frierson has pointed out, it wasthe objective of many realist painters to"penetrate and master the peasant soul." IvanKramskoi's portrait, "Mina Moiseev" is the firstwork to confront visitors to the exhibit, and itgives clear insight into the Itinerant painter'sdetermination to study the psychological behaviorof the peasant. Using a restricted palette,Kramskoi does not idealize his subject, and therealism captures a sense of the wisdom, kindnessand ruggedness in the subject...

Author: By Maurie Samuels, | Title: From Russia With Love | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

Seventeen Angels: works by Mina Abbate, Off The Wall, 17 Pearl St, Cambridge, through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: December 12-18 | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...latest round in the tanker war began early last week when a Kuwaiti-owned tanker of medium size, the Umm Casbah, was hit by rockets after leaving the Kuwaiti port of Mina al-Ahmadi. The Britain-bound ship was only slightly damaged, and after an emergency stop at Bahrain it sailed on toward the Strait of Hormuz with its cargo of fuel oil. The same evening, Iraq declared that it had not fired on gulf shipping for four days. If true, it could only mean that Iran had joined the tanker war at last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Threatening the Lifeline | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

...missile fitting the description of a radar-controlled Exocet reportedly hit a 41,000-ton Greek tanker, Filikon L., that was more than 70 miles away from Kharg Island. The ship, under contract to the Kuwait Petroleum Corp., had just loaded up with fuel at the Kuwaiti port of Mina al Ahmadi. Damage proved relatively minor, but a second ship hit in the same attack was not so lucky. A South Korean supply vessel under contract to Aramco, the Saudi oil company, which was serving offshore rigs at the Saudi oilfields of Marjon, exploded, caught fire and sank. At least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death by Air | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...students may continue to call me at home, since having abdicated my biological responsibility to aid in the survival of the race, I keep cats instead cats instead of kids.) Mina J. Carson Teaching Fellow Department of History

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professorial Privacy | 5/1/1982 | See Source »

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