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...Deaccessioning," as museums call their periodic disposals of unwanted art, is a touchy and politically sensitive process that is traditionally done quietly and piecemeal so as not to offend donors of the jettisoned works or scare off potential benefactors. "There's a worry about agitating the public," says Neubert. The crowd that gathered at Denver's auction, however, seemed excited only about bidding up the prices. From the opening gavel of what amounted to a nine-hour garage sale, buyers in the museum's main hall sought to outbid one another on 630 lots that ranged from ivory figurines...
...using her podium time in Beijing to criticize the Chinese treatment of women. What neither she nor the press mentioned is that in Pakistan, female rape victims are subject to prison sentences for "adultery." Bhutto once promised to end this stunningly malicious practice, but backed off rather than offend the local mullahs...
...equal opportunity purposes have been achieved." Though popular Republican attacks on quotas clearly forced the action,TIME's James Carneysays the White House decided the President could make the best of a no-win situation by holding the line: "Clinton realized it would be to his advantage not to offend one of his core constituencies, including leading black members of Congress who were worried aboutwhat his review of affirmative action would mean." In fairness, Carney adds, the President -- who today dredged up memories of his upbringing in a segregated South -- has a long history of supporting affirmative action...
Though he concedes that many might find his stockpile of 25,000 photos featuring S&M and hard-core sex distasteful, Thomas insists he violated no laws. "I don't feel I committed a crime because I didn't offend anybody but a postal inspector in Memphis," he says, referring to the government official who launched the investigation. Thomas also faces charges in Salt Lake City of distributing images of naked children, but he insists those images aren't sexually explicit. "They are from nudist colonies," he says. "Many of them are family snapshots...
...make matters worse, Chung managed to offend some Oklahoma viewers with a few innocuous questions to the city's assistant fire chief about the community's ability to handle the crisis; cbs News was forced to reel her back to New York City after just three days. The only good thing to come out of her assignment was that the proceeds from T shirts asking WHO THE HELL IS CONNIE CHUNG? went to the disaster-relief efforts...