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In recent years, the auction business (led, in this regard, by Sotheby's) has shown wonderful ingenuity at such stratagems. There was, for instance, the sale in Switzerland in 1987 of the Duchess of Windsor's jewelry at which the rich of several nations paid five, 10, 20 times their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JACQUELINE ONASSIS: RELICS OF CAMELOT | 3/25/1996 | See Source »

To see a future for Diana only in good deeds, however, is to ignore her other genius: the ability to surprise. Only a beclouded seer would limit her future to charitable work or any other single strand of activity. As she adjusts to the single life, she may explore options...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRACTURED FAIRY TALE | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

I.M. Pei, a 1946 graduate of the Harvard School of Design, will receive the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal for his contributions to the city of New York in the field of architecture.

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Pei Garners Medal | 2/1/1996 | See Source »

DIED. SIMON RIFKIND, 94, lawyer and judge; in New York City. Rifkind fought for the cream of society and the wretched of the earth. As General Eisenhower's adviser on Jewish affairs, he pushed for aid to Holocaust victims and immigration to Palestine. As a star attorney, he represented Jacqueline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 27, 1995 | 11/27/1995 | See Source »

Master Class has Caldwell playing Maria Callas not as singer but as instructor, imperiously advising--when she can stop talking about herself--a trio of aspiring opera stars. Although her own days onstage are over, she remains the most famous Greek woman in the world, and she has the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: LEGENDS OF THE FALL | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

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