Word: painting
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...Administration's effort to paint Iran as a source of trouble in Iraq also appears to have suffered an internal setback with the postponement of a scheduled roll-out of evidence - reportedly because top Administration officials judged that evidence to be insufficiently solid. The fact that qualms about the case against Iraq in Iran were reportedly expressed by Secretary Rice, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley and Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggests there may be some division in the Administration over just how far to press the offensive against Iran. (As well there ought to be, since U.S. credibility...
...grime and extremely dim. Patches of the cement floor were black with dampness. A strong musty smell pervaded the air. I hastened to open the only small window, with its rust-pitted iron bars. When I succeeded in pulling the knob and the window swung open, flakes of peeling paint as well as a shower of dust fell to the floor. The only furniture in the room was three narrow beds of rough wooden planks, one against the wall, the other two stacked one on top of the other. A cement toilet was built into one corner. Never...
...Leonardo behind. The original, a Renaissance forebear of Pablo Picasso's Guernica, was described by Italian writer Anton Francesco Doni as a "miraculous" rendering of the ravages of war. The battle depicted was a key victory of the Florentine Republic, which may help explain why Vasari was asked to paint over it by his Medici patrons, who were enemies of the Republic. "We have to be careful," Seracini acknowledges, "that we're not seeing something that isn't there...
...ever is. For now, Seracini is trying at least to show that Leonardo's mural is likely to be there. To accomplish that, he's using an instrument he developed in collaboration with the University of California at San Diego and Emory University to capture chemical clues of any paint colors that may be present behind the wall. There's a good chance that Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli will grant Seracini permission in the next year or two to peel back the Vasari mural, which won't have to be damaged in the process. A great work might be found...
...focus coming down the stretch of its Ivy season—filling the defensive gap left by the 7’0 Cusworth. The lane will now appear much more open for opposing squads without the Crimson’s career leader in shot-blocks manning the paint...