Word: quests
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Unlike the millions of victims who perished in the Holocaust, the possessions they were forced to leave behind often survived the war. The search for lost gold and cash has recently focused on Swiss banks, but the quest for their art is broader, spreading throughout Europe and into the U.S. Experts estimate that there are scores, perhaps hundreds, of paintings, prints and lithographs stolen by the Nazis that are now in America's private collections and top museums. New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art owns two allegedly looted paintings, one claimed by the Belgian government, the other...
...changed quite a bit from last season's historic Ivy League second-place squad and the most telling losses were in the frontcourt. The graduation of Kyle Snowden '97 and Chris Grancio '97 will be far and away the biggest challenge for the Crimson to overcome in the quest for another superb season...
...Idei's quest is for Sony to combine Japan's technical wizardry with America's creative panache and thus become the global multimedia entertainment company. "Something," says Idei, "like a Disney or Time Warner with our manufacturing base in Japan." That means bridging technology and entertainment, not to mention the cultural chasm between Japan and America. Ultimately, Idei aspires to create a global wireless network, a world in which satellite communications bring interactive entertainment to every living room and den. Says he: "Convergence is happening not only between audio and video but between computers and communication. There is a fundamental...
Warner, which saw the part-animated Michael Jordan jape Space Jam earn $350 million in world theatrical release and merchandising, is preparing a fully animated feature, The Quest for Camelot, an Arthurian romance about a girl's search for Excalibur. The film, with songs by hitmakers David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager (at home she is Mrs. Robert Daly), has had a troubled history: it lost its director and two lead animators, and its release was bumped from this holiday season to next May. The Warner team's next project: Iron Giant, from Ted Hughes' novel about...
...second year in a row, the No. 17 Harvard women's soccer team (11-3-2, 6-1 Ivy) begins its quest for the national championship by facing the No. 20 University of Massachusetts Minutewomen (17-4, 11-0 Atlantic 10). The setting is the same--Ohiri Field, first round--but this time around Harvard hopes for a better outcome...