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Among the paintings listed in the will are: "The Rehearsal," by Degas; "Nature a la Commode," by Cezanne; "The Racetrack at Deauville," by Dufy; "Poemes Barbares," by Gaugin; "Le Skating," by Manet; "Apples," by Matisse; and Van Gogh's self-portrait...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fogg Gets 'Fabulous' Art Collection; 18 Modern Artists' Works Included | 6/9/1950 | See Source »

...ball carrier passed the five-yard line, Stern discovered that the incipient hero was actually named Sitko. With scarcely a fractional pause, Stern cried: "Zilly's just thrown a lateral to Sitko!" Sportcaster Ted Husing was still brooding about this when Stern, before starting his current racetrack telecasts from Belmont Park, asked him for pointers. "I can't help you, Bill," said Husing. "There's no way to lateral a horse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: More Lateral than Literal | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

...accordance with his last wish, the ashes of Herbert Wood, a $2 bettor, were scattered on the home stretch of the Saratoga racetrack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS .& MORALS: Americana, Mar. 28, 1949 | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

Lincoln Downs is just a small track, on Route 1, just this side of Pawtucket, but one which sports the earliest opening day in New England racetrack history. It doesn't provide very large purses--the coiling is at $2500--and it hasn't the seating capacity of Suffolk or Gansett...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 3/26/1949 | See Source »

With low-hanging stratus (i.e., solid layer) clouds, Project Cirrus was just as successful. Langmuir told how the planes had drawn Greek letters and "racetrack" patterns in stratus clouds by dropping small amounts of dry ice (see cut). Sometimes the cloud was dissipated so completely that blue sky showed through the gaps. Langmuir believes that dry ice can be used to clear clouds from over airports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Wringing Out the Clouds | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

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