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...Italian art in years. Around the world last year, more than 12,000 pieces of collectible art, jewelry and antiques were reported missing or stolen to the London-based Art Loss Register, whose database of stolen works is the largest in the world. When the stolen object is a rare masterpiece - such as Edvard Munch's The Scream, which was lifted from The Munch Museum in Oslo last year and is still missing, though three men have been arrested in connection with the crime - the theft grabs headlines. But hauls of large numbers of works are less common, says Alexandra...
...Arctic people: "Here, the bedrock is older than life/ on earth. It carries no trace of death,/ no methane or anthracite, nothing to burn." Greenlaw's poems are dreams of travel and longing for home. They have the clarity and purity one associates with cold air--which makes her rare outbursts of joy and heat and light all the more dazzling...
...Institute of Politics (IOP) is a unique organization that has been molded by a lineage of exceptional politicians and undergraduates dedicated to preserving the memory of John F. Kennedy ’40. Its directorship is a demanding and prestigious position that requires a rare balance of public prominence, leadership, expertise, and commitment to undergraduate life. We are extremely pleased with the choice of IOP’s new director Jean Shaheen, a woman worthy of her new job title...
...Night is a big draw for a good reason—it fills a key social niche that until now was empty. The social scene usually involves a rare dance or formal, exclusive final clubs, bars, or crowded hit-or-miss room parties. Pub Night is the first and only all-inclusive space where students can kick back, chat with friends (possibly over a drink), enjoy some music, dance, and mingle. It’s another option for your social life—you can just pass through or spend the whole night there, as will likely happen when other...
...poor countries. In almost all of the cases—Israel divestment excluded—the movement involves divesting from a mining or oil company that is doing business with some objectionable regime in the developing world. This isn’t surprising; political economy has shown that rare and valuable resources like oil breed corruption. While divestment may be appropriate in some cases, for example PetroChina and Sudan, in most cases it is an impractical option...