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The decision to clean the Sistine frescoes, made four years ago by the curatorial officers of the Vatican museums, headed by their director general, Carlo Pietrangeli, and their secretary-treasurer, Walter Persegati, is one of the most courageous ever made in the field of art conservation. The work has three...
During the deep chill between Moscow and Washington over the past several years, many American specialists on Soviet affairs speculated that Gromyko had become the No. 1 hard-liner in the Kremlin and, as such, the principal obstacle to an improvement in relations. Nonsense, says Shevchenko. He is convinced that...
Lewis: I am uneasy about the actual malice standard for the reason Professor Nesson indicates...I would like to see several things happen... One is a realistic view of damages, which we've already talked about. If the purpose if the clearance of good name, the restoration of reputation, the...
The threat of further violence did not seem to unsettle the Prime Minister. "The fact is that we do live in a certain amount of danger," she said. "You simply cannot live in a cocoon." Thatcher predicted increased pressure for a restoration of the death penalty, a measure she has...
Female actresses had been allowed onstage by royal warrant since 1660. Fraser estimates that while one quarter were professionals, most women used the stage to display their wares and attract protectors. Elizabeth Barry, considered the leading actress of the Restoration, was involved with the Earl of Rochester and bore him...