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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Defense Secretary William Cohen is standing by his decision to pardon Air Force General Joseph Ralston, the top candidate to succeed John Shalikashvili as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair, for an adulterous affair. The move has many questioning whether Cohen was establishing a double standard in the military...
Campaspe is homelier than Tiepolo's "official" women, who appear in paintings like Time Uncovering Truth, c. 1743. These, one is inclined to think, are among the first "modern" beauties in painting. Not wardrobes of flesh like Rubens' goddesses, not pneumatic dolls like Boucher's nymphs, they are (relatively) slender...
Blair's admirers are adamant that he could not be the obsessive caller. Colleagues describe him as a model of moderation, the kind of guy who drives a fuel-efficient Honda, jokes breezily at lunchtime over a fried fish sandwich and iced tea and indulges in one vice: late-afternoon...
Copley was, in fact, the first American painter really to prosper on his home ground. To do so, he had to rise socially. The portrait painter has to have the same values, and preferably move in the same social sphere, as his clients. He must know the details of dress...
The merger trend, which has reduced the number of U.S. commercial banks from 12,345 in 1990 to 10,450 last year, has gathered momentum as banks have joined forces to cut overlapping costs, enter new markets and meet domestic and foreign competition. Major deals valued at some $30 billion...