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...country, even though some of his greatest works are in American collections. But now the gap has been filled. Through Nov. 27, "Poussin: the Early Years in Rome," containing 36 paintings and 58 drawings by the master, is on view at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The show comes with a detailed, argumentative and altogether excellent catalog by the art historian Konrad Oberhuber, who has carried Poussin studies well beyond the point at which they were left at the death of Anthony Blunt. It will not travel to any other museums. And it is a wonderful show, bound...
Bush won the debate largely because he triumphed in the congeniality competition. But has the pursuit of the presidency become trivialized by this intense emphasis on likability? After all, TV game-show hosts are uniformly genial, but few Americans want Pat Sajak presiding over the National Security Council...
Dukakis's inability to respond to these attacks may well cost him the election. Polls show that voters overwhelmingly believe Bush will be tougher on crime, despite Dukakis' impressive record of reducing crime in the bay state. And the states that Dukakis must win--New York, California and Texas--are domimated by crime-sensitive city dwellers and law-and-order voters...
...some, for most, the race is an excuse to see friends, drink beer. For them, the rowing is incidental. They might as well be watching speed boat races. Or a dolphin show...
Rowers, like practicioners of martial arts, live by strict rules of conduct. If you win, you are allowed to gloat. If you lose, you are not allowed to show your face...