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...probably studied in nearby Venice. His painting shows that he was conversant with that city's greats, and when he chose, he could paint as splendrously as they-more than one of his pictures has been attributed to Giorgione or Titian. It was more characteristic of him to siphon his Biblical subjects through what a Brescia critic once described as "the rustic and cantankerous dialect of his own district." The results were often warm and whimsical. Windows and archways open onto rocky landscapes typical of the region. His Saviour is not the emaciated, sublimely anguished figure of his colleagues...
...ground and sometimes damaged beyond use. No gasoline is allowed into the Turkish quarter of Nicosia. A few Turks make a habit of driving back and forth to gas stations in the Greek sector, where they fill up their cars, then return to the Turkish quarter and siphon the gas into communal storage tanks...
...strong Gen Ed Program requires a strong Gen Ed Committee, a committee with the money and bargaining power to draw good teachers into the program. The Doty Report proposed that the Committee be authorized to siphon 10 per cent of each department's teaching time into the program and that teachers of Gen Ed courses be granted more frequent sabbatical leaves. This is a sound and necessary proposal. Having rejected the bulk of the Report, however, the Faculty seems anxious to dispose of it too. Presumably, the proposal's critics will argue its unfairness. Should the Economics Department, they will...
Adding to Keating's difficulty is the fact that New York Democrats enjoy a huge registration edge -normally up wards of half a million -over Republicans. And likely to siphon 150,000 or more votes away from Keating is Henry Paolucci, 43, a history and political science teacher at New Rochelle's Iona College, who will appear on the ballot as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which is angry at Keating for his refusal to endorse Barry Goldwater...
Closer Scrutiny. The New York Stock Exchange complains that such backdoor operations are unduly secretive and siphon off stocks that otherwise would be available to the general public. Unlike floor specialists, third market dealers are also under no restrictions against dumping inventories when the market is falling. The exchange is even more upset over the commissions its member firms are losing to the third market. If the exchange wanted to, however, it could check the third's growth in one stroke: by offering commission discounts on large-volume transactions. Under the pressure of competition, the exchange has begun...