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Prior to Thannhauser, the museum's sole major benefactor had been its founder, the late Solomon R. Guggenheim. Back in 1928 he had seen his first nonobjective painting and declared, "By Jove, this is beautiful!" Under the guidance of his good friend, Nonobjective Painter Hilla Rebay, he built a lasting collection around paintings by Braque, Picasso, Léger, Klee, Delaunay and Kandinsky. But to represent pre-1900 painting, there were barely half a dozen oils. The Thannhauser gift now adds 21 works predating the 20th century, including six Van Goghs, one Degas, and three more Cézannes...
...opening night virtually every square foot of the new stage was covered with dancers as the company unveiled Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan's lavish new version of Romeo and Juliet. For many in the celebrity-studded audience, headed by Vice President Hubert Humphrey and U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, the sole attraction was Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn in the lead roles. If they came hoping to see the classic couple in a round of flashy virtuosity, they left disappointed...
...Bludgeoned to death," the Chief was saying. "Brutally mauled and horribly mutilated . . . No means of identification . . fingerprints removed simply by cutting off the tips of the fingers . . . only shred of evidence was a circle with a Roman numeral seven stamped on the sole of the right foot...
...high school student. The school I attended in Peking was connected with the Teacher's College, and was regarded as a model school. Entrance was by nation-wide exam, very much like our college boards, except that this exam was used by each city and school as the sole criterion for selection...
...increasing its staff to 1,500, and put automation and nuclear research at the top of the priority list. It is building trucks and air transports for the new German army-though it still produces no weapons. There are suggestions that Krupp may change its corporate form. The present sole owner, shy, retiring Alfried Krupp, 57, merely presides over the firm, leaving the energetic, extroverted Beitz to run the company through a streamlined four-man Direktorium of his handpicked aides. Alfried shows no signs of ending Beitz's stewardship, but he may eventually vest ownership in a family foundation...