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...Spaniard Picasso, a Paris resident from 1904 to '46 apart from a five-year stay in the country in the '30s, is a constant presence, throwing up ideas and trying out other people's. Here are sketches made in 1907 for his Les Demoiselles d'Avignon of that year, the harsh painting set in a brothel and inspired by African masks. "He was a leading figure throughout the period," says Dumas, an inventive mind who had an impact on many of the multifarious movements. He was also one of the few artists of stature to remain in the capital throughout...
...seventh detainee is Moroccan and the eighth, Luis José Galán González, is a Spaniard from a wealthy family and a convert to what investigators call a particularly fanatic style of Islam. Last July he went to Indonesia to train with the group Lashkar Jihad, which investigators say is supported by and allied to al-Qaeda. When he was arrested police found pictures of him dressed as a mujahedin with a shotgun in one hand and a pistol in the other. "When we put him in jail, he said he wanted two things: a toothbrush...
This being a major-studio production--director John Madden's first since his Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love--the main Greeks are played by an Englishman (John Hurt), a Welshman (Christian Bale) and a Spaniard (Cruz, pre-Tom Cruise). Corelli is a coffee-table movie: one leafs through the gorgeous vistas and nods through the narrative. That leaves plenty of time to ponder Cage's dilemma. Does he keep paddling in the mainstream or return to the edge of weirdness...
...These days, Armstrong's fiercest rivals practically genuflect at the mention of his name, and the international press is already looking ahead to 2002, making the inevitable comparisons between Armstrong and the Tour's legendary riders, Belgian Eddie Merckx and Spaniard Miguel Indurain. But Armstrong shakes off the adulation and speculation with a will that is familiar to anyone who knows him. "My career is going to be played out year by year," he told reporters this month. "The record won?t keep me here. Happiness will...
That wasn't good. For the merging companies and their opponents, Gonzalez-Diaz was the man to see. The Spaniard, 39, a native of the Canary Islands, is known as a brilliant mathematician and lawyer, hardworking and intensely ambitious. One source (on the losing side of this case) also calls him "deeply cynical about the motivation of business and a nightmare to deal with." GE's opponents knew they would never convince Monti without first winning over Gonzalez-Diaz. The principals came to a rough division of labor: Rolls-Royce stressed the dangers of allowing GE to "bundle" engines...