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...disquieting imagination to create Metaphysical art - like the eerie Melancholy and Mystery of a Street (1914), which depicts the shadowy figure of a girl rolling a hoop into a piazza - and later breathed new life into the Baroque. De Chirico's pristinely preserved two-level apartment in Rome's splendid Piazza di Spagna, where he lived for more than 30 years until his death in 1978, is an intimate way to encounter some of the artist's best-known works. A guide ushers visitors into the living area, which has been left largely as it was during De Chirico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drawn From Life | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

...thought it was a splendid, powerful, and persuasive lecture that gives her colleagues much to think about as the faculty works on the curriculum, and that raises questions about education in America more broadly,” Summers said...

Author: By Sam Teller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Vendler Advocates Larger Role for Arts in Academia | 3/15/2005 | See Source »

...chance to see this well-windowed space this Saturday night in a mode quite different from its traditional tray-crammed status: the dining hall will become a runway, and the bright colors of General Gao’s chicken and Hawaiian punch will be replaced by an equally-splendid tapestry of student and professional design. Contradictions: A Charity Fashion Show will benefit Spheres of Exchange, the Boston branch of the non-profit Refugee Women’s Network, a group that “serves refugee and immigrant women through leadership training, education and advocacy.” The event...

Author: By Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On the Radar: Contradictions | 3/10/2005 | See Source »

...think it’s splendid that his expertise and wisdom should be so recognized,” Knowles said...

Author: By Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prof Elected to Chemical Co. Board | 2/9/2005 | See Source »

...McKelvie was a splendid executive as Governor of the State of Nebraska, publisher of an influential Farm paper and has been a most successful business man. His varied interests in civic and state activities have always been felt in the right direction. He is held in the highest respect by every citizen in Nebraska...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 19, 1927 | 2/1/2005 | See Source »

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