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Cropsey, a Dutch Reformed elder of Dutch-French parentage and a staunch romantic idealizer of nature, was born on Staten Island and trained as an architect in New York City. He was not an artist of wide-ranging scope, but he excelled at one uniquely American subject: the blazing radiance of Yankee countryside in autumn. Cropsey's magnum opus, Autumn on the Hudson River, now in the National Gallery, was completed in 1860, while the artist was living in London, and commemorated a view near West Point overlooking Storm King Mountain. The panorama includes hunters, grazing sheep, and sailboats...
...Rafferty's supporters claim that they have already raised $250,000 from small donations and seem confident that they will be able to get $500,000 more in order to meet the anticipated costs of the campaign. Says Industrialist Henry Salvatori, a leading G.O.P. fund contributor and staunch Reagan supporter: "There is a feeling among Republicans that Kuchel hasn't been a Republican...
...presidential politics than in the sport of bowling. Not only was Romney's curious blend of the rugged handshake and the brainwash proving ineffective, but among its indirect consequences loomed the increasing inevitability of Richard Nixon. Whether Romney's withdrawal comes in time, whether his staunch supporter Nelson Rockefeller will jump promptly into the breach, and whether Rockefeller, beyond offering hope to the Republican Party, offers anything to the country at large, remains to be seen. But whatever the developments, Governor Romney's decision stands as a courageous and positive step, his first to date...
...Your excellent story on Bob Hope, one of the world's greatest humanitarians, did not mention that for the past nine years he has served as honorary national chairman of the National Parkinson Foundation. He has been a staunch supporter in our continuing quest for the cause of, and cure of, Parkinson's disease. Not content with giving us his valuable time and talent, Bob has for a number of years given us an annual personal check for $10,000. When the big breakthrough comes through research on Parkinson's disease, as surely it will...
...ousted from both county and party jobs. There was some grumbling that Publisher Bill Moyers, late of the White House, had launched the investigation to embarrass Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller, a possible opponent of President Johnson next year. But Newsday's owner, Captain Harry F. Guggenheim, is a staunch Republican. And more disclosures are still to come. "I think we've got enough stuff to keep us going through 1968," says Editor Bill Mcllwain. "There's some awfully fertile ground out there...