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...living in the Tuscany region in 1964-65, Hughes learned firsthand the wanton nature of art thieves when they made off with the head of a statue of St. Paul in a church he often visited. Hughes traced the head as far as a "respectable" art dealer in Basel, Switzerland, but it was never returned to the church. Such theft, in his view, is an outgrowth of "the stupendous hyping of art as a blue-chip investment." Not only has promotion made art a prime target for razor-wielding burglars, Hughes argues: "It has also made it impossible for most...
...believes, are not art dealers but organizers of what amounts to theft-for-investment. They commission thefts, receive the goods, wait for them to cool (for years, if need be) and then discreetly launder them through a network of "honest" art dealers strung between Switzerland, Germany...
Lefkowitz has not always been this diligent. His attitude toward practicing and learning changed the year before he came here. He had been touring in Israel and Switzerland as a soloist with the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. While in Switzerland he won first prize for violin soloists in the International Festival of Youth Orchestras, earning the opportunity to remain and study with Max Rostal, who has been called "the greatest violin teacher in Central Europe." Lefkowitz was 16 at the time, and living in Switzerland made him miserable. He was lonely and he's never played as poorly...
Lefkowitz returned home for Christmas, "had a good time," and, as far as he was concerned, was back in Switzerland too soon. "I was still playing really sloppily, really lousy," he said. "I was just punching the clock, waiting to go home." His change in attitude towards his commitment to studying came a few months later when he had to play for the opening of the Jewish Center in Berne. "I played the Meditation of Theis by Massine. I was sounding pretty good until just before I had to play, when I became extremely nervous, and my bow began...
...Sweden and Switzerland, to avoid jeopardizing their neutrality, ban arms sales to nations engaged in war or to areas "ridden by tension." Nonetheless, together they export about $75 million in arms annually. The Swedes specialize in sophisticated electronic equipment and fighter planes; Saab's Draken is flown by the Danish and Finnish air forces, and the firm hopes to find NATO customers for its new Mach 2 Viggen. Switzerland's specialties are antiaircraft weapons, which it has sold in quantities to West Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands...