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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...much younger third wife Barbara, a Polish immigrant who was once the family chambermaid. And thereby hangs a legal squabble currently featuring the unkindest courtroom disclosures this side of the Von Bülow case. Johnson's six children by previous marriages were virtually all cut from the will. They tar their stepmother as a scheming shrew who came to be the housekeeper and stayed to clean house with a vengeance. She blasts them as decadent offspring making a last-ditch lunge at the old man's checkbook. Is this what is meant by an embarrassment of riches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Life-Styles of the Rich and Famous | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Most smokers have little notion of their brand’s tar and nicotine levels,” the 1987 report reads. “Perception is more important than reality, and in this case the perception is of reduced tobacco consumption...

Author: By Carolyn A. Sheehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study Says Female Smokers Targeted | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

...Most smokers have little notion of their brand’s tar and nicotine levels,” the 1987 report reads. “Perception is more important than reality, and in this case the perception is of reduced tobacco consumption...

Author: By Carolyn A. Sheehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study Says Female Smokers Targeted | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...Italy, they called it Arte Povera, elsewhere "junk art": turning refuse - burlap sacks, globs of tar - into popular works. For artists like Alberto Burri, who began producing Arte Povera in the '50s, such trash would eventually become treasure. Museums and galleries such as the Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York City and the Pompidou Center in Paris vied for his works for decades. In 1989, a collector shelled out $2.8 million for one of his prized Sacco (Sack) paintings called Umbria Vera. At the time of his death in 1995, Burri's most famous pieces, including the Sacks and Plastics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disappearing Act | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

...freshman, the roof of the Science Center boasts a convenient tar platform and sweeping views. Grab a towel and shades and head up to the 8th floor after bio lecture...

Author: By Kara M. O’reilly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sunshine Galore | 4/14/2005 | See Source »

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