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...cult of Sainte Foy (Faith), says Remensnyder, reflected a crucial transition from earlier, more imposing representations of saints to post-11th century cult figures, who, she explains were "merciful, tender, personal figures." In addition to reviewing documents and books on her subject, the senior actually visited the French village of Conquers, center of the Sainte Foy cult. She describes it as "a very, very wild area, overlooking a mountainy river gorge--I thought I would die trying to reach...
Duvall, a gifted, risk-taking actor for 20 years (Apocalypse Now, Tender Mercies), plays men whose rage seems about to explode from their guts. Always Duvall watches, looking for the tiniest tear in society's fabric. As the entrepreneur of Angelo My Love, he has found a dozen spirited gypsies tumbling out of that hole, victimized by their historical typecasting as scavengers and scoundrels...
...normal way to amass a controlling majority of a company's stock is a tender offer or a proxy fight. But takeover by tender has become much more expensive because stock prices have risen more than 50% on the average since August in the ongoing bull market. The Dow Jones industrial average closed last week at a record 1226.20. Buying a controlling interest may have been possible a year ago for only a few million dollars; now the price could be much higher...
...weeks ago, the Sotheby's board flatly rejected a $90 million tender offer made by Marshall Cogan and Stephen Swid through their company, Knoll International Holdings. Based in Saddle Brook, N.J., Knoll is part of a conglomerate that makes office furniture and carpet backing. Echoing their management's disdain for the Americans, Sotheby's art experts have threatened to quit en masse if the takeover occurs...
...that if this were to have taken three months instead of one, it might have turned out differently. Agee did not pay any attention to us. If he had, he would have sensed how indignant we were right off. He never came to see me. His letter announcing the tender offer was a gun at my head...