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Impressionist Still Life is rich with meaning because many of the paintings, as well as being important aesthetically, have anecdotal significance. They trace friendships and artistic influences among the featured painters and tell personal histories. Fantin-Latour’s beautifully balanced composition of color compliments, “The Betrothal Still Life” (1869), was the artist’s proposal of marriage to Mademoiselle Dubourg. “Moss Roses in a Vase” (1882) is a touching still life Manet painted while dying, composed of flowers given to him by friends (most of whom were...
...interested, you can also trace the history of cocaine through the ages, from its beginnings as a treat for the royalty of the Andean Indians to its role as a "wonder drug" and its infamous inclusion in the formula for Coca-Cola...
...News: in early 2001 Hosea noticed suspicious payments made from the fund in 2000 that hadn't been approved by anyone in her department. She said those payments, totaling roughly $15 million, went for unspecified purposes that had nothing to do with employee benefits. Her superiors stonewalled efforts to trace the payments. In addition, Hosea found evidence of checks written for consulting services. When she questioned her superiors, she was told the payments were made to friends of top executives and she should "leave it there." An Enron spokesperson said the company is looking into the allegations. McClanahan says Hosea...
...simple reaction to this is: So what? It was America that was violated, and if America can heal itself only by wallowing in patriotism, what business is it of others? Yet to identify, trace and arrest terrorists, the U.S. needs the support of allies. That help will not come with good grace if Americans demand it as a matter of right. As someone once said, "If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. If we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll respect...
...Even though all three recent H5N1 chicken strains are related to a goose virus that originated in Guangdong, when Hong Kong inspectors find diseased mainland chickens, they are not allowed to trace the outbreak across the border to its source...