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Rose Valland looked nondescript - an ideal trait for a spy. Gray and unglamorous, with black-rimmed glasses that gave her a perpetual frown, she was virtually invisible to the Nazis who, in 1940, were using the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris as a depot for thousands of plundered art masterpieces on their way to Germany. While working in a menial maintenance job, Valland eavesdropped on her Nazi bosses as they catalogued looted Vermeers and Rembrandts, and shipped them off 
 to the private collections of top Nazis. Choice pieces were earmarked for the grand Führermuseum, which Adolf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spoils of War: Looted Art | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

There has been a trait that maybe characterizes both of you - when your back is against the wall and people are predicting your demise - you suddenly burst forth with a new strategy and become successful. Is that something that characterizes your DNA as a politician? Well I don't know, Rick. I think it may be more about the voters than about me. I think that voters were not ready for this race to be over. They really wanted to keep hearing from me and they wanted me to be competitive. They were clearly voting with their hopes that this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with Clinton: One Day at a Time | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

Sexiest physical trait: The mole behind...

Author: By , CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scoped! | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

Sexiest physical trait: A nice pair of... eyebrows...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: scoped! | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

Sexiest physical trait: My claw...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scoped! | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

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