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...Artists had their skill to display, and they did so with gusto: combining many figures for maximum drama - see the Florentine Ewer with the Triumph of Neptune (circa 1721) - or freeze-framing a body falling into ecstasy or death, as in a small Bernini clay sketch for Tomb of the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni (circa 1761-74). Baroque went way over the top and beyond, and this exhibition is the perfect way to revel...
...9/11 terrorist attacks, the Lewinsky scandal, Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb - they all fell outside the 100-day mark. Kennedy's deft handling of the Cuban missile crisis outweighed a number of disasters (Bay of Pigs) and minor setbacks (Russia's first-man-in-space triumph) that marked his first 100 days. And while Nixon's presidency started off smoothly, he rejected the 100-days judgment, telling the New York Times in 1969 that he preferred to be judged over the long term. Guess we know how well that turned...
...Faced with a Big Green opponent yet to register a win in the Ancient Eight this year, the Crimson kept its composure to record its fourth triumph in succession with...
...showed more enthusiasm than Ko, who was the first player to greet Sibilski after her triumph. The squad’s top player recognized the special opportunity to bookend her career with league championships, particularly in her final home match...
With the exception of Johnson's remarkable run, the few successful 100-day sprints have been a triumph of vision over substance. Roosevelt, Reagan and Obama changed the national mood more than anything else - and moods can change back quickly, especially in our overripe, overwired cable-news dystopia. As impressive a start as Obama has had, these 100 days could come to seem an overambitious and naive presage of disaster if the President's financial policies are inadequate to meet the crisis; his budget proposals are gutted by Congress; and his attempts to leave Iraq, fight in Afghanistan and negotiate...