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...little-known story of the men and women who worked to stop that dream from becoming reality. During and after World War II, a total of 365 volunteers in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives section of the Allied Forces dedicated themselves to recovering Europe's pillaged treasures. Without vehicles of their own, these so-called Monuments Men - mostly middle-aged art historians, curators and museum directors - hitchhiked through Europe following clues they gleaned from, among other things, conversations overheard at the dentist, interviews behind enemy lines and Nazi records recovered from bombed-out cathedrals. By 1951, they had restituted...
...marble statue found "lying on her side on a filthy brown-and-white mattress." The Monuments Men wrapped her in coats, paper and rope before placing her in a cart. "I think we could bounce her from alp to alp, all the way to Munich, without doing her any harm," an American conservationist said at the time. Instead, they sent her to Belgium. After two years in a cold, dark mine, the Madonna was home...
...budget for the next fiscal year that doesn't increase the national deficit - now at 180% of GDP, the highest ratio among developed countries - but still provides funds for costly election-year promises. The deadline is all the more pressing because Japan's still anemic economic recovery could falter without the steady infusion of government spending...
...Yang is excited about his Pingyao debut, if a little uncertain about how some of the raunchier images - of naked bodies and nude men embracing - will be received by the country's conservative art establishment. The photos, he says, are "all kind of vaguely erotic, without being in-your-face. What I wanted to do was open up a discussion about homosexuality, which is something that's not talked about much [in China]." (Read "Why Asia's Gays are Starting to Win Acceptance...
...black and white, and former U.S. President Bill Clinton has proved it by meeting with Kim Jong Il and obtaining the release of the two journalists [Aug. 17]. It would be naive to believe that a former American President and the Secretary of State's husband acted without the U.S. government's knowledge or quiet endorsement. The more isolated North Korea becomes, the more threatening it grows, and the U.S. Administration seems to comprehend this situation. We hope that this visit may lead to a new round of peace talks. This unannounced visit to North Korea by a prominent American...