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...exhibition is a fascinating show, for its context as well as its contents. Charles Lang Freer, who made his millions in rolling stock in the boom railroad years of the late 19th century, was an impassioned Orientalist, a disciple of the "Boston bonzes," chiefly of Ernest Fenollosa. As Bernard Berenson fanned the ardor of the American rich for the Italian Renaissance, so Fenollosa was busy shaping American taste for Oriental art. He adored Whistler's work, calling him "the nodule, the universalizer, the interpreter of East to West." Freer concurred, and in the 1890s he became Whistler...
...protective HDL and an ominous rise in LDL. This difference, researchers believe, is probably the reason why there are 60% fewer deaths from heart attacks in women than in men in the U.S. Race seems to play a part in how well the body handles cholesterol. Dr. Gerald Berenson, director of a long-term study in Bogalusa, La., has found that the changes in boys at puberty are more drastic in whites than in blacks. Says he: "It is as if white males are genetically programmed for early coronary disease...
...threats shake top executives more than takeover fights for their companies. Such battles often consume colossal amounts of time and cash and strip the losers of their jobs and power. New merger wars are now sweeping across U.S. industry, and the outlook is for more contests ahead. Says Jeffrey Berenson, managing director of mergers and acquisitions for Merrill Lynch: "The whole merger arena is on fire again. 1984 is starting out as another blockbuster year...
...villa's property also includes a piece of land that poses a striking contrast with the Berenson estate's opulence: three modest farms of wheat, olive trees, and wine grapes...
Harvard has operated the farms, an old part of the estate, since Berenson left I Tatti to the University in 1950. The crop yield raises a small profit for the villa, helping subsidize the salaries of several office workers there...