Word: rembrandt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...throwing off the yoke of slavery to drugs. Norman Cohen, provost of New York City's Hebrew Union College, used the prophet's speech defect to come to terms with his own temporary paralysis. Moses is a universal symbol of liberation, law and leadership, sculpted by Michelangelo, painted by Rembrandt, eulogized by Elie Wiesel as "the most solitary and most powerful hero in biblical history...After him, nothing else was the same again." Even baseball managers grow eloquent about Moses as paragon: when recounting why Mets star Bobby Bonilla failed to inspire his teammates during his first stint with...
...1/2-story trampoline room; a salmon stream; a movie theater; a miniature-golf course. Perhaps the most telling gilded lily in Gates' mansion is a system of electronic "art panels" in every room, which at a mouse click allows the lord of the manor to display whatever, say, Rembrandt painting or Ansel Adams photograph he fancies. The rooms even interact with visitors, each of whom gets a microchip ID on arrival...
Miller also wrote volumes on the Peale family of artists. Her scholarly attention greatly augmented the reputation of the Peales, leading to the $4 million sale of a portrait painted by Rembrandt Peale in 1986. Before Miller's work, the Peales had enjoyed little artistic reknown and recognition...
...find the stolen paintings, "they could have chopped his fingers off one at a time," and Donati wouldn't have given up the goods. Connor thinks it's more likely he was killed in a battle between Boston's warring mob factions than because some crime boss wanted a Rembrandt on his wall...
There was, in fact, another way to handle the phone call Mashberg took that day in August. What if he had immediately called the feds and said, "Guess what, I may be looking at a stolen Rembrandt later tonight. Here's where I'll be, so follow at a safe distance." WE'VE CAPTURED IT! certainly makes a better headline than WE'VE SEEN...