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...Atget's albumen prints and glass negatives, is mounting the first major look at the artist's work in at least a quarter century - and the first ever in France. "Atget, a Retrospective," until July 1 at the library's Richelieu center in Paris, marks the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth and the 80th of his death. The show offers 350 scenes of a vanished era: quiet courtyards, bustling squares, manicured parks, crumbling cornices and balustrades, placid river barges and enticing shop fronts, as well as strollers, street hawkers and sleeping drunks. Many of the pictures have never...
...hearing yesterday, held on the 150th anniversary of the Court’s opinion, the 10 judges heard from lawyers and academics from across the country representing both Scott and his owner. The legal arguments centered on both whether Scott could be considered a citizen—which would determine whether he had the right to bring a suit—and whether Taney’s opinion was necessary...
...Last week, the communist-ruled country gained approval to become the World Trade Organization's 150th member. And when President Bush arrives later this week for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, he will see a vibrant nation light-years away from the war and poverty that once plagued its people. More than half of Vietnam's 84 million people are younger than 30, born after what people here call the "American War." They are the children of two decades of "doi moi" (renewal), a program of economic reforms that has cut poverty from more than...
...Government officials are counting on WTO entry to maintain that momentum. As the organization's 150th member, Vietnam stands to get greater access to overseas markets such as the U.S. and Europe for its agricultural and manufactured exports; by hewing more closely to free-trade policies the WTO requires of its members, it may also be able to attract additional foreign investment in everything from factories to petrochemical plants, fueling job growth. (In the first 10 months of this year, foreign direct investment in Vietnam was estimated at $6.5 billion, surpassing the $6.1 billion total for all of last year...
...Sullivan’s 150th as Harvard’s coach, and marked the latest the Crimson has been above .500 in league play since the 2001-2002 season...