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...botched robbery and police chase. Authorities raid the villa of a Munich-based antiquarian to discover a collection of 4th century B.C. vases soaking off encrustations - and traces of theft - in a 1.5-m-deep swimming pool full of water and caustic chemicals. As the plot thickens, a cast of crooked art dealers, shady collectors and formidable art institutions are implicated in an investigation that steers Italy's Art Squad to a Geneva warehouse filled with looted national treasures. The warehouse's owner? Giacomo Medici, Italy's most nefarious art dealer. With one of the book's main players, Marion...
...just the other Office anymore. The remake of the great British sitcom has found its own voice, satirizing the culture of coffee, cubicles and Chili's with heart and laser precision. The deep bench of its cast provides a pointillistic taxonomy of American office life (who doesn't work with an Angela, a Kevin or a Stanley?). And the wistful Pam-and-Jim almost-romance--all together now: Awww!--threatens to give the Sam-and-Diane saga a run for its long-unconsummated money...
Harvard’s Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), which submits proxy votes on companies in which the University holds shares, came out strongly in favor of policies that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in ballots cast in the last year...
...plays on the scout team for his mother’s squad, challenging the Crimson in scrimmages at Lavietes Pavillion. Having faced him in practice, the women’s team is looking forward to having him cheer them on—if he’s able to cast aside those other loyalties. “He better be on our side [of the arena],” Hallion said. “If he’s not, there’s going to be dues to pay when he gets back. We’re going...
...video, which seems to be about the death of the lead singer’s friend whom he wishes he could have saved, would be genuinely emotional if not for its overwhelmingly flat aesthetics. The dull tones of the suburban setting, the harsh industrial lighting, and the astoundingly homely cast effectively make the video dark and disturbing rather than moving...