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...nine include the richly ornamented Peter the Great Egg (1903) and the Mosaic Egg (1914) which is perhaps the most elegant of all. It is in the Cooper-Hewitt show and may be worth $1 million. Presented to his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna by Nicholas II in 1914, the 3⅝-in.-high egg is made of intertwining gold belts and platinum mesh set with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, topaz, quartz and garnets. The surprise inside is an oval plaque of gold, pearl and enamel on which are painted the profiles of the five royal children, all of whom were...
...other environmental groups that oppose any human intercession while the condors fight for survival, scientists from the National Audubon Society and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service entered the birds' habitat in California's Los Padres National Forest last February and March. They snatched two fertilized eggs from two roosts and transferred them to incubators at the zoo. The eggnaping, the scientists hoped, would protect the embryos against tumbles from the nest, attacks by predators or, as happened once last year, destructive fights between condor parents over who should be in charge of egg sitting...
...strategy worked. One couple immediately resumed the age-old condor courting ritual in which the female nibbles provocatively on her mate's neck. Soon there was a new egg in the roost. At the zoo, Bird Curator Arthur Risser and his crew eagerly monitored the incubation. Two weeks ago, one egg showed signs of movement. Subsequently, a chick managed to peck a peanut-size hole in the shell. Like mother condors in the wild, the zoo staffers tapped on the eggshell. When the chick's strength seemed almost sapped from its struggle to free itself, Keeper Cyndi Kuehler...
...painted, mostly awkward imitations of Puvis de Chavannes. He drew, with ability. He turned his metalworker's hand to making hammered copper masks. This went on through the teens and '20s. In short, González took longer to peck his way out of the egg than any modern artist of comparable stature, and what cracked the shell and released him was his relationship to his fellow Spaniard in Paris, Picasso...
Those involved in the retouched endeavor have had no difficulty finding rationales for the change. Richard Abell, director of program development, commented that "the philosophy is that the goose that laid the golden egg for the American dream has been the economic system." Ruppe feels that "personal enrichment and economic growth are vital and appropriate additions" to the original aims of the Peace Corps. Although personal growth has always been a part of the program ("The toughest job you'll ever love," the brochures promise) not until now has the program added the promise of "rich" to the concept...