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Perhaps we see too much in a smile. For Trumble, there's power in the mystery. Take Franz Hals's The Laughing Cavalier, where all that really laughs is the Dutch military officer's moustache. "A smile may stimulate us in certain superficial ways, eliciting a ready smile in response...
What takes Bailey's book beyond art history is his ability to see Vermeer in the context of life in mid-17th century Holland. To survive, an artist needed wealthy patrons - and the more the better. Vermeer had few benefactors, and he gained no more than a quarter of his...
The students, members of the Harvard Asia Law Society (HALS), say they plan to take advantage of the trip's timing, given Hong Kong's expected reversion from British to Chinese control on July 1 and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's recent death.
In a news release, Peter Kuo, president of HALS, said, "We are especially excited about the delegation this year because of the chance we have to gauge the mood among Chinese leaders at the beginning of the post-Deng era."
The delegation will be composed of HALS officers, students chosen for their contribution to the society and members selected by lottery.