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...always figured as a masterwork among Francisco Goya's chronicle of human suffering during Spain's war of independence (1808-1812). But now Madrid's Prado museum, which long gave it pride of place, has come closer than ever to acknowledging that Goya didn't paint it. At a June 26 press conference, curators announced the museum would continue its inquiry into the work's authenticity after its investigative team identified the initials A. J. in the painting's lower left corner with the Valencian painter Asensio Juliá, a friend and collaborator of Goya. Though reserving final judgment...
...have lunch with the richest man in the world? For me and Mohnish Pabrai - a friend who, like me, runs a U.S.-based investment fund - the answer is $650,100. That's how much we forked out for the privilege of dining with Warren Buffett on June...
...pork medallions may not have been made of gold, but they just as well may have been when Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) won a gold medal at a culinary competition on June...
...their coast-to-coast, January-to-June combat, millions of voters had skin in the game - their dreams of a woman President, or a black President; their hopes of restoring the Clinton dynasty, or their hopes of ending it; perhaps more prosaic investments in an Administration post, a consulship in a nice European burg or just a friendly ear in the White House. Politics is not just about instincts and ideologies - it's also about interests. And the winners get a bigger share of the satisfaction than the losers...
...tenure, Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is battling for his political life. For more than a month, thousands of street protesters have rallied in Bangkok, even besieging Government House last week and forcing the 73-year-old P.M. to sneak to work through a back door. On June 27, the veteran politician, who also moonlights as a television chef, suffered the indignity of a parliamentary no-confidence vote; although Samak's six-party coalition, which controls two-thirds of the lower house, shot down the motion by a vote of 280-162, there's no end in sight...