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Absent compelling forensic evidence like a fingerprint, the authentication process becomes a bit murkier. In the past, pieces of art have been certified through a combination of factors, including brushstroke patterns, analysis of the artist's signature, dating of the pigments or canvas used or even the instinctive (but subjective) opinion of academics who have extensively studied an artist's portfolio. A painting's provenance, or its history of ownership, is also important. Being able to trace a portrait back from owner to owner over the course of centuries is no small feat, and it often lends significant weight...
...Canada's economy may have shown a big job improvement in September, but that has to be seen in the context of losing 210,000 manufacturing jobs over the past 12 months. According to CME, Canada normally sacrifices 25,000 jobs and $1.9 billion in revenue for every one-cent improvement against the U.S. dollar...
...chatting about life in general for hours on end.” “Do you know what a mimeograph machine is?” Bredehoft asked in parentheses. If I could not see PJ this was the next best thing: letters from these reincarnations from the past...
There will always be pairs of top debaters, but over the past 30 years the one constant has been Dallas. In searching for a good anecdote about her coach, Cata kept harping on his old straw hat. When I said he was an intimidating man, Geoff agreed and said he’d felt the same way at first. Both of them stressed the fact that he was direct and honest and really cared. Cata said that every once in a while he wears pink or green suits, artifacts from the 70’s. Bredehoft puts it best...
...cauldron of Middle East politics, the unlikely alliance between Turkey and Israel often stood out. Seemingly impervious to Arab opposition and the tracts of disputed land lying between them, the two countries had over the past decade traded intelligence, struck billion-dollar arms deals and hosted each other's militaries for training sessions. Even when Turkish leaders occasionally railed against Israel's policies toward the Palestinians, military cooperation continued unhindered behind the scenes, anchored by Washington across the Atlantic...