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...first training from an accomplished painter in his hometown. Soon, though, he embarked on a quest to immerse himself in the swirling artistic currents of Renaissance Italy. By today's standards he didn't travel far, but he did pick up (and leave) influences across the peninsula. He spent time in Perugia and in Florence, where he assisted the Venice-born painter Domenico Veneziano. Later, he was commissioned by Pope Nicolas V and Pope Pius II to paint several frescoes in the palaces of the Vatican. Much of Piero's best output - or at least the best that remains...
...prosecute and detain him. The U.S. could wipe out the drug trade tomorrow by legalization and taxation, which would take away the enormous profits earned in illicit trade and reduce theft by addicts who steal to support their habit. The huge sums saved on incarceration and policing could be spent on health care and education. William A. Ring, SAN DIEGO
Early Wednesday morning, the children of Musmos Daycare Center, in Manila's Tondo slum, were supposed to be headed on an excursion to the nearby resort town of Tagaytay. Instead they spent the day parked in their school bus near Manila's city hall - hostages in a nationally televised, eight-and-a-half-hour standoff between their daycare center's owner and Manila police...
...model, if not an excellent model, for not only other nuclear power plants but other industries that in many ways are just as sensitive [to security threats]," Giuliani said. The former mayor added that his consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, led Entergy through 12 security drills and that Entergy had spent more than $24 million in security improvements in recent years...
...Across town outside the Syndicate of Journalists, a few dozen Kifaya protesters chanted "Down, down Mubarak!" as they were hemmed in by hundreds of black-clad security policemen and scores of plainclothes policemen. "I didn't vote," said Mohammed Fawzi, a 26-year-old lawyer, who spent the day observing the Kifaya demonstration instead. "Whether you voted 'yes' or 'no,' the outcome would be the same. The future in Egypt is bad." When asked to elaborate, Fawzi, nervously eyeing policemen who started to show an interest in the interview, said, "Sorry, I'm afraid to say anything more." So long...