Word: three
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Prettified to the point of sentimentality, four Austrian Baroque sculptures depicting three saints and the Virgin, recall the tendency of that period and that country to sweeten religion. Yet the artist gave these less-than-profound figures and their billowing garb linear fluidity and much plastic interest. Characterized by an adept handling of color, especially pale reds and blue-greens, the Dutch painting portrays Christ on the way to Calvary with expressive, distorted figures...
Despite the drama surrounding it, however, Vanderbilt's contribution, made last week, accounted for only a quarter of the more than $10 million received by the Program since mid-November. Together, three well-timed donations brought the Program total, in cash and pledges...
...statement released yesterday, the New York transportation executive claimed the three year drive had been "so bewilderingly successful that it had acquired an almost romantic appeal for those who love Harvard." He added that he hoped the Program's completion would help insure the success of similar campaigns at other universities, and leave the way open for the $58 million Harvard Medical Center drive "to get underway promptly...
...addition to the $82.7 million in donations, another $5 million in interest and capital gains has been received from investment of Program money over the last three years. These funds, not yet allocated, bring the Program's total in-take to about $88 million...
Crane got the necessary five votes by holding his own and three other Cambridge Civic Association choices, plus Vellucci's vote. On the six previous ballots, Vellucci had voted for himself, and had been an avowed candidate for the post...