Will the Mona Lisa Cross the Ocean Again
The Mona Lisa’s possible loan to the United States sparks protests in France led by the Académie des Beaux-Arts and artists. Concerns focus on the painting’s age and fragility, while the Ministry of Cultural Affairs weighs a temporary U.S. exhibition with details kept secret.
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Mona Lisa motion dispute confounds Paris and galleries
New York denied that a final decision on moving the Mona Lisa has been made. A report claimed the painting would exhibit at the National Gallery in late January and possibly at the Metropolitan afterward. Libération defended Paris, insisting the painting will remain in Paris, arguing that one does not invite a pretty woman to one’s home.
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National Gallery
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Paris
Island life and Sark freedoms in Sibyl Hathaway memoir
Excerpt from Dame of Sark an Autobiography praising Sark as the Channel Islands' least spoiled island. The narrator cherishes island heritage, feudal privileges, and quiet life, opposing change while noting tourism revenue from overseas visitors.
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Channel Islands
Dame of
Sibyl Hathaway
Mable Talks Jane Andrews and Quick Salmon Mousse
The text lists recipes and dialogue titled MABLE TALKS Jane Andrews, detailing a hot salmon mousse recipe with lemon, bread crumbs, onion, herbs, and a baked custard using eggs and milk, plus notes on serving with white sauce and a lemony cornflake crust dessert and a citrus marmalade method, yielding servings for several.
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Tabasco
Simple Walnut Fruit Pie Baking Guide
A dessert instruction outlines mixing juice and rind with walnuts and butter, lining a pie pan with half the pastry, adding the filling, topping with the rest of the pastry, fluting the edge and scoring slits for steam. Bake 30 to 40 minutes until the pastry browns.
Careful Of Those Wrinkles Ladies
A Boston University Medical School skin specialist warned against hormone creams as superior wrinkle removers. Dr. John S. Strauss said the claim has little scientific support and cited a lab test that applied estrogen to the thigh and shoulder, not the face.
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John S. Strauss
American Academy of Dermatology
Chicago
Must ushers match bridesmaids at a wedding
The number of ushers depends on church size and guest count. There may be ushers even when there are no bridesmaids.
World’s Fair 1964 65 to Feature Global Exhibits and Design
More than 200 U S companies and about 70 foreign nations will present cultural or industrial displays at the New York fair. Architecture and design will dominate with architects drafting many striking structures. An estimated 70 million visitors are expected, showcasing achievements of the free world.
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