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'Bump' Grinds Out A Place Of Honor
Today, some random dispatches from the word front: Δ "Bump"er crop — We're only halfway through 2008, but here's my nominee for word of the year — "bump." This week's controversial cover of The New Yorker, for instance, depicts...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Barack Obama, John McCain, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), West Hartford
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'The Three of Us' by Julia Blackburn
The Three of Us
A Family Story
Julia Blackburn
Pantheon: 320 pp., $26
"This is the story of three people," Julia Blackburn begins her memoir, "The Three of Us." "It is the story of my two parents and the three of us together, but it is also the...Tags: Books and Magazines, Health and Safety at School, Family, Billie Holiday, Diseases
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Correction
•The Nowlin/Knowlin family holds reunions every other year. A story, headline and caption on Page B1 Saturday incorrectly reported how often the reunions are held. •Irish-born artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992) painted "Study for Head of...Tags: Connecticut River, Essex (Middlesex, Connecticut)
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Safire's Book Traces History Of Expressions Fancy And Plain
"Etymology is a kick," writes William Safire in the prolegomenon to the new edition of "Safire's Political Dictionary" (Oxford, $22.95), and so is his book. "Prolegomenon?" That's just Bill having fun with his fellow word nuts. It's a fancy word for a...Tags: George Bush, Delaware, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), New York Times, West Hartford
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Balloon Inflation: Sculpture Sells At Christie's For $26 Million
A Jeff Koons sculpture resembling a folded balloon has sold for a record $26 million at Christie's in London. Balloon Flower (Magenta), a 9-foot piece in high chromium stainless steel, was sold as part of a postwar and contemporary art sale that included...Tags: Animals, Lucian Freud, Pamela Anderson, Film Festivals, Heath Ledger
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Quick Takes
Sculpture falls from Met wall
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art reported Tuesday that a 15th century glazed terra cotta relief sculpture of St. Michael the Archangel by Andrea della Robbia came loose from its wall mounts and fell onto a stone floor....Tags: Family, Richard Wagner, Auction Service, New York, Religious Conflicts
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Ethan Canin's "America, America"
It seems but a minor stretch—if that—to speculate that the seemingly redundant title of Ethan Canin's new novel, "America America," is to suggest that there are indeed second acts in American life. The book abounds with them, in the first...Tags: Crimes, New York, Edward M. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Elections
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Art Basel, world's largest art fair, opens in Switzerland
Associated Press WriterThe largest international contemporary art fair opened Wednesday, closely watched for trends in the world market at a time of financial turbulence. About 60,000 artists, collectors, galleries and art enthusiasts are expected to attend the annual four-day...Tags: Crimes, Auction Service, New York, Energy, Edgar Degas
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Mark Rylance breathes life into 'Boeing-Boeing'
Special to The TimesIN THE "Say what?" department, this statement ranks up there: "If Camoletti had written a tragedy of this quality, he'd be up there with Pinter." Few people could get away with comparing Marc Camoletti, the French playwright of the creaky '60s sex...Tags: Literature, Awards and Prizes, Art Carney, Derek Jacobi, Stan Laurel
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Museums
Please submit listings by going online to metromix.com/listings. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum: Fly Me to the Moon: An animated 3-D movie in the Adler's new Universe Theater about three flies who tag along on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the...Tags: Photography, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Andy Warhol, David Rogers, Morton Arboretum
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