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Mr. Carone was present at the beginning of the New York School and friends with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko. But his best work may have come long after the style faded.
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Les Filles de Joie is a troupe of dancing girls who aim to bring burlesque back to the music halls of Paris. Every weekend, they give lessons to anyone who’s ever had the urge to flutter a feather fan or twirl a nipple tassel.
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The South African wing Jean de Villiers has been banned for two weeks following a dangerous tackle during his team's comprehensive defeat in Wellington on Saturday.
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Tour de France winner is to leave Team Astana after rejecting an offer to extend his contract.
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Peter de Villiers has been given a vote of confidence by his employers at the South African Rugby Union and assured that his job is safe.
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After winning the World Cup, Wimbledon and Tour de France, the scene is set for an era of Spanish domination
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A new US PGA Tour event, the Greenbrier Classic, makes its debut here Thursday and Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge expects a birdie-filled week and a wide-open competition."It's definitely going to be one of those weeks where it's a necessity to make a bunch of birdies," de Jonge said. "I think we're going to get a lot of wedges in our hand and it might turn into a bit of a putting contest."
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Hackers replaced a "Book of the Dead" with neo-Nazi slogans and symbols on World War Two concentration camp Buchenwald's website (www.buchenwald.de) on Wednesday and completely erased the Mittelbau Dora camp website.
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Danielle de Niese (soprano)
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Alberto Contador will ride for a new team when he seeks his fourth Tour de France title next year, after deciding not to renew his contract with Astana.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has decided not to renew his contract with Astana and will leave the Kazakh-funded team at the end of the season, the Spaniard said on Wednesday.
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Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will leave Astana at the end of this season after he rejected the team's offer to extend his contract, the Spaniard's spokesman announced on Wednesday.Contador "wants to have time to calmly explore all the possibilities available to him during the coming season and no option has so far been excluded," Jacinto Vidarte said in a statement.During his three seasons with Astana, the 27-year-old Contador won a Giro d'Italia and Spanish Vuelta title as well as two of his three Tour de France titles.
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Spaniard Alberto Contador said Wednesday he was leaving team Astana, after rejecting their offer to renew his contract. Contador won his third Tour de France on Sunday.
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Tour de France winner is to leave Team Astana at the end of the 2010 season after rejecting an offer to extend his contract.
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Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will leave Astana at the end of this season after the Spanish cyclist rejected the team's offer to extend his contract.
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Supertram workers in Sheffield vote whether to take strike action over the de-recognition of one of their union officials.
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Jamaican sprint world record holder Usain Bolt has beaten compatriot Asafa Powell in the 100m Areva Diamond League meeting at the "Stade de France" stadium in Paris.
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Team Astana's Alexandre Vinokourov has won the Tour's 13th stage, a 196km ride from Rodez to Revel, after bursting out of the pack with just 5km to go. Luxembourg's Andy Schleck holds on to the yellow jersey of the overall leader.
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South African rugby was plunged into gloom as the Springboks crashed to a second Tri-Nations defeat. With the World Cup looming, the biggest crisis of Peter de Villiers' tenure as Springbok coach will intensify if his team lose in Brisbane against Australia on Saturday.
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The Bolshoi Ballet's Giselle is a ropey production with an extraordinary heroine at its heart. Natalia Osipova's Giselle is danced ardently and acted with desperate vulnerability. Around her the performance varies, from very wooden courtiers to a stronger corps de ballet of vengeful ghosts.
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