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Book review: 'Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage'
![Contemporary history is seldom as relevant and engaging as Douglas Waller's new biography, "Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage," which is — by turns — fascinatingly instructive and thoroughly entertaining.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-02/59635620-23002301.jpg "Contemporary history is seldom as relevant and engaging as Douglas Waller's new biography, "Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage,\" which is — by turns — fascinatingly instructive and thoroughly entertaining.")
Los Angeles TimesContemporary history is seldom as relevant and engaging as Douglas Waller's new biography, "Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage," which is — by turns — fascinatingly instructive and thoroughly...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Wars and Interventions, World War I (1914-1918), Alzheimer's Disease, Justice System
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Maria Altmann dies at 94; won fight for return of Klimt portrait seized by Nazis
Maria Altmann, who escaped Nazi-occupied Vienna as a newlywed and returned to wage a triumphant fight to recover Gustav Klimt's iconic gold portrait of her remarkable aunt, has died. She was 94.
Altmann died Monday at her Cheviot Hills home after a...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, World War I (1914-1918), Justice System, Suicide, Local Government
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Glendale Council candidate: I'm gay
Mike Mohill addressed the City Council Tuesday to reveal he is gay, one week after Councilman John Drayman announced his opponent’s decades-old misdemeanor lewd conduct convictions. Mohill and Drayman are vying with four other candidates for two...Tags: Local Elections, Elections, Police Arrests, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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PASSINGS: Bernd Eichinger, Bruce Gordon, Frank Lieberman, Stanley Frazen, Alan Sloane
Bernd Eichinger
Film producer and screenwriter
Bernd Eichinger, 61, a successful German film producer and screenwriter whose credits include the Oscar-nominated "Downfall" and "The Baader Meinhof Complex," died Monday night in Los Angeles after...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Bruno Ganz, Hal Roach, Television Industry, Siegfried and Roy
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Noah Charney's 'Stealing the Mystic Lamb': Book Review
![By what measures do we assign "greatness" to artworks? The word of experts? Public acclaim? Monetary value? By these standards, Jan and Hubert van Eyck's "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb," also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, surely warrants a place in the firmament. There is, however, a gauge of desirability by which the 1432 artwork stands alone: It is the most oft-stolen painting in history. The altar, or parts of it, has been stolen about 13 times according to Noah Charney in "Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece." Even today, the status of one of its 24 oak panels remains a mystery.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-01/58800318-14175419.jpg "By what measures do we assign "greatness\" to artworks? The word of experts? Public acclaim? Monetary value? By these standards, Jan and Hubert van Eyck's \"The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb,\" also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, surely warrants a place in the firmament. There is, however, a gauge of desirability by which the 1432 artwork stands alone: It is the most oft-stolen painting in history. The altar, or parts of it, has been stolen about 13 times according to Noah Charney in \"Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece.\" Even today, the status of one of its 24 oak panels remains a mystery.")
Special to The Los Angeles TimesBy what measures do we assign "greatness" to artworks? The word of experts? Public acclaim? Monetary value? By these standards, Jan and Hubert van Eyck's "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb," also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, surely warrants a place in...Tags: Book, History, Mystery (genre), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense
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Passion and faith in Oberammergau, Germany
Special to the Los Angeles TimesVillages in the Bavarian Alps go to sleep early on summer nights. Silence rolls down from the mountaintops along with an eiderdown blanket of fog. A cowbell chimes. A few lights flicker, then go out. But not this summer in Oberammergau, about 50 miles...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Los Angeles Times, Dining and Drinking, Celebrities, Hotels and Accommodations
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A high-speed zip across Europe by train
Special to The TimesLast winter, when Kelly, my teenage son, and I rode trains for a total of 50 hours across France, Germany, Britain and the Low Countries on a frenetic two-week trip (journalistic research for me), we never waited long or walked far to make a connection....Tags: Vehicles, Metal and Mineral, Railway Transportation, London (England), Siemens
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10 things you might not know about speeches
President Barack Obama and speechwriter Cody Keenan, a Chicago native, were praised for the president's address after the Arizona shootings. Next comes Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Here are 10 things to talk about:
1. Sometimes a long...Tags: History, U.S. Senate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, White House, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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N.J. Gov. Christie Called Adolf Hitler
pix11.comDuring a rally in Trenton Thursday, a national union leader likened Governor Chris Christie to Adolf Hitler. Christopher Shelton, a top official at the Communication Workers of America, began his speech Thursday with, “Good afternoon brothers and...Tags: Nazi Party, Executive Branch, Health Insurance Cost, Government, Billy Ray
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Simon Wiesenthal Center acquires early letter signed by Hitler
L.A. NOWThe Simon Wiesenthal Center has announced that it has acquired a letter signed by Adolf Hitler advocating a legal removal of Jews, six years before the publication of “Mein Kampf.”... -
Bin Laden's death: A 7th-grader's view
Osama Bin Laden's death reminds me of a middle school essay competition I participated in last fall. It was titled: If you could choose to go back in time and witness any historic event, which event would it be and why?
Thinking of the agony of Sept....Tags: Religious Conflicts, World War II (1939-1945), Terrorism, Civil Unrest, Al-Qaeda
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Iran slams Cannes for Von Trier Nazi ban
PARIS (AP) — Iran says it has protested to the Cannes Film Festival over its decision to ban director Lars von Trier for saying he sympathized with Adolf Hitler. Iran's semiofficial ISNA news agency says deputy culture minister Javad Shamaqdari...Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Festive Events, Iran, Culture, Movies
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