Christie's and Sotheby's, in their neck-and-neck battle for art-world supremacy, continue to prove that art is a stellar investment in these volatile economic times.

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We also visited a residential neighborhood in southwest Detroit where the community is using art to battle problems with gang graffiti.

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New facilities are being built, including a visitor centre with state-of-the-art interpretation of the battle and a programme of conservation, restoration and enhancement of the commemorative park and its flagpole, Bruce statue and Rotunda monuments.

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But that's what this film is -- the old Grimm folktale spruced up with state of the art visual effects and maximized battle action, coupled with a more playful, family-friendly approach than filmmakers took in "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" and "Snow White and the Huntsman".

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But he claimed that rescue operations of this nature are not unusual in a country where there is still more art underground than overground, and where archaeologists must battle the twin threats of rampant development and violent looting.

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Neiman was in the invasion of Normandy and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, according to his publicist Gail Parenteau, later attending Chicago's prestigious School of the Art Institute on the G.

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