Deutsch's brush with history isn't the first of its kind.

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It could be a brush with history, as with the Colosseum, or face time with celebrities and thought leaders at a place like TED (or at the elegant private gatherings sponsored by many top-tier companies for their best clients).

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Turner's (1835) is bright, but you can actually see the individual brush marks with which Turner changed the history of art.

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Microsoft is trying to brush up its image during what may be the most perilous period of its 25-year history.

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