Several etchings from James Abbott McNeill Whistler's "Thames Series" (1859) reveal the artist's canny eye for selective detail and exquisite finesse with an etcher's needle.

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Founded in 1853 by a British major named James Abbott, the city became the home of a prestigious military academy after the creation of Pakistan, in 1947.

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Another Biltmore distinction: Most of the items on exhibit, from portraits by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, James Abbott McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent to the crystal, porcelain and Flemish tapestries, are original to the house and the family.

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Also charged on Friday: James Mazzo, Advanced Medical's former chief executive and a current executive at Abbott, who is accused of tipping Mr. DeCinces (pronounced de-SIN-say), his neighbor in an exclusive Laguna Beach, Calif.

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