New records were set for four artists, Max Liebermann, Paul Serusier, Alexander Archipenko and Andre Masson.

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Like Investigator Petrovich, Inspector Rheinhardt has a sidekick, a Jewish psychoanalyst, Dr Max Liebermann.

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Of course, just like all Liebermann announcements (pictured up above we have their 20-inch laptop that never materialized), this one is fairly preposterous -- and that's why we love 'em.

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Later at the public safety press conference, Senators Joe Liebermann (I-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ) announced that they had, that day, introduced a bill in the Senate that also calls for the reallocation of the D Block to public safety and would provide funding using revenue from future auctions.

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