Andrea Pisano, here with a marble relief panel from Florence's campanile depicting the Greek sculptor Phidias at work, also made the first set of bronze doors for Florence's Baptistery, between 1330 and 1336.

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Instead, Damon Silvers, Director of Policy and Special Counsel of the AFL-CIO and the Deputy Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), started some fireworks last Thursday.

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This is far smaller than the footprint recommended in 2006 by an outside panel created by former SEC Chairman William Donaldson to explore relief for smaller public companies.

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