Mr Twombly is a well-read painter, and his work is saturated with references to the Greek myths, and to poets such as T.

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Earlier, health officials organized an exhibition aimed at debunking myths about myopia and discouraging bad habits such as doing near-work into the night.

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Every country has such myths of course: my native Britain still, rightly or wrongly, defines itself in part as having stood alone against the Nazis back those 70 years ago (and in some quarters, against Napoleon 200 years ago).

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