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Russsian Art Gets a Boost from Women Promoters

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Published June 20, 2009 at 9:28 a.m.
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When Dasha Zhukova, the glamorous girlfriend of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, opened her Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in a converted bus depot in Moscow last autumn, art connoisseurs scoffed. What did a 27-year-old socialite, born in Russia but raised mostly in Los Angeles, know about the international contemporary-art scene? As it turns out, quite a bit; Zhukova quickly won over critics with the quality of her exhibitions. The opening show featured the rarely displayed works

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Washington Capitals sign center Anton Gustafsson to three-year deal

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Published May 14, 2009 at 4:06 p.m.

The Washington Capitals have signed center Anton Gustafsson, their first-round pick in last year's NHL draft ...

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Wynton Marsalis Goes to Washington

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Published April 4, 2009 at 2:53 p.m.
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Even a day later, Wynton Marsalis couldn't explain why he was crying so hard during the speech he gave last Monday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. "Man, I don't know," he told me. "I'm not really a person that's effusive. I'm a quiet type of person. Dick Vermeil"—the notoriously teary ex-NFL coach—"that's not me." ...

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