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"Four, five or six months from now cannot look like now," he conceded but cited the examples of Spain and Paraguay's 20th Century transitions to democracy.

From BBC

This isn’t surprising, since the show purports to chart “the evolution and breadth of indigenous art from the late 19th century to the present” and also strives to acknowledge what we learn is an unbroken link, stretching 65,000 years, that connects present-day indigenous Australian people to their ancestors.

From The Wall Street Journal

The exhibition’s ambition to document the breadth of indigenous Australian art since the late 19th century is admirable, but a more rigorous, less inclusive selection would have been welcome.

From The Wall Street Journal

New Zealand posted 215-7 after being put in to bat thanks to a century stand between openers Seifert, who hit 62 off 36 balls, and Devon Conway, who struck 44, in Visakhapatnam.

From Barron's

The January 18 disaster in the southern region of Andalusia -- one of Europe's deadliest such accidents this century -- partially shut the line linking Madrid and the city of Seville as investigators cleared the wreckage and collected evidence.

From Barron's