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Bankruptcy Reform: Two Years Later: When Congress overhauled the bankruptcy code in 2005, it was with the intention of making consumers think twice before filing as well as pushing debtors toward Chapter 13 rather than Chapter 7 plans. Two years later, the law is not quite working out the way Congress intended, say experts.
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Sam Gerdano, president of the American Bankruptcy Institute, puts it this way: "The wave hasn't gone back into the ocean yet."
The 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), a 500-page document that radically overhauled the old bankruptcy code, spawned a tidal wave of consumer filings from nervous debtors in the months before the new law took effect.
And it was effective: Filings dropped 75% from 2.07 million in 2005 to 516,249 in 2006. Yet they have been steadily creeping up again: Second-quarter 2007 filings were up ...
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Impressionism: Monet in the bank for cash-hungry museums; Crowd-pleasing shows lack depth.(ARTS & CULTURE)(ART)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Mount an impressionism show, and they will come. The light...shop merchandise. As a result, impressionism exhibitions have become predictable...Collection, the newly opened American Impressionism, to be followed by Impressionists...
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Peters, John G. Conrad and Impressionism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel
; ...first thought was: "Not Conrad and impressionism again!" This is a very well-worn...concise couple of pages. Literary impressionism was already a matter of detailed discussion...fictional output is characterized by impressionism, so that even such unpopular works...
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Conrad and Impressionism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review
; Conrad and Impressionism. By JOHN G. PETERS. Cambridge...described as a form of literary impressionism. Unwittingly, Conrad himself helped...narrative and the techniques of Impressionism gone unnoticed by critics: for...
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American impressionism: paintings from the Phillips Collection.(LEARNING from EXHIBITIONS)
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities
; ...Americans have had a fascination with Impressionism, a French-born style of painting...Highlighting the "golden age" of American Impressionism, The Phillips Collection has organized...25 years. The exhibition, American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips Collection...
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Impressionism.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities
; THINGS TO LEARN * Impressionism is a style of painting in which...advance. * Many people believe that Impressionism was the most important idea to...forgotten for 1,000 years. But Impressionism did not just happen. The leaders...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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"AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM'; ROCHESTER SHOW PROVIDES A SOLID SURVEY OF ARTISTS FROM THE PERIOD.(Stars)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ...discovered the luminous aesthetics of French Impressionism. They absorbed the dramatic new style...artists of the golden age of American Impressionism. The show, titled American Impressionism: Paintings from the Phillips Collection...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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Comeback for Impressionism.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...Denver Art Museum is opening another Impressionism show three weeks after the last one ended. Inspiring Impressionism, which was marked by solid intellectual...pretty Landscapes From the Age of Impressionism opens today. Not that pretty is...
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Impressionism versus the aesthetic movement.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques
; ...aesthetic movement and its relation to impressionism, two movements ordinarily considered...uplifting beauty. Simultaneously, impressionism was born in France but was initially...the arts and pose the artist. Both impressionism and the aesthetic movement had a particularly...
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In Baltimore, Faulty Impressionism; Disjointed Timeline Nearly Masks Portrait Exhibit's Finest Faces
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...re a guarantee of gate. "Faces of Impressionism: Portraits From American Collections...such foggy titles as "Masterpieces of Impressionism," used to be enough to pull in curious...thinner and thinner slices. Post-impressionism was the theme of a fine show at the...
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Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen Star In 'Impressionism'
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
; ...Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen Star In 'Impressionism' Host: SCOTT SIMON Time 12:00...returned to Broadway. The play, "Impressionism" by Michael Jacobs, is in previews...Impressionist masters. (Soundbite of play, "Impressionism") Mr. JEREMY IRONS (Actor...
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