The huge scale and vibrant color of these nine paintings were radical for their time, and some sold poorly.

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But even if all the symbolism was not always immediately decipherable, the sheer scale of the pageantry and color of the event was dazzling in its splendor.

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One thousand Aramark chefs have been cooking up vats of pasta and cauldrons of carbonara sauce -- and, perhaps inevitably, those pans of meatloaf of indeterminate color, that seem to be the staple of large-scale food service from school cafeterias to military mess halls.

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