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- CRITICS' CHOICE, Page 4
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- BOOKS
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- THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS by Robertson Davies (Viking; $19.95).
- The third novel in a trilogy about the life and aftereffects of
- an eccentric millionaire. An engaging plot involving high
- finance, grand opera and a voice from Limbo.
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- DICTIONARY OF THE KHAZARS: A LEXICON NOVEL by Milorad Pavic
- (Knopf; $19.95). A wacky, totally fabricated reference book,
- translated from Serbo-Croatian, about a people who vanished
- centuries ago. Sheer oddity mixed with eerie entertainment.
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- DEAR MILI by Wilhelm Grimm (Farrar, Straus & Giroux;
- $16.95). A newly discovered Grimm fairy tale relates a stark
- saga of childhood and the death of innocence, amplified by
- Maurice Sendak's floating vistas and romantic palette.
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- ART
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- PAINTING IN RENAISSANCE SIENA, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
- New York City. The gentle, graceful 15th century fragments and
- miniatures in this scrupulous show offer a respite from the
- brutish realities of modern life. Through March 19.
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- RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los
- Angeles. Formica and Celotex are among the odd materials
- employed by this enigmatic but important American painter and
- sculptor. Through Jan. 29.
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- THE ART OF PAOLO VERONESE: 1528-1588, National Gallery of
- Art, Washington. To see Veronese's glowingly colored,
- exquisitely textured works is to glimpse the splendor of
- Venice's Golden Age. Through Feb. 20.
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- TELEVISION
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- BOWL GAMES (Jan. 2). A day late this year, but a blitz of
- seven -- count 'em -- games will try to dispel those postholiday
- hangovers: the Cotton on CBS; Florida Citrus, Rose and Sugar on
- ABC; and Hall of Fame, Fiesta and Orange on NBC.
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- THE POWER GAME (PBS, Jan. 2-5, 8 p.m. on most stations).
- Former New York Times correspondent Hedrick Smith tries to
- explain who really wields the clout in Washington in this
- series based on his book.
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