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Some, such as Aitken's 2007 "Sleepwalkers," for which the artist projected eight billboard-size moving images of people strolling the streets at night on the facade of the Museum of Modern Art, cost twice as much.
This Woman is Changing the Way We See Art Marshall Heyman 2012
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Nor does this production, save for Mr. Langella's ennobling presence and Ms. Aitken's shrewd cuts, make the best possible case for "Man and Boy."
Fraud in the Family Terry Teachout 2011
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Nor is Ms. Aitken's staging sure in tone: We laugh so much at the first act that it takes all of Mr. Langella's formidable powers to change the key of the play to the fathomless darkness of the last scene.
Fraud in the Family Terry Teachout 2011
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Robert Congel was mistakenly referred to as Roger Congel and David Aitken's name was mispelled as Aitkin in an earlier version of this story.
Pyramid Cos.' Carousel Plan Rides Again Kris Hudson 2012
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In 1995, Ms. Aitken's brother Jonathan, then a cabinet minister for defense procurement, waged a libel suit against the Guardian newspaper after it accused him of corruption.
A Drama of Vice and Men Lizzie Simon 2011
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My own books, Jimmy Boyle's diaries, Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries – even though everyone is scathing about what he writes – and Jonathan Aitken's Porridge and Passion are all popular.
Memoir reveals prisoners' book preferences Benedicte Page 2010
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The first few pages of Aitken's Bible contained the resolution of Congress, the letter from the committee to the chaplains requesting that they examine the edition for accuracy, and the report of the chaplains.
Chris Rodda: No, Mr. Beck, Congress Did Not Print a Bible for the Use of Schools 2010
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The following is from Aitken's 1790 letter to George Washington.
Chris Rodda: No, Mr. Beck, Congress Did Not Print a Bible for the Use of Schools 2010
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He then explains the failure to import Bibles by implying that Congress, as a substitute for the Bibles that weren't imported, had something to do with the printing of Aitken's New Testaments, the first of which was published in 1777.
Chris Rodda: No, Mr. Beck, Congress Did Not Print a Bible for the Use of Schools 2010
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The purpose of this editing is to omit that Congress also had a secular reason for recommending Aitken's Bible, and, in most cases, to turn the resolution into a recommendation of the Bible itself, rather than a recommendation of the accuracy of Aitken's work.
Chris Rodda: No, Mr. Beck, Congress Did Not Print a Bible for the Use of Schools 2010
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