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  • The region demonstrates neatly what has occurred in Spain's lesser-known wine regions, such as Cigales and Toro.

    Spain's Second Act Will Lyons 2011

  • That leaves plenty of room for other views from across the nation by well-known and lesser-known names alike.

    Afghan glass is just over half-full 2010

  • Bloomberg News "Nu assis sur un divan (La Belle Romaine)," a 1917 painting by Amedeo Modigliani sits on display during a fall auction preview at Sotheby The price bump showed that Modigliani's collectors are willing to stretch for his instantly recognizable icons, even if they still tend to bypass his lesser-known drawings — a safe-bet philosophy that's emblematic of the entire art market during this rebuilding year.

    Sotheby's Sells $68.9 Million Modigliani Kelly Crow 2010

  • Before they face off in a debate tonight, here's a look at who the five lesser-known candidates are and what they stand for.

    Meet New York's Other Gubernatorial Candidates The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Instead, they went after the lesser-known "petits ma î tres" (mainly 18th-century French paintings, 17th - through early 19th-century Italian and French sculptures), usually following their private tastes for soft-skinned, sensuous women and muscular naked men, whether suave and still or erotically writhing.

    Nice Wing, Pity About the Art David Littlejohn 2010

  • A head-spinning stint in Hollywood as a choreographer followed, with Mr. Donen conjuring imaginative routines for "Anchors Aweigh" as well as lesser-known projects.

    Donen Goes Back On the Town Nicolas Rapold 2010

  • Although to a majority of white residents and newcomers Gray was the lesser-known candidate, he was well-known to longtime black residents who remembered the standout Dunbar High School graduate.

    For Gray, a methodical path to the mayor's office Nikita Stewart 2010

  • While companies have cut legal budgets and continue to push for hourly discounts and capped-fee deals with their law firms, many of them have shown they won't skimp on some kinds of legal advice, especially in high-stakes situations or when they think a star attorney might resolve their problem faster and more efficiently than a lesser-known talent.

    Big Law's $1,000-Plus an Hour Club Vanessa O'Connell 2011

  • Although to a majority of white residents and newcomers Gray was the lesser-known candidate, he was well-known to longtime black residents who remembered the standout Dunbar High School graduate.

    For Gray, a methodical path to the mayor's office Nikita Stewart 2010

  • In honor of the birthday of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, the institution's beloved patron of music, members of the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra performed music of Bach and his lesser-known contemporaries Dietrich Buxtehude, Franz Tunder and Andreas Kirchoff.

    Review: Helsinki Baroque Orchestra at Library of Congress Charles T. Downey 2010

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