"During this depression, when the spirit of the people is lower than at any other time, it is a splendid thing that, for just 15 cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles," Franklin D Roosevelt stated in 1935, referring to the world's biggest and littlest star.
But he returned again and again to the posed naked figure, male and female – the ultimate test and validation, so the critic Robert Hughes has stated, of any artist's merit and painterly ability.
Not only has Alessandro Nencini, the presiding judge of the Florence appeals court, apparently resorted to the same tortured logic as his predecessors; he has also stated things as fact that are manifestly and provably wrong.
"As the Treasurer stated, we have set aside additional money in the budget and we will have more to say in the near future," the minister assisting the prime minister for women, Michaelia Cash, said.
Cesare Prandelli has stated the belief that his team will need athletes, more than technically gifted ball-players, to succeed in hot and humid conditions in Brazil.
The EU would not yield to Russian pressure, she stated.
It originally stated in the introduction that the first lagoon power project had the potential to provide 8% of the UK's energy.
Abbott had previously stated that the Coalition would debate the issue in the party room when a relevant bill was introduced.
The Delhi transport department has stated that only six registered radio taxi companies would now be allowed to operate in Delhi.
This article replaces a previous version which wrongly stated that the SFO had "decided against" pursuing the Conservative party for return of funds allegedly stolen from the Polly Peck group by Asil Nadir.
Abbott has willingly handed over federal environmental assessment powers to a government who has openly stated that "we are in the coal business".
