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But the court also held that, even as to those statements, Mason was a "limited public figure" and thus had to prove "actual malice"—i.e., knowing or reckless falsehood—which she could not do ...

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But the mood among public artists in Pennsylvania was different at the beginning ... startling moments of disconnection await the viewer of “The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, ...