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Here's the link on Change.org. http://www.change.org/petitions/protect-detroit-institute-of-art-assets-from-city-s-bankruptcy-deal.
Here's the link to the MoveOn.org petition against this sale, which already has over...
I remember that -- I wrote the story announcing it for the New York Times in June 1998:
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/03/arts/sara-lee-is-donating-impressionist-art-to-20-us-museums.html
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