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The 13 3/4 - by-8 1/2 -inch oil is a mask-like portrait thought to depict the artist's companion Fernande in the style of Iberian sculpture. "The Cage," a 1950 bronze sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti, portrays emaciated figures confined in a box-like space . She still flies small planes. "I wasn't even sure I wanted to be a pilot," Fine said . So she threw on some clothes, hopped in the car and sped up the 405. The Topanga Canyon resident, whose own neighborhood has been threatened by fires in the past, first felt relief . The condo conversion, which started selling units last August, is bursting with celebrity hairdressers and stylists, personal assistants to celebrities, actors (including Kathleen Quinlan, who bought a condo as a pied-a-terre) and -- according to management -- a member of a well-known rock band who shall remain nameless. There's no conniving Amanda Woodward -- Heather Locklear's "Melrose Place" character -- in the building Not yet, anyway . I think the market is realizing that. "National City fell 65 cents, or 14. 7%, to $3. 77. Other banks declined, too: Washington Mutual fell $1. 72, or 34. 8%, to $3. 23. WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday that no decision had been made to stop the withdrawal of troops in Iraq this summer, a subtle rebuke of the top U. S. Palestine constitutes a nation that has lived there for hundreds if not actually thousands of years.