People: Oct. 21, 1966

There was a time not too long ago when Pablo Picasso, 84, was known as something of a terror with women. Now he sounds somewhat terrified himself. In the past, he told an old photographer friend in an interview for Paris' Figaro Litteraire, "the model was nude, without defense. We could paint her, draw her or do anything else with her. But today there exists a new race of women, and you don't know what to make of them." With that, Pablo pointed to a magazine photograph of a battalion of Israeli women soldiers...

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