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A stunning cache of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works taken by victorious Soviet troops from German private collectors at the end of World War II has resurfaced at the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg. The paintings -- more than 70 pieces by Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh and other masters -- were thought by Western experts to have been destroyed during the war; instead they were hidden by the Soviet government. Museum director Mikhail Piotrovsky said the works would be shown at the Hermitage in March 1995, but that any question of returning them to Germany would have to be debated in court.
SPORTS
Hockey Season Still on Hold
Talks between N.H.L. players and owners were stalled over the issue of how revenue should be divided to help the league's financially strapped smaller- market teams. The league has proposed a payroll tax to generate revenues, but players claim that such a tax would have the same effect as a salary cap. Sofar, 30 games have been postponed.