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We Want In!Dozens of angry people pounded on the doors of the Prado Museum in Madrid early Monday in a futile attempt to get into a wildly popular exhibition of Diego Velazquez paintings, which just ended its two-month run. Museum officials said they were forced to reopen the exhibition to latecomers twice Sunday night. That followed a public pledge by the museum’s director that the show would not close until the last visitor had gone away. But about 40 people were turned away shortly after midnight, despite banging on the door and chanting “We want in!”

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