political cartoon for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), which is one of the oldest newspapers in print. According to the Center for Professional Journalism Studies, over the years, he was syndicated globally to more than 1,100 publications with a daily readership of 300 million. His works were handled by the New York Times Syndicate, King Features Syndicate and Universal Press Syndicate. In 1985 Lurie started his own "Cartoonews International Syndicate." He is probably the only artist who has been invited simultaneously by both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party to hold a one-man show at the U.S. Senate (October 23, 1973). Senator Abraham Ribicoff unveiled Lurie's exhibition on behalf of the Democratic Party, followed by Senator Lowell Weicker, who unveiled it on behalf of the Republican Party. Vice President Gerald Ford presided over the event. The exhibit took place at the Senate Caucus Room on Capitol Hill "In Honor of Ranan Lurie" and it was sponsored by the New York Times publishing house. Lurie interviewed, painted, and drew more than 250 world leaders. His drawings often include a small trademark smiling sun, sometimes drawn on the subject's necktie or other articles of clothing. Uniting Painting He created his "Uniting Painting", the "Fine Art with a Mission", a contemporary art project that originated from the United Nations General Assembly Building in New York on October 24, 2005 (United Nations Day). It was the largest contemporary painting ever exhibited at the headquarters of the United Nations, measuring wide and long. The painting was so large that part of it was also exhibited on nearby Roosevelt Island for four years. Custom-painted extensions of the art were installed by the government of the Republic of Korea on the border between South Korea and North Korea (2006). Another "Uniting Painting" installation now orbits (on a satellite) earth, and simultaneously another three sections were brought by Sherpas to the summit of Mount Everest (April 19, 2011). Post-1984 career Lurie became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1974. Senator Lowell Weicker delivered to him personally his American passport. In 1984, he created Japan's national cartoon symbol, sponsored by Japan's Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and the Asahi Shimbun daily. In 1985, he created Taiwan's national cartoon symbol, sponsored by Taiwan's Government. In 1985, he also started his year-long daily animated news cartoon on PBS' network (the MacNeil Lehrer Newshour). In 1993, John Brewer, the president