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Nobody else in American art had such a strong sense of the sinister. It breathes through such early constructions as Mad House, 1958--a parody of the House of Horrors that isn't quite a parody because its contents are more subtle than you would expect, mere hauntings rather than the traces of death or dismemberment--yet affecting all the same, like an American Gothic version of early, Surrealist Giacometti...
...says. "They're in, they're out, they're in, they're out. You're never quite sure where they are." Bush unveiled an energy plan and then disappeared, they complain. On campaign finance, he didn't lend a hand. Requests for protection of budget items are mocked as mere pork--a point Representative Saxby Chambliss, whose Georgia district may lose its B-1 bomber contingent, raised with Bush in one of their meetings. "Mr. President, I'd like for you to come to Georgia next week," Chambliss half joked. "We'll send a B-1 up here...
...exorbitant prices being charged" for the event, Jermaine Jackson is a conscientious objector. Jermaine claimed that the $2,500 top ticket price and the lack of a charity associated with the event, also bothered brothers Marlon and Randy. But Marlon, an original Jackson 5 member, and Randy, a mere Jacksons member, say they will perform. "I am very sorry for the confusion Jermaine has caused," said Marlon. Janet, the smartest Jackson, has a prior commitment...
...officers? Studies show that we blacks are stopped in numbers higher than our percentage in the population but lower than our documented involvement in crime. If you're trying to measure racism, isn't it better to compare police stops to actual black involvement in crime than to the mere representation of blacks in the population? The elephant in the living room--and the tragedy in black America--is that we commit crimes vastly out of proportion to our numbers in society...
...Court in Los Angeles against Damiani International, the jewelry outfit that produced their wedding rings, for hawking "Brad & Jennifer white-gold wedding bands with diamonds," an alleged violation of an agreement prohibiting the rings' reproduction or sale. The bands, available in lovely 18-karat gold, were selling for a mere $1,000 at outlets in Palm Desert, Calif., and at Las Vegas' Venetian Hotel. The suit also claims that "Damiani was bent on obtaining...the type of publicity that money can't buy: the purported endorsement and sponsorship of perhaps the world's most recognizable couple." Siegfried and Roy might...