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...unflappability, his weird British conviction that somehow he will muddle through to a happy ending, that good-natured spirit carries one over some of the logical lacunae of the script by Adam Scheinman and Robert Kuhn. But not quite past the presence of Caan. It was only 27 years ago that his crazy volatility ignited The Godfather. Now he's almost beamish as a wary fixer. He's still funny, but his new characterization, like the success of The Sopranos and Analyze This, reminds us how quickly we have converted palpable menace to pure ethnic comedy. Is this progress...
Seven years ago, struggling artist Thomas Kinkade sat in a secluded gallery well past closing time, determinedly propounding the virtues of his luminescent garden-and-cottage scenes to a young couple. He was going to give it a few more months, Kinkade told the couple, and if he couldn't sell enough paintings to earn a living, well, he'd close up shop and move...
...disease, kidney failure and stroke. By aggressively treating folks whose readings exceed the normal limit of 140/90 mm Hg at rest, physicians have prevented millions of premature deaths and untold suffering. But it looks as if we've stopped getting the message. A national health survey released two years ago showed that blood-pressure rates are no longer falling; at the same time, the incidence of stroke has started to rise...
...been among black, Hispanic and poor Americans. But they're not alone. A report in the September issue of Hypertension, which was published last week, shows that blood-pressure readings among the largely white residents of affluent neighborhoods in Minnesota are 5% higher than they were just 10 years ago. And as those figures have risen, the number of people with hypertension who are aware of their condition has fallen...
Whatever his bizarre fantasies--and they are indeed bizarre, occasionally silly but always sleekly made--critics, curators and dealers have wasted no time rushing in. Barney's videos and the eccentric sculptures related to them are avidly followed by prominent collectors and museums. Three years ago, he received $50,000 for his contribution to contemporary art as the inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim Museum's Hugo Boss Award. His shows are seen from Los Angeles to London, Tokyo to New York City...