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...then there was the time, also in Fargo, when he sold for around $200 in the "Rent-a-Roman" auction. His owners' first wish, according to legend, was for him to wear jeans for a bit. But the Briefcase Tale is the most oft-told Darling anecdote. Wherever he went in Fargo, Darling was incomplete without his briefcase. Speculation swept the convention about what could possibly be so dear. The secret was revealed at a workshop run by Darling. NJCL publications chair Steven E. Gentle writes, "Sterling for some reason actually had to open his briefcase." Save...
...their venture could have a similarly huge Wall Street debut. What's more, industry experts expect the number of U.S. cell phone users (currently around 80 million) to double within five years. The cell phone market is expected to grow substantially this summer, when the FCC plans to auction off several billion dollars' worth of wireless licenses. Of course, there's a major downside to this boom - pretty soon, it seems, there will be absolutely no refuge from all that incessant cell phone chattering...
...looking website. Result: an epidemic of Internet snake oil, featuring discredited cancer "cures" like laetrile staging a comeback, $200 "second opinions" with more disclaimers than a sky-diving class, and incompetent "diagnoses" from self-styled "professors" and "academicians" at $50 or so a pop. What's next? An e-auction site for an appendectomy or laser eye surgery...
Among the distinctions that painters covet--gallery shows, a high price for their work at auction, placement in a museum, a patron--being cited by the Guinness Book of World Records is not a must-have. But JANE WOOSTER SCOTT received that honor recently when she was named the "Most Reproduced Artist in America." "I heard I was closing in on the title; for a while I was running neck and neck with Picasso," says Wooster Scott, whose work appears on jigsaw puzzles, Christmas cards and calendars. "I still can't believe I beat him." (Pablo's heirs can take...
...Charles in Charge 10. One of many found in a trash bin 12. Clinton, Blair agree that __ research should be public 13. Veteran Michael Boehm played Taps on one in My Lai 15. List-ending abbr. 16. Successes for John Rocker 18. The Waste Land monogram 19. Humdinger 21. Auction ending? 22. Consort of Caesar 23. Joe Cocker's Cry Me __ 25. Spain's Prime Minister, who scored a landslide 26. Virginia Governor who okayed creation of an Internet transaction code 28. Apples, pears and such 31. Big name in Internet software 34. Demo unit, for short 35. Like Anderson...