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...production-line performers who fit the latest high-selling stereotype. And to some extent it's true. Many record execs, understandably excited by the high sales figures of acts such as tenor Russell "The Voice" Watson and teen soprano Charlotte Church, now place their bets on musicians with broad commercial potential - the chance to earn big numbers swiftly. So they throw seven-figure contracts and vast marketing budgets at those who can best ape the pop stars. What they forget, of course, is that serious, carefully nurtured and developed classical stars may not yield immediate pop-size receipts...
...former dancer from Philadelphia sketched some ideas for a clothing line based on the way she liked to dress. Three years later, Fetish--Eve's broad-ranging line of denim jumpsuits, corduroy skirts and slinky slip dresses that look like basketball jerseys--has been snapped up by stores like Bloomingdale's, Macy's and Rich's and is scheduled to hit shelves in time for fall. Sales for the first year are projected at $50 million...
...produced one of the high points of this show: a massive canvas that rarely leaves Moscow, Introduction to the Jewish Theatre. Created by Chagall to decorate that city's 90-seat State Jewish Chamber Theater, it was also a manifesto of his deliberately impure aesthetic, in which broad bands of color derived plainly from Suprematism are the backdrop--but only the backdrop--for resolutely nonabstract acrobats and livestock. In the lower right-hand corner, just above Chagall's signature, a man urinates directly into the eye of a pig. A parting shot at the Gentile Malevich? Some scholars think...
...steep declines, many stocks remain expensive relative to earnings. Bonds are a death trap during periods of faster growth. Real estate never fell. Money-market yields barely cover a fund's expenses. So you have to look beyond the traditional stocks-bonds-cash-real estate mix to find any broad investment categories that are truly bargains...
...Wanted: Justice I am totally disgusted by the humanitarian crisis caused by the civil war in Liberia [notebook, July 28]. President Charles Taylor should quickly prepare his will, because he may end up like his predecessor, Samuel Doe?murdered in broad daylight. The blood of the innocent people Taylor has killed will never allow him to evade justice, either here or in heaven. Henry Ezike Windhoek, Namibia...