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...says Frank Fennesz, 19, of Union City, as he hefts 113 Ibs. of venison-to-be back into the bed of his pickup. Fennesz's only complaint is the rainy weather, not be cause he minds getting wet but because rain turns dry, rustling leaves into a soundless carpet of mush. "If you don't see the deer, you can't hear them in weather like this." Chatting with one an other as they stand around in the glare of headlights and the harsh light of a gasoline lantern, most of the waiting hunters seem honest...
...coats were off, their vests open, their faces red, their voices emphatic. They were finishing a bottle of corrosive bootlegged whisky and imploring the bellboy, "Say, son, can you get us some more of this embalming fluid?" They were smoking large cigars and dropping ashes and stubs on the carpet. With windy guffaws they were telling stories. They were, in fact, males in a happy state of nature...
Once aptly described as "art to walk on," Oriental (or as some prefer, Islamic) rugs and carpets are enjoying a resurgence of popularity in the West. Indeed, the finer examples from Iran, Turkey and the Caucasus have become too valuable to walk on. The prices for some exceptional antique rugs have risen as much as 1000% during the past seven years, especially at auctions where oil-rich Middle Easterners are eagerly buying back the treasures of their heritage. The Splendor of Persian Carpets by E. Gans-Ruedin (Rizzoli; 566 pages; $85) shows off some spectacular examples whose color values...
...apartment building on Avenue K and East 15th Street. He grew up in the classic Jewish, middle-class ghetto, where the central dream is educating the children who will become well-off doctors, lawyers, engineers. As Woody put it later on, "My parents' dominant values were God and carpet." In all movies in which his parents appear, they are heavily parodied. In few interviews does he mention his parents or his childhood in any but the most joking tones, the most passing references. One would suppose the serious documentary-maker would take Woody's desire to avoid that period...
...issues in the 1978 campaign: former Cambridge Mayor Barbara Ackermanndoesn't have the money to mount an effective liberal challenge to Dukakis. And former MassPort Director Ed King would not only slash the incomes of poor people, he'd also sweep environmental, consumer and women's issues under the carpet. Dukakis will win again, but there is no joy in Mudville...