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These are the humble makings of a revolution in progress: Macaroni and cheese. Timex watches. Volunteer work. Insulated underwear. Savings accounts. Roseanne. Domestic beer. Local activism. Sleds. Pajamas. Sentimental movies. Primary colors. Mixed-breed dogs. Bicycles. Cloth diapers. Shopping at Wal- Mart. Small-town ways. Iceberg lettuce. Family reunions. Board games. Hang- it-yourself wallpaper. Push-it-yourself lawn mowers. Silly Putty...
With Eames chairs and bark-cloth drapes coming back into vogue, it was only a matter of time before linoleum floors joined the retro-design boom. MTV's offices in Santa Monica, Calif., are covered with the stuff, while Jack Nicholson, Ted Danson and Phil Collins have all had intricate hand-cut floors inlaid at their homes by Hollywood designer Laurie Crogan. The tacky old sheeting product has also been refashioned into modern "linoleum rugs." They were born in L.A. a few years back, when abstract painter Christopher Stearns decided to cover up his apartment's ugly kitchen with portable...
After a few beers on the couch in his apartment in Hong Kong's Wanchai district, Fai stands up to adjust his carefully unkempt clothes - gray T shirt and navy cotton flat-front pants worn low on the hips. He's wearing a pair of black-frame glasses and a black terry cloth wristband with a green ganja leaf design that he says lets the ladies know, "I can get you high." With his close-cropped hair, wide cheekbones and enormous grin, Fai may not be the most attractive representative of his gender - he also has the chronic slouch...
...worst, but they were hardly the first to be controversial. The power to pardon assumes that due process will fail and that Presidents and Governors will have the wisdom and good conscience to remedy its failures. The sad truth is that these officials are cut from the same cloth as the rest of us. BOB HILTON Iowa City...
...killing appears to have halted and life is gradually returning to normal in Palangkaraya. Yet fear is still very much in the air. It's almost impossible to find a car in the city that doesn't fly a red ribbon or piece of cloth from its antenna or wing mirror, a sign of loyalty to the Dayak cause. Neighborhoods remain blocked by makeshift barricades of logs and stones...