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Daumier's work does not only focus on the king: other government officials were also the artist's targets. The drawing "D'Argout" exaggerates the long nose of its subject, the chief censor. Beneath the image is a coat of arms featuring the nose and a pair of scissors, which represent the office of censor. This common practice of embellishing one aspect of a person's features is known as "portrait charge...
...Children's Television Act of 1990, stations are required to air at least some programming that serves the "educational and informational needs" of children. The trick, of course, is figuring out what constitutes educational fare. A number of stations tried to satisfy the rules by putting a fresh coat of public-service paint on rusty old entertainment shows. Among the programs thrust under the education rubric, according to a study by the Washington-based Center for Media Education, were Super Mario Brothers (cited for demonstrating the importance of "self-confidence"), The Jetsons (for teaching kids what life might be like...
...Safety Walk. Perhaps some of the people no longer calling were those who used the driving escort as a free taxi service--some callers have responded to the driving escort dispatches with the following rejoinders: "I'm not wearing the right shoes," "I'm not wearing a coat," "I've had a long day" and "I've always gotten rides and I want that to continue." The Escort must prioritize, some members of the Harvard community need to travel from the Law School area to across the river; some students need to go from the Dudley Co-Ops to Mather...
...Salam Mosque is a chill, bare room that begs to go unnoticed. Street light dimly filters through the thick layers of blue paint and grime that coat all four windows. Sound echoes off the barren walls, and the ceiling leaks so badly that buckets must be placed strategically when it rains. The only furniture is a single high-backed wooden chair, a place of honor for such spiritual leaders as Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman. For most of its eight years, the cavernous mosque on the third floor of a white brick building along Jersey City's Kennedy Boulevard has attracted...
Some have greatness thrust upon them. Others thrust themselves into great parties. Nobody crashes society bashes like New York nobody Richard Osterweil, a starving artist and coat checker featured in the recent film Painting the Town. As for future infiltrations, look for his face...