Word: dollars
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...chaotic jumble of tat on sale?you'll come across everything from Christmas decorations to carvings of decidedly non-native lions and giraffes. The paintings also betray a m?lange of foreign influences, with pseudo-Impressionism and faux-Expressionism finding particular favor among local daubers targeting the tourist dollar...
Jonathan (Elijah Wood) is a collector with a limited range and a deep, if enigmatically motivated, passion. What he saves is family memorabilia--his grandma's false teeth, a dollar bill, even dirt from ground that is somehow hallowed in family memory. All this stuff he seals in plastic Baggies and pins to a wall in his room. One of his most prized possessions is a photograph of his grandfather with a Ukrainian woman who, according to family legend, saved his life during World War II. In Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan journeys to the Ukraine to discover her fate...
MARY-KATE and ASHLEY OLSEN, left, both 19, the merchandising moguls and New York City club kids--er, college students--have found a new way to expand their billion-dollar media empire: hire more twins. The Olsens' company, Dualstar Entertainment, has entered a licensing agreement with child actors DYLAN and COLE SPROUSE, both 13, who currently star in their own show on the Disney Channel and also appeared on the sitcom Friends. The new brand, D.C. Sprouse, hangs on the twins' cuteness and likability and will include DVD movies, CDs, clothing, sports gear and video games to appeal...
...crucial housing issue is ultimately handled--much like the final bill for rebuilding the Gulf--is anybody's guess. For all the imposing dollar figures and bold proposals being bandied about, it's clear that Washington is making this up as it goes along. "It's going to cost whatever it costs," is how the President put it last week. Given the battering his reputation has taken in the past few weeks, that open-ended approach makes perfect sense. After all, no matter what it ends up costing, the White House has learned that the price of inaction is much...
...headaches: Where will he find customers? No tourists are allowed in the city. Where will he house his workers? That is, if he can get them back from Tucson and Dallas and other cities where they have scattered. Will he find willing workers with the construction business paying top dollar for the few bodies around? "Restaurants are what make New Orleans special. When are the tourists going to be back?" says Reggio. "It's one thing to get restaurants operating-we can do that with hard work-but who's going to help restaurants survive after they re-open?" Still...