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Christine Carroll, 32, of Floral Park, N.Y., would appear to be a solid financial asset to any marriage. Steadily employed as a bookkeeper for the past decade, she regularly contributes $4,000 a year to the Carrolls' combined income of $16,500. Yet for three years she and her husband Richard were turned down for a mortgage loan by one lending institution after another. His income alone was not sufficient, the couple was invariably told, and her income could not be counted because she was "of childbearing age." When one loan officer asked Christine for documentary proof that...
...Anaheim, California, the home of Disneyland, Huebler took 20 photos of visitors in front of a Mickey Mouse formed by floral patterns. Mickey Mouse appeared the same in every picture at exactly the same position, yet the people in front changed. This Duration Place No. 30 watched people as they watched one of America's cultural constants--they were also taking pictures of themselves in front of the Mickey Mouse. We want to look at our changing selves against a cultural constant. Art and theories of beauty want to look at themselves as a constant. Huebler has reduced...
...Cadillac announced that it was recalling 3,900 of the 267,787 vehicles it made this model year. In seven known instances, a weak rear axle had caused the back wheels to separate from the chassis. The endangered vehicles included all Cadillac hearses made this year, as well as floral cars, ambulances and limousines. Presumably, the drivers and passengers in some funeral processions have been running some risk of hastening their...
HOSTMANSHIP. On the floor of the guest-room closet, the Host secrets a corrugated cardboard box full of ancient trophies, medals and ribbons, purchased at local antique emporiums. The awards-the more tarnished the better -may be for floral arrangements or American Legion conventions; none needs have the Host's name on it. As he shows the Guest around, the Summer Gamesman opens the closet door...
Part of the reason may be that younger women are tired of delicate floral scents. Part may also be musk oil's reputation as an aphrodisiac, which dates back several thousand years. Before the Chinese sealed the border between Tibet and Nepal, oil from the scent gland of the Tibetan musk deer was selling for as much as $600 per kilogram in India. The new perfumes, however, are made from chemicals...