Word: franked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First in Martha's Vineyard and then in the Hamptons, Hillary gave up her listening tour for sweet-talking the chattering classes out of whatever Clinton fatigue they might be feeling. In one sold-out fund raiser, at the waterfront home of former Universal Studios CEO Frank Biondi in Edgartown, she took in $250,000, as her husband held court on the porch, urging everyone to join the large crowd lined up for a photo with the candidate. It's hard to know what angst he's experiencing inside, but the President is at least making a good show...
...admits. Equally staggering are the profits--$5 million last year--derived from slapping the images from Kinkade's paintings onto everything from calendars to table lamps. The merchandising machine will go into overdrive this winter when construction is scheduled to begin on Kinkade-inspired houses near Sacramento, Calif. Says Frank Sisser, publisher of the trade magazine U.S. Art: "The man is a consummate marketer...
...extent, today's frenetic cross-fertilization in the industrial-design world is nothing new. As Graves points out, architects from Michelangelo to Frank Lloyd Wright have designed candlesticks as well as cathedrals. Never before, though, has there been such competition to define consumers' lifestyles. "There's a feeling out there that the aesthetic should be part of your life," says Tupperware head designer Morison Cousins...
...Frank Gibney. With reporting by Julie Rawe/New York
...BOOK GOES HIP: Visionaire, the high-concept, high-priced quarterly in which edgy visual artists of every stripe explore one subject, has turned to the Bible. Catherine Chalmers has a sexy take on the serpent, above, and Enrique Badulescu recasts David and Goliath as fashion models. A curved wooden Frank Gehry creation becomes Noah's Ark. Even Philippe Starck's spiky plastic packaging is fun. Not as visionary as the original, but fascinating...