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...more than 100 patrons of John Harvard's Brew House were treated to more unusual holiday dishes last night-grilled buffalo, foie gras pate and Christmas goose...
...they were dispelled by the results of other sales last week, which were mediocre. Two nights after the Ganz sale, the Evelyn Sharp collection of modern art went on the block at Sotheby's. It was a second-rate affair at best, chopped liver compared with the Ganz foie gras. The auction house had given the Sharp estate a guarantee, undisclosed but somewhere near the low aggregate-sales estimate, which was $59 million. But the whole sale made only $41.2 million, which left the house with a net loss of $10 million to $15 million. Even its star picture...
Today, it has become somewhat of a mecca for Halloween wanderers, creating a "Mardi Gras-type atmosphere," says Sean Coughlin, an employee of the Salem Wax Museum...
Within a week, Copeland had sued Rice for defamation and libel, Rice had reportedly tossed gold-colored rubber rats out of her midnight-black limo during the Mardi Gras Eve parade, and Copeland had ridden on a float with a stake holstered to his waist and a ring of garlic around his neck...
Anticensorship advocates responded hotly to suggestions that the Internet was responsible. But clearly the technology can facilitate some strange behavior. Communicating anonymously "leads to the Mardi Gras phenomenon," says Paul Gilster, who has written five books about computers. Because "you're wearing a mask, you feel you can act and speak with impunity...