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...unscrutinized by the taxpayer,” said Carla A. Howell, president of the small government group. Asked to cite specific wasteful items, Howell described “exorbitant government pensions and fake reform of police detail” as only “the tip of the trash heap.” “Governor Patrick pretends to have finally addressed this egregious waste, but it remains wasteful, almost as wasteful as before,” said Howell. “This measure doesn’t even begin to root out the government waste in city...
...army of studio assistants? I think Lacayo's term "product lines on canvas" says it all. Welcome to the Wal-Mart of art. I find it strange that however closely I look at the photo of his new work The Golden Calf, I can't quite see the heap of gold-plated manure beneath the bull. Kevin Wooldridge, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND...
...factory "art" [Sept. 15]. More than $7o0,000 for "spin paintings" manufactured by an army of assistants? Lacayo's term "product lines on canvas" says it all. Oddly, however closely I look at the photo of Hirst's new work The Golden Calf, I can't quite see the heap of gold-plated manure beneath the pickled bull. Kevin Wooldridge, London...
...Despite the fact that the University is not in the midst of a capital campaign, its fundraising level has kept it near the top of the heap in the world of higher education. In fiscal year 2007, Harvard’s $614 million haul was only exceeded by Stanford, which netted $832 million. The West Coast school is in the midst of a five-year, $4.3-billion capital campaign that is among the largest in the history of higher education...
...Xiaodong was too lost in his delicate brushstrokes - too deep in the trash heap beneath an East Naples underpass - to notice his visitors: a pair of helmetless (and humorless) teenagers, who had quietly rolled in on a moped as the star Chinese painter added touches of color to his latest en plein air work of social neo-realism...