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...True or False? The Vinland Map, seen since the 1950s as possible proof that Norse explorers reached North America before Christopher Columbus, has been branded a fake. British scientists analyzed the composition of the map's ink and discovered that it dates from the 1920s or later. However, the forger almost got away with it. A forthcoming academic paper reports that carbon-dating methods show that the parchment on which the map was drawn was made around 1434. But the map's defenders are holding fast. "If it is a forgery, then the forger was surely one of the most...
...teenage Andy, both hand-colored by Julia in a style that resembles Warhol's technique, Bycko says. In another exhibit, a greeting card with a picture of the Last Supper, Julia used long parallel stitches to highlight the robes of Jesus and some of the Apostles. A pen-and-ink drawing of a messenger angel she drew on a Christmas card has been reproduced by the museum as a chandelier...
...more accessible but no less interesting book comes from Lincoln, California and the pen of Paul Hornschemeier. "Forlorn Funnies" number one (Absence of Ink Comic Press; 32pp.; $3.95) mixes sophomoric humor with existential despair in a full-color extravaganza that constantly surprises with its design. The opening page shows an archetypical villain, stove-pipe-hatted, handlebar-mustachioed riding his horse. The panels of page two, on the underside, have been lightly printed in the background, backwards, as if you could see through the paper - a kind of literal foreshadowing. Comically frustrated in his villainy, he asks himself "At what point...
...billion--nearly three times what was lost in the implosion of Enron. WorldCom is not yet financially bankrupt, but it's clear that it--like a fat slice of corporate America--has been ethically bankrupt for years. We're only now getting a look at the red ink on the moral balance sheets, and new revelations of malfeasance in one company after another are sending shocks around the globe...
...pleasant, as guarded as he is engaged, his very politeness a kind of barrier. His steadfast allegiance to the controversial Church of Scientology, his surprising split a year ago from Nicole Kidman, the gay rumors (and his diligent litigation in response) serve to remind us that despite all the ink spilled and all the gossip milled over the past two decades, Cruise remains someone about whom we have never quite been able to connect the dots...