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...German-American humorist: the phrase smacks of oxymoronality. The American expected to laugh at German-Americans (when he wasn't afraid of them), primed as he was with images of oom-pah-pah bands, clinking beer steins and Wagnerian sopranos of ample girth. It happened that Ted's father was co-owner of the Kalmbach and Geisel Brewery (later, and prudently, changed to the Liberty Brewing Company) in Springfield, Mass., and that his mother's measurements were an imposing six ft. and 200 lb. Further, the family names could have come from any ethnic vaudeville sketch of the period: Schmaelzle...
When a new road is abandoned because some Maori say it will disturb a spirit monster, New Zealanders may fume, but they also laugh. When tribes use their influence to bog down development projects for years, public ire eventually fades. Maori claims to the nation's oil and mineral reserves stirred anger, but the Labour government's firm "no" ensured it was short-lived. Last year's claim to the seabed and foreshores was different. Instead of scotching it, the government offered a compromise, which Maori are still considering. Beach-loving New Zealanders were outraged - and they've stayed that...
Whatever the reason, plenty of people will pay to play with food. At the Vinoklet Winery in Cincinnati, Ohio, couples laugh and chat at the vast communal grill while poking their slabs of mahimahi or steak. Kreso Mikulic, the mustachioed owner, bellows out advice: "A knife! You have to cut it with a knife." Setting their first date here helped kindle romance two years ago for Ali Dehner and Jeffrey Pfirrmann. "It was a good icebreaker," says Dehner...
Martha Stewart and Mariana Pasternak were friends for more than 20 years. They spoke on the phone almost every day and lived around the corner from each other in tony Westport, Conn. They went on vacations together, to places like Brazil, Egypt and the Galapagos Islands, where they would laugh that again they had no male company, but at least they had each other...
...countries to more paying customers; movies become high-tech spectacles and stars demand higher salaries; and so the cost of filmmaking rises, and the cycle begins anew. Europe's industry - with its dependence on dubbing or subtitling for foreign audiences, its vastly differing cultural tones (what makes the French laugh is often lost on the Germans), and its relatively tiny purse - simply can't compete. And that's why many industry insiders are calling for a revolution in the way films are funded and distributed. In France, Italy and Germany, new laws pledge more support to films with mass appeal...