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...James conducted a simultaneous flirtation with and excoriation of the mass market, and seemed to be the very model of Hollywood's stereotypical fashion designer: compulsive, effeminate, occasionally hysterical, frequently hectoring, always demand-ling. Franklin Pangborn kissed by the furies. The exemplary catalogue for the show features an excellent introduction to James' life and creations by Curator Coleman, some reminiscences by James' clients and Photographer Bill Cunningham, and a long, detailed grouping of his work, including many pieces not in the exhibit. "The Genius of Charles James" tends to his more extravagant creations. It skimps...
...sees judges as specially charged, first, with purifying the political process--unblocking "stoppages," in his ling. Legislation that seems to subvert the principle of "one man, one vote" would warrant intense judicial scrutiny; so, for the matter, would government actions that limit political speech or assembly. Ely derives that role directly from the Constitution, which he contends is almost solely "about process"--and includes none of the "substantive values" that judges have sought to find...
...Ching-Ching hasn't been "in the mood" for over a year-the old headache routine, though in fairness they found she was suffering from peritonitis. What's a virile guy like me supposed to do? We're winning the war of words in D.C. too. Ling-Ling -that's my new love object-got her keeper to say that Hubby Hsing-Hsing is "just plain inept," and I like the Washington keeper's rugged sports metaphor, that Hsing-Hsing has to avoid hurt feelings like ''a football player when...
...Ching Ling Foo, "Court Conjurer to the Empress of China," wowed Western audiences when he toured the U.S. at the turn of the century. Now American Magician Mark Wilson, whose thaumaturgical fame dates from his days as star of TV's The Magic Land of Alla Kazam in the '60s, is seeking to balance the trade in his trade by taking his bag of tricks to China. While visiting the People's Republic to arrange performances there next fall, Wilson conjured up big crowds with small, impromptu gigs in which he would make white penknives turn black...
...gestation period for pandas is about five months, and it will take almost 4½ months for the first signs of pregnancy to appear-a swelling of Ling-Ling's breasts as she gets ready to nurse. Thus far only the Chinese have successfully bred a panda by artificial means. But such human intervention is becoming increasingly prudent. In the past five years, earthquakes and the natural disappearance of their major food, the arrow bamboo, have killed at least a tenth of China's giant pandas. Today only about 1,000 remain in the wild...