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...planned a major fall lineup to mark its entr?e into the world of full-service publishing. Unfortunately, Chinese customs officials have also indefinitely halted production of two other Callaway titles, "Celestial Gallery," a book of Himalayan art, which, according to Callaway, raises spiritual objections from Chinese officials, and "Max: The Photographs of Max Vadukul," which chronicles the legendary fashion photographer?s career and contains several "objectionable" bare-torso shots...
...shouldn't I make a buck off this thing?" Max, 52, asked as he thumbed through journals such as Presidential Studies Quarterly, The American Scholar and Political Science Quarterly while researching the appropriate point spread. Max, who has run a small book for 20 years to supplement his income from various odd jobs, takes wagers on ponies, ball games and everything else, including "two rats running across the street." He's booked local elections in the past but decided to try the big leagues this time, thanks in part to the money-grubbing example set by the candidates. "These guys...
That last line is something of a refrain for Max, who sends his 11-year-old son to parochial school because the public school is a disaster. "Every four years, here's another guy in pants and a jacket telling us he's the education President. Am I right, or am I right? The Republicans were in charge for 12 years, and you couldn't send your kids to public school. The Democrats take over for eight years; nothing changes. Now George Bush is going to fix the public schools? Same guy who went to Andover and Yale?" Max throws...
Being a bookie is no more uncommon in South Philadelphia than being, say, a pizza-pie maker. Sure, it's illegal. But Max (whose real name is being withheld to protect his operation and Campaign Diary's wager) wonders what's the greater crime: a row-house palooka's supporting his family by offering a convenient alternative to government-run lottery bamboozles, or the fact that American public policy and the Lincoln Bedroom are for sale to the highest bidders...
...Creme de la Mer was invented by Max Huber in the 1960s to treat his own rocket-fuel burns. According to Estee Lauder, which owns the product, his formula consisted of fermenting a seaweed broth to the prerecorded gurglings of previous batches. Lauder researchers don't know why the sounds make a difference, but without them, they contend, the cream loses its potency...