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Once upon a time, the building at 15 Dunster St. was a bank. Today, people drink milkshakes in what was once the vault, and teenaged scoop jockeys dole out mint chocolate chip where tellers once doled out cash...
...destined to be the Filth Decade? What has happened to comedy, not to mention the English language, if a scoundrel like Clay can twist these fine old instruments to touch minds and make a mint? Clay may be at the rough edge of popular entertainment, but he stands there proud as well as profane, and he does not stand alone...
...French imports have dominated Japan's small but growing market for foreign wine. Fujisankei's offerings, moderately priced at between $10 and $17 a bottle, have been blended "with the Japanese palate in mind," says a company spokesman, meaning that they are slightly sweet and fruity. Who knows, maybe mint juleps will be next. But Fujisankei can think about that tomorrow...
...Okay, guys," my father will say, opening the freezer. "We have seven Haagen Daaz flavors and four fresh gallons of Breyers. And for Josh, we still have some mocha-mint-bark tofu-whip leftover from the Reagan...
...kitsch. The perfunctory replays of images from his inventive youth -- the burning giraffes, androgynous St. Johns of the Cross and nudes with chewing-gum hips -- were printed in tens of thousands of "rare" or limited works; this was art sleaze, surrealism pathetically embracing the ethos of the Franklin Mint. Dali's last years, surrounded by flacks and barracuda (from whom he was, to put it mildly, not protected by his wife Gala, who died in 1982), were a cautionary horror. Several years ago, when his hands had long been too shaky to draw but could still scribble, he signed ream...