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...octopus to do? Don't fear: looser rules passed this month in the U.K. permitting some foreign ownership of media assets might offer Viacom a welcome distraction. Taking Stock - And Selling It Fiat stock tumbled for a day last week after one of its biggest shareholders, Deutsche Bank, declined to put up fresh money for the beleaguered Italian automaker, which is asking shareholders for a capital increase. It was the latest sign of a policy shift by Deutsche CEO Josef Ackermann. For decades, Deutsche amassed a huge portfolio. But now Ackermann, who has been indicted for alleged breach of trust...
...central charm of "Shrimpy and Paul" is the humor. Marc Bell fills his world with silly characters like Brosse the Greedy Goose, Mushroom Hed, Shrimpy's brother Blimpy, Taco, a floating, derby-hatted octopus deity who toots out musical notes and many, many more. Bell then crams as many of these characters as he can into these stories, making them teem with life. Little critters run around in the corners of panels just doing their own thing. Kinetic and cute, Bell's art looks like no other, combining silly excess with a clarity of design and arrangement. Occasionally he will...
Shall I have the brains? Would that be better copy for you?" It would. So Nigella Lawson--former newspaperwoman, member of PEOPLE'S 50 Most Beautiful People list and reigning cookbook queen--has the calf's brains. She also has the octopus salami, the gnocchi with zucchini flowers, spaghetti with sardines, Tuscan steak, crispy duck and other gourmet victuals--many of which originally resided on my plate...
...Another conflagration erupted in the nearby village of Xiaomaiyu. Fisherman Lin had been munching on octopus and broad beans last week when he saw a commotion at the fish-breeding pens in front of him. He watched as some 400 villagers attacked an abandoned building that local officials were secretly renovating as a SARS quarantine center. As the outmanned bureaucrats looked on, the peasants forced construction workers to strip the building of its innards. Order was restored only when soldiers stationed nearby arrived. Lin and other eyewitnesses claim the soldiers beat up several elderly villagers; at least four were hospitalized...
...think of them as an octopus. We’re talking to the head, but the tentacles are all out there doing things,” she said...