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...trouble is that in the commercial rush to exploit this popular sentiment the notion of what is natural is getting stretched absurdly out of shape. It is even possible these days to see references to colors called natural vinyl and natural nylon. Considering nature's own glaring penchant for diverse and gaudy colors, it is illogical that any anemic shade should be called (as convention calls it) natural. And it is preposterous to put that label on synthetic stuff. If man-made plastics possess a natural color, then it is fair to ask: What is the natural color...
Some analysts warn that the decline of the middle-roading Free Democrats could produce a growing polarization within the country. Others question whether the German penchant for dynamic leadership, after 13 years of Brandt and Schmidt, can be satisfied by the unassertive Kohl. At a time when a protracted global recession has shrunk hopes for a return to the country's enviable prosperity, West Germans must also confront the unknown parameters of a new political era. -By William Drozdiak. Reported by Roland Flamini/Bonn...
Somewhere in this jungle fantasy is no doubt concealed an allegory of the Jews' well-known didacticism and their penchant for social justice. More obscure is the significance of Cohn's coupling with Mary Madelyn (the chimp pronunciation of Mary Magdalene), the island's unique female, a chimp who quotes from Romeo and Juliet with a lisp ("What wov can do, that dares wov attempt"). The fact that only Cohn and Mary Madelyn have sex, producing a baby, causes the beasts to go amuck. In a lunatic re-enactment of both Abraham's intended sacrifice...
...press has dutifully taken note of his rhetorical and procedural salvos. As a defense counsel, he has often turned the tables on unwitting prosecutors, putting them on the defensive by challenging, often successfully, the constitutionality of their evidence against his client. Dershowitz's legal fast-breaks and penchant for courtroom theatrics have made him by far the best-known part-time practicing attorney in America...
...faces are familiar, soon the figures may be too. Shedding modeldom's longtime penchant for mystery in the competitive and highly sensitive area of fees, New York City's aggressive Elite agency recently provided clients with an astonishingly explicit schedule of the hourly and daily rates of its stable of talent. Although the fee for a high-profile beauty like Carol Alt, 21 (Lancôme), is listed as "negotiable" - meaning that if you have to ask, you probably can't afford her - the agency nonetheless appears to have something to offer almost any budget. Prices begin...