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...this reputation be saved? You bet it can. That is what shows like the voluptuous Chagall retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art are for, to remind us that Chagall's best work is too powerful to be buried under the assembly-line charm of his later output. (And perhaps also to bring in the crowds.) Did he oversupply the world with purple cows? He did. But he was also a great and original artist, one who could produce work as deeply gratifying as any Bonnard, as inventive as any wriggle by Miro...
...league of its own. "Our older population suffered incomparably higher fatalities - and there are reasons for that," says Mantion. Everywhere, there is a tendency to treat heat-wave deaths as inevitable, a sad by-product of summer or global warming or aging. But the disparate death tolls remind us that heat waves, like earthquakes and cold snaps, do not have to wipe out populations the size of small towns. They only do so when the existing infrastructure is already inadequate. The majority of this summer's victims were found dead in homes they occupied alone - or were brought to emergency...
...ushering illegal Central American migrants through Mexico. In a few short years, say investigators, the pair earned enough to fund not only a gun arsenal but also kingpin lifestyles that included Avianeda's ranch and the slick cowboy clothes and motorcycles Andrade loves. Andrade, say police, likes to remind associates that because the poor Central Americans he smuggles are nacos, or hillbillies, he has to flaunt his kingpin trappings to "show them...
...Congressman Tom DeLay--to redraw district lines. As a nation, we seem to be losing the habits of civility and citizenship. Public life is becoming a pricey boutique, catering only to special interests and political eccentrics. The California recall is goofy, irresponsible--and not a bad way to remind politicians that their work involves more than raising money and spending it on nasty nonsense...
...BASHFUL. What if your broker still tries to nudge you into B or C shares? Remind him that he is required by investing regulators to show you--with real numbers--why that choice would be in your best interest, not just...