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What's going on? "In the '90s, the severity and number of catastrophes--not just well-known events like Hurricane Andrew and the Northridge, California, earthquake but many smaller ones as well--increased dramatically," explains Insurance Information Institute spokeswoman Jeanne Salvatore. At the same time, home-repair costs are rising 7% a year. The stock market is no longer providing insurers a fat return on invested premiums. And then there's mold or, as many news stories call it, "toxic mold." Salvatore says, "We've always paid mold claims. What's new is multimillion-dollar jury awards." In Texas alone...
...ears. In its quiet, hypnotic way, it is changing the habits of a nation. The versatile VCR can rerun yesterday's shows today and preserve today's for tomorrow. It can deliver movies old and new, the sights and sounds of Duran Duran in concert, a course in auto repair or a daily exercise regimen. With the help of a video camera, it can capture special family moments for an instant home movie or create a "video postcard" for far-off relatives. The VCR's contagious tune is, in short, the anthem of an entertainment revolution...
Marden was devastated by the damage, and he—along with the Whitney—immediately called Mancusi-Ungaro, who interviewed him for an hour-and-a-half about how he created the work before she tackled how best to repair...
Among her varied duties: repair damaged paintings, restore old works, lecture on modern art and its “technical” aspects and—her personal project—create a huge library of documentation on the materials and methods of contemporary artists...
...Given that Afghanistan is grappling with rebuilding a devastated country, excavating an old statue isn't high on the Kabul government's list of priorities. But this week, the U.N. is sponsoring a meeting in Kabul of archaeologists, scholars and possible donor nations to repair the country's war-shattered culture, starting in Bamiyan. Experts say that to restore one of the standing Buddhas could amount to $50 million. A dig for the reclining Buddha would cost a fraction of that...