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Both Carlin and Steele mention the same artist—minimalist Sol LeWitt—in discussing their influences. And though much of the work seems at first to have an inorganic feel, the artists agree that people and the human condition are very much represented...
Fans will delight in the Jerky Boys familiar characters, like the abrasive Frank Rizzo, voiced by Johnny B., whose defining characteristic is an unnecessary overuse of a four letter word rhyming with “puck,” the memorable Sol Rosenberg, an annoyingly shy, neurotic, Jewish man, á la Woody Allen, and the hilarious transsexual Jack Tors. Kamal’s participation is comparatively limited to infrequent characters like Tarbash the Egyptian magician and Ali Kamal...
...Before the bombing, says Sol Lebovic, managing director of Newspoll, national security ranked third as an issue behind education and health. It hadn't been prominent in the news or the national conversation. But it was an issue on which Prime Minister John Howard seemed to have the ascendancy. In June, when asked whether Howard's Liberal-National government or Latham's Labor opposition could better protect the country, 50% of voters polled favored the Coalition and 26% Labor. When he was elected Opposition leader last December, Latham trailed the P.M. on that question 21% to 58%. A few days...
Remember when ammonia and pine-sol were the telltale scents of cleanliness? Times have changed. A growing number of consumers are following their noses to a new and pricey category of housekeeping products that combine cleaning power with aromatherapy. Wendt, for instance, is partial to the Mrs. Meyer's brand of dish liquids and countertop sprays. "The smell is amazing," she gushes, "and it fills the house for a little while when you use it." She's also fond of Laundry Fragrance--added in the final rinse cycle--from the Good Home Co., which comes in lavender, vanilla and such...
...complain that regional-jet pilots earn about one-fourth as much as large-jet pilots--reluctantly agree to relax the ceiling on the number of regional jets the airlines can use. That's just the kind of small thinking the regional-jet rivals need to hear. --With reporting by Sol Biderman/Sao Paulo, Robert Brehl and Steven Frank/Toronto and Linda Gyulai/Montreal