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Mansen himself, in Cambridge for the opening of the only American appearance of this show, looks less like a woodcut craftsman than the contemporary German artist that he is, dressed in the black suit and black turtleneck of the Continental avant-garde. Asked why he chose, in these works, to focus on domestic topics, Mansen responds: "When I was a student, everyone was painting crazy things, like giraffes in gas stations. That was fine to a point, but I wanted to do something different. There is something very simple, and familiar, to the domestic." Mansen explains that, even when working...
...Math Problem: Bill Clinton offered Paula Jones $700,000 to settle her sexual-harassment suit. Paula recently got a nose job. If she accepts the settlement, what combination of plastic surgery and automobile can Paula afford...
...Nobel Award for Safety Engineering went to Troy Hurtubise, of North Bay, Ont., for "developing and personallytesting a suit of armor impervious to grizzlybears...
...video of Hurtubise's research showed himtesting the suit by being beaten with baseballbats, thrown down a hill and hit by a car. Thesuit, equipped with a titanium endoskeleton, wasunveiled at the ceremony and was promptlybombarded by stuffed teddy bears thrown from theaudience...
Opponents of the rule, though, are not simply pointing fingers. Two weeks ago, the Louisiana attorney general filed suit in federal court seeking to prevent the program from going into effect in his state. A hearing on the motion is being held this week. And Louisiana Representative Bob Livingston, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, has attached a rider to the HHS funding bill that would block the rule for one year...