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...papers in headlines like BANANA SPLIT or GOING BANANAS. But Clark Davis isn't laughing. One day the quality-assurance engineer was contentedly playing in the basement of his Wexford, Pa., home with his N-gauge model railroad--three lines spread over 36 sq. ft. of diorama, styled after turn-of-the-century Europe. The next day, Davis, 66, heard from his supplier of German-made Fleischman engines that not only could the price be doubling but the supplier's hobby shop might even be put out of business. All because the U.S. wants to punish Europe for discriminating against...
Model railroaders argued, among other things, that if their trains doubled in price, more kids would turn to lives of drugs and crime. Other train enthusiasts, including Davis, wrote letters: "I fail to see any relationship between model-railroad equipment and bananas." Trains got dropped...
CHRISTOPHER JOHN FARLEY and DAVID THIGPEN are indispensable in keeping colleagues and readers plugged into musical trends and personalities. This week they turn their attention to hip-hop. Farley says hip-hop is what you turn on "to feel the beat of the time." As a measure of the genre's success, he points out that singer Lauryn Hill, whom he profiles in this issue, received more Grammy nominations this year than any other female artist. While Hill is lauded for her musical talent, producer Sean ("Puffy") Combs is known for his business savvy. "He's one of the most...
...perhaps the only art form that celebrates capitalism openly. To be sure, filmmakers pore over weekend grosses, but it would be surprising for a character in a Spielberg film to suddenly turn toward the camera and shout, "This picture's grossed $100 million, y'all! Shout out to DreamWorks!" Rap's unabashed materialism distinguishes it sharply from some of the dominant musical genres of the past century. For example, nobody expects bluesmen to be moneymakers--that's why they're singing the blues. It's not called the greens, after all. As for alternative rockers, they have the same relationship...
...longer advocate the "turn your cookie off" solution to Web browsing. Cookies--data strings in your browser that identify you--can be used to determine when you last visited a website and what you saw there. Unfortunately, if you disable them (through your browser's preferences menu) you can't get into websites that require cookies. And if you opt for the middle ground--warn me if anyone wants my cookie--you end up going crazy since many sites request them dozens of times. Fortunately, there's Anonymizer...