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Four days later, a message offered to free Manotoc in return for the release of four jailed leaders of the Philippine Communist Party and the payment of $2.5 million. The government insisted that Manotoc had been kidnaped, and officials promised a relentless search. But the efforts turned out to be...
The same pitch of high manneristic skill can be seen, though used to wholly variant ends, in the work of Richard Shaw, 40; drawing from the American trompe 1'oeil tradition begun in the 19th century by Peto and Harnett, Shaw casts objects-playing cards, books, tin cans, ax...
Most board members believed that interest levels are not likely to fall much further. Currently, the prime commercial lending rate that banks charge their most credit-worthy customers stands at 15.75%. The board forecasts that it will still be a high 13.75% in mid-1982. After that, TIME'S...
Hosie's Zoo (Viking; $10.95) is an equally eerie place, populated with recognizable creatures of the jungle, but transfigured by Leonard Baskin's violent line and shadowy backgrounds. Some of the descriptions, by Baskin's wife and children, are worthy of Ogden Nash: "The pygmy marmoset'...
Whether in the pro ring or on the Harvard mat, wrestlers engage in their own version of physical combat. What ultimately distinguishes the genuine from the absurd is that while Stan "Heart-punch" Staziak bloodies the ring with his ludicrous antics, the Crimson wrestlers use their mat as if it...