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...professional. He grew up in Philadelphia and wanted to be a song-and-dance man; she was raised in a suburb of Chicago and wanted to sing in cabarets. When they met at the Proposition in Cambridge, however, they knew they had something else going. "We thought, 'Wouldn't we be great onstage?' " says Suzanne. " 'We make each other laugh so.' " They started working "semisteadily," as they put it, two years ago, and this year became a permanent team, ampersand and all. Audiences are now joining in their laughter. That kind of light humor called...
Third, defend the "grossly undervalued dollar" by. buying up dollars in world markets. "We're out of our minds not to go in and spend whatever it takes. I don't think that it will take more than $20 billion to $30 billion, but it wouldn't bother me if it were $100 billion...
Both Davis and Minnelli are personality pushers who market their mannerisms like commodities. If you think they are repeating themselves, they are. When was the last time they were caught doing anything remotely fresh? Their fans wouldn't stand for it. They come not to watch a show or to see the gods and goddesses of the tabloids deign to immerse themselves in specific roles. Such play-goers attend the theater only to bathe in the effulgence of celebrityhood...
Still, the policing job is enormous. Mexico alone contains at least 11,000 archaeological sites. Says one official: "The whole Mexican army wouldn't be enough to guard all of them." Peru must try to protect the remains of diverse cultures spanning more than 3,000 years. Even when guards and inspections are used, some officials concede that bribery often eases the way for thefts. Yet another complication is a thriving trade in bogus pre-Columbian pieces. Often using the same techniques as their ancestors, the forgers are so skilled that even experts can have trouble distinguishing the fakes...
...every "parental" restraint he defiled, Carlin found he was opening up his mind to the world, understanding other perspectives on life. Drugs had opened his "doors of perception," he says, and "they had an influence I wouldn't deny...