Art is the ultimate luxury. And when we lose our spending power frills like art are the first casualties. It is a law of nature that a bust will follow a boom as inevitably as night follows day, and almost overnight Indian contemporary art has no takers.
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The magic. How to explain it? Let’s start with the goodness of Beefy. No, let’s start with Heena and the eight-grand watch. No, let’s start with the freshers and the bulge in their foreskins. No, let’s start with the chaos of the Dharavi slum.
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Veterans of the 1948 Austerity Olympics want the rising costs of 2012 cut following calls for the Corinthian spirit of the Games to be restored.
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In an era of tight spending, city Treasurer Stephanie Neely and Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th), chairman of the City Council’s Finance Committee, still have police officers permanently assigned to chauffeur and protect them.
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Many jazz listeners get anxious when a vocalist releases a new album of old songs. The songs are old, therefore they’ve been covered numerous times in numerous ways. The challenge, then, isn’t just to make it good.
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The Kiwis’ shock league world cup win proved too much for one avid fan. Father-of-two Todd Andrew Varley, 40, dropped dead moments after celebrating victory over the Kangaroos in last Saturday’s final.
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SKINT Kerry Katona is struggling to repay her £1MILLION mortgage and is sobbing to pals that she may lose her home.
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In January 2006, the Chicago Police Department yanked four police bodyguards assigned to then-city Clerk Jim Laski after Laski got caught up in the Hired Truck scandal and the bodyguards reported him AWOL from work. Mayor Daley and then-First Deputy Police Supt. Dana Starks promised a broader review of a perk long viewed as little more than a valet service.
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Editor’s note: This is the latest in a periodic series featuring pioneers of the automotive industry. The founder of Porsche motor cars, Ferdinand Porsche, was born in 1875 in Bohemia-Austria. (The German proper name, Porsche, is pronounced PORSH-eh, not PORSH). Young Ferdinand seemed to be born to mechanical work.
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SEWARD — Nathan Pence, 5, said he wants a motorbike for Christmas. Kristen Pence, 7, wanted to keep her wish a secret. So she smushed her hand over her little brother’s mouth, muffling his laughter and the words “Bratz dolls.”
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