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SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS have
reported on the growing Obsession
abroad, especially tn Japan, with
Levi's blue jeans fram the 1950s
and (960s.

As in North America, used jeans
sell for more than new ones, but in
Japan, vintage jeans bring as much
us $5,000 a pair, An Associated
Press writer notes that trendy
Japanese magazines fuel the jeans
market by providing readers with
“detailed instructions on how to be
hip.” (Used, sweaty Air Jordan
shoes from the 1980s sell for as

much as $800 a pair.)

The New York Times reported in
August on the increased pressure
from Muslim mullahs in Iran to out-
law the satellite TV dishes that
bring in Western programming,
which is more popular among many
people than the three religious chan-
nels available locally.

- Among the most popular shows
is Baywatch, quite an alternative in
Iran, where even a woman's ankle
cannot be exposed. Said one busi-
nessman, “We are addicted to shows
like Donahue. Today, Donahue had
on.a guy who has an open relation-

_ ship with his girlfriend... -We
couldn't believe it. We never hear or
talk about this kind of thing.” (Iran
permitted: “live” broadcasts of

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from the U.S., but only after delet-
ing summer crowd scenes, which
featured much female skin, and sub-
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which spectators were bundled up.)

Portland, Maine — In July,
Judge Robert E. Crowley found a
39-year-old Afghan refugee guilty
of sexual assault against his two-
year-old son. A neighbor had seen
the man kiss the boy's penis, but
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common, in Afghan culture asa
show of affection, Crowley said the
statute calls the action itlegal even if
not done for sexual pleasure,

In May. a show at the Serpentine
Gallery in London by British artist
Damien Hirst featured his brutal
animal picces, including Away From
the Flock, » lamb embalmed in a
gluss case (which sold for about
$37,000).

In previous shows, he has fea-
tured Mother and Child Divided (a
dead cow and calf bisected, with the
innards in formaldehyde in a glass
case), and a cow’s head being
devoured by maggots (an exhibit
which had to be refreshed every 36
hours with a new head and mag-
gots), At an upcoming show in New
York City, he intends to show
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Garfield, New Jersey — A heav-
iiy intoxicated 24-year-old man
recently died after he was run over
by his own car — that he was dri-
ving.

The hapless driver tumbled out
while the car was in reverse, landing
so that the front wheel pinned his
neck, suffocating him to death.

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