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The Journal 's "The Outlook" piece takes note of recent claims that the Y2K problem will generate a recession of 1974 oil-shock caliber and says that's not likely: After all, the twenty-two-day-long government shut-down in 1996 didn't do that, nor did last summer's UPS strike.
Alleging the existence of forensic evidence of murder, he explained, "Everybody in that lab believed there was a round hole the size of a .45 caliber bullet."
The straightforward chronological order and detailed explanations of the workshop system of the time, coupled with the high caliber of the art, makes for a show that is "both intellectually stimulating and unexpectedly poignant" (Mark Stevens, New York ). This "dazzling show of strength" is a testament to the "unrivalled genius of the Netherlandish artists who invented the oil paint medium" (Holland Cotter, the New York Times ). (Find out more about the exhibition.)
The real drama unfolds in the Bronx, a setting for several of the murders, where the combination of heat, terror of the .44-caliber killer, and a piggishly macho culture create a breeding ground for lynch-mob hysteria.
That the actor has condemned so many killers to death with his .44-caliber Magnum gives the liberal thrust of True Crime a certain piquancy: Only Eastwood can go to San Quentin.