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’ SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Tipper Gore took the
stage with former members of the Grateful Dead
it a $l,000-a-plate fund-raiser for her husband’s
iresidential campaign.
■THe’s an old friend,” gui-
arist Bob Weir said. “He’s a
eal human being, and we’re
'oing to support him.”
-H/Veir and percussionist
Rickey Hart now lead the Fly-
ng Other Brothers Band. Gore
V Jot behind the conga drums
ru|sday night, beating along to
GORE
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Jane,” a song with cynical lyrics about
I '/&■ i DOlitical pandering and disloyalty.
■She’ll be the first lady with rhythm,” Hart said.
{/f ■ Prince Andrew goes
: online with royal magazine
■-ONDON (AP) — Want a peek at the royal art
ejection? Need to ask the queen a quick ques-
tioh? Check out Prince Andrew’s new ’zine on the
royal Website.
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• t' collection they have. ”
jS-^i The American cut glass displayed in the
Forsyth Center Galleries is on loan from a five-
' year series of loans from the Lone Star Chapter
of the American Cut Glass Association.
merican rich-cut glass was originally made
Y in the 1876-1920 period by English, Bohemian,
French and German immigrants and American-
A ^ born craftsmen and was considered a status sym
bol.
|i, Novak said that with the invention of rail
roads, cut glass production and sales increased.
^^^^^^■‘With railroads, salesmen could go out to
places like San Francisco after making [the glass]
■' E inNew York,” Novak said. “If you can’t get it to
' ; T-Vy th§ customer, there’s no point. ”
A • v’ E w^ovak said many different types of cut glass
'/■X exist, including hand-made, molded and blown.
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He said blank glass pieces were often ordered and
: then cut later.
'E-^'HCut-glass blanks were free-blown, which
\ ‘ means they were made without a mold. More of-
f :en. however, wooden molds were used to shape
j9 he blank, and it was later blown to full size. Met-
d molds were also used to assist in the final shap-
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People in the News
The prince launched Royal Insight on Wednes
day from a cyber-cafe near Buckingham Palace.
In contrast to the main site, which includes most
ly reference material, Royal Insight will focus on
the day-to-day activities of the royal family, with
an emphasis on photographs.
The ’zine includes coverage of recent royal ap
pearances and texts of speeches, “Gallery On
line,” showing art from the Royal Collection, fea
tures written by family members about their
favorite causes and an interactive question-and-
answer section.
A new issue will go online every month.
Queen Elizabeth II launched the royal Web site
in March 1997. It can be found at
www.royal.gov.uk.
Gov. Ventura named
entrepreneur of the year
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Jesse Ventura
has been named his state's entrepreneur of the
year.
Minnesota Entrepreneurs Inc. said Tuesday
that Ventura has taken entrepreneurship “to a
higher level." The group’s president, Jerry Robin
son, cited the governor’s use of Internet tech
nology and his plans to market his name and im
age.
Licensed Ventura merchandise, including
ing of the glass.
Novak said an enormous amount of heat is re
quired to make cut-glass pieces.
“You have to keep a 2,000 degree furnace hot
all the time,” Novak said. “Once the glass is melt
ed, you try to produce something with it. You
don’t just make one piece, you make in very large
numbers.”
He said cut-glass pieces exemplify the 19th
century time period.
“It’s fun to look at how thick these things are
— it’s very 19th century,” Novak said. “The tech
nology is amazing. You have to work really fast
with the hot glass, but you cut slowly. They are
very, very heavy pieces.”
Novak said cut-glass pieces pass through the
hands of several people during production and
require many types of tools.
“Stone wheels are used to cut glass,” Novak
said. “They had a variety of wheels to make dif
ferent sizes. With hot glass, they used jacks to
shape, and they used blowpipes to reach in the
furnace to gather glass. [The glass] is glowing,
and it’s red hot.”
Kasey Stahr, a junior elementary education
major, visited the cut-glass exhibit and said she
thought it was exceptional.
“I’ve never seen anything like it before,” Stahr
said. “Just looking at it, I thought it was really
coffee mugs, T-shirts, hats, action figures and
bumper stickers, are sold throughout the
country.
Cash returns to stage
for all-star performance
NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Cash made it back
on stage for the first time in more than a year
and a half of illness.
“It feels good, it feels good, it feels good,”
Cash said Tuesday night, his voice clear and
strong as he sang “Folsom Prison Blues.”
TNT taped the all-star show, which featured
Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, U2,
Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris and Wyclef Jean,
for a special to air April 18. Cash’s appearance
in Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom was
unannounced.
There was some question if he’d ever make it
on stage again. Cash, 67, has Shy-Drager Syn
drome, a rare neurological disorder that causes
progressive damage to the nervous system.
Each performer paid sartorial tribute to “The
Man in Black” by dressing in the color.
Near the show’s end, the lights dimmed and
actor Tim Robbins read a Cash essay about life
in prison. The lights rose to reveal the author on
stage, breaking into song after his traditional in
troduction: “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.”
beautiful. After I learned a little bit more about
the process it undergoes, I was really impressed.
The artists must have put forth an amazing
amount of time and effort. ”
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