Is the hard-boiled american idealism of the 30's/40's, essentially the same as the 90's-libertarian-american? Does this similarity account for the renewed interest in the hb-genre? On another tact, I'd be interested to hear hb-slang for 'artist.' -- -- brad brace <bbrace@wired.com> prepress specialist wired magazine, sfo - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca