That's because, as our original Johnson columnist described himself, we are also "enthusiasts" and "curio-collectors".

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The album pretends to be a curio, a whimsical "game of artifices, " as the title puts it.

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His real name is Sean Toner, and he owns the gift shop Curio on the Dublin Road near Belfast city centre.

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For him, it seems like a resume item, a curio to be collected and recounted on cue in a stylized video spot.

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After sifting through the curio stalls or catching an exhibition at the Museum Africa ( www.museumafrica.org) on Newtown Square, meander east into the old City Centre.

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He was not really so simple, or so one concludes from both Mr. Snow and Mr. Curio, and there is probably no reconciling his greatness and his malignancy.

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More pleasant than the chaotic St Marks Place one block south, East 9th between Second Ave and Avenue A is a good intro to the vintage stores and curio shops of the East Village.

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Until recently the reserve, 280 miles north of Johannesburg, pumped out enough revenue from its admission fees, wildlife-viewing drives, curio sales and guest lodges to maintain not only itself but also Lente's pet projects.

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The picturesque, tranquil streets of the West Village are home to some lovely boutiques, with a few antique dealers, bookstores, record stores, and quirky gift and curio shops adding a bit of eclecticism to an otherwise fashion-focused 'hood.

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And so, from beneath the whitewash, re-emerged the art that defied censorship, mocked the patronising American taste for Mexican curio knick-knacks, indicted American excesses south of the border and encouraged, then as now, the many Latinos who live in America's shadows.

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