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...naive about men? It's not just that she never fathoms Mapplethorpe's deepening fascination with S&M. She lives for a while with a member of the '70s arena band Blue Öyster Cult, until she discovers--surprise!--that he messes around on the road. She has an affair with the playwright Sam Shepard, who handles her with care but neglects at first to mention his wife...
When Las Vegas Sands threw a party last year to celebrate a milestone in the construction of its gambling resort on the shores of Singapore's Marina Bay, it was a lavish affair. A large white tent was erected on the site, where hundreds of reporters gathered to watch CEO Sheldon Adelson celebrate the roof being laid on the resort's three interlinked towers. As bongo drums pounded, Adelson, 76, turned to the architect of the project to thank him, but not before joking, "Couldn't you have designed it to look as good without the cost...
...people who cannot afford rent, a car is the last rung of dignity and sanity above the despair of the streets. A home on wheels is a classic American affair, from the wagon train to the RV. Now, for some formerly upwardly mobile Americans, the economic storm has turned the backseat or the rear of the van into the bedroom. "We found six people sleeping in their cars on an overnight police ride-along in December," says John Edmund, chief of staff to Long Beach councilman Dee Andrews. "One was a widow living in a four-door sedan...
...venue that isn’t the Co-op or the Phoenix to host events; and they seem to have found one this year. Oberon, the theatrical club space of the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.), is slowly becoming the hot new space on campus to plan an all-night affair...
...ration newspaper, for which Lévy is an editorial consultant, has already backed off the story. "It often happens, even in rigorous universities, that one is duped," a journalist for the paper wrote this week. "In the case of Bernard-Henri Lévy, the affair has risen to a real fracas." But for critics like Lancelin, Lévy shouldn't be able to get off that easy. "In fact, it was an inexplicable oversight," he says...