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...there may be a lot more involved. Goldenberg and his colleagues, for example, are focusing on a multidecade oscillation in Atlantic sea-surface temperatures that closely tracks long-term patterns in hurricane activity. Sea-surface temperatures in the Atlantic rose, for example, between the 1920s and 1970, when hurricane activity was high. And sea-surface temperatures fell in the 1970s, '80s and early '90s, just as hurricane activity dampened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Storm Surge | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...easy sportswear pieces that make consumers feel good. And many of the most popular trends, such as flapper-style dresses and wide-cut pleated pants from designers like Marc Jacobs and Diane von Furstenberg, harked back to carefree moments in American fashion like the jazz age of the late 1920s and early '30s or the sexually liberated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: She's Pretty, But Antsy | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...region. Now travelers to Poland can finally stop complaining and check into the Hotel Rialto, Warsaw's first boutique luxury hotel. Housed in a 100-year-old building on quiet, tree-lined Wilcza Street, the Rialto's 44 rooms are done up in the Art Deco style of the 1920s and '30s; owner Iza Smolokowska spent two years traveling the world to pick the 300 pieces of original period furniture that grace the hotel. One design highlight is the lone elevator, which mimics an Orient Express compartment, complete with Cristal mirror and leather-covered seat. The Art Deco restaurant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warsaw Joins The Luxe Set | 9/28/2003 | See Source »

...hairstylist left me with a cute 1920s bob. Anyone who knows me understands that cute has never been my style. I wasn’t just looking for a short haircut. I wanted my hair to make a statement for me so I wouldn’t have to explain anything to anyone...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Long and the Short of It | 9/25/2003 | See Source »

Charles Crane, an American businessman, bought the bells from the Soviets in the 1920s, saving them from ruin. He gave them to then University President A. Lawrence Lowell...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Monastery Mourns Loss of Bells | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

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