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Tahari's initial connection to fashion was occupational but incidental. His first job was as an electrician at Nyborg Electric on 40th Street, in Manhattan's garment district. He was put in charge of servicing the showrooms of clothing firms, giving him a peek at fashion design in process. At night he moonlighted as a salesman at a Greenwich Village clothing boutique called Fig Leaf that was open until 2 a.m. Tahari began making suggestions to the owner about items that he thought would sell. Many of them, including the tube top, took off. Tahari realized...
...weekends ago, as the latest Capitol Hill scandal broke—this time involving sexually explicit emails and instant messages sent by former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.)—Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) celebrated its 40th anniversary with uplifting speeches, panels, and dinners. I can’t help but find it perfectly fitting that the two events transpired simultaneously; the juxtaposition of the celebration and the scandal made brutally clear what has become an increasingly obvious disconnect between the institute’s tone and imagery and the reality of contemporary politics.The...
...Institute of Politics’ (IOP) 40th Anniversary celebration last Friday, Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 said that the Bush administration’s approach to politics is contrary to values that prevailed when the IOP was founded. Kennedy said that the current administration’s policies were based on the “politics of fear,” citing the president’s approval of domestic wiretapping, the war in Iraq, and human rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay. “Their aim was simply to stoke the fear...
...example, the Kennedy School’s dozens of institutes and centers and programs—starting with the Institute of Politics itself, which celebrates its 40th year this weekend and is led by a former Governor, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire—draw thousands of people to participate in the living memorial to the man who told my generation to “ask what you can do for your country.” They range from freshmen eager for their first campaign, to giants from government, politics and the media, who come to recharge their batteries...
There is no better time to get involved at the IOP than during its 40th anniversary year. Whether you are a freshman looking for a niche or a senior who hasn’t made it to the IOP yet, we hope you take the time to see what the IOP is all about firsthand...