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Haute couture is a small part of a modern fashion house's income - just a way to get publicity for the brand. The real money is in the accessories: handbags, shoes, perfume. But the old-school Valentino declares that his gift is "to design and to create dresses. I always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ode to a Fashion Legend, Valentino: The Last Emperor | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

In Rangoon, I watched on television as generals in oversized camouflage hats were pictured shoveling earth to plant jatropha seedlings. Burmese state television shows an inordinate number of ribbon-cutting ceremonies and ground-breaking rituals, in which military men inaugurate the latest project and broadcasters congratulate their efforts. Eventually, as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biofuel Gone Bad: Burma's Atrophying Jatropha | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

Let me get this straight. When the McCaughey septuplets were born in 1997, President Clinton called to congratulate the parents, who were given a free 12-passenger van, Pampers for life, furniture, food and a custom-built house. Last spring, when Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar got pregnant with their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling a Truce on the Octuplets Mom | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

I'm not sure where the award ceremony for the feature films was held, but the shorts awards were given out a mile from town at a weird '80s dance party with a really bad buffet in a room without seats. I did not see Robert Redford. Standing near the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joel Stein Goes Campaigning in Sundance | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

When the Emancipation Proclamation was passed over a century ago, many Americans made the mistake of believing that color lines had been erased, blinding them to the harsh realities of the post-Civil War African-American experience. Now, as the first president with black heritage ascends to the White House...

Author: By Nafees A. Syed | Title: The Post-Racial Myth | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

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