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Anyone can submit a design to Marimekko, though the lion's share of those chosen for production come from Finns, who best understand what has become, in effect, a national brand. Maija Louekari, 25, who grew up in a far-north home full of Marimekko and had her first design produced when she was only 21, imagines her creations as "little children being sent out into the world." As for why her color combinations are so bold, she responds in a lilting accent, "It's so cold and dark, you need something delightful...
...Literature to simply “Department of English” passed at yesterday’s meeting, Department Chair James T. Engell ’73 offered up a humorous yet passionate speech in favor of the change, using the current unwieldy title and overdramatic language for comic effect.“Those of you who have followed literary studies in the past few decades may wish to detect in this some secret semiotic code or bewitchment,” he said of the change. “But you won’t find...
...protecting the British palate, these restaurateurs seem to want to have their curry and eat it too. Although they spiced up British cuisine, many British Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have had a difficult history, plagued with racial discrimination and economic disadvantage. The thriving British curry industry is not a side effect of British Pakistani and Bangladeshi upward mobility. A paper from the Department for Education and Skills found that just one percent of Bangladeshis and seven percent of Pakistanis held “high managerial or professional” jobs. Professor Tariq Modood, a sociologist at the University of Bristol...
...girls,” she says, “and I did sort of notice how proponents of single-sex high schools say that boys are more confident in the classroom.” Fleming, for her part, believes that the presence of boys will not overwhelmingly effect her lifestyle. She does note, however, that she might be more likely to back down in an argument with a boy in class because “at Winsor we are very careful not to step on each other’s toes, because girls are more sensitive...
...shortage of primary care physicians is an inevitable effect of the mandate for universal coverage in Massachusetts. As previously uninsured patients can now seek care that they had postponed or neglected, the medical system is witnessing a spike in patients and office visits. While this does place an undeniable strain on the health care system, the burden is nonetheless worth the cost: Studies have demonstrated that access to primary care improves health, allowing doctors to practice preventative medicine, monitor chronic diseases, and control rising health care costs. If we intend to actually realize the benefits of primary care, however...