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Among the front-row crowd--an international group of buyers and press--there were whispers of the "Muslimification" of fashion. Were designers responding to conflicts in the Middle East by stitching some kind of political message into their silhouettes? Historically, many designers have explored the veiling concept. At Balenciaga, a cyclamen head scarf that appeared at the end of the show was a replica of a similar one Cristóbal Balenciaga designed in the '60s. Politics has surfaced in the past too. Eight years ago, the Turkish designer Hussein Chalayan presented a collection modeled by women in chadors...
...between his boss and his Faculty, who have resolved to resist the president. The standoff ended over intersession, when the dean announced he would step down at the end of the academic year, but the tension that cost Kirby his job was four years in the making.Even those with front-row seats to the divisions between Summers and Kirby differ in their portrayals of the factors that led to the dean’s resignation. Policy issues, ranging from the curricular review to Faculty finances to the central administration’s agenda to consolidate power over the University, sharpened...
...been polling about 12%; immediately after, he was at 22%, a statistical tie with the candidate of the center-right ruling party, Lourdes Flores Nano. While denying ties to Chavez for most of the race, Humala did an about-face on Jan. 3, traveling to Caracas and taking a front-row seat in the first meeting between Chavez and Morales. The Peruvian press has started calling them the "Andean Troika." At the meeting, Chavez praised Humala and glowingly compared him to Peru's last nationalist military leader, Gen. Juan Velasco, who ruled between 1968 and 1975. The current government...
House: yo mama’s house! ha ha ha ha Concentration: Folklore and Mythology Hometown: yo mama’s house! ha ha ha ha Ideal Date: My girlfriend gets me front-row tickets to a Phish concert. She can come if she wants, so long as she doesn’t expect me to pay any attention to her or protect her from the tour rats Best way for a girl to get your attention: Cover herself in glow-in-the-dark paint and turn off the lights... ohhhh yeahhhh... Where to find you on a Saturday night...
...pubs around Australia, the form and fortunes of one bay mare fueled a national conversation. Makybe Diva, the two-time Melbourne Cup winner who'd been passed over when she was offered for sale as a foal, was on the cusp of history and almost everyone wanted a front-row seat. Could the mare do it? Would it matter if she didn't? Would she even run? What might the television crews, peeping through the bushes surrounding her trainer Lee Freedman's coastal property, reveal about her training sessions? So fevered was interest in the seven-year-old's chances...