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...Fans of Milan Kundera should check out the latest offering from Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities Alfred Thomas, known in some circles for his cult favorite class "Slavic Science Fiction...
...struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting" (Milan Kundera), which is why it is necessary not to let the brief glimpse the world had of Pol Pot be the last, and why the West, America especially, ought to call for another Nuremberg. By bombing Cambodia in 1970 we destabilized the country and were largely responsible for Pol Pot's rise; we could use some memory jogging...
...fashion business, but at his memorial Mass, few could bring themselves to wear anything but sober black. More than 2,000 mourners, from family and fashion-industry friends to some of the world's most celebrated clotheshorses, including PRINCESS DIANA and CAROLYN BESSETTE KENNEDY, gathered in the Duomo in Milan, where ELTON JOHN and STING (who wore Versace to his wedding to TRUDIE STYLER) performed an a cappella rendition of Psalm 23, The Lord Is My Shepherd. The designer's sister DONATELLA and brother SANTO wept profusely, as did NAOMI CAMPBELL. John too was particularly overcome. Before the service...
...Milan, however, the home of Italian fashion, the company's image could stand a bit of polishing. In May a Milan criminal court sentenced Santo to a 14-month suspended jail term after finding him guilty of bribing police to obtain favorable tax audits for the company. (Leaders of several other couture houses either plea-bargained away tax charges or drew similar penalties.) Santo is appealing the conviction. Moreover, the company continues to be dogged by rumors of Mafia ties, assertions that the family has consistantly denied. Fashion industry rivals wonder in particular who is financing Versace's lavish boutiques...
...designer and his killer may have crossed paths. In New York City, reporter Stacy Perman sorted through Versace's finances, while Georgia Harbison traced his influence on the next generation of designers. Former Rome bureau chief Jordan Bonfante flew to Italy from his Bonn post to call on Milan's great fashion houses, while Rome correspondent Greg Burke, who interviewed Versace for an April 1995 TIME fashion cover that featured Claudia Schiffer in a white Versace suit, reported on the impact of the murder on Versace's family and countrymen...