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...Balenciaga's heyday, the stylish women he dressed--from Doris Duke to Mona von Bismarck--often said he gave them noble posture. Most women today don't want to look quite so regal and stiff, but they do want to feel au courant, and that modern poise is perhaps Balenciaga's most enduring legacy...
...such suburban Americana. (For that matter, who anywhere cooks steak on an electric grill?) The book jokes about fisting, mentions a 1961 Kurt Vonnegut story, and offers a Michael Moore fart joke. It's all a little dizzying, but could you imagine such stuff from a humorless hack like Mona Charen...
...seconds later, another explosion occurred in front of the Neptune Hotel 100 feet across a footbridge on the promenade, which runs along Dahab's windswept beach. Another few seconds later, 100 yards further down the walkway past the Tota Dance Bar, a third bomb exploded in front of the Mona Lisa jewelry shop. Mohammed Ali, who runs a computer shop on the promenade, lost two friends amid the carnage, both waiters at beachfront restaurants. "Because they are Muslims, I know they are in paradise now," he said. "But the terrorists, I am sure that they will go straight to hell...
...BUZZ Security was tighter than the Mona Lisa's smile at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, where location filming was allowed only after closing hours. Ongoing complaints by the Vatican and Opus Dei have only stoked the publicity fires, while a (much) smaller group supporting albino rights blanched at the villain's complexion. Sony has held no screenings for movie critics yet, which is not usually a good sign. But controversy sells, so maybe it won't need signs. -By Jeffrey Ressner...
Like the U.S., Sweden is addicted to oil. Unlike the U.S., it has a plan to kick the habit--and a deadline. By 2020, says Mona Sahlin, Minister for Sustainable Development, the country will no longer be dependent on fossil fuels. "By then," she declares, "no home will need oil for heating, no motorist will be obliged to use petrol [gasoline] as the sole option available...