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...they handled the Foley affair than either imagined a week ago. Every Republican running for office who took Foley's PAC money - and even some who did not - will have some explaining to do. Seven days ago, it took some clever accounting to see how the Democrats could pick up 15 seats. Now it's not so hard...
...desk phone rings, and as I pick it up, I hear the sound of my boss on the other end. “How does the Mexican peso rank right now?” he asks, as always making sure that I’m on track. I silently applaud myself for having just checked this figure and answer my boss as confidently as possible. “Very good,” he says and abruptly hangs...
...exactly are Harvard students worth all that and a bag of Chocolate Chex Mix? (Potential interviewees could pick up three bags from the General Mills table before the reps started giving dirty looks.) Said Jessamyn C. Fleming, a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, “I guess there’s the obvious. There are smart kids at Harvard...
...your attention: Quirky fashion sense, including birthday-oriented attire. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Pregame with my teammates then out on the streets...literally. First thing you notice about a girl: Ability to dance, followed quickly by ability to not bore me to death. Your best pick-up line: No words, a little eye contact foreplay followed by smile sex. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: Wow, I’ve really been missing out, I never knew pretentious bullshit could be such a major part of my life. Best or worst...
Anything seems to go in design today: styles clash, boundaries blur and hipper-than-thou types talk of "hybridity." And few practitioners better reflect the pick-and-mix trend than Barcelona-based product designer[an error occurred while processing this directive] Jaime Hayón. The 32-year-old Spaniard has a taste for the theatrical, so calling the latest overview of his work (at the Aram Gallery in London until Nov. 4) "Stage" is entirely appropriate. Playfulness is a hallmark, too. Having won a cult following in 2004 for his zany yet unsettling space-invader figurines - which were...