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Pockets of resistance to Western ways of spending remain. "Older people cannot understand why you would spend as much on a handbag as you would on a piece of jewelry, which will increase in value," says Mafatlal, who adds that fine jewelry will always remain important in India. Today's younger women want accessories that can live up to their jewels, hence Mafatlal's insistence that Valentino, given the designer's taste for decorative accessories, be the first brand in MLP's portfolio...
...years. The restored and redesigned galleries reflect a new approach to presentation. The permanent collection, with pieces ranging from furniture by Baroque master André-Charles Boulle to contemporary designs by Philippe Starck and Marc Newson, will be displayed chronologically and by artist or workshop, allowing visitors to understand the historical and cultural contexts from which the works are derived. The sweeping collection includes 150,000 pieces of furniture, porcelain, glass, textiles, toys and jewels dating from the Middle Ages to the present. In celebration of its grand reopening, the museum will display highlights from the permanent collection during its debut...
...season and 3,000 pitches a year. But the sports organization chose not to follow through on those guidelines, at least for now. "There is no way we could enforce or mandate it," says Stephen Keener, president and chief executive of Little League Baseball and Softball. "We understand the reasons for the season-long cap and why they are suggesting the kids do it, but we don't have any way to control it. It's already such a dramatic change in how we legislate pitching...
Both statements can be read as more nuanced than they at first may seem. In each case it is not wealth itself that disqualifies but the inability to understand its relative worthlessness compared with the riches of heaven. The same thing applies to Paul's famous line, "Money is the root of all evil," in his first letter to Timothy. The actual quote is, "The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil...
Despite the losses, the new team and new coach understand the key to the future: learning from the tough start...