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...book is not pure pain. Antoon also sings of love. In the beautiful "Phantasmagoria II," he writes: "Your lips/ Are a pink butterfly/ Flying/ From one word/ To another/ I run after them/ In gardens of silence." Again, there's no sign that our Romeo is roaming the streets of Baghdad. Instead, Antoon has turned the sick city into a mirror of the world at large, where desire and disaster are never far apart...
...other words, investors sometimes find themselves driving down treacherous roads with only their rearview mirrors to guide them. This is a particularly discomfiting thought right now, when the word bubble is being bandied about to describe emerging markets. Stock markets from Mumbai to Shanghai have been hitting record highs with giddy regularity recently, in spite of dangers such as the murky outlook for the U.S. economy. The CSI 300, a benchmark index for China stocks, has nearly quadrupled in the past year, while India's Sensex index is up 35% since January. Even Nigeria's stock market, a relative newcomer...
...tuna sandwich with bacon, a Krispy Kreme doughnut and a Corona. Even Wylie Dufresne, famous for his exotic combinations like pickled beef tongue with fried mayonnaise, asked for scrambled eggs, a cheeseburger and a steak. "There's always a return to childhood or some country-ass thing. The word Mom comes up at least a third of the time," says Travel Channel host Anthony Bourdain, who played the last-supper game many nights when he was cooking. "If someone comes up with a fancy answer, all the chefs will shout him down, yelling 'You liar...
...fashion. The next morning, with less than four hours to go before the noon deadline, Hays sits calmly in Quincy dining hall. Her outfit is still two-dimensional—no more than a couple of rough sketches—but she is unconcerned. There is not a word on how she will manage to finish the outfit, considering that she has two hours of class in the morning. It is 11 a.m. when Hays begins translating her idea into fabric. Her sewing machine buzzes noisily as Hays sews new life into the black clothing that she ripped apart...
...style, originally had two stores in Texas before setting up shop in Cambridge in 2003. “Every shirt is different and unique,” he says, “which is why I love vintage.” Second Time Around is more wary of the word “vintage.” As manager Alyson Booth explains, they’re not a typical vintage clothing store: ”It’s by consignment. We also have new things from boutiques, like when they have overstock.” The store marks down...