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...collective work of Huene and Horst during the 30s provides the viewer with a glimpse of this colorful period in time. Horst and Huene emphasize the individuality of their models by shooting them in familiar environments. For example, the extravagant Italian Marchessa Picenardi is dramatically sprawled between two of her own, large, nude sculptures and Cecil Beaton indolently reclines in his checquered dressing gown on a silken bed with a baroque headboard. Coco Chanel gazes into the distance with a cigarette in one hand and an enormous gold necklace contrasting with her austere black dress. Elsa Maxwell, a famous hostess...

Author: By Natalia H.J. Naish, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: More Than Glitz | 11/2/2001 | See Source »

Trade has never got along very well with terror or war. International commerce contracted sharply after the outbreak of World War I. A round of protectionist measures in the 1920s and '30s contributed mightily to the Great Depression and World War II. And in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, shipments were held up for days at the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico, and at airports around the world, forcing Detroit assembly lines to shut down for lack of parts and spurring U.S. and foreign executives to seek suppliers closer to home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Kind of Trade War | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...least that’s what the over-stressed but blissfully happy writer Cathy Hanauer likened it to in Glamour’s November “life tune-up.” She then proceeded to divide her life pie into the segments that defined her 20s, 30s and current lifestyle. As an over-stressed but blissfully happy college student, I could relate to the “but there should be 44 hours in each day” feeling I got from the article. As expected, my Harvard life pie has changed over the years as well...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, | Title: Life's Best If Served With a Thin, Flaky Crust | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...lose part of your past. When you lose a spouse, you lose part of your present. But when you lose your child, you lose part of your future." Many of the more than 5,000 people killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 were adults in their 20s, 30s or 40s, with young children and proud parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bereavement: A Loss So Cruel | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...talk Oprah, preaching empowerment and individuality. They also manage themselves, unheard of in a country where stars are remote-controlled by powerful agencies. And at ages when other female stars are packaged as hausfraus, they exude sexuality. At a recent Kano appearance, Sayuri Kosugi, an Internet executive in her 30s, strains to get a glimpse. "They're smart, independent, and they say what they think," she says. "It's like they're of another species...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Tokyo, with Love | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

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