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Leading Poland to democracy brought Lech Walesa a Nobel Peace Prize and international acclaim, but he admits to a few regrets. One is that he was so busy throughout the 1980s and '90s that he "did not have the time to follow developments in technology closely." But he is catching...
House: Dunster Concentration: History and Literature Hometown: San Diego, Calif. Ideal Date: Salem Witch Museum...nothing helps a relationship along more than learning about a community in terror. Then take a detour through Marblehead to see where they actually filmed that ’90s tour de force, “Hocus Pocus.” It doesn’t have to be exactly that, but it would definitely be witch-themed. Best way for a girl to get your attention: Be emotionally unavailable or dating somebody else. Works every time. Where to find you on a Saturday night...
Montreal, Europe's pied-a-terre in North America, went through a grim economic patch in the '80s and early '90s, when it had clearly lost its panache. The threat of Quebec separatism and a prolonged Canadian recession sapped its economic life. So many shops were shut that the city began to look more like struggling Buffalo, N.Y., than Paris. Today, though, this charming city is experiencing the kind of renaissance that old cities like Dublin and Prague have seen in recent decades. Chic new businesses, such as fashionista Fidel or juice purveyor Moozoo, are popping up seemingly everywhere...
...headlines for going pantyless. "Restrained elegance is not exactly fashionable these days," says Kurt Barnard, president of Barnard's Retail Forecasting Group. Consider that nearly half of Brooks' 190 U.S. stores are factory outlets. Professional attire in the U.S. has somewhat returned to the workplace since the dress-down '90s, but sales of suits, which make up more than 20% of Brooks' revenue, have been flat at best for the past few years...
...favorites like Belle and Sebastian, but it is also a lifestyle that centers itself around a return to childhood. As such, it tends not only towards adorably cliché graphic tees or knit mittens, but also towards diminution. Though the movement has existed since the early ’90s, twee kids’ newly pastel iPods have shrunk to bite-size proportions, and their jeans are getting skinnier by the hour.Tweesters therefore face the dilemma of fitting into this lifestyle (and its accompanying apparel) while also allowing themselves to indulge in the sweets of their childhood. Luckily, there...