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...options abound for shoe shoppers. Last month Gap Inc. launched Piperlime, an online footwear retailer with more than 100 brands, free shipping and tips from guest editors like stylist Rachel Zoe. Another new venture, té casan, in New York City's SoHo, sells the work of seven up-and-coming designers. And at Scholl, Diego Dolcini has transformed the classic Toebar into a sexy stiletto, left...
...response to its residents—or lack thereof. In the photo from 1979, two complete rows of apartments march evenly into the distance, complemented by people relaxed on porches and cars parked in neat lines. Nine years later, in 1988, red “demolition” signs abound and a lone man walks down the middle of the street, perhaps in avoidance of the filthy sidewalks. The 1996 photograph, however, shows hints of new life: plants lend color to the bleak scene and children ride bikes in the street. By 2004, three large trees grow where there would...
What truly sets Spitz’s account apart from other works is the level of detail in his research. Although the book reveals little that’s new in terms of the band’s general history, fascinating anecdotes abound...
...Although the Pakistani military immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, rumors abound in the region that the U.S. may have had a hand in its planning. The lawless region running along the southeastern border with Afghanistan has long been a haven for Islamist militants. A large number of al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters retreated there from Afghanistan following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, and the fugitives currently sheltering there are believed to include Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri. Last January, a botched U.S. air strike in Damadola, two miles from Khar, was meant to take...
While the decisions by the MBTA and MTA were not made in coordination, both of them are destined to upset the motorist-T-passenger balance for the worse. The state of travel in Massachusetts is an increasingly sad affair, and if poor choices like these continue to abound, public faith in the MBTA and MTA will erode even further...