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...agree not to become one until after initial broadcast of all programs in which you appear, if selected as a contestant." The knowledge that everyone considering a run for positions ranging from president to town dog-catcher are ineligible is a relief. Perish the thought that the program might attract professional Machiavellians. It's amateurs that this program wants...
...LVMH designing for Givenchy. McQueen sprinted out of the gates upon graduation from Central St. Martin's in 1992. By then, he'd already spent seven years as an apprentice on Savile Row - and he was still only 23 years old. His first collections were designed more to attract attention than anything else. They did. With names like "The Birds" and "Highland Rape" it was hard not to. The showmanship would have fallen flat, if not for McQueen's extraordinary talent. "The collection itself had more ideas than all the other runways in London combined," said a critic after McQueen...
...Where money does matter is in training costs. New York City will pay about $25,000 to attract and train each of its fellows, including paying for each recruit to earn a master's in education. In this year's budget, Levy requested $50 million to expand the program. Cities including San Jose, Calif.; Denver; Baton Rouge, La.; and Kansas City, Mo. will have fast-track programs by the end of the year. Critics say that money would be better spent on bonuses to retain teachers already on staff, a fifth of whom leave the profession after three years...
...First, by Thursday night McCain-Feingold may have an Achilles' heel: non-severability. That vote, a bid to make the entire bill contingent on the constitutionality of all its parts, will attract not only overt enemies of the bill but covert ones too, and could be a close...
...quirky idea driven by a star's passion or ego) turned down by other studios. Attending parties and schmoozing with Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein lays in place a rapport that might one day be turned to advantage. For Miramax the transaction is equally simple. Spacey and others like him attract the hip-erati. Put another way, Spacey is a chic magnet...