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...thin, neat frames in gunmetal and black, so beloved over the past two years, are well past their sell-by, as are rimless models. In their place, expect lots of ovals and cat's-eyes, and even more mirror coating and patterned plastics. The classic Ray-Ban Aviator is tipped to make a big comeback, while die-hard fashionistas will flip over multilayered lenses, allowing tone-on-tone coloring. Be seen at the poolside in nothing less...
...money took its rightful place beside libel, obscenity and false advertising as a form of speech prohibited in the name of the public good. In a surprise decision, the Supreme Court upheld nearly all the major provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)—including a ban on unlimited donations to political parties, known as soft money, and new laws regulating television advertising bought on behalf of candidates by their corporate and union supporters...
...voters. Since Warner Bros. gave out only VHS copies, the bootleg was not of great quality. But its existence is an embarrassment after a year of high-profile debate over the risks of screeners--a beloved industry perk. Valenti of the M.P.A.A. had pushed hard to fight piracy by banning all screeners outright. But independent studios complained the ban would penalize small movies trying to get award nominations. In December the U.S. district court overturned the ban. Last week Sony traced a pirated copy of Something's Gotta Give to a screener intended for use by veteran character actor Carmine...
...Bush Administration--which has lately tried to ease relations with Tehran--criticized the ban. And French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, though at odds with Washington's Iraq policy, agreed in this case. He warned a visiting Tehran official last week that France will view the balloting as "an important marker of democracy." Khamenei's move indicates he, at least, is listening. --By Scott Macleod
...infant unless all the experts involved ruled out natural causes. Demanding Democracy iran Hard-line clerics reinstated more than 300 of the thousands of candidates they had disqualified from February's parliamentary elections, in response to a request by Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei for them to reconsider their ban. However, more than 70 senior civil servants threatened to resign if all the disqualifications were not overturned; many members of the Cabinet and six vice presidents had already tendered their resignations, but President Mohammed Khatami refused to accept them. Unity Moves turkey The powerful National Security Council called...