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...while those museums display the work of generations of craftsmen, the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation, tel: (33-1) 44 31 64 00, is dedicated to the prodigious output of just one brain. With more than 5,000 chronologically ordered items of clothing (dating back to the 1960s and spanning 45 years), plus 15,000 accessories and a vast collection of the master's drawings and sketches, this 300-sq-m repository offers an experience that's a cross between window shopping and anthropological study-and it's all housed in the very building Saint Laurent worked...
...which outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo was replaced by his favored candidate Umaru Yar'Adua, a previously obscure state Governor. "These elections have not lived up to the hopes and expectations of the Nigerian people, and the process cannot be considered to have been credible," said Max van den Berg, chief E.U. observer, after the vote. When Yar'Adua was sworn in as President last Tuesday, he vowed to improve the election process and "intensify the war against corruption," while also pleading with "aggrieved" Nigerians to "suspend all violent activities and respect...
...have accepted offers of admission to the College in the class of 2011, joining a Crimson squad that will graduate some of its most accomplished athletes in the team’s history. Most notable of those are all-time Ivy League rusher Clifton Dawson and defensive tackle Mike Berg. But with freshman Cheng Ho tabbed to replace Dawson and a slew of returning talent on the defensive line, Harvard’s most notable recruits come on other areas of the field...
...then there were three.Defensive tackle Mike Berg has joined tailback Clifton Dawson and tight end Matt Farbotko among the ranks of senior Harvard football players who have made preliminary deals to continue their careers on NFL rosters.While Dawson was the only one to receive an actual contract offer, Berg joins Farbotko in being invited to an upcoming mini-camp.The fact that his suitor—the New York Giants—is also the team he cheered for as a kid is just icing on the cake.“I was a Giants fan growing up, so that?...
...different people: replacing that dreadful quarterback, finding a franchise player, rebuilding a championship team.For six members of the Harvard men’s football team, the draft means the future.By the time this weekend is over, seniors Clifton Dawson, Matt Farbotko, Nik Sobic, Frank Fernandez, Ryan Tully, and Michael Berg will each know one of three things about their immediate post-graduate careers: they were drafted to play pro football, they are going to be free agents with a shot, or their football career is over.According to speculations, the majority will be hearing bad news. This weekend?...