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...fashionistas were excitedly waiting in line. "I can't wait" said Grace, 24, who didn't want to give her last name because she had called in sick to work to be there. By the time the shop opened at 11 a.m. the line was snaking down a city block with well dressed young women huddled under Chanel umbrellas waiting for their chance to buy the "it" bag of the season. Within three hours that bag, being offered for the first time across the U.S., had sold out of every Anya Hindmarch boutique...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer's Chic $15 Bag | 6/20/2007 | See Source »

...sports governing bodies and local politicians, the club will close at the end of next month. Mike Corby, Lambs' owner and the man who launched the club in 1979, was forced to sell the site to developers in 2004 to meet bank debts. Work on a nine-story apartment block begins in the fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Wane, the Game of Squash Loses Its Wimbledon | 6/18/2007 | See Source »

...pressure authorities to save the [Greek] beaches from further exploitation." Elected on an independent ticket last October, Kortizidis has lobbied for years against the privatization of Athens' prime beachfront, urging the centre-right government to take on the nightclub owners and entrepreneurs whose leisure venues along the chic coastline block beachgoers from reaching the sandy shoreline without paying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle for the Beaches | 6/17/2007 | See Source »

...American soldiers. The terrorism geek has come a long way since our previous meeting. To demonstrate his prowess, he produces a black briefcase-size device with Japanese markings and flicks a switch on its side. He claims that the device is similar to those used by U.S. troops to block cellular signals around IEDs and disable bombs wired to detonate with a cell-phone call. Abdallah says he was given the device by a Saudi militant who asked him to find a way around jamming signals. He invites the four people in the room to try to use their cell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Enemy's New Tools in Iraq | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

...He’s always been the center of controversy,” Koocher says. “You need only play to your base, and remember, the base only needs to be 10 percent of the voting block. Reeves may not have good media days, but he has great days for his constituents...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mayor in Media Tiff | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

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