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...JOHN HARDY jewelry factory in Bali, it is daily practice for the executive staff to gather under the shade of a massive banyan tree for lunch. Someone will usually start the meal with a brief greeting or speech. On a recent Tuesday, more than 40 designers, executives, managers and guests paused, forkfuls of organic food halfway to their mouths, as company founder John Hardy stood up to read from a stack of old report cards that his mother had just sent from Canada. ?Listless, inattentive, distracted,? he recited. ?A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow...
...tough defense and gritty determination allowed the captain to propel the Crimson to three Thanksgiving week victories.Mired in an 0-for-10 slump from the floor on Friday night against Sacred Heart, Stehle watched as the Pioneers, who had trailed the entire game except for a brief 1-0 lead out of the gate, pulled even at 57 with just over 10 minutes remaining. With fellow big man Brian Cusworth in foul trouble, Stehle knew he needed to provide the spark for a fading Crimson squad.On the next possession, Stehle took the ball to the hole hard, converted the layup...
...back on the road Monday with a template that he used repeatedly in the elections of '02 and '04-conduct a brief public policy event and then make a political appearance, meaning that the cost of the visit is shared between the government and the campaign. In conjunction with remarks on border security and immigration reform, Bush will speak at a $1,000-a-plate dinner for Sen. John Kyl of Arizona, at the Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix. After an overnight stay in Phoenix, he will visit the U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters in El Paso, Tex., then...
True to its name, the steel structure, encased in a groundbreaking design of reinforced fiber-glass panels, is anchored to an elliptical ring. Only a skylight and spiral staircase penetrate the minimalist building's center. For this home, Endoh's brief was disarmingly simple. The client "wanted to have a big area" to live in, wrapped in a space eye-catching enough for it to make its mark on the psyche of Japan's architectural cognoscenti...
...brief, frenetic bongo riff leads to the vocal theme-each of title's four words held for a full bar-accompanied by the bass drum working out (at a much slower tempo) the immortal boom, ba-doom intro to Fats Domino's 1957 "I'm Walkin'." (The guys are singing heavenly choir, but the drums say Big Easy.) Then we're back in marching mode, with a piano and, for a few bars, a mocking trumpet. This time, all four Seasons participate in the narrative; the backing vocals don't just underline the story, they sometimes undermine it. Frankie sings...