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Since vanity and taste are with us always, TIME asked top designers for their daydreams of a half-century hence. Christian Lacroix and visionary film director Tim Burton favor technology to overcome environment. Donna Karan merges clothing with communications gear. Geoffrey Beene believes that men will dump the suit -- as he already has. Giorgio Armani, noting that the basic 1940s outline is still chic, plumps for his easy elegant styles, be they last year's or next millennium...
Most of the buildings targeted are abandoned 2-to-3 story homes in the northwest section of the city, Burton says. He said the fire department be-lieves that the burned-out dwellings may be the work of competitive drug dealers, their vengeful customers, or high school kids looking for entertainment on a Saturday night...
Since the vacant houses frequently serve as the base of operations for drug dealers, arson might be a way to reduce the competition "if one particular house is doing better than another," Burton Says. If the drugs are bad, then buyers might set fire to the place of purchase to "teach [the dealers] a lesson," he says. Or, the arsonists might be young people setting fires "for kicks," he says...
...chain reaction" may have been set off, Burton says, once the town started getting publicity for its rash of arson cases. "Some of the street gangs are talking, and other street gangs say, 'we can do a better one,''' Burton says...
...With extra help, we're going to put a damper on it," Burton says...