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Many of the conceptual gardens in the book, like the Lullaby Garden created by Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot in Sonoma, California in 2004, with rolling hills of nylon carpet behind a fence of fishing line, were temporary installations for festivals. Others are permanent works of odd beauty commissioned by open-minded clients (see Claude Cormier's neon-pink Lipstick Forest for Montreal's Palais des Congrès) or those looking to make a lasting statement - like the fountain memorial to Princess Diana in London's Hyde Park by Kathryn Gustafson and Neil Porter. "Think of them as gardens...
...true of Joseph Stalin and his titular Head of State, Mikhail Kalinin. Nikita Khrushchev combined the offices of the Gensek and Prime Minister, while Leonid Brezhnev combined his leadership of the party with the role of head of state, because he desired the 24-gun salute and red carpet treatment on his foreign visits. In March 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev became the first and last President of the Soviet Union - but his power continued to derive from his position as Secretary General of the Communist party. It was the first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, who finally changed the power structure...
...manor’s opposite wing, Frederick finished his decanter of port. Sprawled across the Abyssinian carpet which reached from one end of the wood-paneled study to the other, he had been perusing his old sketchbook. It was bound in what he believed to be the finest Italian leather. Its pages were filled with what he believed to be the seeds of genius...
...years ago, Gruosi-Scheufele recognized the need for more fine jewelry?and, frankly, more exceptional, camera-ready pieces?on the red carpet. She signed on as the official sponsor of the Cannes Film Festival and started smothering celebrities like Sharon Stone, Elizabeth Hurley and Charlize Theron in Chopard's "real rocks." One thing led to another, and demand for statement pieces grew along with Chopard's high-jewelry collection. The Madison Avenue store keeps some of these special pieces on the floor. Additionally, Gruosi-Scheufele created a few more accessible pieces to coincide with the New York store's opening...
...midst of Hollywood’s baby craze, pregnancy has been moving from the red carpet to the silver screen. But the darker side of pregnancy has yet to be discussed. In the recent hit comedy “Knocked-Up,” one character takes baby steps towards addressing this “issue,” going so far as to say the quasi-taboo word “shma-shmor-shmin.” In an effort to open up the abortion debate, at least on campus if not in the hills, Harvard Students for Choice...