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...other people I’ve spoken with who deal with depression, do not want sympathy; we want understanding. When someone is depressed, he or she tends to withdraw, to become a loner. You can help people fight this by always being willing to listen. Often just a casual conversation can be enough...
Creative leads can also belittle news. Depending on the story, the casual and sometimes flip language necessary to make metaphors work can undermine the seriousness of issue. One might wonder how an optional lead might work for a suicide bombing in Iraq, for instance. Luckily, the AP has already generated a sample...
...much when it comes to the Dolce & Gabbana customer. "When we offer a shoe in leather and also in snake or eel, the first to sell will be the most expensive," says Stefano Gabbana, whose idea of casual is jeans trimmed with Astrakhan fur. "But our customer is also practical," says Domenico Dolce. He points to the new Dolce & Gabbana fur coat that is made of mink blossoms hand-stitched onto chiffon. "She wants it to be light," he explains. On the back of such pragmatism, Dolce & Gabbana revenue is up 20% this year, to about $936 million...
...showed up to Tea Time in an ascot. It’s like a puffy tie, a piece of silk, an alternative to a tie that you wear with a suit,” says Silas I. Richelson ’08. “It’s casual. It’s a European thing...
...week ago, the team engaged in a little intrasquad East-West rivalry, a foot race for coastal supremacy. Under Walsh’s direction, a piggyback element found its way into the race’s rulebook. A casual onlooker, upon entering the compound, might have happened upon 215-pound All-Ivy catcher Schuyler O. Mann ’05 atop the back of first baseman W. Rob Wheeler ’05. Team West suffered when Wheeler stumbled. “He did a complete swan-dive face-plant,” according to Salsgiver, and Mann...