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...stories, whether it's a memory of curtains made of the famous Unikko poppy print, flickering in the light of a sun that hardly ever set, at a childhood summer house in the Finnish countryside, or a roommate's cheery pillows that brightened up a dull college dorm in Chicago. Marimekko, the Helsinki-based print and fabric company, with net sales in 2007 of $116 million, has a universal appeal that transcends national boundaries. It's a company that is both revered by design aficionados and beloved by housewives; its creations are worn by the slim...
After two decades at the University of Chicago, legal superstar Cass R. Sunstein ’75 is finally returning to Cambridge. The erstwhile ’Poonster and Currier House resident took time out to chat with FM about squash, animal rights, and wikis...
...used to be quite the squash player, even playing for Harvard. Do you still play? CRS: I do. However, for all its virtues, Chicago is a small squash town compared to Boston and New York. The most I played squash recently was last spring when I visited HLS. I played three or four times a week. Now I play either squash or tennis three or four times a week...
...What did University of Chicago Law School Dean Saul Levmore mean in a Chicago Maroon article about your departure when he said that “there are a couple of personal reasons” for your decision to leave? CRS: I have been at University of Chicago for over two decades. I love the place and I have no problems with my longtime home. When people leave one institution, often there is a sense of dissatisfaction with that institution and I don’t have that. In terms of a career, it can be good to go someplace...
...even lived apart from her son when he was a teenager, Obama has tried to ground his children in the Midwest. "We've created stability for our kids in a way that my mom didn't do for us," he says. "My choosing to put down roots in Chicago and marry a woman who is very rooted in one place probably indicates a desire for stability that maybe I was missing...