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...Europe, H&M has a formula that works. "We offer the best value for your money," says H&M chairman Stefan Persson. H&M is synonymous with the concept of "fast fashion"--trendy clothes at prices so low that the clothes are all but disposable. While the styles may be impulse buys, the company has maintained a disciplined, conservative approach to expansion that has turned H&M into Europe's second largest retailer in little more than a decade. Today H&M has 1,400 stores in 28 countries, including 114 in the U.S.; there it is still a small...
...then, depending upon their appetite at the moment, only certain varieties. If the right kind of bamboo is unavailable, they will starve to death. If ever there was an example of a species hell-bent on committing suicide, it is the giant panda. In keeping with the Darwinian concept of survival of the fittest, we should allow them...
...mutt,” he says, pointing and gesticulating emphatically. “We are mutts. Race is just falling away so quickly and yet in this country, it’s still our unfinished business...The other side is that it’s this strange concept of black self-hatred, but if you’re not black you don’t get to talk about it. Well I do get to talk about it.” Clearly. And race isn’t the only thing he gets to talk about, as Jenkins next launches...
...director. Take Birnbaum’s latest directing effort, “The Way of the World,” which will run from April 27 to May 5 on the Mainstage. Birnbaum will stage the Restoration drama, which premiered in 1700, in a 1980s setting. But this concept is merely a canvas for more complex visual metaphors, like paint gradually taking over the stage throughout the play. “As the ill-conceived actions of the people in the play happen, the set and the costumes become permeated with color,” says Birnbaum.Birnbaum...
...included a driving range, a daycare facility for Harvard affiliates, and a student center. Harvard spokeswoman Lauren Marshall confirmed that the Allston Development Group has entertained discussions about a sustainable farm in the area, but said in a statement that the idea was “still in the concept phase.” Over the weekend, the Environmental Action Committee (EAC) released a poll intended to gauge student interest in sustainability in Allston. The questionnaire circulated over several e-mail list servs, including open lists for the EAC, the Institute of Politics, Pforzheimer House, and the Phillips Brooks House...