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...chance to put Charles Lindbergh on the cover right after his flight across the Atlantic in 1927, they made up for it at year's end by creating their own reason: the Man of the Year. It caught on because it was a logical extension of Henry Luce's concept of the newsmagazine: to record history by seeing it through its most important personalities. To celebrate 75 years of Person of the Year and to launch a traveling exhibition that will tour the country, TIME and sponsor Scudder Investments threw a party last week at the U.S. Custom House...
...DIED. BILL BLASS, 79, fashion designer who introduced the "mix-and-match" concept into the American dress style; in Washington, Connecticut. Blass's clients included Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Nancy Kissinger and Barbara Walters. During his six-decade-long career, Blass went from being a $25-dollar-a-day design sketcher to a couturier with a licensing empire that put his name on everything from bed linen to perfumes and chocolate, and that was worth $50 million when Blass retired from designing in 1999. His label was taken over by Swedish designer Lars Nilsson in 2001. DIED. JOHN GOTTI...
...American Jihad” controversy finds its roots in a seemingly innocuous Crimson story dated two weeks ago yesterday, one announcing that Yasin—one of three students named Commencement orators—would “challenge seniors to apply the concept of the jihad to their lives after graduation” in his speech...
Commencement speaker Zayed M. Yasin ’02 becomes the center of controversy after The Crimson reports he would speak about the concept of jihad, as applied to the graduating seniors’ lives. More than 600 persons sign a petition protesting Yasin’s selection as an orator. Yasin has since changed the title of his speech from “The American Jihad,” and is still scheduled to speak...
They possess tenacity and street-smarts that the nonathletic among us could never attain. Playing on a team—understanding the role of communication and selflessness in order to succeed—is a concept that is difficult for me to grasp, given that my achievements have been mostly individually motivated. In representing a team and a community just by choosing to show up for a game—regardless of whether they see any playing time—athletes display an unselfishness and sense of loyalty that non-athletes just don?...