Word: cosmopolitanism
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Fadillioglu, who grew up on the water, is first cousin to fashion designer Rifat Ozbek. Now the designer for Pollini in Milan, Ozbek is thrilled that his hometown is back on the style map. "I love that it is once again one of the world's great cosmopolitan cities," he says, "and with such a young energy and so many incredible places...
...importance of liberalizing the city’s restaurant market. “If you’re hungry on a Wednesday night, you shouldn’t have to go to the Hong Kong,” he said. “It’s not cosmopolitan, and it’s not logical.” The cap policy, combined with Cambridge’s steeply rising living costs, has pushed the price of a full restaurant liquor license in the Square to $400,000, according to Cambridge License Commission Chairman Richard V. Scali, who attended...
...fuss over the Gay Pride Parade also exposed some of the seismic cracks inside Israeli society, where modern, secular values collide with fiercely defended religious traditions. The sharp Tel Aviv-Jerusalem rivalry illustrates this divide. Tel Aviv prides itself on its hip nightclubs and a laid-back, cosmopolitan attitude, while an hour's drive away, in some Jerusalem neighborhoods, ultra-orthodox men re-create the customs of 17th century Poland and wear long, black waistcoats and beaver hats that make them broil in the Mediterranean...
...last year, an ultra-Orthodox youth waded into the crowd of revelers and slashed three people with a knife. The furor over the parade reveals a long-standing contradiction inside an Israeli culture where secular values compete with fiercely defended religious traditions. Tel Aviv prides itself on its hip, cosmopolitan nightclubs and an easygoing "life is a beach" attitude, while an hour away, in some Jerusalem neighborhoods, ultra-orthodox men still dress in the style of 17th century Poland, with long black waistcoats and beaver-skin hats. Making up one third of the Jewish residents of the Holy City...
...sunrise moment for Indian publishing," says Mala Sekhri, publishing director of Cosmopolitan India and the brains behind the 10th anniversary issue - the biggest of any Cosmo edition anywhere ever. "It's really not as developed or evolved as the U.S. or U.K. But it's growing fast." Sekhri got the idea for a 1,000-page edition when she visited Cosmopolitan's New York headquarters two years ago. "The Russian edition had just put out an issue around 850 pages," she remembers. "I told them: India will soon catch...