Word: courante
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...himself the Republican nomination. The former state legislator and mayor of Derby was not exactly a political star, but no one begrudged him the work he put in to get the party's nod. As one former GOP lawmaker put it in a recent op-ed in the Hartford Courant, "No one was very enthused about Schlesinger, but he had the virtue of wanting the nomination...
...said. The British Library believes that Smiley may have taken three other maps from its collection in addition to the one he admitted to stealing. To prove this, the library has hired a Philadelphia lawyer with experience prosecuting art and culture thieves, according to The Hartford Courant. Carson declined to comment on what might happen to Smiley if more stolen maps were found. “We continue to entertain serious doubts about the completeness of the investigation and the extent of Mr. Smiley’s cooperation with the authorities,” British Library Director of Scholarship...
...Balenciaga's heyday, the stylish women he dressed--from Doris Duke to Mona von Bismarck--often said he gave them noble posture. Most women today don't want to look quite so regal and stiff, but they do want to feel au courant, and that modern poise is perhaps Balenciaga's most enduring legacy...
Despite his years, Klatt, who taught “How to Accessorize/Dress for Success” for five years, is still au courant with modern trends. “I think hoops are attractive,” he said, after a female student asked about the appropriateness of hoop earrings...
...kitsch for which Arora is fast becoming known. The most intricate of his 12 designs uses embossed suede, rhinestones and crystals. With only a few hundred of each model available, they are already this season's must-have. Arora says Reebok chose him partly because India is so au courant. "The country's getting noticed all over the world now, and fashion's part of that," he says...