Word: crystal
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...Randy Jay Gomes, diverted funds from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals to accounts over which I had control, two of mine and one of Suzanne Pomey’s. I initially stole money to buy drugs, specifically crystal meth, and continued to divert out more as the situation escalated. I also used some of the money to buy some electronic equipment and to travel. I was never proud of what I did and hoped one day when I had beat the addiction and had a job I could pay the Pudding back...
They allege that Pomey and Gomes used the money to support a “lavish lifestyle,” including Gomes drug habit of ectasty and crystal methamphetamine...
...common room, but you don’t have to do that. We also put the crystal meth lab in the bathtub, but you could put it on the fire escape...
...problem, aside from the pawing, is that for every one of the fair's 175,000 visitors there are 175,000 different opinions on what constitutes best of show. Nonetheless, Williams came back with some winners. Universally loved was the tree-branch chandelier designed by Tord Boontje using Swarovski crystal. Williams selected only one of Milan's reissues: the "bad-tempered chair," designed by Ron Arad and made of carbon fiber by Vitra, was originally launched by Vitra as the "well-tempered" chair and made of stainless steel in the 1987. Also of interest...
...COLLABORATION Seeing the Lights Some of the most fun in Milan comes from seeing which unusual suspects show up. The 107-year-old Austrian crystal-maker Swarovski has been making a splash in the fashion world by collaborating with edgy designers including Julien MacDonald and Alexander McQueen. This year Swarovski tried to make the same impact in Milan by teaming up with young industrial-design talents. The mission? To reinvent the chandelier. The seven resulting works did just that. Hella Jongerius made a chandelier frock. Georg Baldele created a rectangular "Glitter Box." But the favorite of V&A curator Gareth...