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...What would you say about a character who wears a handsomely cut vanilla- colored suit on a winter day in New York, with a lilac tie and matching striped shirt with a collar seven stripes high, and shoes custom-designed to appear to have white spats...
...these features have not come cheap, except in Japan. A U.S. homeowner who wanted automated control over an entire house had to have it custom wired by Unity or one of a handful of competing firms such as Hypertek in Whitehouse, N.J. These systems start at about $6,000 and go up quickly; the Arvays paid $22,000 for theirs...
...long-awaited first son of Hirohito and Empress Nagako, who had already produced four girls. In time-honored imperial fashion, the prince was separated from his parents at about the age of three and raised by nurses, tutors and chamberlains. Yet in a departure from custom, at six Akihito was sent to school with commoners in order to broaden him. When the Allies began closing in on Japan during World War II, he and some of his classmates were evacuated to provincial cities...
...bikini is a generic term, but the original article has been custom-made in Paris ever since designer Louis Reard introduced his bombshell of a swimsuit in June 1946. Alas, last week the Reard boutique closed its doors. Reason: the sportswear company that now owns the swimwear line plans to sell off the rights to it for a seductive sum. Anyone for a plunge...
Earlier this year, in response to a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and a number of private citizens, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals halted a seven-year custom in downtown Pittsburgh. The seasonal Nativity scene, erected by the Holy Name Society of the Pittsburgh diocese, was barred from the Allegheny County courthouse, where it had adorned the grand staircase of the building's rotunda. Also banned was an 18-ft. menorah displayed a block away at the front of the City-County building and sponsored by Chabad, the national organization of Lubavitcher Hasidic Jews. "The city...