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Even John Galliano, known for his runway theatrics, toned it down with an almost all-nude-colored Christian Dior collection of wispy dresses overlaid with black lace. The inspiration could have been one of the Klimt nudes on display in the newly restored Grand Palais where he presented his show...
...Brigades gained the respect of Gazans by confronting Israeli soldiers when the official Palestinian military fled. But the group ran its refugee camps, towns and villages as gangster fiefs. With the Israelis gone, locals say it has increasingly turned to racketeering and extortion. Despite Abbas' ban on the public display of weapons, members of the gang can still be seen on Gaza's streets, openly toting their M-16 and AK-47 assault rifles. And Abu Samhadana has become a strident critic of Abbas and his henchmen, whom he views as ineffectual. "The reason for the chaos is the weakness...
...near cinematic display of favoritism--the top bank regulator chumming it up with someone he is supposed to regulate--reinforced Italy's nearly mythic status as Europe's most rigged economy. The scandal created a major crisis for the government of businessman Silvio Berlusconi, itself no paragon of arm's-length transactions. Yet even Berlusconi finally found enough moral high ground to call on Fazio to resign his lifetime post after Finance Minister Domenico Siniscalco quit in protest when his calls for Fazio to step down had no effect. Siniscalco's replacement, Giulio Tremonti, who clashed with Fazio...
...decided to stroll together through the center of town in front of a cadre of journalists. It was a blatant signal to all that Fazio had anointed Fiorani to be the next banker on the fast-growth track. Perhaps more than the now infamous phone call, the public display in Lodi is evidence of how Fazio has viewed the job he has now held for 12 years. "He says, 'It is I, not the markets, who knows what's best,'" says a Bank of Italy official. "The way he interprets his role is not to hide the fact that...
Keene, N.H., takes its pumpkins seriously. It fell short of its usual record-breaking display of jack-o'-lanterns last year when the townsfolk gathered a mere 27,584 carved pumpkins (1,368 below their 2003 world record). They'll be going for the gold again on Oct. 22, amid pumpkin-carving, pie-eating and seed-spitting contests, orange fireworks and lots of pumpkin soup and cookies. --By Lisa McLaughlin...