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...simply can’t disregard our fundamental principles in regards to discrimination,” said E.E. Keenan ’07, a representative for the West Yard dorms...
...luxury are mortal enemies. Fear and power do not peacefully coexist. It follows, then, that she who wishes to reach the most rarefied and potent ranks of fashion, whether in dealmaking or designing, must have a certain serenity. A certain above-the-fray quality. And a flat-out disregard for what you think. Which brings us to Miuccia Prada. The rise of Mrs. Prada, as she is known to her Italian staff members, is a well-known tale--your basic story of a onetime communist and mime student from Milan who takes over her family's dusty luggage company...
...having created some definitive design benchmarks, while a sure sign of her eye, is not what has really given Prada her juice. What sets her apart is her disregard--in some cases, her open contempt--for the dictates of fashion. Whereas fashion expects an image to be constantly updated, Prada reportedly sank upwards of $100 million into projects that are supposed to be permanent, if not immutable: her architecturally pioneering stores in New York City (by Dutch brainiac Rem Koolhaas) and Tokyo (by the precise Swiss duo Herzog & De Meuron). Whereas common sense says a designer should design what...
...Fisher said he worried that administrators would disregard Faculty concern...
...that Iran’s Guardian Council has kicked more than 2000 reformist candidates off the ballot for this month’s parliamentary elections, this bind between sticking to ideals and satisfying the demands of pragmatism is even more acute. Such a flagrant disregard for the democratic process should not go unchecked. But the U.S. cannot stand alone and expect to do any good; America’s voice should be one of many objecting to Iran’s anti-democratic behavior. President Bush should leave his undue pride on the doorstep and approach the United Nations...