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...visionary behind some of the flashiest high-tech buildings in the Ginza district (Chanel's new 10-story flagship) or along Omotesando Avenue (Louis Vuitton's 36,000-sq.-ft. monolith), but when New York City--based architect Peter Marino heads to Tokyo, he seeks out the city's more traditional--and simple--sites, including the shitamachi, or low city. "This city is a succession of villages, and in each one the atmosphere is that of a different world," he explains. One of his favorite routes is from Waseda University down to the Minowabashi station on the Arakawa tram line...
...debate over zoning regulations, the locals, tired of the parade of armor-plated Mercedes clogging their streets, have forced the retailer to pack its Louis Vuitton cases. If Tranchesi is bitter, she's far too preoccupied by Daslu's brand-new five-story building in Vila Olimpia, a commercial district, to show it. The new flagship will boast a champagne bar, a Japanese restaurant and even a real estate bureau, where clients can find pieds-a-terre in Miami and Rome. Pampered customers are waited on by the daughters of politicians and plutocrats, known as Dasluzetes, and a cadre...
From the beginning, Eagle County, Colo., district attorney Mark Hurlbert insisted that the sexual-assault charge he filed against Kobe Bryant had nothing to do with the celebrity of the Los Angeles Lakers' star. But from the beginning, legal experts wondered whether a Rocky Mountain lawman would have filed such a case had the defendant been anything other than Hollywood-famous...
Month by month, though, Hurlbert's case collected dents from a series of court foul-ups and from Bryant's big-league defense team, which seemed to overwhelm the locals. The crushing blow may have come on July 23, when Fifth Judicial District Court Judge Terry Ruckriegle ruled that Bryant's lawyers could ask the alleged victim about her sex life during a 72-hour window surrounding the incident. Getting her to admit to having had sex with another man before her encounter with Bryant would allow the defense to cast doubt on physical evidence that Bryant had forced himself...
...government has failed to build new secular schools that would provide an alternative to the madrasahs. Religious conservatives are trying to expand their reach: a Pakistani cleric and Member of Parliament has launched a campaign to shut down cybercafes throughout the country, describing the Internet as a "red-light district...