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...that proved a prescription for turmoil, as the changes confused customers and department buyers alike. For example, Donna Karan's DKNY line of sportswear had been in Nordstrom's cutting-edge Savvy shops since 1989 and was now a candidate for golden oldie. So Nordstrom moved DKNY to the Individualist section, a much larger space for career women, and switched other labels from there to still another section. The changes rippled through the stores like rows of tumbling dominoes, and the resulting disruption surprised the new management team. "We underestimated the problems of shifting things around," Nordstrom says. "We just...
...delightful arias about the fickleness of women and hit peak form in the famous love-aria at the beginning of Act Three, combining expressive phrasing and a smooth, full richness of tone that impressed even this Pavarotti fan. But he faded a bit in the other favorite, "La donna e mobile" (in this translation, "Woman's fidelity") and went slightly hoarse in the lilting, flirtatious duet with Madalena. Nevertheless, he brought a professional polish and pleasing musicality to the role immortalized by Luciano...
Similarly, the well-known strains of "La donna e mobile" make a bizarre accompaniment to the spectacle of a nameless seductress striking the poses of a modern-day strip dancer. Crowning it all is the assassin, Sparafucile, clad in black leather oddly topped by a workman's cap: He signals all his stage exits by ceremoniously donning a pair of black shades...
...Blood poisoning is a significant systemic infection, which, as it progresses, can spread to other body organs," said Donna Campbell, UHS ambulatory nursing coordinator. "It's a very significant illness, and it's nothing we see very often...
...standards of last year's high-rolling presidential race, Donna Shalala's appearance at a Democratic dinner for business executives seemed like just another effort to lend star quality to one of Bill Clinton's ambitious fund-raising ventures. But to Alan Solomont, a Massachusetts nursing-home mogul who was host to the June 3 event in Washington, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shone brightest of all. A few weeks before the dinner, Solomont had visited Shalala with a team of lobbyists to press for less stringent enforcement of nursing-home regulations. Solomont, a leading Democratic fund raiser...