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...emerged that the bugging was linked to talks over Telecom's future.) Taken together, it has been a cold reminder that Sistema Italia, the totality of how economics and politics functions in the bel paese, is still a cumbersome load of conflicts of interest and arcane maneuverings that drag down the country and scare away foreign investors. Prodi's behavior has been especially heavy-handed. In the midst of back-and-forth bickering about what the Telecom chief had told him, Prodi authorized the release of an official note recounting information shared in their two recent meetings - including market-sensitive...
...donors who are not alumni—propelling its annual total to $595 million, up $5 million from the previous year. But the College’s overall participation rate has gradually slid over the past five years—a possible signal of alumni disaffection that threatens to drag down Harvard’s ranking in national surveys. “[P]rospective students, faculty, and the media view alumni participation as a vote of confidence in the institution,” says a Harvard fact sheet for fundraisers. “[A]lumni capable of giving very large...
...weird rat-like flower in her hair” is not one of the phrases that I generally come up with. She trills lines like “The family’s in Laguuuuuuna!” as if she is playing Katherine Hepburn in a drag show...
...DIED. Willi Ninja, 45, lithe, athletic club dancer who, as the star of the 1990 documentary Paris is Burning popularized vogue dancers, a then-obscure subculture of New York City drag ballrooms; of AIDS-related heart failure; in New York City. The charismatic, self-described "butch-queen," born William Leake, later taught the martial arts-inspired movements in Europe, worked as a runway model for designers like Jean Paul Gaultier and taught fashionistas like Naomi Campbell how to strut with flair...
DIED. Willi Ninja, 45, lithe, athletic club dancer who, as the star of the 1990 dance-club documentary Paris Is Burning, popularized vogue dancers, a then obscure subculture of New York City drag ballrooms; of AIDS-related heart failure; in New York City. Born William Leake, the charismatic, self- described "butch queen" taught the martial-arts-inspired movements in Europe, worked as a runway model for designers like Jean Paul Gaultier and taught fashionistas like Naomi Campbell how to strut with flair...