Word: englands
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...trials of modern travel. After being tossed around by baggage handlers and bashed up in the luggage hold, your beautiful case could well end up a sad sack. But it is possible to indulge in nostalgia without your clothes ending up scattered across the carousel. In October, Leicester, England-based Uppercase will launch a new line of hand-stitched leather cases inspired by the elegant designs of the 1920s, but with the sturdiness of modern luggage. And you won't have to dig deep for this collection. Briefcases start at a meager $280, while a 69-cm-tall trolley case...
...they happen to play in a new stadium may be more of a coincidence. A stadium-building program that the NFL started under former commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who left office in July after 17 years, has helped finance a dozen new playing palaces. That includes such venues as New England, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver and Washington. Sure, the Super Bowl--champion Steelers play...
...play that critiques Kenya's neocolonial society. After it was performed, the theater was burned to the ground and Ngugi thrown in jail. He was released a year later - thanks to Amnesty International - with a new novel, Devil on the Cross, written on prison toilet paper. While in England to launch the book in 1982, he heard rumors that he would be arrested again if he went back to Kenya. He and his family went into self-imposed exile, moving from England to the U.S. and finally settling in California. Now he teaches English and literature at the University...
...Ultimately, with the Bush Administration opposing tough greenhouse gas controls, California's pioneering efforts will be successful only if other states follow its lead. Already, there are moves in that direction, with seven mid-Atlantic and New England states having signed a pact to cut power plant emissions by ten percent by 2019. California can be "a world leader in the effort to reduce carbon emissions," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger predicted as the legislature rushed to pass the bill this week. "The success of our system will be an example for other states and nations to follow as the fight against...
...Patricia Cornwell claims that she has found Jack the Ripper—and now she’s bringing him to the Fogg. For the past half-decade, Cornwell has been investigating the true identity of Jack the Ripper, the legendary criminal who gruesomely killed five prostitutes in Whitechapel, England in 1888. She has pledged 82 works by Impressionist artist Walter Sickert, whom she claims was the real “Jack the Ripper,” to Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum. The 82 works include 24 paintings, 36 prints, and 22 drawings by Sickert...