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Though the stubborn presence of the past is all around us, Elvis is the only cultural icon to have inspired a passionate denial of the fact of extinction. Perhaps this is because his career died without Elvis himself actually expiring, and collective memory has woven into the fabric of myth the striking spectacle of a man living beyond his life. Elvis reached the peak of his fame at the age of 23 in 1958, the year Colonel Tom Parker, his business manager, encouraged the world-famous singer to enter the Army. Parker figured that in the interim, the record companies...
...judges decide (as they should) that "The West Wing" slipped too far this year to justify the traditional legacy Emmy, giving the award to freshman drama "24" would be one way to acknowledge innovation without giving the award to HBO, which would probably rend a hole in the fabric of space-time. (It's not a likely outcome; the academy did give the drama award to "The West Wing" in its first season, but that's because the only other plausible alternative back then was "The Sopranos" - another HBO show...
...cuts at the heart of the very fabric of the church. That is a fiduciary relationship. When I was ordained a priest in 1973, I was 25 years old. I was assigned to a very affluent and very significant parish in a northwest suburb of Chicago. They didn't know me. I was dealing with people of significant competence--lawyers, judges, doctors. But the one thing that I had was that I was a priest, and therefore I had credibility. They trusted me with some of the great secrets of their lives. They trusted me with their kids. They trusted...
...sneak in a shot, but the telltale flash sent police running upstairs. "They grabbed the camera, and ripped out the film," says proprietor Udai. The view is free?that is if you can resist the eager sales pitch. The slightest flicker of interest in the brightly hued bolts of fabric will send Udai scurrying to unfurl a cascade of iridescent silks across the floor and over your lap. What's the view worth? A $10 pair of tailored silk trousers is good value...
...putting your clothes on in the morning could help. Palmers Lingerie of Austria offers tights that react to body heat and release vitamins A, B and C into the skin. Scientists at Germany's Hohenstein Institute Textile Research Center are working on a range of healing clothes, including a fabric that combats dermatitis. The textile is woven with tiny repositories that contain an anti-dermatitis agent; in response to body heat, the fabric releases the agent onto the skin. The Life Shirt System by California's VivoMetrics, a prizewinner at this year's Avantex high-tech apparel fair in Frankfurt...