Word: fashion
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Amid the tide of red ink flowing from many of the world's largest banks these days, big profits seem out of fashion. On Tuesday alone, Deutsche Bank announced its first quarterly loss in five years, while HBOS, the U.K.'s biggest mortgage lender, said it would replenish its depleted coffers with an $8 billion share sale. Both firms announced billions of dollars of fresh write-downs...
Russell Simmons revolutionized both rap music and hip-hop fashion by growing them from marginal street fads to mainstream must-haves, starting with the record label he co-founded (Def Jam) and his clothing line (Phat Farm). Now 50 and pretty much retired from both worlds, hip-hop's original businessman is focused on charities and empowerment causes. Simmons spoke with Time.com about his politics, his recent book Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success, his fortune and his little princesses...
...this debate received should point the way going forward: why not have “The Hills” star Lauren Conrad ask the same thing at the next debate? It’s just that folks particularly like hateful sniping and character judgments made on the basis of fashion when they’re delivered by someone pretty.Indeed, the candidates—all of whom have now appeared on countless talk shows and World Wrestling Entertainment’s “Raw”—could learn something about exposure and appeal from their disgraced predecessor...
...goal for a green campus.)Other than those two points, the letter of the report appears sound. But the spirit in which the administration carries out these changes will ultimately determine the effectiveness of this policy. So far, the draft has been formed in a collaborative fashion. Representatives of the Undergraduate Council, College Events Board, HoCos, and cultural societies were all invited to the subcommittee to express the needs and wishes of student groups. This stands in stark contrast to the dictatorial and opaque method by which the College’s new alcohol policy was changed earlier last fall...
...glitter and gold on Friday in the Bright Hockey Center for the annual Eleganza fashion show. In front of a crowd estimated at nearly 2,000, with a sold-out VIP section, 49 students paraded down the runway modeling a colorful array of getups. The theme of this year’s show, hosted by BlackCAST (Community and Student Theater), was “Elements of Desire,” with four acts centered on Earth, Fire, Water, and Air motifs. Each scene displayed a different color scheme: Earth models wore brown-tones, Fire models wore red-tones, Water models...