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...Armani wing, where a customer or two browsed suits, the fitting rooms, which double as sales associates' offices, were abuzz with personal fittings. Any free time for associates would go to calling clients to inform them of the perfect snug Balenciaga jacket or lavish Nina Ricci ball gown to fill out their holiday wardrobes. Of course, part of this is standard luxury protocol at Neiman Marcus, where you will rarely find a knit that isn't cashmere and where the shoes are Manolo Blahnik but in exclusive styles a customer won't see anywhere else. But another part...
...debate the future of American government--its possibilities and responsibilities as well as its limits and faults--than where so much went so tragically wrong. New Orleans is still an almost blank canvas, and the next President should be required to explain how he or she intends to help fill it in. A vision of success in New Orleans will comprise specific ideas about jobs, education, health care, housing, water, the environment, spending and pork-barrel politics. But it should also illuminate how the candidates view the role of the Federal Government and the next leader's responsibilities...
...With violence down, and the surge apparently having an effect, now is the time to make a gesture to Iraqis. We can show we are serious about returning their sovereignty to them by pulling out private security contractors, even if it means using U.S. troops to fill the void...
...same token, no mix of people, however “naturally” incompatible, is doomed to make a terrible section. A single strong personality has the power to completely alter the chemistry. And if no such personality is already present, students have a responsibility to fill in and act the necessary roles until the blend seems right. If no one is speaking up, someone needs to act the provocateur. If the atmosphere is poisoned, someone needs to act the peacemaker. If people are stiff, someone needs to act the clown. There is something dishonest and contrived about this arrangement...
...endeavors, we will be describing not just an accumulation of discrete individual pursuits, but the efforts of people in different parts of the University working actively toward common ends.” Her goal of unification, Faust said, also helped guide the seven major appointments she has made to fill vacancies in the leadership of several of Harvard’s schools and in Mass. Hall. “They all bring to their new roles an impressive record of accomplishment as teachers, scholars, and academic leaders,” Faust wrote. “And they all share...