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...elusive, unplaceable accent. She was born in Germany and raised in Australia, the world's least and most cool countries, respectively. After Zandl's family moved to Australia, she learned English before her parents did, and she grew up having to interpret for them, teaching them how to fit in, underlining articles in the newspaper for them to read so they could stay au courant. It was good preparation for her unconventional career. "There's that sense of being an outsider and having to be incredibly observant," she muses. "I feel like in some respects I was destined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trends: The Quest For Cool | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

...City authorities for putting fuel tanks near its building, which it alleges contributed to the damage. Whatever the outcome of the suits, Deutsche is leaving town anyway, moving across the river to New Jersey. Turkish Pop Culture A new Turkish soda is giving Coca-Cola and Pepsi a fizzy fit - with a little help from U.S. foreign policy. Since Cola Turka hit local shelves two months ago, a high-profile ad campaign has been stoking nationalist sentiment. Starring Chevy Chase as a confused New Yorker struggling to understand why anyone who sips the drink becomes instantly Turkish - sprouting a moustache...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 9/7/2003 | See Source »

...should absolutely be removed from the bench. A man without respect for the law, the order of the court, or millions of Americans who have religious beliefs different than his own is not fit to serve as an arbiter of justice in our legal system. Sherrie Zhan Irvine, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the "Ten Commandments" judge be punished? | 9/2/2003 | See Source »

...Kanfer, a former TIME editor, presents her, Ball does fit one show-biz type well: the star whose early troubles (father dies young, family suffers financial ruin) fed an insecurity and need to please that paradoxically emboldened her to take risks. But as important as her talent and drive, Kanfer shows, was Arnaz, who handled her business savvily and smoothed over her tendency to bully co-stars and crew (though he also made her miserable with his boozing and philandering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Fast and Lucy | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

...When you come in, you see Seven Jeans, Chaiken jeans, Earl Jeans, which are all names you know if you're not pregnant," says Mavridis. "Girls grab the clothes, get into the dressing room and then say, 'Why do these fit funny?'" The would-be clients are often embarrassed by their mistake, but Marin County's pregnant fashionistas are thrilled that mainstream designers are finally creating clothes for their expanding waistlines. Over the past two years, couturiers like Chaiken, Diane von Furstenberg, Lilly Pulitzer and Anna Sui have all made their maternity-wear debuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Expect the Best | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

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