Word: flair
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...fashion innovator does not necessarily spell doom for the company that bears his or her name. The fashion houses founded by Coco Chanel and Guccio Gucci, for example, continue to thrive long after their founders' passing. Yet such was the force of Gianni Versace's personality, life-style and flair for publicity, that the question of succession is more pertinent than ever: Without Versace, can his empire survive...
...Dancing Deviant. Denied funding by the Office for the Arts, yet determined to express his talents during Arts First weekend, Marc R. Talusan '97 did his originally-conceived dance-monologue piece in the Kronauer Space. Well-received, the show pushed boundaries without becoming gimmicky or losing its flair and provided a welcome wakeup call to the lazy days of conventional spring theater...
...stage is extended to a T-shape, drawing the audience closer to the play's action. The production has a lot of visual flair, evidenced in the spare yet cleverly suggestive sets, from the lofty bookcase and long cluttered table of Ramsden's study to the fiery red sun and mountains of Spain (complete with appropriately "Spanish" guitar music) to an eerily empty darkness that gives way to the red glow of Hell. The last scene, set in a garden in Granada, features a fountain filled with round, orange objects that tease the eye until Jack Willis picks...
DIED. VIRGILIO BARCO, 75, Colombian President whose social reforms were undercut by his unrelenting war against cocaine barons; of stomach cancer; in Bogota. A former mayor, the owlish-eyed, professorial Barco stammered his way to the presidential palace in 1986. With neither flair nor fanfare, he hunkered down to combat poverty and drugs until his administration was overrun by vengeful cartels...
...career journalist whose wit, flair and savoir vivre became personal trademarks, Bauby saw his fast-paced life come to an abrupt end on Dec. 8, 1995, with the stroke that left him paralyzed. Though Bauby was dependent on hospital staff and machinery for all his bodily functions, his brain remained unscathed. He soon discovered that the only muscle still under his control was his left eyelid. By telegraphing a series of blinks, Bauby let his nurses know that his mind was alive and well inside its immobile frame. They responded by reciting a special alphabet to him with the understanding...