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...INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS Map: The Planned Barrier Mideast: The Four Sticking Points Map: Mideast Flash Points Israel: A Land Divided...
...show is that Versace's shimmering, flamboyant designs are guaranteed crowd pleasers in a way that Saint Laurent's tuxedos and trench coats are not. The exhibition, which opened last week, makes note of Versace's under-appreciated tailoring skills, but places greater emphasis on the flash and glamour that the house has come to represent. The fact that the women Versace was most famous for dressing were British also helps explain the exhibition. The British have a unique fascination with Versace. The stereotype of the house - bold, brassy and tacky - goes against the stereotype of the polite and reserved...
...that's the problem: no matter what they do, academics always ruin sex by refusing to stutter. They intellectualize it until you realize why they spend so much time alone "writing dissertations." Museums are designed to illuminate the inanimate: mummies, Renaissance paintings, Richard Nixon. Flash-freezing the ephemeral is too difficult. If you think too long about kissing, it starts to seem like a ridiculous impossibility. (It also means you're very, very lonely.) And, honestly, that's the problem: the Museum of Sex undermines the real purpose of museums - which is to pick up women. Coming up with...
...News flash from the Federal Reserve. Sorry, it's not a drop in interest rates. It's the fact that Americans now make more payments electronically--by credit or debit card or via the Internet--than by paper checks. In 1995 consumers wrote 49.5 billion checks. By 2000 that number had dropped 14% to 42.5 billion. Meanwhile, online bill payment is now used by some 12 million households, up from 10 million...
...into the picnic table, almost shattering Smith’s ulna. For the second round they decided to use their left arms. Whispers of “she’s left-handed” came from Smith’s corner of optimistic friends, along with distracting flash photography. Not even Smith’s left hand could save her. Fayanju once again forced Smith down within two seconds...