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...real wonder of the Mitchell Gold Co. is that its reach has consistently exceeded its limits. For all the ubiquity of those brown leather club chairs, they were an initial disaster. Gold and Williams picked up a pair of 1930s vintage chairs at a flea market outside Paris in 1994. But they were too small for 1990s American legs. When they approached leather wholesalers with their order, Gold and Williams found that American companies were not prepared for them: they could buy white leather or teal leather, but not basic brown. What's more, the key to the chairs...
...next to theater director Jim Simpson at a benefit. Nelson told him of her experience helping a fire captain write eulogies for firemen lost on Sept. 11. Simpson suggested she rework the meeting into a play. The result: The Guys, which Simpson is directing at his downtown theater, the Flea, starring his wife SIGOURNEY WEAVER and BILL MURRAY. The sight of two Hollywood stars sharing a tiny Tribeca stage will undoubtedly draw Manhattan crowds. And when Murray leaves in a few weeks, the play will begin rotating new stars into the roles. Could be a long...
...Child often championed bread machines and other modern inventions, such as the food processor. She also used big props, including a long, flashy “fright knife” and a massive mortar and pestle that her husband Paul once lugged home from a flea market in Paris...
Where would bin Laden get the material? Again, the most common answer is Russia, with its reputation as a fissile flea market. And a bin Laden associate has told authorities that the mastermind is shopping for nuclear ingredients. Adds Leventhal: "My feeling is that the prudent assumption is that bin Laden is nuclear capable in some fashion." Other experts are less certain that any terrorist group could pull off a nuke. A 1999 Rand study on terrorism noted somewhat reassuringly that "building a nuclear device capable of producing mass destruction presents Herculean challenges for terrorists and indeed even for states...
Halloween is just around the corner, and many Harvard students have already started their costume shopping. Last Saturday, the American Repertory Theatre (ART) transformed its lobby into a flea market-style bazaar, with apparel and accessories from the costume shop upstairs...