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...Boulder, Stoll still hopes to someday use fingerprint scanning in her schools. "I'm just disappointed our parents wouldn't let us be on the forefront of this technology," she says...
...petite blond with Miu Miu eyeglasses occupied prime seats at the Milan and Paris collections last spring, veterans took note. They should have known: new luxury markets bring new editors into the fray, and the booming luxury-goods business in Russia has brought Evelina Khromtchenko, 35, to fashion's forefront. She's the clever editor in chief and creative director of the Russian edition of L'Officiel, a fashion magazine with 100,000 readers who can't get enough of Chanel, Dior and, lately, Ralph Lauren...
...spectacle of more shaven-headed youth crowding the streets must send chills down the ruling generals' spines. After all, it was Burma's monks who spearheaded acts of civil disobedience against British colonialists. Buddhist clergy were also at the forefront of mass protests in 1988, which ended when the army gunned down hundreds of peaceful protestors and declared martial law. So far, the military has avoided firing directly at the monks. But with these spiritual warriors showing no sign of giving up their cause, a violent confrontation may be unavoidable...
...team has seen its fair share of stellar freshman pass through the program. Two years ago, it was now-junior forward Erin Wylie, who led the team in goals, and two-time captain and fellow third-year defensemen Nikki Rhodes, who anchored the defense that year, stepping to the forefront. Last year, a talented group led by sophomores Lizzy Nichols and Christian Hagner, provided a bright spot to an otherwise desolate year for the Crimson. This year, it is just more of the same. And at the top of her class rests freshman striker Gina Wideroff. With three goals...
...Hong Kong photographer Lee Ka-sing). Outside a tiny circle of dilettantes, nobody knows his name. Thus, 10 years after his death at the age of 56, Yau continues to be as obscure as he was in life. But with the issues of conservation and cultural identity at the forefront of social debate in Hong Kong, his body of work - spanning almost 40 years and recording the city's passage from hard-bitten entrepôt to looming metropolis - cries out for recognition as the extraordinary social and artistic document that...