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Fashion people call everyone a visionary. The person who came up with slimmer suits? Visionary! Denim formal wear? Visionary! That bra that pushes and separates at the same time? Actually, that guy was a visionary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Calling The Clairvoyant Hotline | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

...That's a fair sample of Delpy's humor, which runs to the black and the tossed off - rather like her rather casual shooting style. She's more interested in hasty impressions than in formal elegance. The phrase "vanity production" has come up in some of the early commentary on 2 Days in Paris, but I don't think that's quite fair. Delpy can't help it that she is at least competent in a number of filmmaking realms. And she can't help it that her view of Paris (and of the romantic impulse) is less than enchanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paris Not for Lovers | 8/10/2007 | See Source »

...York summer has pushed those boundaries into murky waters: I begin each morning stuffing my black (sometimes chocolate brown, occasionally deep red) pointy-toed pumps into my shoulder bag, scurrying over sidewalks and across subway platforms in my well-worn Reefs. The contrast of casual Reefs against the most formal of business attire hardly raises an eyebrow from my subway companions; Fellow female commuters employ similar tactics, some donning socks and sneakers over their pantyhose, others opting for the ballet flat with their flared pant suit. And they do so not just for reasons of orthopedic health...

Author: By Ramya Parthasarathy | Title: Flip-Flopping On Footwear | 8/10/2007 | See Source »

Martin said that better mentoring of women and minority faculty members can also be addressed immediately. She said she has pushed departments to adopt formal mentoring programs to better serve tenure-track faculty members seeking advice form outside their department...

Author: By Laurence H. M. holland and Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Report Shows Continued Struggle for Faculty Diversity | 8/7/2007 | See Source »

...tribal leaders in Anbar to fight al-Qaeda in Iraq alongside the Americans. Few other Sunni leaders on the political stage in Iraq now hold as much sway as Sittar, who has made no secret of his desire to take on a larger leadership role in the country. A formal political alliance between Sittar and Maliki would leave little room in the political sphere for Sunnis affiliated with Tawafiq, which is thought to have ties to elements of the Sunni insurgency Sittar and his followers have foresworn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Maliki Save His Coalition? | 8/6/2007 | See Source »

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