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...upper-crust garden party”—necessitated the presence of something white and frolicky. It hadn’t been easy finding a photogenic albino rabbit with owners crazy enough to lend their beloved pet to a group of flaky fashion types. This involved a few frantic phone calls to pet shops until finally I was put in contact with a starry-eyed rabbit breeder (surely the world’s easiest job) willing to do anything for “the Vogue-er.” My explanation of the difficulties of working with animals, however...
...Region "a new historical miracle" wrought by Kim Jong Il "in the hope of achieving prosperity for Korea." Not so long ago, U.S. President George W. Bush branded North Korea a member of the "Axis of Evil," along with Iraq and Iran. But the xenophobic Kim now seems increasingly frantic to mend relations with the outside world and leapfrog his poverty-stricken people into the modern era. After years of extreme isolationism, Kim is letting go of the ideology of Juche?Self-Reliance?and easing toward economic and political engagement. The zone could prove to be another of North Korea...
...might have to go as far back as the age of Pericles, in the 5th century B.C., to find a time of such frantic - and transforming - construction in Athens. Everywhere you turn, workers are digging roadbeds, throwing up scaffolding, building overpasses - all in anticipation of Aug. 13, 2004. That's when the Olympics come home for the first time since 1896, the year Athens hosted the first Games of the modern era. No one is suggesting that the new Nikaia Weightlifting Hall matches the Parthenon for elegance or grandeur. Nor is the new Olympic Village being carved out of marble...
...Nubian drums ignite the stereo but it’s Donna Summer who graces the final minutes. Impeccably mixed, rhythms mutate fluidly, as opposed to Gold Teeth Thief’s spastic collisions. Sparse French dancehall blossoms into jump-up jungle from DJ Rush Puppy; Bubba’s frantic “Ugly” glides into a head-nodding Akrobatik beat that gets swallowed whole by the industrial grind of /rupture’s Nettle alias; Mutamassik’s shuffling Sa’aidi breakbeats give way to hyperkinetic bhangra...
Coffee tables were hot sellers between $20 and $40, in styles ranging from quaint wicker to functional polyurethane. Bidding was frantic, jumping in five dollar increments...