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...this particular morning, she is hunched over her hands, sewing away on nothing bigger than a little pocket. That's what Italians call a jacket's breast pocket, il taschino, and Ter Meulen, thimble on finger, is finishing off the neatly lined slit in the square scrap of French-vanilla gabardine during a weeklong stint learning Old World tailoring techniques. "You have to stitch really straight," the 23-year-old student says after ironing down the soft piece of fabric. "It's not to be rushed...
Difficult times often stimulate the creative imagination. On a recent trip to Cartier's archives in Paris, I was amazed by the innovation that evolved from the French jeweler's 100-year relationship with the U.S. Who knew the famous Tank Française watch was allegedly inspired by a tank used in World War I? Or that some of Cartier's most brilliant jewelry designs came from orders placed by American clients? It's further proof that consumers, whether they're buying fine jewelry or using paper bags instead of plastic, will inspire future design...
...Leverett House winner, Ben French '10, faced a particularly nasty opponent in a Lev resident who manically carried with him a container of broccoli. But once the organizers dispensed of the broccoli rule, French's path to victory was clear. He chased his opponent through the halls of Leverett and dispatched his opponent in a carrot-sword fight...
...real world,” he says, “I found that I was never so far that I couldn’t come back.” Shapiro is currently a professor of Romance languages and literature at Wesleyan University and a renowned translator of French plays, poetry, and literature. Conveniently, his professional work tends to overlap with his work in Adams; he contributes to the House’s “French Farcefest,” which has occurred semiannually for the past 20 years. “They always seem to be translations of mine...
...freely accessed digital library would not be what we want.Throughout history, storehouses of knowledge have never managed to be unadulterated houses of knowledge. Ulterior motives have always lurked amidst the stacks. France’s Bibliothèque Nationale served to consolidate the rule of the people during the French Revolution, asserting the power of the masses by, in the name of knowledge, seizing all of the private collections of the First and Second Estates. What has been considered the first public library, the library of San Marco, founded by Cosimo de’ Medici in 1444, was created...