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...unexpected lesson in the power of the U.S. dollar during a visit to Tashkent, the dreary capital of Uzbekistan, several years back. While heading into town from the airport, my babbling taxi driver kept one hand (barely) on the steering wheel while his other shoved a stack of local currency, the som, into my face. He insistently urged me to trade the money for dollars. After checking in at the grim Hotel Uzbekistan, a nattily clad porter showed me and my wife to a room, fiddled with a broken TV set, and then reached into his jacket pockets for large...
...shows in Paris and trying to rationalize what they were seeing. Even at its most frivolous, fashion always reflects the moment, so how would designers interpret the collapsing Dow and skyrocketing unemployment? Clarity came for me at Junya Watanabe's poetic show, a tribute to African style expressed in hand-blocked prints paired with recycled-denim skirts. As the first model appeared, a hush of recognition settled over the audience. It was a true fashion moment, one that defines the changing times. Suddenly, references to Africa were everywhere?from Marc Jacobs' chunky jewelry at Louis Vuitton to Dries Van Noten...
...director of Downtown Streets. “We had one man who used to sit in a wheelchair panhandling outside a store and is now working in the jewelry department of a high-end department store. It’s not just a handout, it’s a hand...
...weren’t making enough space for either of the [centers] in the first game,” Farrar said. “They were just blindly throwing the ball into a fluffing defense with predictably unpleasant results.”The Hartwick attack, on the other hand, fired on all cylinders. Despite eight saves from co-captain Nicola Perlman, who is also a former Crimson magazine chair, the Hawks closed out the game with a double digit lead at 16-6. Regardless of the result, each player ended the day a big smile as the team celebrated...
FlyBy: So...why is this dish called "Obama Maki?" [And why did the receptionist just hand the phone over to a waiter? Hello, owner? Manager...