Word: hauteness
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...modern Disney cartoon feature is an adventure of the spirit -- a guided tour through eruptive emotions. The Little Mermaid plunged briskly into the growing pains of a creature that felt as isolated from the shimmering haut monde as any Afghan peasant or Harlem street kid. Beauty and the Beast took a stroll in the woods with a fellow who needed lessons in the civilizing power of love. The Aladdin carpet ride revealed a whole grownup world of pleasures and perils to a young thief who started out in search of only a quick spin with a pretty princess...
...Flash floods drowned crops and damaged buildings and roads, leaving at least 38 people dead. An additional 80 were injured or missing, and thousands were evacuated from the popular Southeastern region of Vaucluse, where most of the death and destruction occurred. "It's an indescribable tragedy," said Mayor Claude Haut of Vaison-la-Romaine, an ancient Roman town of 5,000 people 25 miles north of the city of Avignon, where 23 died...
...area codes are triggering identity crises. Onetime 415s in the east Bay Area feel disconnected as 510 holders. In L.A. former 213s in Beverly Hills suffer from haut insecurity with their new 310s. Look for a shift in real estate values...
Most of us think of Le Corbusier as an architect, renown for such prominent and ground-breaking edifices as Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France and the Carpenter Center at Harvard. But now through December we have the valuable opportunity to view a selection of his two-dimensional work, housed in the building which he designed...
...been on view in Paris for the past 14 years without attracting a commotion. Gigli is looking for an imprimatur, separating himself from the excellent elegances of Milan in favor of the more experimental company in Paris. The intrepid Japanese designers show their stuff in Paris; so do the haut trendies like Jean-Paul Gaultier and Claude Montana. The company is faster there than in Milan, where Giorgio Armani, Italy's premier talent, casts a very long shadow indeed. "Presumptuous," is the way Armani characterizes Gigli's move, adding, "He may want to be international, but his move is premature...