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...same can be said of Thailand's fledgling fashion industry. No longer a cheap haven for the manufacture of apparel invented elsewhere, the country has lately been generating fashion designers like China churns out brand-name knockoffs. "I can count about 30 new designers on the market in just the last year or so," says Anna Limpichart, a fashion-show organizer responsible for next month's Bangkok Fashion Week, an annual runway showcase for local designers. Even seen-it-all international cognoscenti are taking notice. After attending last year's Bangkok Fashion Week, Paris-based fashion critic Diane Pernet said...
...that through taxes, but we may have to do more." Australia plans to spend $1.5 billion in the next decade to boost its defense capability. But without trained people, no amount of helicopters and networked command systems will add up to an effective military. And, Babbage says, "if you haven't got a defense force when you need it, you're done...
...first half, Yale doubled up Harvard early, 18-9, but the Crimson went on an 11-2 run to tie the game at 20 on Beal’s tip-in off his own miss. In contrast to Harvard’s 82-74 loss in New Haven earlier this year in a roaring, partisan arena, there were just as many Bulldogs fans as Crimson supporters, and the crowd for the most part had little effect on the game. “The reason we have such a good home record is because of our fans,” Yale...
...happen again. Still shaking off a disappointing loss at Brown on Friday night, the Crimson recovered to hold off an aggressive Yale team, taking the lead for good with two minutes to play in the first half and holding on for a 59-54 win at New Haven. In the first half, Harvard struggled against Yale’s stiff defense. The Elis applied aggressive ball pressure and disciplined help-side rotation in the halfcourt set to accompany a stifling full-court man-to-man press. The pressure resulted in 24 Harvard turnovers, including 13 during the first half...
...home we get a little bit more energy from the crowd, but it’s nice to get the monkey off your back and finally get one.”Harvard is one of the five Ivy teams that went down to Yale in New Haven so far this year. Last month’s bitter 82-74 Crimson defeat seemed to hinge as much on the emotions generated by the Yale crowd’s rancorous baiting of Harvard’s players as on any other factor. Lavietes Pavilion did not offer the same home-court advantage...