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...wasn't always hotter-than-Potter. She went to Hong Kong's Diocesan Girls' School, a hoity-toity institution for little ladies in the making. Classmate and designer Johanna Ho, who schooled with Mok before going on to London to study with Stella McCartney, remembers Mok the modest: "She always wore glasses, was a straight-A student, had short hair and braces." Mok's happy to admit she was a nerd, an academic junkie. She won a scholarship to study Italian literature in Trieste and followed it with three years at the University of London. There she met Hong Kong...
Once the giveaways are gone and there's a place for all the keepers, it's time to decorate. But beware of the fantasy bedrooms served up by the shelter magazines and kids' specialty catalogs. The market for kids' furniture and accessories has never been hotter, but many design experts don't like what they see. Says Ro Logrippo, author of In My World: Designing Living and Learning Environments for the Young: "These phantasmagorical theme rooms where everything matches really stifle the imagination." Rather than imposing the perfect tableau on a child who probably doesn't want it, parents need...
...Minnesota Vikings started their training camp last Monday on what was one of the hottest days of the year in Mankato, Minn. All-Pro tackle Korey Stringer was overcome during the morning session and had to be carted from the field. The next day turned out to be even hotter and more humid. Some of Stringer's teammates reportedly teased him about a newspaper photo that caught him doubled over with exhaustion the day before. "I'll show them!" the 335-lb. offensive lineman must have figured. He turned in what was by all accounts a stellar performance, although...
Lurking behind the accounting battle is an even hotter argument about whether private investment accounts are an idea whose time has come. Bush believes the best way to ensure that boomers have enough money for retirement is to allow them to divert about a sixth of their payroll taxes into the financial markets in search of higher returns. Most Democrats say such a roll of the dice could create a new generation of aged poor--and the Dow and NASDAQ have recently been acting like Democratic allies. So the party dug in its heels last week, as Senate majority leader...
...theme that has characterized recent educational policy is test-based accountability. It’s becoming a hotter and hotter topic every day,” he says...