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...Britain, Auntie, as the network is known, is the nation's high-minded public broadcaster, 81 years old and going strong with award-winning news, documentaries, dramas and comedies. It has long snubbed crass commerce and does not run ads on its two flagship channels. Its revenue model: every household with a telly must pay the British government a "license fee" of nearly $200 a year to fund the BBC, which adds up to a $4.5 billion annual subsidy. Americans would probably dump their sets in the Boston harbor if Washington forced them to spend that kind of money...
...1960s, Bontecou was a well-established name. Not a household word like Warhol but an artist who exhibited constantly in the U.S. and Europe. In the stable of dealer Leo Castelli, the ultimate launching pad for up-to-the-minute talent, she was also the only woman. LIFE, Cosmopolitan and Vogue put her in their pages, where they tended to treat her as the mouse that roared...
...work that runs until Jan. 25, the first in nearly a decade to focus on fashion designers). But they have a secret: they want to be huge. Not "I've got a nice business selling to those in the know" kind of hugeness, like Martin Margiela, but Armani huge, household-name huge, dresser-of-stars-who-are-very-very-red-carpet huge. "We have this ambition to reach the top," says Horsting, 34. "We are very ambitious and very impatient," says Snoeren, 33. If they get there, it will be on the quirkiest of paths. Viktor & Rolf launched their design...
Harvard says he knew nothing of the good luck rituals associated with the Yard statue, but that he is not a superstitious man himself. “I consider the name a good luck charm. It’s a very nice sounding name. The Harvard name is a household name...
Viktor Kozeny is a household name in the Czech Republic. “Ask any Czech today who Viktor Kozeny is and the answer would probably not be suitable for children,” Dita Asiedu said on Radio Prague in July. “There is no doubt that there is nothing many Czechs would like more than to see Mr. Kozeny behind bars, forever...