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...interests” section on thefacebook.com reveals that interests, while listed with varying degrees of cheek, are usually few in number—people are interested in “skiing and sailing,” for instance, or in “being a style icon.” We throw ourselves into a few activities with the sort of self-immolating vigor that I bring to dancing to “Graceland.” Academia itself encourages a sort of tunnel vision; incapable of tackling entire movements or schools of thought, we write papers and theses...
...word of a rumor that actor Adam Sandler might make an appearance at the Harvard-Yale basketball game spread around campus, students flocked to Lavietes Pavilion in the hope of catching a glimpse of the comedy icon. He never showed, but by the end of the contest that was of only secondary importance...
...Icon Louis Vuitton...
...case of C&C California--the brainchild of thirtysomething principals Claire Stansfield and Cheyann Benedict--a few lucky breaks have catapulted the company's line of electric-colored slouchy T shirts into the must-have category. One of them was an endorsement in the fashion press from waifish style icon Sofia Coppola. Another was the starring role in a Visa small-business commercial. But the real coup was a prime slot on one of Oprah's famous "favorite things" episodes...
...nothing sacred? Long before Bridget Jones and Carrie Bradshaw made the suffering singleton chic, a neurotic, noseless career woman was a pioneer among Neanderthals like Hagar the Horrible. Now CATHY, the funny papers' eternal (or since 1976) bachelorette, will get a marriage proposal. The chubby cartoon icon has been warring with boyfriend Irving in recent strips, but he will finally pop the question on Valentine's Day. How Cathy responds is under wraps. Next to a photocopier somewhere, Dilbert is kicking himself...