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Bonpoint does not advertise, so the stores and their whimsical windows are the main way of communicating with customers. None have had more impact than the 12,000-sq.-ft. Left Bank flagship at 6 Rue de Tournon, which opened last April, says Eric de Montgolfier, a managing partner at Edmond de Rothschild. The store, which Bonpoint executives claim is the largest luxury children's shop in the world, occupies the ground floor of a 17th century hôtel particulier and winds around a large neat garden to a newer wing. Shoppers and their parents wander through parlors with fireplaces...
...Disease Control, smoking among teenagers is no longer dropping as it did during the late 1990s, and smoking in films is partly responsible. "Movies deliver billions of glamorized pro-smoking messages to adolescents in this country," says James Sargent, M.D., a Dartmouth Medical School professor who researches the impact on children of movies with smoking scenes...
Consulting and investment banking aren’t the only jobs that interest Harvard students. A job fair advertising opportunities with non-profit organizations, many focused on international development, drew hundreds of students on Friday. The event—organized by IMPACT, a Harvard group dedicated to raising funds for grassroots projects in developing countries and cosponsored by the Boston Network for International Development—featured representatives from 17 different organizations, including the American Red Cross and the U.S. State Department. IMPACT co-director, Anna E. Fogel ’07, said that she was excited about the success...
When Harvard undergraduates log onto their computers to vote in the Undergraduate Council (UC) election next week, their votes could have impact much further reaching than simply a handful of candidates for 2007. Students will have the opportunity to vote on a referendum co-sponsored by the UC and the Environmental Action Committee (EAC). The referendum calls on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) “to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to a level 11 percent below total emissions in 1990 by the year 2020.” We encourage students to vote “yes?...
...directly questioning the historical and philosophical foundations of Islam, without setting off another backlash. In Turkey, he repeatedly spoke about religious liberty, but made sure never to specifically cite Islam. The risk is that a combination of careful words and John Paul-like gestures will dilute Benedict's potential impact on this issue. This points to a more general issue about the Ratzinger papacy. Sure, a newfound flexibility was obviously required of a man who'd spent more than 20 years ensuring strict adherence to Church doctrine. And rethinking his views on Islam and opening a debate on priestly celibacy...