Word: importance
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...actor David, was a keen follower of 18th century fashion. Her painted Chinese silk dress has a skirt so wide she must have had to go through doors sideways. She wasn't so lucky with some bed hangings she tried to smuggle in. "It was illegal to import Chinese silk," says chief curator Christopher Wilk, "because Great Britain was trying to protect the U.K. textile industry." The fabric was impounded, which left poor Mrs. Garrick "weeping like Rachel for her children," as her husband wrote to a friend. She hung the recovered material around a bed designed by Thomas Chippendale...
Whether you want to call it a trilogy, “two sequels and an epilogue” or two brilliant brothers and a bastard child, The Godfather trilogy’s cultural import cannot be overstated. With Nino Rota’s haunting score, Coppola’s deft storytelling, Gordon Willis’ exquisite cinematography and any number of superlative cast performances, the first two films are as close to pitch-perfect filmmaking as any ensemble has ever attempted. However, woe betide the one who actually decides to play the DVD to Part...
...state his views on the hotly debated issues of the day. Former president Neil L. Rudenstine rarely used his position as president of Harvard to address such matters. We agree with Summers’ message, and we hope he continues to speak his mind on issues of national import...
...those who snagged it on import, Since I Left You was undoubtedly the soundtrack to the summer. As an anonymous voice puts it, “Welcome to Paradise”—a tour-de-force of variations on “happy,” it compels you to discard your troubles and obligations and simply enjoy the moment. Also present is a more elusive touch of nostalgia which lingers long after one stops listening. This isn’t the stilted soul typically employed by dance subgenres in need of validation (deep house, atmospheric jungle...
...just want to kill people, including, it turns out, Gaddafi Sr. "They tried, many times, to assassinate the Leader," he writes. Seif is brandishing an olive branch even as the U.S. extends sanctions against his father's regime. He says that Libya longs to send students to American universities, import U.S. wheat and medicine, invest in the lucrative oil and gas sectors and work with Washington to combat poverty and disease in Africa. "It is time we turned a new leaf," he says. The main obstacle is Libya's refusal to admit involvement in the 1988 bombing...