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...fries on the wane, and health concerns of such food rising, fast-food chains have been searching for ever more inventive ways to attract new customers and keep revenues rising. Such was the motivation behind McDonald's' decision in 2006 to enlist Philippe Avanzi, one of France's leading interior designers, to develop a strategy to give 6,000-odd outlets across Europe a face-lift. Avanzi and McDonald's, in turn, engaged the services of one of the world's most highly regarded furniture producers, Fritz Hansen of Denmark, to supply chairs designed by legendary Danish Modernist Arne Jacobsen...
...darkened Fong Auditorium in Boylston Hall, an audience of Harvard students and art connoisseurs from other universities watched a video of naked women pulling long strips of white paper out of their vaginas. The film, titled “Interior Scroll—The Cave,” was part of a presentation by visual and performance artist Carolee Schneemann yesterday afternoon. During her lecture, called “Disruptive Consciousness,” she showed and spoke about her work, from paintings and photographs to sculptures and short videos. The Harvard College Women’s Center invited Schneemann...
...Group - which is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates - was providing protection to RTI, a U.S. nonprofit organization under contract to work in Iraq for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The shooting occurred at 1:40 p.m. in the Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada. According to the Iraq interior ministry, two Iraqi Christian women were killed. The convoy had just finished dropping off an employee of RTI and was returning to its base of operations when the engagement occurred, according to a spokeswoman for RTI. According to its website, RTI has "supported efforts to strengthen government in Iraq" since...
...Liangyu, party secretary of Shanghai, who is under arrest and reportedly awaiting sentencing for his alleged role in a scheme that channeled enormous sums in pension funds into private investment. Hu and his close ally Premier Wen Jiabao have also sought to shift growth from the coast to the interior and tackle China's dreadful environmental problems...
...nothing more than a humble marble slab like those on the graves of his ancestors in the family plot. But, conscious of the power of image in Pakistani politics, Benazir opted instead for the 130-foot onion dome. Impressive as its facade may be, however, it conceals a shabby interior of chipped marble floors and peeling concrete pillars. The walls bear spray-painted messages in support of her estranged brother, Murtaza Bhutto, murdered by unknown assailants 11 years ago. Not that she'll see these slogans questioning her credentials to lead Pakistan. Says the tomb's custodian, Muhammad Issa...