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Whang, whose parents operated a large grocery store on Long Island and a small chain of bodegas in Manhattan, cut his teeth in the business working for a dollar...

Author: By Gabriel J. Daly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grocer Coming to Square | 11/20/2007 | See Source »

...name of the newest high-jewelry collection to emerge from the Place Vendôme ateliers of Van Cleef & Arpels. The jewelry, which will be introduced at a private dinner in Hong Kong this month and then flown immediately to New York City, includes pieces reminiscent of the mythical island and its lost civilization. Underwater icons such as fish (below), shells and the waves of the sea are recurring themes. One magnificent ring features a 59-carat pearl with baroque diamonds splashing around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jewelry | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...Something can probably be done in Rhode Island, the New England area, and California, but I’m not really optimistic about the rest of the nation,” Kellaway said. “I pay most attention to Massachusetts because that is where I am from. I feel confident that I will be able to get married here. I’m not leaving...

Author: By Megan A. Shutzer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mass. Gay Marriage Law Still Contested | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...Bears and Big Green in 2007 to finish third. Brown, who is ranked No. 6 in the nation and won the Ivy championship, will have a bye through the first round before taking on the winner of Providence (9-7-2) and Old Dominion (12-8-3) in Rhode Island on Nov. 28. Dartmouth, who finished second in the Ivy League, will face local rival Vermont (9-9-2) at home in the first round. The Crimson will look to improve on last year’s showing. After defeating Binghampton 2-1 in the first round, Harvard fell...

Author: By Julia R. Senior, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Men’s soccer returns to postseason play, will face Central Conn. State | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...even more dysfunctional (and witless) family. Margot (Nicole Kidman, muting her starry presence, but unable to find a plausible alternative) is the literary figure here, a writer of grim stories that I'm pretty certain I'd run miles to avoid reading. She appears, glumly sardonic, at the island home of her sister, Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh), to witness her marriage to a slacker named Malcolm (Jack Black), who spends most of his time either bursting into tears or bursting into angry flames. The two women don't much care for each other, and various people, mostly associated with Margot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Margot's Misconceived Wedding | 11/17/2007 | See Source »

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