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...believe in some universal key orpanacea. I am not an advocate of what Karl Poppercalled "holistic social engineering," particularlybecause I had to live most of my adult life incircumstances that resulted from an attempt tocreate a holistic Marxist utopia. I know more thanenough, therefore, about efforts of this kind...
Another note performance at Eastern was 400 freestyle relay: seniors Jan Esway and Dave Heilman, freshman Matt Cornue and sophomore Karl Scheer set both school and Eastern records with a 2:58.60 time...
Other editors are quick to dismiss this as a nonstory. "I've known Calvin Klein since 1979," says Harper's Bazaar editor in chief Elizabeth Tilberis. "I've known Karl Lagerfeld since 1968. I've known Gianni Versace since 1974. You've grown up with these people, and they'll always be friends. But it absolutely does not affect your editorial judgment or their placement of ads." And how meaningful is one little Chanel outfit presented gratuit to someone who doesn't pay for her clothes anyway? "I have a very generous clothing allowance," says Vogue's editor in chief...
None of this is to say that the Karl Lagerfelds or Donna Karans of this world have not deservedly transformed the way we view, and wear, clothing. Many designers become editors' darlings simply because quality will win out and because anointing new talent is an important part of a fashion magazine's job. Vogue, for example, championed the work of designer John Galliano. Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui and Todd Oldham are among the current crop whose work would be celebrated even if they bought...
During one remarkable scene in The Trial of Elizabeth Cree (Doubleday; 261 pages; $22), three men sit side by side in the Reading Room of the British Museum. Gathered together by chance on this foggy September morning in 1880 are Karl Marx, of whom the world will hear more in the coming decades; a young novelist named George Gissing, destined for some success but nothing like Marx's influence; and John Cree, who has inherited enough money to spend his days in earnest research into the conditions of the London poor. So, what happens next? Well, the three men ... read...