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Walking into the Eddie Rodriguez store in Miami's Dadeland mall feels like stepping into 1950s Havana. That's because Cuban-born Rodriguez, a former president and creative director of Wilke-Rodriguez menswear, is tapping into the current craze for Latin-inspired fashion with a new lifestyle label produced in association with the Men's Wearhouse. His stores (there are six in the U.S.) sell casual clothing for men and women in their 30s and 40s and are designed to evoke pre-Castro Cuba, complete with carved wood and bamboo details, salsa music and free Cuban coffee. Customers can browse...
...stunt." Then why, asks someone, did you bother to come? "The only way I'll ever know that it's not fixed is if they pick me." The hubbub might explain the success of this reality show in Italy. According to the show's producers, Endemol, only Spain - another Latin country - has ratings that are close to those in Italy. This past spring, Grande Fratello achieved its highest viewership since its sensational first edition in 2000, with a weekly share of 34% over three months, and more than 11 million viewers (in a country of 58 million) tuning...
...Harry Potter book." That's a lot of pressure, and unfortunately de Bernières doesn't live up to it. The book's setting is promising enough. De Bernières' first four novels were all set in picturesque but war-torn corners of the world - Latin America or, for Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the Greek island of Cephallonia. And so Birds tells of the pretty, fictional Turkish coastal town of Telmessos during and after World War I. Greeks and Turks live harmoniously there until 1923, when aggressive expansionism and horrific fighting between the two nations culminates...
...also decided to make personal enrichment a big goal for this summer. I’m planning to learn (or at least begin the study of) the Latin language. I’m going to start preparing for the LSAT. And I’m finally going to master the computer language C++, even if it kills...
...they have to hire people in the U.S. to coordinate logistics and manage," says Slaughter. One example, he says, is Wal-Mart, which has added nearly 1,500 jobs in Bentonville, Ark., since the mid-1990s to coordinate distribution of goods to new stores in 10 other countries in Latin America, Europe and Asia...