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...masterwork of Western civilization. But it pulls off a rare feat: it makes the creative process entertaining. In Season 1 last winter, a cast of wannabe Vera Wangs squared off in design challenges that included sewing outfits from grocery-store items (the best entries used a lawn chair and cornhusks). In Season 2 (Wednesdays, 10 p.m. E.T.), one designer concocts a dress so audacious it may fall apart on the runway: it's held together by magnets. Other television shows keep you on pins and needles. Only this one is about pins and needles...
...Berrios says Rigoberto was a manager at a retail paint store and kept a tidy house. "Every time I came by he was always watering his lawn in the back and the trees. He had brought two specific trees from Costa Rica. When I bought the house, it looked like it had just been built. That's how immaculate...
...kind of person she is—a very friendly, outgoing, bubbly, excitable person who really enjoys spending time with people,” says William M. Skinner ’09, who met Riley on the campaign trail.Haddock-Riley supporters have brought this energy to the Science Center lawn each day as they give away fish stickers (in honor of Haddock’s last name) and carry a giant yellow sign that took three days to make. Numerous student organizations have endorsed the Haddock-Riley ticket, including Fuerza Latina, the Harvard College Democrats, the Executive Board...
...Taylor & Fulton Farms, a tomato concern based in Palmetto, Fla. "It used to be migrant workers were just vegetable-and-fruit pickers or housekeepers. But look at the incredible housing boom we've had in Florida in recent years. Now they're being sought out by roofing contractors, lawn-maintenance companies, the hotel and restaurant industry. The native-born American worker stopped coming to us several generations...
...steptwins. Their negotiations at times resembled nothing so much as the conflict they were trying to resolve. Mandela and De Klerk were at each other's throats even as they accepted the Nobel Peace Prize together. Rabin could barely stand to shake Arafat's hand on the White House lawn. Each of the settlements-in- progress shows that peacemaking is often as difficult and dirty, in its own way, as warmaking. The Men of the Year sometimes seemed to be elaborating a variation on Churchill...