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...thought that was insane," says Bradley, a professor at the Tyler School of Art near Philadelphia. "So I decided to make my own." She bought a $100 sewing machine and a hundred dollars' worth of fake orange fur, and when she was done, she had a full-length shawl collar coat with fold-up cuffs. More important, she had taught herself to sew. "I knew if I could make this coat, I would gain a lifetime ability to make things I love...
...Senior Gift Plus website (www.seniorgiftplus.com) answers these questions at length, but I want to speak on the sense of impotence and disconnect that they all have in common. The incontrovertible fact is that Harvard has invested nearly $4 million dollars in PetroChina Corp., which in turn finances the genocidal Sudanese government. Harvard makes profit off its investment in PetroChina, which is then distributed back throughout the university—perhaps even as financial aid. Therefore, my financial aid may be partially subsidized by direct profits from PetroChina, which funds genocide in Sudan. Now, without my consent, I am indirectly profiting...
...Grace Wing had always been ambitious. A graduate student in film, she had already co-founded a small New York City theater company when she learned, on the eve of her 30th birthday in July 2001, that she had terminal colon cancer. Knowing she would never complete a full-length film, Wing decided to use her remaining time and energy to compose an opera--not exactly a step down in ambition. Although her health deteriorated quickly, she never ceased working, composing on a laptop in her hospital bed. "Creating was her love," says her father Bill Wing, "and I think...
...diverse and sometimes quirky style, from the drab Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform she donned during World War II to the glamorous black velvet evening gown she wore to The Battle of the River Plate opening in 1956, where she met Monroe. Also in the exhibition is the full-length black lace dress with matching veil the Queen wore when she met Pope John XXIII at the Vatican in 1961. Perhaps an exhibit will one day feature what the Queen wore to Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles' wedding...
...their hair grow longer, a social trend so disturbing to Kim?who is instantly recognizable for his gravity-defying bouffant?that he is trying to eradicate it at its roots. The Dear Leader recently decreed that extravagant male locks, defined in the state media as exceeding 5 cm in length, are a bourgeois affectation that could undermine socialism. In a televised campaign called "Let's Trim Our Hair According to the Socialist Lifestyle," citizens are told that long hair breeds body odor and deprives the brain of oxygen. The official recommended style is now a 1.5-cm brush cut called...