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Tyra: Are you serious? But that’s your major! Jane Eyre?...
Susan (voice over, as she walks the runway in a turquoise bikini): I am talking to the judges and I just blanked out. I couldn’t think of any heroines from English literature and that’s my major. So that was really embarrassing...
...Ivies. Susan: I am indeed. I just graduated from Harvard. Tyra: Smart wannabe models—I like those. Susan (voice over): I think that being Harvard—or Ivy League—educated has given me more to prove as a model. Tyra: What was your major? Susan: English and American Literature and Language. Tyra: Who was your favorite English literature heroine? Susan: (Pauses and places with hands on hips). I didn’t pay that much attention in those classes. Tyra: Are you serious? But that’s your major! Jane Eyre…? Susan...
...veered inexorably toward global conflict, Shanghai opened its doors to the world's refugees - Russians fleeing the Bolsheviks, Jews escaping the Nazis, even Chinese communists dodging warlords - and threw one helluva party. The festive mood survives to this day, as the city in September celebrated the opening of three major art fairs, one of which, ShContemporary, showcased not only top contemporary Chinese artists, but also emerging talents from 26 different countries. ShContemporary ranks as Asia's first international art fair, and the fact that it takes place in Shanghai is no coincidence. Shanghai may be in China, but its ambitions...
...brazen, sophisticated attack sparked fears in counterterrorism circles that al-Qaeda is gaining ground in Yemen, a key front in the Bush Administration's war on terror. A major purpose of the attack may have been to undermine Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Salih. Yemeni officials believe it may have come in retaliation for recent raids by Yemeni security forces against al-Qaeda in which senior militant Hamza al-Quaiti was killed. Militants had also threatened more attacks if Yemeni authorities fail to free detainees. Says Yemeni journalist Nasser Arrabyee: "Al-Qaeda and the security forces are in a serious confrontation...