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...place known for fun, freedom and opportunity. That notion lasted about a month. "I'm trying to love the city," she says gamely. But the city has not made it easy. Soma, 24, hasn't been able to find work - in a recession, no one's interested in her master's degree in psychology without experience - and Avishek's once coveted job at the outsourcing firm Satyam now depends on the whims of the scandal-tainted company's new owners. (Read "In India, a Dynastic Heir Strategizes the Election...
Just hours after emergency medical personnel surrounded the front of Eliot House early yesterday morning between 2 and 3 a.m., barring students from entering the House, Master Lino Pertile informed Eliot residents of Joo’s death via e-mail...
...Kindle is not cheap. With money being tight, it may be that older, affluent consumers are much more likely to spend $359 than the younger, unemployed people who will graduate from college this year. The e-books are expensive, too. A copy of Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body! costs $9.99. People under 50 are not likely to buy that book anyway. Buying a magazine is a better deal. An issue of The Reader's Digest for Kindle costs only $1.25, but that is a publication for older...
Parachuted into Brioni's school?founded 20 years ago after company chiefs saw a need for in-house training for the next generation of master tailors and middle managers?the London students aim to absorb all the best tricks and traditions behind the Italian company's signature handmade suits. Though the students include aspiring designers of women's wear, jewelry and shoes, the school believes the men's-tailoring know-how and Italian alta moda culture that rub off will be useful for the careers of all of them. "This is a chance to actually see real craft in action...
...assembly line, the students can see the 60 stitches that go into one buttonhole and watch the fabric being hand-cut with 13-in. scissors. Still, most of their time is spent, needle and thread in hand, in a brightly lit third-floor classroom overseen by two 60-something master tailors who wouldn't know Stella McCartney from Ringo Starr...