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...first European designers to create ready-to-wear in the mid-1960s and famously brought street fashion to haute couture, showing such basic clothes as peacoats, biker jackets and beatnik-inspired looks on his high fashion runway. In 1966 he introduced his famous Le Smoking and became the first designer to dress women in silhouettes traditionally reserved for men. Paloma Picasso, a longtime friend and client, once said: "He put trousers into a woman's wardrobe and made our lives easier." Saint Laurent always claimed he not only wanted to make women look beautiful, but also to give them confidence...
...When he finished business school, Houghton joined Corning, Inc. as the European area manager. Living in Zurich and Brussels in the mid-1960s, Houghton experienced business through an international lens, something that would serve the company well when it sought to internationalize its outreach...
...With his charismatic leadership, and unapologetic (sometimes angry) rhetoric, Wright struck a chord with many of this city's growing black middle class. One of them, a young, relatively unknown community organizer named Barack Obama, joined Trinity in the mid-1980s, finding both a spiritual home and a useful entree into Chicago's black political elite. Obama soon came to view Wright as something of a father figure. Wright ended up consecrating Obama's wedding to Michelle Robinson, baptizing the couple's children, and even provided the title to his best-selling memoir, The Audacity of Hope...
...JUSTINE LEE, antiques restorer The northern side of the harbor is often overlooked by travelers, which is a pity because it has some of the nicest views and walks in Sydney. I would start in the mid-afternoon at Taronga Zoo, tel: (61-2) 9969 2777, where koalas, kangaroos and other Australian wildlife enjoy an excellent view of the harbor and the city skyline. Then I'd walk along the foreshore through Sydney Harbour National Park to Chowder Bay for alfresco coffee and cake at Ripples Italian restaurant, tel: (61-2) 9960 3000, in a renovated naval wharf complex...
...lobbyists has forced the departure of five of McCain's advisers, including former Representative Tom Loeffler, the campaign's national finance co-chairman, and holds the prospect that others will follow them out the door. Behind the scenes, the campaign seems to be searching for stability. In mid-May, McCain sought the counsel of former adviser Mike Murphy, who suggested, among other things, that McCain and his surrogates soften the tone of their attacks on Obama. To reassure fund raisers, the campaign also held a conference call making clear that everything was under control, despite Loeffler's departure...