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...Norma Jean Calderwood Symposium presents this lecture in connection with the exhibition, “The Continuous Stroke of a Breath: Calligraphy from the Islamic World.” The program will feature lectures by leading scholars of Islamic art, documentary films, with a live demonstration by calligrapher Mohamed Zakariya. The program includes: lectures and film, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; documentary screenings, 12:30-2 p.m.; calligraphy demonstration, 2-4 p.m. Free, tickets required (617 495 4544). Sackler Lecture Hall...
...right, Mr. DeMille," says aging actress Norma Desmond, played by aging actress Gloria Swanson, as she leans seductively into the camera in the final scene of the 1950 film classic Sunset Boulevard. "I'm ready for my close-up." If Norma were working in today's high-definition television (HDTV), she would be inching away from that camera...
Over the past century women as much as men have been the innovators in fashion, not just on the runway but also in the boardroom. Women such as Coco Chanel, Anne Klein, Norma Kamali and Vivienne Westwood have been some of the most adventurous and thoughtful players in the business. TIME has celebrated several of these great visionaries on its cover, including Elsa Schiaparelli and McCardell, as well as models like Claudia Schiffer. Our cover highlights another superstar model, Gisele Bundchen, as well as a host of women who have revolutionized fashion creatively and commercially...
...Norma and Setsuo Dairiki chose the Stanford community because their three children live in the area and because they wanted to be close to Setsuo's alma mater. The 81-year-old retired engineer is eager to take music and theater classes at the college and watch the school's basketball and football games. In 1942 the Dairikis were sequestered in a camp as part of the U.S.'s wartime internment of the Japanese, and Setsuo missed his Stanford graduation. "We could only take what we could carry," Norma, 77, says of their experience. "We brought one suitcase and stayed...
...passing the medical buck to staff members isn't going over well, either. Norma Perez, 30, picketing with her three kids outside a Ralphs in North Hollywood, says that under the chain's proposed policy, she and her husband would incur an additional $500 or so a month in medical costs--jeopardizing mortgage payments on their house outside Los Angeles or putting the kids' health at risk. "California is already down, and imagine if we all go apply for medical welfare," says the cashier. The supermarkets dispute such dire predictions. As of last week, the two sides were aisles apart...