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Fade to Gray Tempering the bold impact of runway-worthy colors like fuchsia and neon orange, designers are peppering their accessory collections with versatile shades of gray in the most lavish materials imaginable. Opposite page: Prada black-and-gray ombré patent lace-up shoes ($650, 888-977-1900). This page: Gucci mink fur Indy bag with ostrich-and-metal plaque detail ($7,990, gucci.com...
...city of Padua, Italy, where Galileo made his initial lunar observations, includes the astronomer's only known original drawings of the moon. They are the direct record of the budding astronomer, then 46, peering through his precious new telescope and sketching what he saw directly onto the page. "You can see that they were done quickly, but with incredible precision," says Bredekamp. Galileo's renderings revealed the moon's shadows as craters, hills and valleys. Identifying such Earthlike topography in a heavenly body was an important step toward the conclusion that later put him at odds with the Catholic Church...
...Through Aguirre's persistence, the ensuing spat spilled over to Capitol Hill. The Senate Judiciary Committee ended up holding three hearings, and in early August issued - jointly with the Finance Committee - a damning, 108-page report that largely backs up Aguirre's allegations of outside interference in an SEC investigation. In highlighting institutional deference to Wall Street bigwigs, arbitrary personnel practices and a dysfunctional inspector general's office, the report seriously calls into question how effectively the SEC is carrying out its mission of policing U.S. capital markets, especially at a time when new opportunities for insider trading are proliferating...
...should. First, the broadcast media mischaracterized the report. Certain TV news shows defaulted to their usual "be afraid, be very afraid" script and claimed the report described two dozen active sleeper cells in the U.S. In fact, it did no such thing. If you read the 90-page report, you will see that it is a retrospective analysis of past plots, conducted with meticulous attention to detail. It is not the vague warnings of imminent doom we have heard from the federal government in the past. But the local CBS affiliate in New York City described it as "chilling," perhaps...
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