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...Faux pas or foie gras...

Author: By Candie EE Darling, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Tongue In Sheik | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

After introducing myself, I entered the room without bowing (a newbie faux pas) and started stretching out. We began to warm up, and the workout combined with my nervousness and the MAC's armpit-hot rec rooms led to copious amounts of sweat. Pig-like would have been an accurate description, but I was trying to avoid too much self-deprecation...

Author: By J. MITCHELL Little, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "Just try to relax . . . " Little Takes on the Black Belts | 3/1/2000 | See Source »

...Next week: Faux pas or foie gras? Candie takes to the streets in fishnets and a beehive-do. Cambridge beware...

Author: By Candie EE Darling, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Tongue in Sheik | 2/17/2000 | See Source »

Indeed, fur has once again become a mainstay on the catwalks. Wearing faux-fur is now considered a faux-pas. Whatever happened to the time when standing up for moral values was in vogue? Supermodels Christy Turlington, Tyra Banks and actor Kim Basinger all posed in the buff for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' "I'd Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur" campaign. In the disappointing aftermath of the Rio Earth Summit, the day in the sun that cute furry creatures enjoyed has been eclipsed by the corporate powers that...

Author: By Dalia L. Rotstein, | Title: An Unfashionable Trend | 2/11/2000 | See Source »

...Crew says now, "I knew no one survives in this job very long." In his last year, his relationship with the mayor and the school board deteriorated. Giuliani's growing sense that Crew "should be more willing to destroy the system that he runs" and Crew's political faux pas of calling a city councilman "too short" ultimately defeated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Superintendent...A Job For A Super Hero? | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

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