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Arnault swears that no matter how much he pays for his toniest brands, he will resist the impulse to recoup his investment by degrading them in that way. "If I'm patient, I can make it work at the high end," he vows. Just now there are more brands to buy, more couture houses to take over and more designers to hire. And don't forget, Arnault will remind you, he still has some unfinished business with a little company called Gucci...
While he was researching and writing his third novel, The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje was pretty much free of all expectations for the book except his own. Born in 1943 in Ceylon (which changed its name to Sri Lanka in 1972) and a longtime Canadian resident and citizen, Ondaatje enjoyed a modest following as a poet, filmmaker and educator. But when his novel appeared in 1992, all that comfortable obscurity came to an abrupt halt. The English Patient went on to win Britain's prestigious and commercially influential Booker Prize and was then turned into a 1996 Academy Award-winning...
...After finishing his Uzi instruction, the boy instructed us to fill out a quick form (name, address, are you a mental patient?) and show him our licenses. Conveniently, my friend forgot his license but his Harvard ID worked just fine (but for some reason, it still doesn’t get him into the Grille). The first gun we decided to shoot was the 9mm Glock, a sleek black gun that is universally praised for its ultra-reliable nature (it can be shot underwater), and its light weight. After purchasing some bullets and receiving the appropriate eye and ear protection...
Science, along with such technology as Earth satellites, gave us the necessary long-term perspective on the harmful environmental trends under way. Goaded by environmental organizations, the various bodies of governance are gradually learning how to respond--with sustained, alert, patient action...
...baby that is due soon. Nirmala Palsamy, the nurse who is visiting this makeshift clinic in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is also worried. This fetus is in an incorrect position. "You know that you might need an operation, don't you?" she asks her patient. Mallai bursts into tears. Nirmala patiently explains that a caesarean surgery will help the baby. Then she makes a little joke and asks after the rest of the family. Mallai begins to smile again. "The doctor amma [mother] is wonderful," she declares as soon as the nurse leaves...