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...looks forward to following the 2006 U.S. mid-term elections up-close. “I’ve always had an interest in U.S. politics as a parliamentarian in the UK,” she said in an interview yesterday. “The timing seemed to be perfect.” Her study group will focus both on liberalism in the Muslim world and on American and British policy choices after Iraq, the IOP announced. Flug, who began his career in politics here at Harvard as news director of the campus radio station WHRB in the late 1950s...
Still, Nadja says she sometimes encounters resistance to the idea of crystal as a luxury good, since it's machine made in massive quantities. "My response is, 'Try making a perfect crystal that won't break easily,'" she says. "'Try making billions of them and ensuring that not a single one has a bubble.' I salute the fact that my great-great-grandfather embraced the Industrial Revolution...
...sent Jamie some pictures and talked up my brand to her, which I described as being a perfect blank slate?one that had been building equity not only because I write about myself ad nauseam but also because I talk about myself ad nauseam to my friends and family...
...surprisingly this Swiss family company, now helmed by Alice's grandsons Albert and Peter Kriemler?the designer and the president, respectively?is lauded by retailers for its precise deliveries and perfect execution (at the factory, each garment is accompanied by a dossier explaining what needs to be done and what can go wrong) as well as for actually listening to what stores want. When Joseph Boitano, a senior vice president of Saks Fifth Avenue, explained the importance of offering a cruise collection (a concept less established in Europe), Albert headed to Florida, where he spent weeks studying what chic women...
DESIGN-HAPPY wunderstore Target has brought yet more affordable home-dcor must-haves to the market this month with the introduction of a new collection by Victoria Hagan, a New York City--based interior designer. Victoria Hagan Perfect Pieces features tabletop accessories and furniture inspired by Hagan's love of country style, including signature details like brass fittings and studded nail trims. In-store products include mirrors and pillows, while target.com carries other items like trunks and coffee tables. The name of the collection comes from Hagan's idea that small changes with small pieces can make a room...