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...Gabbana covered its flapper frocks in kelly-green fringe, and Roberto Cavalli accented his sport-inspired menswear collection with Astroturf shades. In Hollywood, on the heels of The Hulk comes Shrek 2, slated for release in June 2004, as well as three green pieces in the works: Neverland and Peter Pan, both adaptations of the book, and talk of a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie...
...lost its style. It didn't have any edge," says Laird, who broke into the art-directing business working for Peter Arnell and then Donna Karan. Customers were fleeing too. In the 27 months before Laird's arrival, the Gap had suffered consecutive same-store sales declines and had alienated core customers with products that were deemed too trendy. Laird's big idea was to bring the advertising back to its roots, taking the images out of the studio and putting them into everyday life. Already Gap's same-store sales for the four-week period ending Aug. 2 were...
There's still a chance that the outbreak will peter out this summer, but not much of one. "At this point," says Stephen Ostroff, deputy director of the CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases, "we have every reason to believe that the 2003 outbreak will be just as severe as last year's, and that one was unprecedented." With a few hundred deaths a year, West Nile isn't likely to become a major killer anytime soon. But it's not going to be easily eradicated either...
...Harksen, who had lived in the city since 1993, was extradited last year and convicted of fraud. "Perhaps they think we're at the end of the world," ventures a spokesman for Cape Town's mayor. "Little do they know. Our international links are strong." - By Simon Robinson and Peter Hawthorne A Fragile Peace LIBERIA A peace deal signed by government and rebel groups in Liberia lasted just five days as fighting reportedly broke out in Buchanan late last week. The accord, designed to halt almost 15 years of deadly conflict, calls for an interim authority to assume control...
...have climbed since Depression-era Boy Scout outings. "We have what we didn't have 50 years ago, which is a group of people over 50 who've stayed fit, who are getting out, who have disposable income and who've achieved a very high level of performance," says Peter Metcalf, CEO of climbing manufacturer Black Diamond Equipment...