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...hard to say how a fashion phenomenon starts, when an item crosses the line from cute new idea to "it" item. But in the case of C&C California--the brainchild of thirtysomething principals Claire Stansfield and Cheyann Benedict--a few lucky breaks have catapulted the company's line of electric-colored slouchy T shirts into the must-have category. One of them was an endorsement in the fashion press from waifish style icon Sofia Coppola. Another was the starring role in a Visa small-business commercial. But the real coup was a prime slot on one of Oprah...
...says part of the problem stems from historical forces such as institutional racism, though personal choices also contribute to the phenomenon...
Feldman said he is less worried about grade inflation than he is about its companion phenomenon, grade comprehension. He said grade compression makes it harder to recognize exceptional students...
...movement began in a small, dark theater off Broadway five years ago, but it has evolved into an international phenomenon, as women from Harvard to Masai villages in Kenya come together every Valentine’s Day to give voice to their vaginas and call for an end to violence...
...Vagina Phenomenon...