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Dick Cheney is the poster boy for the "shoot first, think later" approach, whether it involves war, torture or just plain getting even...
Walking over to the square printing screens that are stored on a rack on wheels, Cavalli chooses one that depicts a zebra stripe and, with the help of an employee, places the screen over a table that is stretched tightly with plain white silk. Cavalli checks that the screen is clicked in place on both sides of the table, pours out a thick glob of black paint, grabs a wooden bar and smears the paint to the other side with it. Afterward, he lifts up the screen to show the design. Ten minutes go by, and the process begins again...
...strong Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which is itself only one of several faculties of this University, Summers tried to address his critics’ concerns. The second motion of no confidence was a set-up that showed that nothing would do. It’s plain his enemies were out for blood. And at this point, let’s lose the goose metaphor. This was an academic 9/11, this was an act of spiritual assassination, an assault on free speech, intellectual inquiry, and ideology-free academic standards aimed at the heart of American scholarship. We are Manhattan...
...Virginia during the 2004 election that suggested Democrats would ban the Bible. He said that his former boss would have responded more aggressively to that charge. Begala broke out in a full-blown Clinton drawl and said that—if confronted by those charges—the famously plain-spoken president would have stood up, pointed to the Bible, and declared, “I need this book more than any of you in this room.” The charismatic Clinton might not be back for the ’08 election, but another Democratic candidate with...
...brands like Fendi and Bottega Veneta, the season's minimalist mood--and requisite plain wool coats and skinny pants--seemed to provide merely a clean backdrop for more ornate (and more profitable) accessories like handbags. And ornate's the word: Fendi's new Palazzo bag, a bucket shape with gold etching, was inspired by the brand's new Roman headquarters, while Bottega Veneta's Madagascar bag is made out of vegetable-dyed crocodile...