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...late 1990s shooting deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. demonstrated, the rap life can be a dangerous existence. But being a rapper in Gaza? Now that presents some unique hazards. At a concert by the Palestinian Rapperz (PR) last summer, Islamic youths, outraged by the group's arm thrusts and crotch grabs, rushed onstage and beat up its four members. Soon after, a Palestinian M.C. known as Sompol was also assailed for immorality. He was kidnapped midperformance and let go three hours later, after a warning at gunpoint to stop bringing un-Islamic Western behavior into Gaza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking the Rap | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

...series of giant tents in Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan. For two days, we explored this unfamiliar fashion world. And for the record, we did sit next to Fabio during our first runway show.Feb. 2, 9:15 a.m. We enter the central tent, surrounded by impossibly tall PR women and the city’s chi-chi crowd. You might be thinking, “A tent? Are we going camping?” And we are entering a jungle of sorts. Dramatic blue, pink, and white lights illuminate the massive ceiling/canopy. Fashion Week attendees replenish not at a canteen...

Author: By Aditi Banga and Lindsay A. Maizel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Hitting The Runway | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...mounted an exhibition of Filonov's extraordinary pictures - sometimes dark, at other times euphoric - that later traveled to Paris and Düsseldorf. After that there were only a couple of small shows in Russia, until last summer, when St. Petersburg's Russian Museum, assisted by Moscow-based Proactive PR, put together the most comprehensive exhibition of Filonov's work ever assembled. That show's stint in Moscow at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts' Museum of Private Collections has proved such a critical and popular success that it has been extended through March 12. "The show proved even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dark Vision | 2/13/2007 | See Source »

...first time I had taken a longer approach,” Smith said. “I usually only take about six strides and I went to about 10. I was expecting to do a little bit better but I didn’t expect to PR by a foot and a half.”In the weight throw, junior Molly Boyle took third with a distance of 14.15 meters.In the track events, freshman Kelsey LeBuffe and junior Veronica Leitold grabbed second and third, respectively, in the 1,000 meters. Sophomore Shannon Flahive finished 10th in the 200 meters...

Author: By Rebecca A. Compton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For First Time, Track Teams Avoid Last Place | 2/4/2007 | See Source »

...appeal to nationalism, predictably enough, brought an avalanche of outrage. Rui's online petition to remove Starbucks from the Forbidden City garnered half a million signatures; the Beijing News carried the story; Starbucks PR people made placating noises (there are already 200 outlets in China and the company aims to make the country its biggest market after the U.S., so they were ripe for the plucking); and various wangchong - networms, as they are known - made knee-jerk nationalist comments. In fact, the outlet, a tiny, hole-in-the-wall store with no sign outside, has been serving its signature overpriced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuckolders and Latte Hawkers Beware! | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

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