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...Conway, who Rich later realizes bears no resemblance to Kubrick. Rich tips off the New York Times to Conway’s schemes, but not before we are subjected to several more of them. In the penultimate and lengthiest deception, Conway convinces an almost pitiable lounge singer, Lee Pratt (Jim Davidson), that Kubrick’s connections will land him a spot on the Las Vegas show circuit. The Pratt scenes begin with an unnecessary musical number: Pratt swaggers down the stairs, belting a vapid tune from the balustrade. When the camera zooms in, it delivers the final nail...
...committee surveyed students, alumni, and faculty members and documented the existence of an “empty niche” for a program of this kind, said Pratt Professor of Business and Government Robert M. Stavins...
...perfect example of the synthesis of academia and oenophilia is Robert N. Stavins, Pratt professor of business and government. Last year he co-founded of the “Journal of Wine Economics.” Around the same time, he threw a “Sideways” party, featuring painstakingly recreated food and wine combinations from the movie that made pinot noir—a “peculiar” grape in his words—popular...
...bespoke suit will set you back around $430. IT'S HAPPENED TO BE A CLOSET: Although the word bohemian springs immediately to mind, designer Siriwan Tharananithikul dislikes the adjective that's often used to describe her clothes. "That word doesn't mean anything," says the graduate of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute. Siriwan prefers terms like vintage and one of a kind. Indeed, she goes out of her way to supply her customers with unique designs, often made with antique fabrics discovered on buying trips around Asia. Her store on Siam Square, tel: (66-2) 658 4696-7, attracts a diverse...
...monitored to ensure a continued healthy population of the target species, the plentiful minke whale. In a country where only 3% of the land is arable, maintaining a small capability to obtain a domestic source of food means looking to the sea and managing the resource carefully. Helga Katherine Pratt Battle Ground, Washington, U.S. Your story seemed to suggest that all whaling is morally wrong, without distinguishing between harvesting endangered species and those that are plentiful, namely the minke whale. You stated that Norway "openly flouts" the rules of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Although the IWC banned commercial whaling...