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...they sell at the shops at Paris Station are Hermčs and Louis Vuitton. Fakes are illegal, so the stores carry rare, hard-to-find items. You'll find not only that Birkin bag you've been searching for but also special p.r. items that never made it for sale. 12 Hankow Road, Kowloon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heading East | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...death next year is creating buzz about the famously misunderstood artist, who uniquely grasped the function of celebrity and mass media in modern society and redefined the barrier between art and commerce. This month Phaidon Press publishes a 15-lb., 624-page visual biography, including 2,000 images, many rare or unpublished. In September PBS will air a documentary by Ric Burns anointing Warhol as the most significant artist of the second half of the 20th century and featuring previously unseen footage of Warhol in his studio in 1962. Also this fall Sienna Miller will star in a biopic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCENE: Another 15 Minutes | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...situated across the street from a thriving comedy club that is a hotbed for the discovery of new comic talent. Whether due to the prevalence of written comedy on campus or the attractive group mentality of improvisational comedy groups, the lonely practice of stand-up comedy is a rare art on campus. But that isolation—forcing unique and strange comedy acts that go beyond mere observational humor—just might be what makes Harvard stand-up interesting.HA-HA HARVARD“There really isn’t much of a scene,” says Cooper...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hello? Is This Thing On? | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...whom three are Afghan-Americans retuning home for the first time in more than twenty years—take turns teaching the latest cutting, coloring, and perming techniques to their first class of aspiring Afghan women. Through exploring the personal stories of these Afghan women, the film provides a rare and welcoming glimpse into these lives that have been tarnished by decades of war and loss...

Author: By Yingquiqi C. Lei, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Beauty Academy of Kabul | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...pretty rare. The impetus for it comes from the fact that after the war in Vietnam, it seemed like the generals at the time, both in and out of the service, had been too quiet. By going along with the escalation of the war, with a policy that was neither pull out nor all-out, their silence had actually been - as written in the book Dereliction of Duty - a failure of responsibility. My guess is the memory of that, which still probably haunts the military, creates an atmosphere now that is a spur to these retired generals to speak their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rumsfeld in Historical Context | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

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