Word: rareness
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...lived series of slide-show comix "happenings" in 2001.) Her first novel-length work, La Perdida has an unusual style for comix: Unlike most of her fellow North American graphic novelists, Abel doesn't use humor, irony or traditional comic book genres. Instead, she has created something all too rare in the medium: a realistic drama for adults told in a straightforward manner. The approach makes sense for a book which spends so much time exploring the nature of authenticity. "In gringolandia you have irony for everything," says one Mexican character, "so you can look at it and know what...
...Gianni's collections there is boldness, modernity and above all glamour?all qualities that seem rare in these last, more subdued years of fashion," says Donatella Versace, by way of explaining the current fascination with Versace. "Gianni's creations have always aimed at glorifying the body. This is why they're still so appealing...
...pieces are created as intricately as they were when the house, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, opened. All the high jewelry pieces are still made in Fort Knox--like ateliers above the Place Vendôme shop. Of course, getting into those ateliers is still a rare privilege reserved for clients who are willing and able to pay the price for made-to-order pieces?a trend that, according to president Stanislas de Quercize, has been on the rise in the past year (a necklace sold for $1,830,000, an industry high...
...there was ever a time to be young, now’s the time.That slogan is bound to be applied to nearly every generation, but rarely is it applied to a basketball team.It was youth, after all, that soiled Michigan’s chances at an NCAA basketball title in 1993, what with then-freshman Chris Webber calling the timeout that wasn’t. And this year’s Duke team, for all of J.J. Redick’s heroics and Coach K’s cult following in Durham, starts two freshmen in need of postseason seasoning.But...
...Cunningham filing offered a rare glimpse of the workings of the Attending Physician's office, headed by an admiral and generally shrouded in a veil of secrecy rivaling that of the CIA. Jon Brandt, spokesman for the House Administration Committee, said congressmen are asked to pay a "recommended annual fee" if they want to see doctors in the Capitol office. He would not reveal the amount, but in 1992 it was reported to be about $275. Brandt says the Attending Physician's referrals are sometimes to private sector doctors and sometimes to military doctors. A Navy spokesman provided a section...