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Back in April 2006, when we published the first green-themed issue of TIME STYLE & DESIGN, a special supplement to TIME, we rather boldly proclaimed that sustainability was the new luxury. Admittedly, it was a stretch to speak of luxury goods and sustainability in the same breath. At the time, only a handful of major luxury companies had embraced environmental issues, and designers like Stella McCartney, who has always avoided leather even when It bags boosted the bottom line, were regarded as slightly off-kilter. Just three years later, McCartney's profits have increased 600%, companies as diverse as eBay...
...It’s great for people who go for so long without land to finally have their land.” Jason W. Schnier ’11, the chair of Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance, said that yesterday’s events were not political, but rather that they represented simply a “celebration of culture and of Jewish statehood.” Likewise, attendee Michael M. Kohen ’09 said that he believed Israel Independence Day was about appreciating how much the country has progressed. “Israel is a beautiful place...
...budget that just passed both houses of Congress has given the prospects for health-care reform this year a big boost. With the inclusion of procedural language that would make it impossible for opponents to filibuster, it will now take a simple majority to pass the Senate, rather than 60 votes, simplifying the political arithmetic considerably...
...Lario, 52, a former B-movie actress, is usually invisible on the public stage, rarely seen by her husband's side and keeping mum on the political issues of the day. But when she does speak up, Lario exercises her First Lady powers in another way: rather than try to bump up her husband's poll numbers with public charm or policy advice, she cuts him down with character attacks that stick in a way Berlusconi's many public critics wish they could match...
...There's little doubt that this flare-up - like Berlusconi's various romps on the world stage - reinforces rather than changes the opinions that Italians have of him, whether they're fans or foes. Paradoxically, the potency of Lario's critiques only highlights the weakness of Italy's center-left opposition, the futility of magistrates' failed attempts to send Berlusconi to jail on corruption allegations and the desperation of graying allies waiting in vain for him to step aside. Berlusconi's grip on power, in other words, is stronger than ever. (Read "Why Berlusconi Loves a Good Gaffe...