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...craze for fashionable trunks. Vuitton's idea--to make them stackable and waterproof and, later, to cover them in logo-stamped canvas--was a hit. Soon a Who's Who of well-heeled world leaders was buying up Vuitton bed trunks and wardrobe cases. Even Coco Chanel couldn't resist, ordering one of the first Vuitton handbags. Today it's hard to walk through an airport or down an avenue without spotting an LV logo...
Even U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan can't resist the lure of a certain statuesque Oscar winner. For years the U.N. has denied filmmakers access to the inside of its New York City headquarters--Alfred Hitchcock couldn't get in to shoot his 1959 thriller North by Northwest. But director Sydney Pollack won approval last week to film The Interpreter, in which NICOLE KIDMAN plays a translator who overhears an assassination plot. Diplomats are now inquiring whether they'll get to meet Kidman and how they can become extras. Perhaps peace in the Middle East can be brokered...
Several of the candidates at least try to get some exercise while stumping. Clark swims five times a week, and during a campaign stop at a YMCA in Portsmouth, N.H., couldn't resist working out, even though he wore slacks and a sweater. Edwards sets aside an hour for a daily jog. And Kerry has suited up to play hockey. The healthiest trail grazer of all, however, may be Dennis Kucinich, who is a vegan, meaning he avoids all meat and dairy products. We've seen how far that...
...concept of the “perfect relationship” (complete with emotional and sexual intimacy). But, like many of us in real life, the women on the show often come up short. Offering a relatively realistic portrayal of the dating scene, the characters struggle with their decisions and resist settling for what society would prescribe as a superficially “successful” relationship. It is this refusal to settle that is empowering, and not the failed attempts that Larson dwells...
...concept of the “perfect relationship” (complete with emotional and sexual intimacy). But, like many of us in real life, the women on the show often come up short. Offering a relatively realistic portrayal of the dating scene, the characters struggle with their decisions and resist settling for what society would prescribe as a superficially “successful” relationship. It is this refusal to settle that is empowering, and not the failed attempts that Larson dwells...