Word: roughness
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...Rough Stuff Forget about ladylike looks. Handbags and shoes are getting a slightly "destroyed" look for spring. Michael Kors gives the huarache a heel, above, and Juicy Couture's bags boast punky chains and jewels...
Winter may still be a while away, but spring is already in the air - in New York City, at least, where more than 200 designers last month unveiled their latest looks for spring 2006. Here, a glimpse at four big trends to watch for next year. Rough Stuff Forget about ladylike looks. Handbags and shoes Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection...
...aura of respectability to a firm that was known for highflying, sometimes sloppy ways, offering a striking contrast with Refco founder Thomas Dittmer, a cattle and oil trader and all-around swashbuckling guy who liked to hand out gold watches when he made a great trade. "They were rough, very street-smart gunslingers at Refco," says Victor Niederhoffer, a hedge-fund manager who had dealings with Bennett in the 1990s. Bennett "was a great counterpart--polished, responsible and diligent...
...rough day in all senses of the word when the Harvard men’s soccer team took on Brown yesterday at Ohiri Field. With 25-30 mph winds blowing hard, the conditions were far from being ideal and the Crimson was unable to make the best of a bad situation. After a tough game Harvard (4-6-1, 0-3-0 Ivy) fell 3-0 to Brown (8-3-1, 3-0-0) extending its losing streak to five games—a streak the Crimson hasn’t seen since the 2000 season...
...grandfather, Albert Adomanis Sr., was a Lithuanian immigrant who worked on the docks of South Philadelphia. He did not finish grade school and never went to high school, much less college. He lived a hard, rough, unforgiving life of manual labor, and died relatively young. Had one found him along the filthy Delaware River, after he finished tying down a freighter, and told him that two of his grandsons would attend Harvard, he would not have known whether to laugh or to cry. While seemingly clichéd, the story of my grandfather has a large bearing...