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...remind her that if she considers fashion to be art, she must allow it to transform. It seems that because the couture pieces don't sell so much anymore (imagine something with big slits and peacock feathers) they are no longer art. All that has happened is that the runway has transformed from an auction block to a museum exhibition. Agins does give excellent portraits of the designers and her extensive experience as a journalist in the fashion industry reveals itself in her sensitive rendering of the large personalities of the industry. Despite the attention to individual detail, though, Agins...
Pain is a constant--sharper on some days than others. "Some things I dread," he says," like coming down the runway for the first pole vault. I say, oh, God, I hate to do this. Once you begin to loosen...
What happened over the next hour or so--between the time the plane last made contact with the runway and the time it first made contact with water--is, for now, a matter of conjecture. The take-off, to all appearances, was a smooth one, suggesting that Kennedy's still shaky ankle did not hamper his ability to operate the Piper's pedals. Much of the flight may have been similarly uneventful, if the sketchy radar record is any indication...
...have been overstated. The Saratoga does have foot-pedal controls, which require at least some degree of ankle agility to operate. But they come into play only during takeoffs and landings, which are the riskiest parts of any flight. By all accounts, however, Kennedy had no trouble leaving the runway; sadly, he never got a chance to land...
...ACTIVITIES] Workshops on "runway" and "character development...