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With the global economy out of shape, some designers have decided to play it safe. Others, however, have chosen to experiment with 3-D patterns and metallic cutouts that add a retro-futuristic touch to last season's graphic trend. For his spring collection, Oscar de la Renta embroidered navy stripes on formal dresses in a modern harlequin design. Armani Casa's printed armchair and Verner Panton's rug appear to have been cut from the canvases of Victor Vasarely's Op art paintings from the '60s, while armored Coach bags and caged boots from Yves Saint Laurent showcase...
...that the board has backed Lewis through a remarkably difficult period in which there was pressure from many quarters to oust him, his job is almost certainly safe and will be for a long time. It is very likely that the government did not give the board an ultimatum about Lewis's future because, if it did, the action would have been disclosed and Lewis might be gone...
...relaxing summer break. Andrew Nolan, 30, a lawyer living in London, had planned to fly to Los Angeles on April 30. But the conflicting travel advisories left him so uneasy that he decided to stay put. "If these large international bodies are having difficulty deciding where it's safe to travel, I thought it was better to cancel," he says of the trip he started planning two months ago. "I'm in no way assured that they understand the full extent of the epidemic, or that they have it under control...
...continually surfacing elsewhere, a pandemic may be inevitable - flu viruses are extremely transmissible and hard to control. But that hasn't stopped health officials from trying. In the U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that affected schools "should strongly consider temporarily closing so that we can be as safe as possible," prompting the closure of schools with confirmed cases - involving some 50,000 students - in several states. At his news conference on Wednesday night, Obama also said that "every American should know that their entire government is taking the utmost precautions and preparations." (See five things you need...
...that even the strictest limits on air travel would only slow the start of a flu pandemic, not stop its spread. But, again, while that strategy may benefit countries that have not yet been infected with swine flu, there's still no way to know when it would be safe to lift those restrictions. "There's no question that air travel spreads the flu," says Mandl, a physician and researcher at the informatics program at Children's Hospital Boston and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. "But the impact of limiting flights at this point is difficult compared...