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Parachuted into Brioni's school?founded 20 years ago after company chiefs saw a need for in-house training for the next generation of master tailors and middle managers?the London students aim to absorb all the best tricks and traditions behind the Italian company's signature handmade suits. Though the students include aspiring designers of women's wear, jewelry and shoes, the school believes the men's-tailoring know-how and Italian alta moda culture that rub off will be useful for the careers of all of them. "This is a chance to actually see real craft in action...
...change in fortune for Dylan; it was a change in philosophy, and until “Together Through Life,” that fact was easy to forget. After two albums consisting entirely of folk covers on acoustic guitar, “Time Out of Mind” saw Dylan stepping away from a bare musician’s role and toward a more auteristic philosophy, prompted by Daniel Lanois’ production. The arrangements on that album were lush and spacious, propelled by lively performances from seasoned studio musicians—his tightest band since the mid-70s. Dylan...
...Phyllis Anderson Prize for Playwriting in 2006 and was produced in Berlin the next year. “The play is about a mother and daughter on their wedding day, but it soon turns into a metaphysical poem.” Growing up near Cambridge, Pecci often saw theater performances at the American Repertory Theatre. The ART, he says, was “one of the reasons—if not ‘the’ reason—that I came to Harvard.” But when he arrived on campus, he found the school inhospitable...
...little choked up. Like Michael, I have an affinity for paper, and I love to hold it in my hands. That’s what she said.Recently though, I was on the website for Amazon’s “Kindle 2,” and what I saw caused concern in my paper-loving heart. The Kindle is essentially the iPod of books, allowing users to download a wide range of literature and magazines wirelessly—you’ll never need to hold a wonderful, lovable book ever again. Perhaps for techies and Green People, this...
Adela had already been ill for eight days, but the next five days saw a further and rapid decline in her health. On the second day of hospitalization, she began to suffer from hypoxic encephalopathy - her brain was not receiving enough oxygen - and she was put on a ventilator. The next day, X-rays showed that both sides of her lungs were damaged. She continued to go downhill until the afternoon of April 13, when she died after suffering cardiac arrest. (See pictures of Mexico in the time of swine...