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...mildly, particle board makes for an unlikely luxury material, but give it enough shine, and--who knew?--it's more vivacious than an ocelot throw rug. Then again, coming at you with the unexpected is at the heart of what Adjaye does. "What I'm trying to say," he explains, "is that this might be the cheapest bloody material you can imagine, and it's beautiful." For the record, these days he's building himself a second home in Ghana made partly...
Regular readers of the financial pages might be forgiven for thinking the sun has not set for the past few fiscal years. In describing the improving fortunes of teen-clothing retailer PacSun, pun-happy headline writers have frequently alluded to the company's tendency to rise, shine, blaze and heat up. Pacific Sunwear, as it is more formally known, continued the perpetual daylight when it announced last week that its second-quarter profits jumped 84% compared with the same period last year. Sales also increased at hefty double-digit rates, up nearly 23%, to $234.4 million...
...Rain or shine, John has been a terrific ambassador for our players and coaches [on the basketball team],” he said. “And I sense he’s been that way in all Harvard athletics...
...think we've created an original art form." Indeed, the synchronized signing in the chorus numbers becomes a striking, original form of choreography, and the use of multiple actors in some parts gives the show a stylized universality. Near the end of one song, Waitin' for the Light to Shine, the orchestra suddenly stops for a few bars as the actors continue signing--a jab of silence that gives the hearing audience a chilling frisson in a rare show that can truly be called groundbreaking. --By Richard Zoglin. Reported by Molly Worthen
...though something I hadn’t been able to do at all during my childhood. I’d approach the edge of the platform and look down through the wooden ties of the tracks to see the trucks and cars passing below in shadow. The sun would shine on the various, usually groggy people waiting along the length of the platform for the train...