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...capital, hasn?t quite embraced the Games. Lots of Athenians, as is usual, have left the city for August vacation - though, remarkably, traffic remains as bad as ever. There don?t seem to be as many banners and Olympic paraphernalia. For the most part, Athens has given a collective shoulder shrug to the whole extravaganza...
...learn from Stephen Miller?s admirable obit in the Sun. ?Adams?s debut [in 1941] was a stunning affair at the St. Regis Roof, reported in full in the Times, with the debutante receiving guests ?before a bower of southern smilax and woodwardia ferns,? and wearing an off-the-shoulder sky-blue gown ?trimmed with small ostrich feathers tipped with silver.?? The 16-year-old was groomed to stardom, and had the quality...
SHOULDN'T A SUPERPOWER BE ABLE TO GET THE ELECTRICITY IN IRAQ TURNED BACK ON AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF TRYING? It's disappointing. One can hope that the Iraqis are all going to shoulder the load, do it quickly, but in reality they have chosen not to do that. They have not risen to the responsibility as quickly as I would have hoped...
...lingering near the display booth for Rocawear, rapper Jay-Z's apparel line, at a fashion trade show in Las Vegas in February. Suddenly hip-hop impresario Damon Dash, who is Rocawear's celebrity CEO and JayZ's longtime business partner, grabbed Foy's hand and leaned his shoulder against Foy's--"a half a hug," Foy calls it. "eFashion Solutions. Nice," a smiling Dash told Foy. "Real nice." Dash dished out "props" for good reason: powered by eFashion's Web design and marketing, Rocawear is on pace to nearly triple its online sales this year. There was only...
...back," writes Booth. "The pig squealed, an eerie, unearthly sound. The butcher ran a sharp knife under its neck and slit its throat, stepping smartly backwards. The pig fell on its side, thrashing about and gurgling obscenely. Blood sprayed from its neck. Lau put his hands on my shoulder in an affable manner and said, 'You talk [about what Booth had seen in the Walled City], maybe you [end up] like this.'" He also sees a glitzier side of Hong Kong, the shopping paradise. "I knew I could not just walk into one of these shops so I worked...