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...Media Spotlight...
...Friday's rocket attacks on U.S. facilities in Pakistan put Afghanistan-based international terrorist Osama bin Laden back in the spotlight. From what country does Bin Laden hail...
...John Reed, the co-chairmen of Citigroup, the 61-year-old financier confirmed that he would help them run the nation's largest financial conglomerate (1998 assets: $669 billion). Rubin's timing, as usual, is perfect. Just as the former Goldman Sachs investment banker climbs back into the spotlight, Congress is preparing to vote on a historic bill that plays legislative catch-up with Citi's 1998 merger with Travelers, the insurance outfit that also owns Salomon Smith Barney. Rubin never made financial modernization his priority in government; nevertheless he will now help direct an institution sure to be among...
...conspiracy unknown to him. The intrigue not only involves deception but also more subtle gestures that aim at including the audience. I had the honor of sitting next to the bad angel (Austin Guest '03) who ingeniously concealed his presence so that he was embodied only in the spotlight he directed at Faustus. This, combined with the cover art of the program, was just another piece of a conceptually consistent production, even if it seemed a bit cryptic at the time...
...next century. But as the high fashion avant-garde parades forward in full plumage--feather, sequins, fur and leather--many members of the old guard have run for cover. But some, like it-girl Miuccia Prada, were easy converts, spending years preparing for their 15 minutes in the millennial spotlight. Over the last few years, sterile, boxy minimalism has disappeared from the runways, overrun by Tom Ford and his new Gucci Empire. Others, however, like Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren have been left to feign acceptance, seeking solace in the profitably stream-lined second lines: DKNY, Emperio Armani/Armani...