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...took to bring the Wyly and Winspear from the design phase to completion, representatives of the two firms rarely showed up in Dallas at the same time, preferring arm's-length communication by e-mail and conference calls. Stories about the exasperation of the Dallas powers-that-be started turning up in the local press. As a further twist, three years ago the Wyly's co-designer, Prince-Ramus, who headed the New York branch of Koolhaas' firm, broke away to start his own outfit, REX Architects. Though Koolhaas remained connected to the Wyly commission, it was largely Prince-Ramus...
Executives at Disney must know that its streak of luck with fresh faces can't last. For a start, there are not many genuine teen stars out there. Second, even tween girls - Disney Channel's main consumers - can generate ardor for only so many other humans. The company has recently made moves to find story lines and characters elsewhere, paying $4 billion to buy Marvel Entertainment merely to get access to some of its lesser superheroes. (The big ones, like Spider-Man, are already spoken for.) Comic-book characters can't give concerts or go to a meet-and-greet...
CHISWICK Chiswick Auctions, located in a quiet suburb among terraced houses and industrial units, is known for fine art, antiques and collectibles. Bidding is serious, prices start from about $50, and the crowd is large. You may end up in an episode of the BBC's Cash in the Attic, which is sometimes filmed here. Auctions are held every Tuesday from 12 noon. See chiswickauctions.co.uk for details...
...genuine attempt to change the way policing is done, but it will take a generation to make a start, not one or five or 10 years," says Tom Phillips, co-director of Dancing with the Devil, a new film about traffickers and cops in a Rio favela. "But resources are stretched, and they are doing it in just a handful of communities out of a thousand. If they tried doing it in 20 or 50, then they'd do a bad job in all of them." (Read "Can Rio Handle the 2016 Olympics...
...goading its leaders and urging U.S. President Barack Obama to take a tougher line. On Tuesday, Iran struck back with a humiliating slap-down, insisting that France butt out of the deal because Tehran could not trust the nation to honor its commitments. Iranian diplomats even delayed the start of the day's talks in Vienna on the agreement, insisting that it was unnecessary for the French to be in the room. Eventually the talks went ahead with French delegates present, but Iranian officials insisted that they would not accept France as a supplier. The New York Times reported that...