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...just knew I had to have them. The Viker cut is all I buy nowadays. They’re a bit more expensive. But when it comes to designer denim, it’s just worth it.It wasn’t until I got home and laid the stiff denim on my bed that the magnitude of the day’s purchase hit me: did I really just buy a pair of Diesel jeans at full price? What happened to that young Chicagoan who scoured the Marshall Fields on State Street for marked down Guess? What happened...
Obama argued that Rush had failed in leadership and vision. But his delivery was stiff and professorial--"more Harvard than Chicago," said an adviser who had watched Obama put a church audience to sleep. The problem was deeper than speaking style. Obama was a cultural outsider. Rush attacked his Ivy League education, using the E word for the first time. "He went to Harvard and became an educated fool," the Congressman told the Chicago Reader. "We're not impressed with these folks with these Eastern-élite degrees." Not growing up on the South Side raised other suspicions about Obama...
...Alemanno's image may be adequately scrubbed up, but some of his supporters Tuesday night celebrated on the steps of the Campidoglio city hall with "saluti Romani" - the Mussolini-era stiff-armed salute that was later adopted and made notorious by the Nazis. Alemanno has moved quickly to quell fears that he still espouses fascist ideals. Among his first gestures after the victory was to send telegrams to both Pope Benedict XVI and Rome's chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni. "I will be the mayor of all Romans: for those who voted for me, and those who didn...
...have been open for a year and a half and in the beginning it was very difficult. There was a stiff investigation to get a permit for a night like this," says Yahia as the band finishes up a song by Algerian rai music legend Khaled, before launching into a cover of The Eagles' "Hotel California." "But slowly things are getting easier...
...only a half-capacity crowd at Sanders. But those who were there exhibited their appreciation with a standing ovation, which the orchestra earned during the excellent fifth movement. The orchestra’s last performance on campus will be held during Arts First weekend, when it will also face stiff competition from other formidable musical rivals. Music director Yannatos will have to find the right pieces to attract a sizable audience worthy enough for the last concert of the HRO’s 200th year...