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...grew up in a time of complete globalization," says Lazaro Hernandez, 28, who, along with Jack McCollough, designs the label Proenza Schouler, "so the boundaries are not as strict. We're young, and we don't have the money to travel that much, but we travel in our heads. We go online. With technology, you can go anywhere on the Internet." This season they found a trove of vintage kimonos in McCollough's parents' attic, and the trapezoidal sleeve shape became a major motif of their collection...
...will not be ready for the 2007 Christmas shopping season. Most toymakers have just a few weeks left before their holiday orders are shipped. So instead, the TIA is sending its members a detailed list of precautions to make sure their holiday toys are safe. Near the top is strict oversight of every contractor and subcontractor that touches toys at any point on the path from factory to shelf. That's what tripped up Mattel, which traced its problems with lead paint to subcontractors who used unapproved lead-based paint. To plug that quality-control gap, Mattel has begun testing...
...real hypocrites? Because their decision making is usually more diffuse, institutions aren't as susceptible to cognitive dissonance. Corporations and political parties routinely say one thing (the GOP is the party of strict values) and do another (the party let Louisiana Senator David Vitter, who unlike Craig holds a swing-state seat, get off with a simple apology after he was linked to a female prostitution ring). The GOP's moralizers deserve some pity. The party itself, not so much...
...primary on Jan. 29, has been informed that its delegates will be cut, barring a compromise. But others, including Michigan, could suffer the same fate. The Republican National Committee has said it will also sanction early-acting states--there are as many as seven--but it has been less strict in reining them in. What's more, on the Democratic side, the DNC granted exceptions to Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada (pleasing African-American constituencies in South Carolina and Hispanics in Nevada), and these "first four" have coaxed pledges from all the major candidates to refrain from campaigning...
...tale of how the Sunni tribes rejected the forced marriages, beheadings, smoking bans and strict fundamentalism imposed by the terrorists seems ready-made for Hollywood-and it will be front and center as Bush, Petraeus and Crocker try to sell more war to Congress and the public over the next few weeks. But it is not the only story in Iraq, perhaps not even the most important story. It is more about Iraq's recent past than about its future. It is almost irrelevant to the continuing political meltdown in Baghdad, the utter inability of Iraqis to figure...