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...that Cary Grant. The star was always game for having his poise and good looks punctured by slapstick. In Bringing Up Baby he exits a posh party in a formal suit split down the back. And doesn't he look sweet wearing WAC drag in I Was a Male War Bride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Classy Clowns | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...tape—it’s never as sexy as spray painting your chest and hooting call-and-response chants through a bullhorn at University Hall. In many ways, I regret not doing more of that. Still, I tell myself, I’m not a complete suit. I’ve realized over the last two years that what’s best for the environment isn’t just tea and Birkenstocks (although I like both those things). Sustainability involves building sustainable relationships, with those around you and with those in power. Environmentalism is still...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Being Green and Suave | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...immigrants stood handcuffed in front of a New Orleans federal courthouse. They weren't on trial, but rather launching a suit against their employer, Decatur Hotels, and its owner, local magnate F. Patrick Quinn III. Brought to the U.S. to fill post-Katrina vacancies, the guest workers claim that their pre-signed contracts are all but fiction, and they are demanding compensation. The handcuffs - along with enlarged copies of their visa papers strung around their necks - were symbolic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guest Workers Fighting Back | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...Workers and immigrants rights advocates acknowledge that even a Decatur suit win does little to address core issues. Only by studying workers' experiences can government create adequate reform, says one Dominican Decatur worker. "President Bush should spend a day in my shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guest Workers Fighting Back | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

Exactly. I put on a really ugly suit, sit under fluorescent lights and waste a lot of time at my desk. Sometimes I'll go, "Oh, that's right. I'm not in an office. I'm on a hit TV show making oodles of money and making people laugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 19, 2007 | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

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