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Since his winning debut collection in 1988, Mizrahi had been considered the heir to the American sportswear throne shared by Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren. But unlike the holy trinity, Mizrahi, who trafficked in whimsical, feminine, but rarely outlandish garments, never managed to create a signature look. "There were brilliant first collections," notes Richard Martin, head of the Costume Institute at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "but they became more and more erratic. Calvin, Donna and Ralph all developed something very distinctive...
...because he will have lost not just his sibling but his mentor and closest friend, because succeeding as King of Jordan will become a test of the national unity and identity that is virtually synonymous with his brother, the man who built modern Jordan during 46 years on the throne. Most difficult of all, it will mean that Hassan must rule without the kind of utterly trustworthy, self-abnegating second-in-command he has been for his brother. He will have to do it alone...
...more months, despite a good prognosis, Hassan is currently running the country, but in close consultation with the ailing king. In a way, it is a kind of practice run for his succession, although he and the rest of the royal family believe that the king will resume the throne after successful medical treatment. The crown prince is weary of the inevitable comparisons with his charismatic older brother. He acknowledges that he is not as smooth and radiant as Hussein but, he wonders, why should he be? "What are we?" Hassan was recently overheard to ask: "A family of clones...
...flow of illegal immigrants from Somerville. They take our seats in lecture and beat us up for our lunch money, and it's obvious to all of us that they are the real power behind the Dean of the College's throne. Something must be done...
...filled White House reception for Nelson Mandela when I felt as if I had traveled back in time. It came when the Rev. Bernice King, who looks and sounds remarkably like her sainted father Martin Luther King Jr., likened Bill Clinton to the biblical King David, who kept his throne despite his sinful dalliance with Bathsheba because he atoned. Offering the President her understanding and her forgiveness, she intoned, "It's time, I think, for us to leave our President alone." The audience of African-American religious leaders broke into a chant, "Leave him alone! Leave him alone! Leave...