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...decades, the mantra about Wall Street has gone from "Greed is good" to "Banks are bad." The winds of a new Depression demand that that salutary trend of the movie '30s be revived. Oliver Stone, get to work. In the meantime, with brilliant bloody timing, here comes The International, a spy thriller with a theme worth mulling: that moneymen are the root of all evil...
...never concerned enough with our appearance!" But it has become so important, how we look to others. Sometimes it is too much. We can be fine in life without the latest Armani dress. We can be happy just seeing a film with friends. But this is the trend now, to worry about our appearance...
...most negative trend is that we designers forget that a dress or suit is not necessarily going to be worn by a professional model who is 6 ft. [183 cm] tall. We often forget that fashion should be designed for real people who live real lives...
...Hugger in Chief didn't start the trend. At work and at school, even on first introductions--at least among the latest inhabitants of The Real World--the hug is gaining ground on the handshake. There are many iterations, including the hip-hop hug (a manly shake-and-squeeze combo), the ass-out hug (an awkward ordeal that precludes genital contact) and, for someone you're really close to, the full frontal (your standard bear hug). The big squeeze has been on the rise at least since 2006, when the Free Hugs campaign exploded worldwide. It got another boost last...
...winemakers dubbed the Morgon Gang of Four. In the '80s, Marcel Lapierre, Jean Foillard, Guy Breton and Jean-Paul Thévenet gathered in opposition to "industrial wine" to make pesticide-free, nonsulfured, nonfiltered wines. Marcel's son Mathieu is heartened by the new crop of feisty purists. "The trend with many of the young winemakers today is to practice vinification and agriculture respectful of the region's identity," he says. The results are far more exciting than the cookie-cutter Beaujolais Nouveau of old. "We have different styles," says Zighera. "But we're all trying to make beautiful wines...