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DIED. GNASSINGBE EYADEMA, 69, President of Togo; of a heart attack; in Piya, Togo. A former army colonel who came to power in a military coup in 1967, he was Africa's longest-serving ruler. With the threat of turmoil in the wake of his sudden death, Togo's military high command named his son Faure Eyadema to succeed...
That three newcomers suddenly hold such sway over the future of haute couture--the handcrafted, custom-made clothes that purists consider fashion's highest art form--was just one of many reminders last week of the fashion industry's turmoil. And the dislocations are by no means confined to the rarefied levels of couture. Tremors are shaking up ready-to-wear too. In the late 1990s luxury groups like Gucci and Prada began snapping up stakes in labels by ultracool but often young and untested designers. Now the money men are losing patience and no longer want to wait...
...instead, we are just empty vessels through which experiences pass. You are not the person who began reading this page. You will not be the person who flips to the next one. Mishra argues that the Buddha used this radical new conception of selfhood as an antidote to social turmoil. You should not be obsessed with satisfying your desires, the Buddha suggested, because the person enjoying this satisfaction will not be you. Once individuals control their desires, social tensions abate; violence decreases...
...Final Splintering The turmoil over Ukraine's November presidential elections once again put that country in the spotlight [Dec. 6]. It was only 13 years ago that the former founding member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics declared itself a separate nation, helping guarantee the ultimate demise of the Soviet Union...
...fully believe two contradictory things about Walter: that he means to be good and that he could go bad. It is a rare movie that so neatly, so unpretentiously insinuates such a conflict in a character, and it is equally rare for an actor to suggest that inner turmoil as subtly as Bacon does. This is a very small film, easy to overlook among the end-of-the-year behemoths. Do not do so. It is among the best and most delicately managed films of the year. --By Richard Schickel