FOR clothes-conscious American women, the summer of discontent is over; this week the autumn of decision begins. Home from vacation, they face the most difficult fall shopping dilemma in decades: whether to go for the midi.
Tag Archives: summer
The Case Against Summer Vacation
Recently I reread the adventures of Tom Sawyer after many years, and I was stunned to discover that Tom’s summer vacation doesn’t begin until the end of Chapter 21.
Books: The Decline of the East
NEW ENGLAND: INDIAN SUMMER—Van Wyck Brooks—Dutton . During the '20s and '30s, Critic Van Wyck Brooks pondered a theory and a project
Thor: A Minor Marvel
If it’s the first weekend in May, it must be Marvel superhero time. Spider-Man and its two sequels, plus both Iron Man movies and the Wolverine prequel, have all kick-started the summer movie season in burly style.
Children Having Children
Before the baby came, her bedroom was a dimly lighted chapel dedicated to the idols of rock ‘n’ roll. Now the posters of Duran Duran and Ozzy Osbourne have been swept away and the walls painted white
World: MIDDLE EAST: THE FEDAYEEN REVISITED
DURING the day, the summer heat, well over 100, shimmers oppressively over the Jordan Valley.
Show Business: I’ve Got to Get My life Back Again
After his labors, the mythmaker plans to rest and perhaps retire From his office window, George Lucas looks out over a pleasant little valley to a pleasant little mountain, Mount Tamalpais. Small as it is, this friendly peak has an important if unheralded role in his life: it blocks the summer fog that often rolls in from San Francisco, eleven miles to the south, and makes the side on which Lucas lives and works that much sunnier
Her Fighting Chance Michelle Rodriguez was an extra a few years ago. The boxing drama Girlfight could make her a star
By In 1998, it looked as though the movie world was about to knock Michelle Rodriguez out of the ring. The would-be actress was living with her mother in Jersey City, N.J., and laboring as an extra in movies like Summer of Sam; the thankless, anonymous work was wearing her out
The Myth About Homework
Sachem was the last straw.
Dad in Japan custody battle thought wife would take kids
On February 12, 2009, Christopher Savoie received an e-mail from his ex-wife that he had feared would come. About a month after their bitter divorce, in which Noriko Savoie promised as part of the agreement she wouldn’t return to Japan with their children to live, she threatened to do just that.