An Empire Built of Glass Stainless steel architecture can be visually striking, but glass sculptor James Carpenter can make it quite literally glow. Carpenter's firm, James Carpenter Design Associates , is designing the new 42-floor Seven World Trade...
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Scampering to the Height of Fashion
It's the Roman Empire revived in the Big Apple, if some new restaurants are any indication. The latest trend is eateries that offer beds instead of tables and chairs, giving New York residents the chance to do as the Romans did and indulge in a meal out...
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FIAC (La Foire internationale de l'art contemporain - 21 au 25 octobre 2004) Held in Paris in October, FIAC is a major Eurpean art fair dedicated to art from the 20th and 21st century. Lundi 25 octobre 2004 Avec ses 214 galeries (voir la Liste des galeries)...
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Venise redécouverte par Matvejevitch L'auteur du Bréviaire méditerranéen publie chez Fayard L'Autre Venise, traduit du croate Né d'un père russe et d'une mère croate, Predrag Matvejevitch est sans doute l'un des plus éminents essayistes du monde slave...
Lire la suiteLe Figaro Exercice physique et nouvelles molécules peuvent limiter la perte de densité osseuse Ostéoporose : les nouveaux médicaments alternatifs aux oestrogènes Martine Perez [23 octobre 2004] L'image de Fidel Castro tombant d'une estrade mercredi dernier...
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Catching ZZZs in the City That Never Sleeps MetroNaps , the first U.S. daytime sleeping salon, recently opened on the 24th floor of the Empire State Building. Offering a better place to powernap, MetroNaps lets drowsy office drones take 20-minute naps...
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Aqua Blue Crush A first glimpse at "the new black." And who decides this stuff anyway? The most frequently asked question in fashion has to be, "What's the new black?" And sure enough, there's always an answer one color that keeps popping up on clothes,...
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