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Phronesisaical (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
This blog must post this : Emily Balcetis, of Ohio University, and David Dunning, of Cornell University, published a study, in the journal Psychological Science, called Cognitive Dissonance and the Perception of Natural Environments. Balcetis and Dunning describe an experiment in which the test subjects "were taken outside to a highly trafficked, grassy quad at the centre of campus ... The experimenter...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Junya Watanabe's African inspired collection was topped off by giant gingham turbans stuffed with dried flowers, says Hilary Alexander.
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Arsene Wenger joked to Sir Alex Ferguson the other day that when a manager signs a contract he must "prepare for divorce". Football's divorce lawyers have been busy on separations involving Alan Curbishley, Kevin Keegan and their erstwhile loves, yet trust seems to have broken out in most liaisons between Premier League boardroom and dressing room.
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People (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
The comedian quips that his short time on the show was "a nightmare"
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Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
In this West Yorkshire Playhouse/Birmingham Repertory Theatre production Privates on Parade, now just over 30 years old, proves as entertaining and relevant as ever. Peter Nichols' wit and acute observation obviously have much to do with this, but th...
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The Australian (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
STATISTICIANS and the economists, bureaucrats and politicians who live off their work love talking about "baskets" of goods, mixtures or selected varieties.
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Well, Stephen Harper didn't wanna be a vegetable. He wanted to be a fruit instead. h/t to Paul Wells for asking this very important election.So what type of fruit do you think you'd be if you were PM Harper?1. Miracle Fruit'2. Star Apple?3. Giant Granadilla?4. Malay Roseapple?5. Carmen Miranda's Hat'6. Write your own here __________________________.
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
First, there were those shiny straw boaters perched atop exploding hairdos and three-quarter-length coats over mock-hobble silk taffeta skirts, a silhouette that was a straight lift from the iconic costumes Tony Walton designed for Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins. Then there were the tartan - or were they madras? - cummerbunds, Carmen Miranda lacquered bangles, necklaces and silk turbans, followed by...
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pricy-spicy (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Marc Jacobs treated a celebrity-packed audience to an eclectic vision of ‘the American Dream’ in a shimmering jewel-box of a collection at the New York State Armoury. Jacobs’ collection, staged on a dazzling, mirrored landscape to George Gershwin’s dramatic ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, was a whistle-stop, round-the-world tour in 53 stunning designs, each one more elaborately [...]
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
More than 50 years after she last wore a pile of fruit on her head, Carmen Miranda inspired a psychological test, says Marc Abrahams
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HispanicTrending (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
September 6, 2008 BY LEWIS BEALE Strutting her stuff in lacy black underwear and outfits from Bergdorf's, Eva Mendes looks sexy and dangerous. In the remake of "The Women," opening Friday, she plays the mistress of Meg Ryan's husband, a...
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MultiCultClassics (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
To sell smoothies to Latinos, Jack In The Box salutes Carmen Miranda …?
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
One of the most important songwriters in the history of Brazilian music, Dorival Caymmi composed numerous classics that became standards of samba music and helped to lay the foundations of the bossa nova. He wrote his first hit for Carmen Miranda in the 1930s and lived on to become a grand old man of Brazilian culture.
