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Ron Arad: Hat Maker, Design World Daredevil

Ron Arad, whose show Ron Arad: No Discipline opened at the MoMA in August, recently gave a talk at the 92nd Street Y as a part of their “Dialogues with Design Legends” series. While the dialogue in question was meant to be between moderator Daniella ...

From ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, Flavorwire,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Ron Arad,  Dylan Thomas,  Jean-Paul Gaultier

Exclusive: Q&A with Death Becomes Them Author Alix Strauss

With the announcement just last night of Patrick Swayze’s passing, we can only hope that this unofficial Summer of Death comes to a close with the cooling weather. As much collective mourning as any celebrity death can inspire, whether it’s somewhat ...

From ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, Flavorwire,  15 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Kurt Cobain,  Patrick Swayze (musician),  Spalding Gray,  Michael Jackson,  Vincent van Gogh

Party Police Crash the Convention

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When most people show up at private parties and events here, the goal is to get past the velvet rope. For Nancy Watzman, half the fun is being booted. Ms. Watzman is with the party police. She is one of a few people from watchdog ...

From BRODY MULLINS AND ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, Sunlight Foundation,  5 Sep 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  Sunlight Foundation,  Johnson & Johnson,  Novartis

Parties skirt gift rules, plan lavish conventions

WASHINGTON — When the Democratic Party holds its convention the week after next, members of Congress will be able to hear singer Kanye West at an all-expenses paid party sponsored by the recording industry. They can play in a poker tournament with Ben ...

From BRODY MULLINS AND ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, Denver Post,  18 Aug 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Kanye West,  Tom DeLay

Climate Issues Divide US Chamber

But as Washington tilts more Democratic, populist and green, some big companies are becoming leery of allying too closely with conservative, antiregulatory institutions such as the chamber. On issues such as climate change, Mr. Donohue is finding his ...

From ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, EcoEarth News,  17 Apr 2008

Farm emissions may be exempted

WASHINGTON Under pressure from agriculture industry lobbyists and lawmakers from agricultural states, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to drop requirements that factory farms report their emissions of toxic gases, despite findings by the ...

From ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, Inside Bay Area,  27 Feb 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress,  Stephen L. Johnson,  Albert Wynn

EPA could free farms from toxic emission rules

WASHINGTON Under pressure from agriculture industry lobbyists and lawmakers from agricultural states, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to drop requirements that factory farms report their emissions of toxic gases, despite findings by the ...

From ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, Inside Bay Area,  27 Feb 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress,  Stephen L. Johnson,  Albert Wynn

Farms May Be Exempted From Emission Rules

The EPA acknowledges that the emissions can pose a threat to people living and working nearby, but it says local emergency responders don't use the reports, making them unnecessary. But local air-quality agencies, environmental groups and lawmakers who ...

From ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, The Washington Post,  26 Feb 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress

Government Accountability Chief Resigns

Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...

From ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, The Washington Post,  15 Feb 2008
Related Topics: David M. Walker,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House,  Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Lantos Praised as 'Champion of Our Common Humanity'

The Hungarian-born Lantos, who died of cancer Monday at age 80, was the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress. His youth as a resistance fighter in Nazi-occupied Budapest, where he lost most of his family, lent authority to his pursuit of ...

From ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, The Washington Post,  14 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Bono,  Elie Wiesel,  George W. Bush,  Nancy Pelosi,  Dalai Lama

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