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10/08/096:04 pm

United Nations 12th Annual Film Festival

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$5-$25+

The United Nations Association Film Festival celebrates the power of films and videos dealing with human rights, environmental themes, women’s issues, protection of refugees, homelessness, racism, children, disease control, universal education, war and peace. In the past eleven years, UNAFF has screened some exceptional documentaries, many of which went on to win prestigious awards—ten Oscar nominations and five that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

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07/02/0912:30 pm

Shultz Summit @ Stanford

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The Stanford Tree greets guests at the Shultz Summit
Photos by Catherine Bigelow

 

So, you think you know how to host a summer soiree in your backyard? Think again.

On Tuesday, we traveled down to sunny Stanford University for a party hosted by Protocol Chief Charlotte Mailliard Shultz and her husband, former Sec. of State George Shultz, in honor of their pal, former Sec. of State James Baker and his wife, Susan Baker.

The concept of “throwing another shrimp on the barbie” will never, again, be the same.

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05/15/074:52 pm

The Informants

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Meet the motley crew of six who launched DesignPublic.com, which sells the wares of 65 small-scale designers and manufacturers.

by Leilani Labong
posted May 15, 2007 4:52PM
Meet the motley crew of six who launched DesignPublic.com, which sells the wares of 65 small-scale designers and manufacturers.When Sina Djafari and Drew Sanocki, classmates at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, decided to post an ad on Craigslist four years ago looking for design buffs to help start an online modern-furniture shop, they got responses from a DJ, a thespian and a private-yacht stewardess, among others, all of whom shared an interest in their mission to inspire and educate consumers away from mass-produced design.
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