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The cigarette holder spent much of the 20th century as not merely a utilitarian tool but a fashion accessory. In the days when such things were rigorously policed by both society mavens and the arbiters of fashion, ladies could enjoy sporting this week’s entry at various lengths—but gentlemen only had one option. For ladies, they came in cocktail length at 4 to 6 inches, theatre length at 10 to 14 inches, and opera length at 16 to 20 inches; but, a man’s was never longer than four inches. Or at least that’s how the lore goes. They’re not, as one...

In San Francisco, they’re known as Painted Ladies. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, there isn’t a name for the preferred—and, if you ask us, far more compelling—Victorian house palette: exteriors in severe blacks, charcoals, and grays offset by front doors in wild lipstick shades like Lilac and Vixen Red. LA architect Barbara Bestor knows and appreciates this Boston tradition—she herself grew up in Cambridge. Her client, Doug Zell, the peripatetic cofounder of Intelligentsia Coffee, brings an outsider’s interest to local ways—and an inclination to loosen things up. The divorced father of one came to town a few years ago for a romance...

  By Bryan Wish Lamine Zarrad is the SVP, Financial Services, at ZenBusiness, a public benefits corporation that provides end-to-end digital tools for very small businesses in the service sector, including many “solopreneurs.” He began his entrepreneurial journey after immigrating to the United States, after which he went on to serve in the United States Marine Corps. His refugee experience shaped his work ethic, attitude, and outlook. After the Marines, he built an expertise around banking regulations and financial services through work at Merrill Lynch and the U.S. Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. With ZenBusiness, Lamine combines his passion for...

The number of single-topic nonprofit news organizations has quadrupled since 2008, according to a series of new reports from The Institute for Nonprofit News released this week. INN counted 51 outlets that focus on a single topic, including The Water Desk (water issues in the Western U.S.) or The War Horse (“the human impact of military service”) or EdSource (education in California). Single-topic newsrooms are just one focus in new supplemental material for the annual INN Index. This year, INN broke nonprofit newsrooms into five smaller categories: nonprofit newsrooms focused on national and global news (which continue to attract most...

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