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...Tesco veteran Jason Tarry will replace Dame Sharon White as chair of John Lewis Partnership, taking over the British retail group as it undergoes a painful turnaround to boost profitability....
...Rita Clifton, deputy chair, will oversee the process of appointing White’s replacement who must be approved by the retailer’s board....
...But the most delightful bit of flair, in my opinion, was the fluffy black-and-white feathered hat that Rita Moreno wore with her Carolina Herrera dress. As she told Laverne Cox, who hosted E!’...
...The top names included Montserrat Caballé, Rita Hunter, Margaret Price, and later Jane Eaglen, Sharon Sweet, Alessandra Marc. All of them individuals, in physical shape as in personality and voice....
...Think of Rita Hayworth in Gilda, being zipped into her dress by her cuckolded husband: “I can never get a zipper to close. Maybe that stands for something, what do you think?”...
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