Word: adi
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...TIME's Adi Ignatius got the Google triumvirate of Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt and Larry Page to sit for a talk around a table covered with Lego pieces, for which they have a known fondness, during a break at Google's recent sales conference in San Francisco. Page, who as a student built an ink-jet printer out of Lego bricks, is snapping pieces together to make a kind of endlessly ascending staircase; Brin is working on a robot. Schmidt seems too grownup for this...
...Some of these babies range upward of an eye- and cork-popping $3,000. But that's something the well-heeled patrons of both establishments seem to take in their stride. Bordeaux connoisseur and former Hospiz owner Adi Werner (his son Florian took the reins in 1997) started collecting supersized bottles in 1980 after he learned of those supplied by French wineries to the 19th century Russian Imperial court. He persuaded renowned producer Château Haut-Marbuzet to start thinking big once again, and other major producers like Château Mouton-Rothschild and Château Cheval-Blanc...
...rare 1895 Chateaux D'Yquem retailing at $21,420, are kept in the hotel's 600-year-old cellar. The two cellars together hold more than 70,000 bottles worth $4.9 million. "Fine wines age more slowly in large-format bottles and stay at their peak for longer," Adi says. "To share one with friends is an unforgettable experience...
...prime collections of Bordeaux - much of it in large-format bottles. Some of these babies range upward of an eye- and cork-popping $3,000. But that's something the well-heeled patrons of both establishments seem to take in their stride. Bordeaux connoisseur and former Hospiz owner Adi Werner (his son Florian took the reins in 1997) started collecting supersized bottles in 1980 after he learned of those supplied by Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments...
Earning Their Stripes Germany's Adidas has been a fixture on the sporting scene ever since founder Adi Dassler invented spiked shoes for track-and-field in the 1920s. But when it comes to making sneakers for fashion and leisure, Adidas has lagged far behind Nike, the world's leading sportswear firm, especially in the U.S. Now it's racing to catch up. Last week, Adidas agreed to pay $3.8 billion to acquire rival Reebok, delivering a head-on challenge to Nike. Canton, Massachusetts-based Reebok is popular with American basketball and baseball fans, while Adidas' strength has traditionally been...