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...feet," yells Martin. Grimmette, like a longtime nanny, instantly wipes them down with his gloves. The pair, teammates for 10 years, alternate deep breaths. "All right, be aggressive," says Grimmette. "Yup," replies Martin. With that, the U.S.'s best-ever Olympic luge team shoots from the starting block. Now supine on the sled, they hit speeds of 80 m.p.h. on the icy track, Grimmette atop Martin the whole way down...
...cold day in Ottawa last week, Stephen Harper sauntered into the fifth-floor cafeteria in Parliament's Centre Block and ordered a cheeseburger, a Coke and a Caesar salad. He loaded the food onto his tray and, as he does most lunchtimes, headed back to his office. As ever, Harper projected the image of a cerebral, shy, slightly standoffish man, a politician who has never seemed quite at home in boisterous Ottawa. Yet there was one thing changed in his routine: next to Harper stood two bulky plainclothes bodyguards. You get them when...
...complex government machinery that goes with it. Characteristically, he reached out to the same senior coterie of professional Tory advisers that helped smooth out the kinks in his campaign. The five-person transition team, which has met every day in the fourth-floor office of the Langevin Block, where Canada's Prime Ministers have their office, is headed by Derek Burney, former chief of staff to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and a former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. The team's members, all volunteers, are arranging high-level briefings for the new PM with key organizations like the Royal Canadian...
...Uppercut, tel: (1-718) 851 0045, is entirely typical of the new Park Slope. Just seven months old, it retails samples and seconds from hard-to-find designers, including Illinois native Cynthia Rowley and Italian outerwear manufacturer Moncler. Down the block is Candice Beltran's equally new accessory boutique, Sö Charmed, tel: (1-718) 369 8302, selling jewelry that would cost three times more in Manhattan. You'll find the same kind of savings in street fashion too. Check out the menswear at Brooklyn Industries, tel: (1-718) 789 2764, and cult denim labels like...
...Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder manufacturer Moncler. Down the block is Candice Beltran's equally new accessory boutique, Sö Charmed, tel: (1-718) 369 8302, selling jewelry that would cost three times more in Manhattan. You'll find the same kind of savings in street fashion too. Check out the menswear at Brooklyn Industries...