Word: brasses
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...spring, hundreds of thousands of Thai citizens had organized daily peaceful protests on Bangkok streets, calling for the resignation of caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose popularity in urban areas had nosedived after the controversial sale of his family telecom business. Now, after months of political instability, the military brass appeared to have gotten much closer to unseating the Thai leader than months of democratic assembly had. "Of course, I wish that the political situation had been solved in a democratic way," says Makarathep Thepkanjana, a physician who joined the anti-Thaksin rallies back in the spring...
...agitated 1,800-lb. animal that would like nothing more than to smash you against the sideboards of the arena, fling you off its back and gore you with its horns. On the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) tour, concussions and broken bones are as common as Wranglers and brass-buckled belts. "Most bull riders are what you call gristleheads," says Mike Lee, 23, who has won $2 million in five years of riding. "If you're intelligent, you wouldn't do it." Win the PBR World Championship, though, and the payoff is sweet: a $1 million check that...
...sometimes you don't. Rare among fashion's top brass is Patrizio Bertelli of Prada Group, who does not have an M.B.A., uses only Italian in a multilingual peer group and has a fiery temperament. Bertelli has proved brilliant at steering the Prada and Miu Miu brands with his wife Miuccia Prada. But acquisitions have been rockier. Following a brief honeymoon period after Prada Group acquired the majority stake in Jil Sander, the eponymous designer walked, returned, then walked for good in 2004, to be replaced by Raf Simons. (The Jil Sander company was sold earlier this year...
Although Zeta-Jones has been getting a lot of attention?not all of it positive?for her whopping contracts with T-Mobile and Elizabeth Arden, Arden's top brass insists she's worth every penny. And if exposure and a paycheck are what Zeta-Jones is after, then she may be better off in an Arden ad than in The Legend of Zorro...
...affordable home-décor must-haves to the market this month with the introduction of a new collection by Victoria Hagan, a New York City--based interior designer. Victoria Hagan Perfect Pieces features tabletop accessories and furniture inspired by Hagan's love of country style, including signature details like brass fittings and studded nail trims. In-store products include mirrors and pillows, while target.com carries other items like trunks and coffee tables. The name of the collection comes from Hagan's idea that small changes with small pieces can make a room perfect. "We call them 'perfect' because in many...