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...explains. Ever since Gruosi-Scheufele joined the company, which her father bought in 1963 from Paul-Andre Chopard, a descendant of the founder, Louis-Ulysse Chopard, she has been looking for ways to expand the brand beyond its watchmaking roots. In 1976 she came up with the concept of Happy Diamonds, now a company signature, wherein 30 diamonds float inside a man's watch. It was a huge hit and an opening to the bigger market of fine jewelry. "My father collected clowns, so I designed one with Happy Diamonds in the stomach, and that was the beginning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All in the Family | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...name, “You are my fetish”. These three musicians form the band “Fetish Fetish,” and as their name suggests, all of their songs have a common theme—bringing the bedroom to the stage. “The concept of the band is unlike other bands, where their songs are not only about sexual fetishes,” says Barron. “This band has songs that are only about sexual fetishes.” The band’s songs venerate fetishes that span the sexual spectrum...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kinky Crooners | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

Dimitar D. Sasselov, who directs the Origins of Life Initiative, met Venter at a small conference on the concept of life held in Connecticut last August. The two discovered their shared interest in synthetic biology, and Venter expressed interest in joining the Initiative...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Venter Appointed Visiting Scholar | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...with Godzilla.) Mizuno often says that the car was born in Japan and raised in Germany. The GT-R, he says, is an expression of the Japanese senpai-kohai system, in which the more experienced teach their juniors. The GT-R team simply took that Japanese concept and exported it to build the car that Nissan--and, it hopes, luxury consumers--is waiting for. "Through the GT-R," Mizuno says, "all of Nissan can grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revving Up Nissan | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...must. Reminiscentof the mash-ups of GirlTalk, the deliveryof Minneapolis rap artist POS, and thesocial commentary of an above-averagebackpacker, the album has a unique tonalpalette. He is both self-deprecating andcritical: in his introduction, for example,he calls into question his own unplannedbirth to delegitimize the whole concept ofthe “accidental child” (“I’m a doer not asayer, shaker and a mover /...my dad saidI was an afterparty baby / This goes out toall the accidents out there / Keep on makingmistakes”). Even with these trenchantcriticisms, Cadence Weapon manages todeliver...

Author: By Katherine L. Miller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cadence Weapon | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

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