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...palace fit for a shimmering princess. Baccarat's new 3,000-sq-m museum, showroom and restaurant in Paris is designer Philippe Starck's ode to all things crystal. Arriving visitors walk past sparkling crystal fireplaces and gigantic mirrors, then go upstairs into a three-room gallery that pays homage to Baccarat's almost 200-year history of crystal making. Among the works on display are pieces designed for the 1878 Universal Exhibition, including an ornate enameled Turkish coffee set. There's a huge showcase full of vases, dishes and stemware commissioned by personages ranging from Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan...
...Nationally speaking we had 16,000 applications, and we accepted about 2000 people—about a 12.5% acceptance rate,” said Crystal D. Brakke, the program’s former recruiting director. “Harvard is clearly blowing that number away...
...liquid crystal display (LCD) projectors allow videos, DVDs and slides to be viewed in high resolution in the classroom...
Educated as an electrical engineer, Kutaragi joined Sony in 1975 and helped develop several cutting-edge products: a liquid-crystal-display projector, a sophisticated sound-processing chip, an early digital camera. And when a joint venture with Nintendo to build a home-video-game console broke down in 1990, Kutaragi demonstrated vision and management expertise. Rather than concede the business to Nintendo, he formed a team within Sony to build a better system, pressing ahead against internal opposition. PlayStation, released in late 1994, vaulted over Nintendo's Super NES to become the world's top home-gaming platform...
...PARIS Georges V Just one bedroom, but it's lavishly furnished with fabric-covered walls, crystal chandeliers and original French paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. The suite features a private sauna, steam and fitness room. All this for just $7,415 a night. Not grand enough? For an additional $3,000, you can upgrade to the Royal Suite and get an extra bedroom and double the space...