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Difficult times often stimulate the creative imagination. On a recent trip to Cartier's archives in Paris, I was amazed by the innovation that evolved from the French jeweler's 100-year relationship with the U.S. Who knew the famous Tank Française watch was allegedly inspired by a tank used in World War I? Or that some of Cartier's most brilliant jewelry designs came from orders placed by American clients? It's further proof that consumers, whether they're buying fine jewelry or using paper bags instead of plastic, will inspire future design...
...work on shows like Seinfeld, Larry Sanders and Saturday Night Live. But it's her personal résumé that is the main focus of her entertaining new book, When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win (Villard). Leifer's notable relationship history has included two famous former boyfriends (comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Paul Reiser), one not-famous former husband, a female partner for the past 12 years (Lori Wolf) and one adopted 3-year-old son (Bruno). TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs reached Leifer at her home in Santa Monica, Calif...
...qualify for cult status. But as this entertaining corporate history demonstrates, doing something basic--but exceedingly well--has catapulted In-N-Out Burger to pop-culture stardom. The California-based chain, which owns 232 restaurants in the Western U.S., causes "burger jams" every time it opens a new location. Famous habitués, from Tom Cruise to Julia Child, have given the fare impassioned (unpaid) endorsements. In short, says Perman (a former TIME writer), "it is the envy of the industry and the darling of investment bankers, who routinely put In-N-Out on their IPO wish list...
Alain Passard's decision in 2001 to transform his three-star Paris restaurant l'Arpège - famous for its slow-cooked T-bones, lamb and duck - into a temple to the vegetable raised many an eyebrow in the world of haute cuisine. For the erstwhile master rôtisseur, however, it constituted a culinary rebirth. "Vegetables were a resurrection for me," Passard says. In seeking to define "the first vegetable haute cuisine," Passard has since created such signature dishes as beetroot in croûte de sel and onion flambé with pears and praline sauce. But perhaps...
Roosevelt was a presidential overachiever - and his swift, take-charge method of governing was exactly what an ailing, Depression-weary nation needed in 1933. After delivering one of the most famous Inaugural speeches in presidential history - does the phrase "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" sound familiar? - Roosevelt had been in office barely 24 hours when he declared a four-day bank holiday and drafted the Emergency Banking Act, which helped calm a financial panic that was quickly spiraling out of control. By the time he hit the 100-day mark, Roosevelt had instituted the "fireside...