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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...travelers looking for a little more flair at the baggage-claim area, luggage maker Samsonite seems to have come up with the perfect solution: an eight-piece customized line of luggage called Black Label Couture. "When Samsonite started in 1910, travel was a luxury only accessible to a select few," says Samsonite's creative director, Quentin Mackay. "As a result, luggage was a luxurious purchase. In those days we offered a service of customization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baggage Claim | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

...event, Ahern still turned out to be the greatest asset for his party, Fianna Fail. A relentless campaigner with a flair for projecting himself as an ordinary guy - the entire country seems to be on first-name terms with him - he also earned the nickname "Teflon Taoiseach" by sliding away from a web of corruption scandals without a stain. Over the past three weeks he pulled out all the all the stops and called in favors from old friends. Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair endorsed him in a campaign video and he cleverly timed plaudits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Irish Election in a Photo Finish | 5/25/2007 | See Source »

...Mobilizing an army of artisans, from comic-strip illustrators to traditional wayang puppet makers, the show "Embedded with Punkasila" both tests the limits of Indonesian free speech and challenges Australian notions that its neighbor is a hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism. With fun and flair, Kesminas shows that much is permissible. "It's the perfect time," he says, "and in all honesty, five years ago you'd probably be put in jail for doing this." The artist nearly was, though not in Indonesia. While lugging back one of his machine-gun guitars from Yogyakarta last year, Kesminas was detained for five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exploding with Laughter | 5/1/2007 | See Source »

...series of excerpts from “Paquita.” Made up of two group numbers, nine solo variations, and three pas de trios, “Paquita” was a challenging choice—both for its technical difficulty and requisite Spanish flair...

Author: By Giselle Barcia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: ‘Bravura and Blues’ a Lovely Ballet Show | 4/29/2007 | See Source »

...Inevitably, the Italians did their Thermopylae epic. It was called The 300 Spartans, starred Richard Egan as Leonidas and was told with more finesse than 300, though without quite the digital flair. It was no masterpiece either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 7 Reasons Why 300 Is a Huge Hit | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

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