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Dedicated art lovers Franziska and Gerhard Flögel traveled from their home in Germany to a remote cove in northeastern Spain on July 2 to visit the creator in his studio. They toured his inner sanctum in appreciative silence. They marveled at his unusual materials, his precise execution, his sheer ingenuity. And then, like everyone else at El Bulli, they sat down and ate the master's work...
...opened its doors in 1891 to accommodate passengers of the great ocean liners, but its Layers of Luxury ($155) spa treatment is for jet-age guests. Your body is polished with a green olive stone and "sea silk" scrub, and then lathered with luxurious lashings of hydrating gel, nourishing oil and moisturizing cream. Book the double suite and you and your partner will also enjoy a terrace and private plunge pool...
...Women's Affairs. Applicants thronged the gates, and soon the first class of 24 women - some hadn't left their homes in months - were learning the finer points of highlighting, manicuring and waxing. For supplies, Rodriguez called the U.S. toll-free number on a jar of Paul Mitchell styling gel, got through to owner John Paul DeJoria, and before long a truckload of shampoos, gels, sprays and other essentials turned up at her door. Estée Lauder and Vogue sent more help, and hairdressers from around the world showed up to volunteer their services...
Within an hour of waking, many Americans interact at least five times with companies most of them have never heard of. Lather up with any popular brand of shampoo or soap in the shower; apply deodorant; brush your teeth; and put on sunblock, skin cream or hair gel, and chances are you are relying on creations touched by IFF, Givaudan or smaller competitors like Firmenich and Symrise. IFF's five largest customers, according to a recent JPMorgan report, are Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Colgate, Estée Lauder and Pepsi...
...similar picture across the Irish Sea. A report this year from the Von Hügel Institute in Cambridge suggested that, with the influx of East Europeans, Catholicism could soon be the dominant religion in Britain, which hasn't been the case since, oh, 1550. Construction on the 2012 Olympic sites in London is about to ramp up, providing more jobs. Many Poles in London are "well-qualified workmen with very good experience," says Adam Wasilewski, a Polish immigrant who has invested in his own stoneware business in London and who hires mainly Poles. Tesco and Sainsbury's, the British supermarket...