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...ghostly white blades are made by Kyocera of Japan and Boker of Germany with zirconium oxide, which is second in hardness only to diamond. They stay sharp 10 times as long as steel and don't react with food or affect its smell or taste. They are also lightweight, making repetitive chopping less of a strain. The hardness of the blades makes them less flexible, however, and they should not be used for cutting that requires maneuverability, such as carving. And there's not yet a reliable method for home sharpening, so you might have to return the knife...
During the 2000 campaign, Bush never left home without a podium. To support the promise to "restore honor and dignity to the White House" and combat the notion that he was a lightweight, his team wanted to make him look presidential whenever possible. But four years later, with the re-election campaign under way, his imagemakers had the opposite worry. There was too much pomp, too many suits. They needed to get him out from behind the lectern and let him be a regular guy. So Bush went from set speeches to town-hall meetings, from suits to shirtsleeves...
...foremost, he wants to spread the word that wool isn't scratchy. "That's the presumption we've got to change," he says with a grin. Today's wool, like the kind being produced by his family's business, Pendleton Woolen Mills in Portland, Ore., is soft, supple, lightweight and not at all irritating...
Craving a big screen with class, but plasma's still too pricey? The 50-in. CineForm rear-projection TV uses new technology so it's bright, lightweight and almost as slim--at a lower cost. hitachi.us/tv($4,000)...
...shot 2002's Phone Booth in a mere 12 days. But Joel Schumacher knows that some dreams take longer than others. Back in 1988, after St. Elmo's Fire and The Lost Boys had introduced him as a promising if lightweight young American director (and before Batman Forever sealed his place in the upper reaches of the Hollywood hierarchy), Schumacher decided to see Broadway's newest hit, The Phantom of the Opera. Even before he got the chance, Andrew Lloyd Webber, its composer, called him and mentioned that he wanted to bring the play to the big screen. "Every director...