Word: lites
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...1800s, there was a certain logic--and a cool distance--to the formal calling card. Those who were part of, or sought a place among, the social élite would deliver a card with their name engraved on it to someone's home to request a visit. But now that you can IM, e-mail or text pretty much anyone immediately, the Victorian practice seems laughably outmoded, right? Not so, according to a growing number of enthusiasts reviving the old-fashioned social-networking tool. "Is it technology fatigue? A colorful way of branding yourself? We're not sure," says Peter...
...exempt from road taxes and the central-London congestion charge, but at a base price of $109,000 for the Roadster and a target price of $240,000 for the Lightning, they may be made for the green among us but certainly not the mean - much cheaper, less-élite models will have to appear before the wider population can jump on the battery-powered bandwagon...
...matched that figure in just the first seven months of this year. The prestige of wearing Caballero-secured clothing has grown too, drawing high-profile clients like King Abdullah of Jordan, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and actor Stephen Segal. But be warned: in this élite circle of the secure and stylish, there is a hidden cost. In the unfortunate event of stains--blood or otherwise--the garments are dry-clean only...
Although married to a relative of Trajan, Hadrian openly loved a Greek youth, Antinous, who is known to have accompanied him on at least one lion-hunting trip. His relationship with this boy would have raised few eyebrows - the Roman élite embraced homoerotic culture and celebrated it in works of art. Hadrian's reaction to his death, however, was unprecedented. After Antinous drowned in the Nile in A.D. 130, Hadrian mourned him as if he were an Empress and encouraged cults to venerate the lowly youth. He surrounded himself with marble statues and busts of Antinous, at least...
...couple of decades now, the stars of big movies have been trending younger, until it seemed that the next generation of the Hollywood élite would emerge not from high schools but from the womb. This summer, though, has brought good news for geriatric actors--those over 30. Harrison Ford, who at 66 is, in movie years, practically a sequoia, looked at least as vigorous as the Indiana Jones film he headlined. Comic-book epics also have middle-aged men in lead roles: Robert Downey Jr., 43, in Iron Man and 58-year-old Ron Perlman in Hellboy...