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DIED. Fausto Vitello, 59, founder of the cult punk-skater magazine Thrasher, who in the late '70s sparked a thrill-seeking urban subculture of skateboarders who jumped curbs and railings instead of just ramps in specialty parks; of a heart attack, while riding his bike; in Woodside, Calif. The motto of the still vibrant movement: Skate and Destroy...
...Tota Dance Bar in Dahab, the establishment's motto, plastered all around the place, is "Peace and Party." On a typical night, hundreds of young people from around the world hit the floor and gyrate until nearly sunrise...
...nearly 40 years of wasted time in five short years, it takes a while for the machine to start, warm up and pick up speed," says the Minister. "We're like a new business: it takes time for the first results to start showing." That's a motto that could apply to his own career. Unlike Villepin or Interior Minister and presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy, who have changed positions in and out of government over the past four years, Borloo has stayed fixed on his single - but substantial - brief. That focus has kept him near the top of popularity polls...
...faut aller voir" (We must go and see) was the motto aboard legendary sea explorer Jacques Cousteau's boat Calypso. With his 1956 Oscar-winning underwater-adventure documentary The Silent World, Cousteau transported millions of viewers to the Indian Ocean islands of Assomption and Aldabra?one of the world's largest coral atolls. Today it's possible to go in person. The Island Sky is a small expedition ship that departs from Mauritius, taking 100 passengers on 12-day-long cruises on these turquoise waters. Wading ashore on Aldabra, home to the world's largest population of giant tortoises...
...Valencia, Calif. Among their most famous creations was a $10,000 gold lamé suit for Elvis Presley (the profit for Nudie's Rodeo Tailors: $9,950). The ensembles were most popular among country stars like Roy Rogers and Buck Owens, who wore Nudies to their graves. The Cohns' motto: "It's better to be looked over than overlooked...