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...told Sarkozy during a phone call Thursday that the view did "not reflect anything of Algeria's position". That chilly sign from abroad is yet another indication that Sarkozy's early honeymoon in power is definitely over - and he'll have to start emphatically putting his own "work more" motto into action...
...fans of officine Panerai watches?an ardent bunch known as Paneristi?had a motto, that would surely be "Bigger is better." Almost singularly responsible for the current craze for oversize watches, Panerai was all but unknown to the general public just a decade ago. Founded around 1860 by Giovanni Panerai in Florence, Italy, the company thrived for decades as a watch-repair shop and mail-order catalog. In 1936, already the official supplier to the Italian navy for precision instruments like mechanical calculators and compasses, Panerai created a prototype watch able to withstand the extreme conditions naval usage would subject...
...Every gift handmade by elves." That's the motto at the North Pole. Just about everyone but the Claus family security force is undersize. Midgets (mostly from Russia) man the assembly lines. The village's Security Force comprises three dwarfs who look like Munchkinland's Lollipop Guild, but tougher; they're the Blackwater of little people...
...last and worst problem with the WIB t-shirt motto is that it implicitly associates female professionals with high heels, and this constitutes quite a sexualized image. This association devalues the other aspects of female professionalism, such as brainpower, organizational abilities, and corporate prowess. Successful women don’t all wear kitten heels, after all—Harvard’s own Drew Faust appears to be quite a fan of flats...
...Despite the fact that I contacted several WIB members for comment on the t-shirt slogan, none were willing to speak to me on the record. We can only speculate, then, as to what would motivate this group to pick such an atrocious motto...