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...before his makeover. The brothers have been cloning versions of Café Costes ever since. The formula that the Costes have applied is hands-off, within limits. Jean-Louis is a detail freak who leaves nothing to chance. "I'm not much on management, but I'm a positive nut about marketing," he says. "I'll happily leave management to the individuals who run each place, but marketing is something else again." The Costes empire's crown jewel is the Hôtel Costes, which the brothers bought in the early 1990s from Hilton Group for a reported $25 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Brothers Who Ate Paris | 9/7/2003 | See Source »

...DETAILS, DETAILS Chanel was a nut about armholes, but she never felt she got them right. Celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow take to Chanel's tiny tweed jackets at the turn of the century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Chanel Jacket | 8/28/2003 | See Source »

...instance, when a gene from a plant that can cause allergic reactions is added to a previously safe food that caused no allergies, this new genetically modified food becomes a disguised killer. One study tested natural soybeans that had been genetically altered by implanting a gene from Brazil nuts to increase their sulphur content. These soybeans, which had caused no allergic reaction previous to being genetically modified, now caused potentially fatal allergic reactions in those people with nut allergies. Since the GM soybeans are not labeled—they are not differentiated from natural soybeans at all—there...

Author: By Nicholas F. Josefowitz, | Title: The Unknown Plague | 8/15/2003 | See Source »

...talk about the fact that a 19-year-old girl had sex with a basketball player who was married, and maybe her boss found out. What was she to do?' That's the approach. It's not: 'She's a liar; she's evil; she's a nut job.' It's: 'She's 19; she's a young woman; she made a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Say It Ain't So, Kobe | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

...latter could take a while, though, because there's plenty on offer at Eumundi, with around 300 stalls spread under the shade of vast Moreton Bay Fig trees on market days. Friendly stallholders sell local produce (everything from mangoes to organic jams to macadamia-nut coffee) as well as a rich array of local art, handicrafts, New Age exotica and colorful clothing. If you think you might look fetching in hemp, this is the place for you, baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia: Detour | 6/30/2003 | See Source »

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