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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...scale luxury output. Most were designed originally to race, like the 1929 Blower Bentley, with the supercharger that sits bluntly beneath its radiator to blast more oxygen into the fuel mix. Many of Lauren's cars were produced in limited editions, sometimes very limited. In the case of the plump 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe, that means three. That may have had something to do with its improbable steel ridgeback seam, several inches high, like a Mohawk haircut that bisects the car lengthwise, coursing along the hood, over the bulbous roof and down the steep slope of its trunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby, You Can See My Cars | 2/21/2005 | See Source »

...stage door opens and iconic figures spill into the Soho street: a plump, old-fashioned bobby, who proceeds to direct traffic; a chorus line of chimney sweeps; and finally, a maroon-coated nanny who shivers on the sidewalk and seems in need of a little magic. The cause of all this commotion is a fire alert at the Prince Edward Theatre, which has interrupted rehearsals for the most eagerly awaited musical of this West End season - Mary Poppins. The nanny isn't quite ready to fly. During TIME's backstage visit a week before the Dec. 15 opening, co-producer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Something About Mary | 12/12/2004 | See Source »

Harold Erickson knows his pet food. Every week he doles out thousands of pounds of Royal Canin therapeutic chow for every kind of pet, from aged Afghans to plump Persians. After Hurricane Charley blew through Florida late last summer, the former Army sergeant knew work might get hectic. He had no idea. On Aug. 16, French-based Royal Canin called with an urgent order, and within the hour Erickson, 46, and his co-workers mixed, packed and shipped a whopping 500 lbs. of premium dog and cat food--which can cost up to $30 per 16-lb. bag--to panicked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out Of the Box | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

BRAINS OF THE HOUSE: Plump, blond wife Beth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Guys, Beware, As Crime-Fighting Broods Take Over Fall TV | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

BRAINS OF THE HOUSE: Plump, blond wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Guys, Beware, As Crime-Fighting Broods Take Over Fall TV | 9/6/2004 | See Source »

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