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...forty-three, -four, forty-five seconds past. He had been writing all afternoon about "the useful tyranny of clock time," and here it was, displayed two dozen different ways in a shop window on his own block. Today he had scribbled out his theory that because watches in every pocket and clocks in every factory and railroad station had stimulated in people an acute awareness of time passing, that itchy new awareness had in turn stimulated the popular impatience with the status quo, and the new demands for still speedier progress...
...Donald Tsang is known for his bow ties. You're known for your pocket-handkerchiefs. What's the story? My pocket-chief comes from my Cambridge days. Wearing a pocket-chief is very normal in the U.K. I don't know about the bow tie. You'd better ask Donald...
...like Sofia Coppola’s movies, then you probably have a similar taste for one of her favorite bands, Air. Three years since the release of their masterpiece “Talkie Walkie,” the French duo have returned with “Pocket Symphony” and a fresh supply of their patented haute-electronica. Their sound combines rigorous piano, string, and synth melodies with a variety of eclectic instrumentals, plus vocals by both group members, Nicholas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. In “Pocket Sympony,” Air continues...
...Officers were dispatched in response to a report of a theft at Au Bon Pain. The officers arrived and spoke to the reporting party, who stated that an individual had placed a muffin in their pocket without paying for it. The individual was run for wants/warrants with negative results. The individual, Terrance M. Forrest of 39 Kingston St., Boston, MA, had been previously issued a trespass warning, and was placed under arrest for trespassing...
...recognized as the ultimate symbol of luxury and one of the finest Swiss watches?even though its origins are not Swiss. The brand dates back to 1905, when Hans Wilsdorf of Kulmbach, Germany, opened Wilsdorf & Davis watchmakers in London. At the time, men's fashion favored large-face pocket watches, but Wilsdorf became obsessed with creating movements small enough to be worn on the wrist. So in 1908, inspired by the sound a watch makes when wound, Wilsdorf trademarked the name Rolex, which was both easy to pronounce in many languages and short enough to fit on a watch face...