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...Models of 18th century European commodes on display are more elegant?and equally ingenious: some are disguised as tables, large books and even a globe. Louis XII had a toilet installed in his throne, prompting the court jester to quip that while the French King would only eat in private, he would defecate in public...
Ever since the advent of the Swiss army knife, mankind has sought to fit more and more tools into smaller and smaller devices. The latest triumph of ingenuity over simplicity is the i-Quip, which puts an extraordinary number of traditional gadgets--and quite a few new ones--into a compact design. The i-Quip is divided into two separate pods: one holds quotidian tools (blades, scissors, screwdrivers, etc.), the other such high-tech necessities as a digital compass, a barometer, a clock, a flashlight and an altimeter. INVENTOR Imperial Schrade Corp. AVAILABILITY Now, $250 TO LEARN MORE www.schradeknives.com...
Bush's approach might at least be bracing if there were not so many instances in which his initial instincts have proved to be the wrong ones. He initially dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin with a glib quip: "Once a KGB man, always a KGB man." But as he learned more about the Russian, largely at the prodding of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, he changed his mind, saying he had "had a sense of [Putin's] soul...
...Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill just before a visit to the continent. Even as a parade of U.S. CEOs stood accused of corruption, O'Neill remarked that Washington shouldn't help save the region's debt-choked economies because the money might wind up in Swiss bank accounts. His quip sent Brazil's faltering currency, the real, into free fall...
With Schama’s quip, University President Lawrence H. Summers responded by shaking his hands in the air emphatically, a gesture that received a hefty applause from the audience...