Word: rare
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...worries, for instance, that cases of Cartier estate jewelry and other gems appeared underperused. Some big-spending customers never even enter the store, opting instead to shop by phone with their sales associate, who will call to tip them off on, say, the arrival of the extremely rare red-diamond necklace that would crown their collection. Or the associate might call about the $150,000 Buccellati diamond and 18-karat yellow-gold cuff, which would just match the piece they bought last spring. Across the way in handbags, the season's Chanel bags didn't even make...
Something equally precious for this group, it turns out, is time together. So, in a rare moment of synchronicity, what do three women who run a $4 billion company discuss? The clothing bills. And the day they all wore Marni...
When she left Dior, friends described Galliano as angry. But he has apparently recovered. In a rare public act of conviviality between luxury houses, the designer issued an adoring statement about the CEO of Saint Laurent. "Valerie is an incredible woman to work with, as she is sharp, strong, determined?all the qualities that male company presidents possess, yet at the same time she retains her feminine charms...
...kids to the Entwistles' for Saturday brunch. Every Monday morning, Entwistle gathers the troops. "He calls on even the most junior people to talk," says associate Anjali Talera, "and everyone's contribution is treated as equally crucial." A local hire from Merrill Lynch, Talera says that feeling is "rare in investment banking...
...book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toobin proves again that he is one of the sharpest court watchers in America. Based on rare interviews with the Justices, Toobin, the legal correspondent for CNN and The New Yorker, traces the extreme rightward turn that the high court has taken under George W. Bush. Yes, Virginia: the Supreme Court reads the election returns. TIME's publishing reporter, Andrea Sachs, caught up with Toobin just as his book hit the shelves...