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...people to pay more to shave? That's the eternal question in the $6-billion razor business. Hair grows at the same rate year in and year out, and there are few activities more banal than shaving. But the Big Three razormakers - America's Gillette and Schick and France's Bic - have all come up with a cheeky answer; the very same cheeky answer. And so, after years of relatively peaceful coexistence, competition among them is about to become cutthroat. The three firms have jostled for shelf space for three decades, but in the past they relied on different marketing...
...Consumer reaction remains to be seen, but the industry's march of progress is easily lampooned. The Rockall Times, a satirical website, recently posted a spoof news item about the inevitable next phase of razor technology: "Scientists working on the enigmatically titled 'Quattro' project are playing their cards close to their chest, but project leader Carl Burgess revealed that the new razor would produce a 33% increase in shaving power." Funny - but then people used to laugh at the idea of three blades...
...This war was clearly for these oilfields," concluded Hasan Muhamed, a Kurd who tried to visit the area around the oil fields to see a sick friend, only to be turned away by members of the 173rd Airborne. They had blocked all roads into the area with razor wire. "Saddam Hussein never gave us a penny for this oil, and now it looks like the Americans are going to take it." Leaning against his beat-up white Chevrolet in the blazing sun, he said he was confused about the outcome of the war so far. "We thank the Americans...
...links. - By Dejan Anastasijevic/Belgrade Trouble in the Skies greece Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, persuaded a 20-year-old Turkish draft dodger to surrender and release 200 hostages after hijacking an Istanbul to Ankara flight and forcing it to land in Athens. The hijacker used three razor blades and four candlesticks to commandeer the aircraft. A Greek prosecutor charged him with a string of criminal offenses; authorities did not immediately respond to Ankara's request for extradition to Turkey. Arming the Iraqis RUSSIA George W. Bush complained to Vladimir Putin about Russian firms' alleged sale of military technology...
...funky ones?his take on the Timberland boot, the Tims (picture a suede work boot with a four-inch heel; now picture it on Jennifer Lopez); and the subversive ones?his personal favorite is a shoe of steel, aluminum and titanium that never made it to production because the razor-sharp heel could pierce someone's hand. Creations like these make women fanatically loyal to Blahnik...