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...wouldn't expect the head of Tata group, India's largest conglomerate, to say the rich are boring. But Ratan Tata comes close. Acting rich doesn't interest him. "I've never had the desire to own a yacht, to flaunt," he says. Nor does the Prada-wearing class excite him as a marketing opportunity. China and India, with their growing ranks of tycoons, should attract multinational[an error occurred while processing this directive] businesses, not because of the spare million in a few fat wallets, he argues, but because of the spare change in a billion slim ones. "Everyone...
...barely managing to avoid cutting her prices. "They are sabotaging Bordeaux's image. It's crazy that we are all put in the same basket." Indeed, a central concern in Bordeaux is to avoid a fragmentation of the community. "It's almost like a Latin American economy, some very rich and some very poor. This could cause a revolution," worries Pierre Lurton, who runs two of the most exclusive properties, Château Cheval Blanc in the St. Emilion region and Château d'Yquem, the world-famous sweet white Sauternes. Despite their eye-watering prices, bottles of both...
Newbury Street is Boston’s Fifth Avenue: luxury and tradition seem to ooze from the walls of its elegant brick mansions. As I strolled down the wide and tree-lined avenue one recent Saturday, even the names of the cross-streets evoked a rich and patrician heritage: Berkeley, Dartmouth, Exeter. Newbury Street is also the epicenter of Boston’s numerous art galleries, many of which are, unsurprisingly, devoted to the established names and traditional styles that complement Boston’s Yankee conservatism. And yet, among the myriad galleries full of minor impressionists and themed shows...
...characters refer to this scientific innovation as “real magic,” Nolan seems to be sending a message about the potential danger of unbridled technological progress. In scenes depicting old-fashioned stage magic, the sets, costumes and close-ups are beautifully lit and full of rich colors and textures. Scenes involving Angier’s science-driven act, however, are dark and shadowy, permeated by a supernatural haze...
...Culture has changed so much that to compare political dissent then and now is sort of like comparing apples and oranges," Frank Rich writes in an e-mail...