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...afternoon in Cadiz, Pierce Brosnan stands on the rooftop of the Santa Cruz Cathedral's annex. Taking a breather from a scene in which 007 meets a Cuban MI6 operative named Raoul (Emilio Echevarria), he gazes out over the city and reflects on a franchise that has made him into a global symbol. Bond, he says, "is a leviathan--and it's even more amazing after doing all these films...
...Ruby bearings under each keypad ensure precise key press. But while everyday mobiles are getting tinier by the moment, Vertu recalls an earlier, bulkier era. Kuwaiti fashion mogul Sheik Majed al-Sabah stopped carrying his, complaining of its weight. Before you put a Vertu on your Christmas list, check Santa's bank balance: prices go all the way up to €24,000 for the platinum model. In functional terms, that sum gets you one unique feature: a "concierge" button that lets you buy theater tickets or restaurant bookings in any city in the U.S., Europe and Asia by dialing...
...inside the alliance, politicians balked at the cost of the necessary military reforms. Competing projects, particularly expensive preparations for E.U. accession, took priority. "Of the three new members, Hungary has done the least," says Thomas S. Szayna, a security analyst at rand, a public-policy think tank in Santa Monica, Calif. "It continues to spend very little, has not lived up to its commitments, and is not taken all that seriously." Criticisms like these are "completely groundless," according to István Simicskó, vice chairman of the Hungarian parliament's Defense Committee and a member of the opposition Fidesz...
...instead they fight federal policy with initiative after initiative, while also defending local pro-pot laws. Their side got a major media boost in California in September, when federal agents busted Santa Cruz's Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana in an early-morning raid. The feds dragged the farm's owners, who were legally growing pot under California law, to a federal building in San Jose for breaking federal law and held a paraplegic resident at the farm for hours. "I opened my eyes to see five federal agents pointing assault rifles at my head. 'Get your hands over...
...chief William Lansdowne was so annoyed by the raid that he withdrew his officers from the local DEA task force, ending 15 years of close work. Even Governor Gray Davis, who has been quiet on the marijuana issue, expressed concern over the feds' bust. A week after the raid, Santa Cruz officials gathered at city hall to supervise public distribution of marijuana to members of the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana in front of TV crews, a way of giving Washington the finger...