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...cannot wear unless you fly your own jet and race cars. The collection, which includes the titanium-and-steel Xtreme Open, below, and the smaller Elite series, is an outsized group of graphic, chunky precision timepieces that appeal to the sportif type with an athletic build. From the decorative screw heads to the rotating bezel to the stainless-steel bracelet, the Defy collection promises to be to watchmaking what Formula 1 is to the automobile industry...
...First items on my shopping list: light bulbs, and a mop. The small, dusty general store at which I began my quest had no mops or screw-in bulbs, although it did have bayonet-style bulbs for anyone with the appropriate fittings. I found the bulbs I needed at a specialist lighting shop across the road. At a second general store a few minutes walk away I found a mop. Actually, the mop came in two parts: a long wooden handle and the mop end. But the two pieces didn't match each other, so the shop owner found...
...Pays de l'Atlantique. Christian Delpeuch and other Bordeaux merchants aren't waiting. In the conference room at Ginestet, Delpeuch shows off a bottle of his latest creation, aimed at the British market. It is the classic Bordeaux shape, but two elements stand out. The first is a screw top, rather than a traditional cork. The second is the label. The front has a huge drawing of a pretty château and announces the name: Bordeaux Classique. On the back, in English, is the lure: "Steeped in heritage," it reads, "the winemaker's philosophy was to take classic Bordeaux...
...equivalent of a good date movie. As an ironic plus, it's produced by Worldwide Pants, the production company of David Letterman. In the second episode Ed represents an aging magician suing over the theft of his act, or "intellectual property" - the same phrase that NBC invoked to screw Letterman out of much of his act when he took his show to CBS in 1993. "Ed" is sweet. But revenge is sweeter...
...fancy talk about micro targeting, the movie doesn't really get at its central question. Instead it shows that the rules of politics remain pretty simple: stay on message and don't say stupid stuff. Advice that's as straightforward as good steak - and just as easy to screw...