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...equally secret repentence came soon and hard; you just don't get used to screams like this. Your face is right on top of his, point blank to the searing column of sound. He is so sweaty he slips around inside the papoose straps - and they don't hold his head that well anyway - so I have all six hands on his face and head. Then he tries to bite and the older nurse looks up at me with eyes that speak explicitly: 'You need to go talk to the parents about general anesthesia...
...watchful eye out the window. It's not surprising, given the family dynamic. Andrea plays the goalie to Diego's striker, the introverted, behind-the-scenes power broker to Diego's extroverted, genial public persona. (A recent cover story in Capital, an Italian business magazine, was titled "When the Secret Is Your Brother.") While Diego will make headlines sparring in the press with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi or hobnobbing with high-profile friends like Ferrari CEO Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Andrea is content to talk soccer scores and sneaker styles with production managers back at the factory?many...
...about a Brioni suit. He pulls up the lapel to display a cashmere backing (as opposed to the traditional felt) and a special thread to hold a boutonniere in place. He shows off a barely perceptible extra chest seam that requires a painstaking matching of stripes. He points out secret pockets and buttonholes stitched to look as good on the inside as out. (The buttonholes are stitched by 80 women by hand, a skill that requires two years of training. "One bad punch, and you have to throw away the sleeve," he says.) Finally, Angeloni unsnaps the cuff...
There is also the more common case of geek-ocity—the hidden secret variety. You might never know it, but from the athletic-all-stars to the preppiest of preps, there is a tiny hiding hobby or “extracurricular” interest within that is out-of-the-mainstream and clawing to be let loose. This sets the stage for the inevitable slip-up. One day, you’ll be eating in the dining hall and between bites of Emerald Beef someone will allude to her high school science-fiction club. Before you know...
...this activity has fed speculation that Dubai Inc. is a bubble built on debt. Certainly, Dubai is a borrower. "The big secret is that Dubai doesn't have much money," says Harry Alverson, managing director of the Carlyle Group. "Most of what they do is very leveraged." Yet borrowing to finance growth is what hot companies--and countries--do. That's why Carlyle is a partner. And why Alabbar is confident the Dubai miracle is no mirage. "The whole region needs to be served," he says, "and there is nobody there except Dubai...