Word: selectness
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...without sacrificing style. On July 14, Miguel Caballero, the world's only producer of "designer bulletproof fashion," started selling his high-security garments at posh London department store Harrods. His new collection includes blazers, raincoats and suede jackets, some replete with a comforting stab-proof lining. Customers get to select from three levels of ballistic protection. For instance, a polo shirt that can withstand a slug from a 9-mm revolver costs roughly $7,500; a version for about $9,800 protects wearers from automatic weapons, including mini-Uzis...
...Other perks en route include a stay at Dubai's Al Maha resort with a hot-air balloon ride over the Arabian desert; a private visit to the Maharaja's Gem Palace in Jaipur; and a wine-tasting at the Vine Cliff vineyard in San Francisco, after which you select a case to take home...
...already got competitors. Flixwagon debuted this month with a similar cell-phone-video broadcasting service. Only a few select phones, including the Nokia N95 smartphone, have Qik or Flixwagon capability, but both sites plan to expand their service to other models, including Apple's iPhone, in the coming months. Another similar site, Kyte.TV, has already partnered with the major music labels and artists like 50 Cent. Kyte has broader, slightly more commercial ambitions, enabling professional videos and photos to be broadcast alongside live cell-phone feeds...
...deal: if Jesse's parents surrendered custody to his grandparents, he would become eligible for surgery. Though Jesse ultimately got a heart, the hospital's initial rejection sparked a heated debate on how to evaluate transplant candidates. The dearth of donor organs in the U.S. often forces doctors to select one patient over another. Usually the choice is made solely on the basis of medical need, but, says David Rothman, professor of society and medicine at Columbia University, ''social criteria sometimes enter in.'' Few hospitals, he notes, will offer a liver to an unrecovered alcoholic or a heart...
...last week. They said Noriega supplied Washington with valuable Cuban intelligence reports, even as he was selling U.S. secrets to Cuba. They also warned that his ouster might disrupt U.S. military and intelligence operations based in Panama. Some Congressmen were unimpressed. Said Representative Charles Rangel, chairman of the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: ''We cannot allow diplomatic concerns to override our efforts to control drug trafficking and abuse...