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...terrible as the ancient aurochs. A nearby barn housed two more of the six retired farm animals that Gordón has been collecting from all over rural Spain and Portugal for his little restaurant. After a life of flavor-building labor, they are boarded here until they become sleek and relaxed from eating hay and grain, avoiding heifers, and listening to Latin disco pop. After sending them to that big pasture in the sky, he ages the meat at 32şF (0şC) for between 40 and 100 days...
Investors hope Kindle will be to books what the iPod is to music. But a huge selling point of the iPod is sleek, minimalist design (and a brilliant ad campaign). People buy iPods to look at almost as much as to listen to. Kindle, by comparison, is heavy, clunky, and utterly graceless. Its marketers will also have to struggle with the fact that reading, be it “Lord of the Rings” or “Lolita,” will never be as “hip” as listening to music...
...first line of Kita Aquos--a sleek, metallic-silver flat screen with two soft, round bulges at the bottom for speakers, set on a boomerang-footed pedestal--won a shelfful of design awards and a place in European museums like the Pompidou...
MILAN Sophisticated shoppers return to Pomellato for sleek rings...
...setters in the world. Grace Kelly, Maria Callas and Gianni Agnelli toted the streamlined, masterfully designed luggage. It was the quality and inconspicuous style that set Valextra apart from its logo-ridden competitors of the day. Founded in 1937 by Giovanni Fontana, Valextra boasted handmade bags in evergreen, sleek shapes. Pergamena white became the brand's trademark color after its first set of luggage, made of untreated goat leather, got wet and altered shades. A bit impractical for the average traveler, white reinforced the air of luxury possessed by Valextra. In 1954 the company won the prestigious Compasso...