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...slightly barbed olive branch: Maybe I'm asking for too much when I expect him to be bold on the issues, I suggest. Maybe my expectations for him are too high? "No, no," he says, and returns for a third time to energy policy--to Gore's tax-swap idea. "It's a neat idea. I'm going to call Gore and have a conversation about it. It might be something I'd want to embrace...
...Corn Zipper, which resembles a happy metallic stingray, allows you to strip kernels from raw or cooked ears without chopping off a finger. Holding the gadget in one hand, simply rub it down the ear and - voilà! - corn off the cob. kuhnrikon.com Have s'more Campfire lovers can swap their whittled marshmallow sticks for Hammacher Schlemmer's Marshmallow Rotisserie. This rotating trident cooks the s'mores staples evenly. The handle is heat-resistant and the stainless-steel tines clean up easily. hammacher.com...
...government official did concede: "It's been a very bad week. We have to get out of this mess." Even more worrying is the stain it has left on the entire Italian economy. Murdoch, for one, told an investors' meeting that he's lost interest in any potential share swap with Telecom, reportedly frustrated by government meddling. Tronchetti Provera's resignation as Telecom chairman, initially blamed on the spat with Prodi, is more likely just a case of finding a good time to bail. His five years at the helm of the fifth largest European telecom company were disappointing...
...where the weekly class is often replaced by outings to a new exhibit. Perhaps the program’s greatest plus is that it introduces freshmen to others of the same ilk. Nerds can plot their revenge in “Calculating Pi” while kleptos can swap prison stories in “The Idea of Crime.” Who knows? You may even find your first-mate in “The Golden Age of Piracy...
...there were few objections when the upstart manager, Renzo Rosso, announced he wanted to swap out his group shares to become sole owner of Diesel. A modest farmer's son from outside Padua, Italy, with a textiles-trade-school diploma, Rosso, 50, is not your typical luxury-group CEO. Sure, he flies in private jets and frequents fashion shows, but most of the time he wears jeans or sweats, and his curly hairdo is more Peter Frampton than Bernard Arnault...