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...idea: an acrylic and stainless chronograph that's half the weight of the real thing--and a fraction of the price. ToyWatch's Chronograph Sport ($225), left, comes in several colors and is one of four styles, all of which run with Citizen movement. Madonna has already clocked this trend...
...trend has occasioned some predictions of a coming matriarchy in which high-achieving women will rule over a nation of slacker guys. We've all seen the movie, an endless loop culminating most recently in You, Me and Dupree. That little girls' T shirt slogan--GIRLS RULE, BOYS DROOL--is beginning to look less like a slur and more like an empirical observation...
...first trend is the ever popular commingling of computing and entertainment in your living room. Yet Dell lives at the office. "We're seeing more and more of our technology intersecting with home entertainment," says Ro Parra, a senior vice president of Dell's home and small-business group. To entice gamesters and movie watchers, Dell has unveiled new models in its multimedia XPS line. The units range from a $3,500 desktop-notebook hybrid with a 20-in. screen and a remote, to a $2,270 gaming desktop with a swanky scarlet-and-gray exterior and high-end specs...
...Your story convinced me that Taiwan should also catch up with the trend, not only in learning but also in keeping Mandarin alive. Languages are the communicative bridges and tools among people and countries; they can create mutual understanding, trust and harmony in the global village. Taiwan should join the world in learning Mandarin to maintain and even boost its economic competitiveness and reduce cultural clashes within Taiwan and with China. Song Xiaowen Zhongli City, Taiwan...
...trend isn't confined to newer developments like Lajitas. Some of the world's most venerable hotel operators go to great lengths to give their guests a generous helping of local flavor. Oberoi Hotels built the first luxury tent resort on the edge of the rugged Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in western India four years ago and put pampered fat cats face-to-face with majestic big cats during private jeep tours through the jungle. More recently, the $630-a-night Oberoi Vanyavilas resort purchased pachyderms to take guests on mahout-guided elephant rides through the countryside...