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...competition on the tepid shores of Lake Michigan, kept the Cup-holding Germans to a single goal before a crowd of 63,117 gathered in a great, poured-concrete tureen called Soldier Field. At the half, the temperature broke upon your cheek, hot enough for the back of a wristwatch to singe, and I, the only blue eye among distinguished Asian bleacher mates, remarked that someone could stir us and call us shabu-shabu. A mirthless response forced me to note that levity is a poor camouflage for the unlettered, even in sports...
...dozen young engineers in jeans and sweatshirts who have spent three years working around the clock inside a secret garage in the Jura Mountain town of Biel. If the team realizes its vision, the Swatchmobile will combine the crash resistance of a Mercedes with the spunkiness of the famous wristwatch. Plans call for the Swatchmobile to be 20% smaller than a typical subcompact, able to wheel into a parking space sideways, cost about $10,000 and reach 90 miles an hour. The car's designers hope it will travel at least 80 miles on a gallon of fuel, thanks...
Brandon Tartikoff watches from a cramped seat against the window. Wearing ! Reeboks, an open sport shirt and a Boris-and-Natasha wristwatch, he is an easygoing but focused presence. After a few rehearsals of the scene, he huddles quietly with director Hannah Hempstead. For the next run-through, the husband picks up the pastry tray without a smile and drops it abruptly in front of his wife...
...plays absent-mindedly with his wristwatch, the soft light from his porcelain desk lamp glittering off its metal face. The smile that dances perpetually around the edges of his mouth betrays slight bemusement at all the attention he is getting...
...other force is Gear Freakery. This is almost exclusively a male obsession, perhaps because a lot of gear has vaguely military associations (guns, of course, are gear). A definition is elusive, but a wristwatch that just tells time is not gear. A wristwatch that also reads out altitude and barometric pressure is gear to make a grown man whimper. L.L. Bean sells one made by Casio...