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...quite see or taste. It's in the way that the pool staffer hands you a towel without missing a beat, or[an error occurred while processing this directive] how the sommelier suggests a wine without jamming it down your palate. The only word that can capture this particular brand of indulgence all'Italiana is simpatico: a mix of kindness, likability and just plain fun. Some of that fun may be at the guests' expense. After an hourlong massage during my recent visit, I found it hard to rouse myself from a delightful stupor, but the therapist waited...
...Ferrero for Estudi Hac Intended for the garden, Ferrero's JPN chair, which debuted at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair, shouldn't languish in the shed during winter months. With an elegant metal form and geometric flower pattern created by the Valencia-based designer for his own brand, it deserves to be round the kitchen table. estudihac.com...
Marvel soon replicated that model with hundreds of its heroes, now bringing in nearly $230 million annually from more than 500 licensing partners. Today the Marvel brand adorns everything from toys, games and apparel to hotels and theme parks. "Marvel has the best array of characters of any licensor in the business," says Brian Goldner, president of Hasbro's U.S. toy division, whose company in January guaranteed Marvel at least $205 million for its toy licenses over the next five years...
...ladies from the bowling club across the road have an important matter to discuss with Senior Constable Frank Taylor, the only cop in Stratford, 230 km east of Melbourne. Taylor greets Marge and Joan at the front fence of his house, which is next door to the brand-new police station. The grand opening is in a couple of weeks, and some bigwigs of policing are expected to attend. In charge of catering, the ladies want to check on numbers and whether Frank would prefer sandwiches or sausage rolls as the morning tea's centerpiece. Though Taylor...
...items in Syd Beck's military and aviation collection, his favorite is a P-39 Airacobra. Back in April 1942, Beck says, it landed in New Guinea with four other brand-new P-39s, all emblazoned with the U.S. Army Air Force insignia, a blue circle containing a white star with a red dot at the center. The Australians on the ground were aghast: Japanese aircraft were marked with a red dot. An Australian officer immediately ordered all of the dots painted over. (Soon after, the red dot was removed from standard U.S. markings...