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...nonradioactive luminous material?for sale to the public. A hit with collectors, a Luminor was purchased by Sylvester Stallone in 1995. Smitten, Stallone asked the company to make 200 special editions called Slytech. Only about 15 were ever made, but Stallone shared his find with famous friends like Arnold Schwarzenegger. The madness spread when Ralph Lauren wore a Radiomir in one of his ad campaigns. The wait to get a Panerai, produced annually in limited quantities, can be up to several years. Still, that hasn't stopped A-list stars like Robin Williams, Brad Pitt and Russell Crowe from joining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living Large | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...They're constantly talking and referring. Our business model is not dependent on people gathering in a home to demonstrate it. It's dependent on people learning something they didn't know, having a positive experience with our products and then sharing that with their friends." No matter how famous or ordinary those friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting the Green Into Clean | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...Modeling their platform after the famous “Contract with America,” the Republicans wrote a “Covenant with Manchester Taxpayers.” Mandatory referendums on town budgets requiring over 3 percent tax increases; “performance-based accounting”—whereby town departments report progress with statistics rather than subjective reports; and a new town ordinance to combat blight were among the Republicans’ promises...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: When Blue Turns Red | 11/16/2007 | See Source »

...since 1968 and the famous 29-29 Harvard “win” have the two squads faced one another unbeaten in the Ancient Eight. But history is just the beginning...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Winner Take All | 11/16/2007 | See Source »

...hours from platform 9? at London's King's Cross station, a cluster of students in starry robes, pointed hats and rep ties are learning how plants grow, but it's not botany; they call it "herbology." In an adjacent classroom a boy with a famous lightning-bolt scar brandishes his wand, chants "Numerus Subtracticus!" and conjures the correct answer to a math problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harry Potter Works Magic at School | 11/16/2007 | See Source »

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