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...occasions when information got out, says that official, the results were counterproductive. Earlier this year, for instance, an antiglobalization group calling itself AZF contacted the Interior Ministry, demanding ransom to remove bombs that AZF claimed to have planted under rail lines. Two bombs were found, one where the AZF said it would be. Security forces were hoping to smoke the group out of hiding, but not long after word of the threat leaked to the media, AZF vanished entirely, promising to be back. Even when a plot has been foiled and the planners have been captured, the French favor...
After graduating in '92, Gilles landed at Chrysler, where he rose fast. At 31 he was appointed one of just seven studio chiefs. What got him noticed? "Probably my mouth," he says. "I've been pretty outspoken from Day One." While designing the interior of the Jeep Liberty, his first production vehicle, he got in a fight over chrome ornamentation, which other executives were convinced was too pricey. He recalls a meeting that wasn't going his way. "I got really emotional," he says. "For the first time in my life I made an impassioned plea to the marketing guys...
Inside, Scion aims for the sport-tuner look and basically gets it right. The instrument panel is cleanly laid out; chrome finishes accent the door handles and vent dials. A panorama sunroof, treated to reduce UV rays and interior temperature, lends an airy feel to the tight quarters. Scion rounds out the standard package with air conditioning, cruise control, power windows and mirrors, keyless entry and a 160-watt stereo...
...attend a very fancy charity ball held at the opulent Pierre hotel (61st and 5th Avenue). Amid an Athenian interior (complete with wall-size paintings depicting leisurely Greek life) I make my way through a packed ballroom of record executives, rising starlets, a parade of publicists and assorted hangers-on—including a paralegal named (I am not making this up) Jennifer Justice...
...dulled: we've forgotten how to see, or we limit our journeys to well-worn paths. Still, in a land as vast as Australia, there's more reason for joy than despair. Its myth-rich Aboriginal culture offers enlightenment if we care to engage with it; the seemingly barren interior can inspire awe when we visit the thriving land away from the coast. The wonder of discovery is there in simple things and grand: in quiet lives of contemplation and, if you can picture it, the instant a cosmic fireball hits the Earth. In the uncompromising intensity of professionals...