Nowadays a smartphone is much more a lifestyle choice or piece of fashion than a way to telnet into your server from the pub or manage an Exchange inbox.

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Imagine if he went to the floor (in Jimmy Stewart or Spencer Tracy fashion) to offer a powerfully symbolic piece of legislation -- for example, a balanced budget amendment to highlight the deficit issue or sweeping homeland security and veterans benefit legislation.

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The stylish and sultry piece follows the actress from her bed to a fashion studio, driving a beige motorbike through empty Paris streets in a fitted cat suit.

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However it gets there, that piece of jewelry adorning a world-class model on a fashion runway, being shown at a world-renowned fashion house, or appearing behind the window at your local jeweler, has a history and a story that will most likely never be known.

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This year, the gallery will present the UK premier of a new performance piece by artist Linder Sterling, which will include collaborations with Northern Ballet, British fashion designer Pam Hogg, and musician Stuart McCallum.

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He showered her with gifts, starting with a 6-yard-long piece of bazin fabric, the hand-dyed, polished cotton which is the mainstay of Malian fashion.

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