Undoubtedly, women will continue to lust after and wear certain timepieces created for the boys, just as they covet men's bespoke shirts and slouchy jeans, but no longer will the shrunken man's wristwatch with added sparkle and nacre, a pink strap and a quartz movement suffice.

WSJ: The Feminine Mystique of Watches

It is hard for those who regularly lust after alpine scenery to contemplate, but the last two days - flat trekking through forest - are probably the tramp's highlight.

BBC: Hiking through a microcosm of Earth

In the second half of his life as close friends submitted to one fatal illness after another Stevenson conceived an unlikely lust for life while touring the South Pacific, submitting to the roughest and most dangerous of conditions, but this time with barely a murmur.

ECONOMIST: A man who, by turns, was seductive and infuriating

Now, with wireless adoption in the United States and elsewhere passing the 100% mark (many of us have several devices) and with smartphones and tablets accounting for more of the devices populating the wireless networks, non-traditional players are beginning to lust after this huge market.

FORBES: Changing Wireless Landscape Breeds New Winners And Losers