• At the office, Louboutin was inspecting the prototypes for a pair of shoes that he had designed as a birthday gift for the rugby player Gareth Thomas, who announced in 2009 that he is gay.

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  • When the Treasury hands you a birthday gift charged to your own credit card, are you made richer?

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  • Desperately in love with the indifferent Victoria (Sienna Miller), the prettiest and perhaps shallowest girl in their serene Victorian English village, Tristan strikes a bargain: If, as a birthday gift, he brings her the star that has just fallen, Victoria will be his bride.

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  • "Sometimes it's finding the perfect gift for your wife's 40th birthday, " said Jenene Ronick, the founder of Luxury Attache, a lifestyle management company that employs concierges at about 30 Manhattan residential buildings.

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  • Imagine a week before your birthday all your friends start seeing personalized display ads all over the internet with a picture of you and a picture of the item you desire as a gift on your birthday (much like a wedding registry).

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  • The market will rally over photo sessions, tactile expressions of solidarity and the occasional heartwarming gift exchange, like the bottle of Tuscan wine President Obama gave Speaker Boehner this Friday for his birthday.

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  • The man asked Munter to suggest a way he could make a similar purchase as a birthday gift for his spouse.

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  • "I wanted to win the gold medal as a gift for Thailand's Queen, who celebrated her 72nd birthday last Thursday, " said Udomporn, who was congratulated on the phone by Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra minutes after her triumph.

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  • When Ben Berg turned 16 back in 1992, he got a curious birthday gift: A beat-up 1972 Dodge Sportsman Royal Van that once belonged to The Melvins, the iconic sludge-metal act that played a major role in the evolution of what became known as grunge.

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  • Pay your bills with a cell-phone scan, or order a birthday gift off your daughter's wish list, which she made by scanning items at the mall.

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