In a gilded age when sables were a princess’ best friend, the nation’s best place to buy sables was Manhattan’s C. G. Gunther’s Sons. Founded in 1820 by a German immigrant associated with Fur Trader John Jacob Astor, Gunther’s not only combed Siberia for the finest sables, but bid in the London market for the finest ermine, sent its agents across Canada on the lookout for mink. Even men coveted the Gunther’s label.

Indubitable dinosaur, Atlantosaurus,hall! Thou, gecko aggrandized into a quadrupedal whale; I marvel at thy magnitude, I wonder at thy weight, I bow me down before thee, thou organic ultimate! Big, bulky Brobdingnaggian beast! Exceeding in thy size All living things upon the land e’er seen by hitman eyes!— Illimitable lizard, incommensurable newt, Interminable tadpole, inexsuperable brute! . . . The creature thus celebrated was a 60-ft. plant-feeding dinosaur, tentatively named Atlantosaurus montanus, discovered in Colorado.

Nathan Willett likes to read. The 31-year-old lead singer of Cold War Kids revisits his favorite J.D. Salinger books at least once a year and is more likely to reference Hemingway than the Rolling Stones when talking about his songwriting. It’s no wonder then that the California rock quartet’s stark, bluesy 2006 debut, Robbers & Cowards , ignored the standby topics of love and lust, instead spinning moody, literary tales of sin, faith and redemption.

Full Name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Profession: Singer Biography: Whenever Wherever, Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) Born: February 2, 1977 Birthplace: Barranquilla, Colombia Age: 47 years old Generation: Generation X Chinese Zodiac: Dragon Star Sign: Aquarius Career Highlights 1999-08-12 Shakira records her first live album in New York City, titled "MTV Unplugged" 2001-11-13 Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira's fifth studio album and first English language album, "Laundry Service", is released 2006-11-02 7th Latin Grammy Awards: Shakira first female artist to win Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year 2007-07-07 Worldwide charity concert event "

It’s January, 1984. Steve Jobs, nattily attired in a double-breasted suit, is demonstrating Apple’s breakthrough personal computer, Macintosh, before a packed room. He speaks alarmingly of a future controlled by IBM, and shows a dystopian commercial based on that theme. He says that the Mac is “insanely great” and plucks the diminutive machine from a bag; it talks for itself. Screens of a graphical user interface — something few people had seen at the time — swoop by.