Van Cleef & Arpels put a contemporary spin on the automaton tradition in 2007, with the introduction of the Lady Arpels Féérie, a round wristwatch centered on a diamond fairy whose wand and wings indicate the hours and minutes, respectively.
Most audacious of all is Hollinghurst's introduction of "the Lady," otherwise known as Margaret Thatcher, a presence felt throughout the book but, like Kurtz in "Heart of Darkness," invisible until near the end.
He launched into the barrelhouse introduction to "Lady Madonna".
In introduction of the First Lady, Zoe Petkanas (Putnam Valley, NY) said, "On my first day in 2006 I was on Pennsylvania Avenue when the Presidential motorcade went by, I knew this would not be your usual University experience".
His visit was highlighted by the official introduction of a new blend, Lady Grey.
· This is an edited extract from Doris Lessing's introduction to the new Penguin Classic edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover.
In her introduction to the Penguin's 2004 edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover, Doris Lessing pokes gentle fun at the timidity of the sex scenes that caused such moral approbation in pre-1960s Britain.
When, in the fourth line, the wean is addressed as a "bonnie lady", the introduction of that gently teasing, pretend-courtly tone is especially poignant because of the humble circumstances of the child's birth.
Mrs. Clinton bounded on stage with arguably her most valued ally in the state, Gov. Edward G. Rendell, who shouted to the crowd by way of introduction, "This young lady knows how to fight!" (Mr. Rendell, 64, is four years older than Mrs. Clinton).
