In 1896, Bridget Driscoll was attending a summer fete in Crystal Palace, London, when a car travelling at a "tremendous pace" – somewhere under its top speed of eight miles per hour – struck and killed her.
For instance, the delicate Table à Cachette has a hidden tray that pivots out from under its top, while the Cheval-d'Arcons bench, which is based on the form of a pommel horse, has concealed drawers at each end as well as at its center.
They even appear in Urban Dictionary, the crowd-sourced lexicon of street lingo, under its top-ranked definition for "Williamsburg": "North Williamsburg (near the L train) is generally filled with trustafarians, overpriced bars, and vintage clothing stores, where South Williamsburg (near the JMZ train) is still home to a large Hasidic and Hispanic population".
That top, by the way, is hand-operated and could be presented as Exhibit A in the case against overly complex power tops: it goes up or down in just seconds, though stowing the top under its cover adds a step.
Golin/ Harris continues under its current top management: Al Golin, 71, chairman; Rich Jernstedt, 53, chief executive; and Dave Gilbert, 60, president.
Another object, the coffee table in the foreground with family snapshots proudly displayed under its glass top, underscores photography's esteemed place in black life.
The government in Taiwan, under pressure from its top technology companies and other businesses, has been relaxing limits on China-bound investment over the past decade.
But HBO saw its most nominated series, "Six Feet Under," shut out; its top comedy, "Sex and the City," shut out; and its highly regarded comedy, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," win only for directing.
All items fall under one of its top 10 categories, which range from "Business Services" to "Wellness & Fitness" to "Home Services & Repairs".
The Credit Suisse Group, a UBS rival, is under pressure to encourage its top executive, Lukas Mühlemann, to give up either his chief executive or chairman post.
ABC last week put its production studio under the control of its top programmer, Stephen McPherson, and NBC last month laid off most of its top program development executives and brought back one, Angela Bromstad, who had been exiled overseas.
