In some parts of some industries - fashion, public relations, the media, city trading, pop music, to name just a few - socialising into the small hours is part of the job.

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But as fashion goes to lower-cut, clingier extremes, these products seem necessary parts of the well-dressed woman's toolkit.

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The family developed the upscale Miami neighborhood of Williams Island, has invested in fertilizer, auto parts and clothing companies, and owns a high-end fashion modeling agency.

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On his instructions, Steinway's chief technician shaved the piano's hammers so they would be even lighter, and rearranged some parts so that a single note could be repeated in an almost machine-gun-like fashion.

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