Yet literally thousands of wineries around the world, large and small, luxury-priced and plonky, either own such devices themselves or send their wines out for a little laundering. (One outfit alone, ConeTech in Santa Rosa, claims more than 600 confidential winery clients.) It is kind of like winemaking in the Land of Oz--"A snip, snip here, a snip, snip there and a couple of la-di-dahs"--without the cheerful Munchkins.

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Anthony was introduced at a standing-room-only press conference with his wife, the former MTV personality Alani "La La" Vasquez, and the couple's son, Kiyan, now six.

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At its apogee in 1998, the system generated over a billion dollars a year in revenue, and accounted for nearly 15% of the annual income for online retailers 3 Suisses and La Redoute, to name a couple.

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One of the largest is in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, where the 32m (108ft) Egyptian obelisk has, after a couple of false starts, been converted into a giant sundial with the help of a few judiciously placed markings on the pavement.

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