For some they are objects of desire, for others simply protection for the sole.

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That moment will come when all the auguries are right--when shareholders are happy with growing share prices and the objects of desire are still bargains.

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Those icons compare with products from Fiat, Armani, and Alessi, which are conceived as signifiers and aspirational objects of desire, in terms of the way they look.

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Take one of their principal objects of desire, two-wheel scooters.

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Under Chief Executive Steve Jobs, Apple has mastered the art of turning microprocessors and cathode ray tubes into objects of mass desire.

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We've fine-tuned the magazine's signature section, The Eye, turning it into a curated showcase of objects that speak to the contemporary desire for the authentic, the handcrafted, the enduring.

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