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  • Meisel, along with other high-wattage friends, including Campbell, Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Sofia Coppola, and Jack White and his wife Karen Elson, certainly help keep Sui part of the cool crowd, which seems a bit at odds with the shy, cherub-faced woman who opens up her Garment Center office with her own keys for an early morning interview and spends her downtime in a Detroit suburb with her parents.

    Anna Sui: 'People Come To Me For Icing On The Cake' AP 2011

  • Meisel, along with other high-wattage friends, including Campbell, Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Sofia Coppola, and Jack White and his wife Karen Elson, certainly help keep Sui part of the cool crowd, which seems a bit at odds with the shy, cherub-faced woman who opens up her Garment Center office with her own keys for an early morning interview and spends her downtime in a Detroit suburb with her parents.

    Anna Sui: 'People Come To Me For Icing On The Cake' AP 2011

  • One could look at this high-wattage support group with a purely capitalist eye: more buzz means more ticket sales and a brighter career for this 34-year-old playwright.

    A Soloist Finds His Company Pia Catton 2010

  • What the 3-D film lacks in cinematic charm and ingenuity is compensated for by its subject's high-wattage charisma and low-key earnestness.

    Who Is Justin Bieber? Here's Your Guide Jordan Zakarin 2011

  • In the cut-throat world of talent representation, the common space might alienate high-wattage clients, who closely guard their privacy.

    How a Parking Garage Stymied Hollywood's Super Agent Craig Karmin 2012

  • Palin earned high-wattage allies in early nominating states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina should she seek the White House in two years.

    Sarah Palin's Election Scorecard The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Palin earned high-wattage allies in early nominating states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina should she seek the White House in two years.

    Sarah Palin's Election Scorecard The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Sure, the enthusiasm of the Tea Party and high-wattage endorsements of their opponents by Sarah Palin had an impact on the two senate races, and a tide of anti-incumbent sentiment is surely playing a role.

    Redskins: A lesson in low expectations Jena McGregor 2010

  • Palin earned high-wattage allies in early nominating states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina should she seek the White House in two years.

    Sarah Palin's Election Scorecard AP 2010

  • What the 3-D film lacks in cinematic charm and ingenuity is compensated for by its subject's high-wattage charisma and low-key earnestness.

    Who Is Justin Bieber? Here's Your Guide Jordan Zakarin 2011

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