For John McVeigh, making cars was not just a job; it was his shot at the American Dream. He had left Glasgow a young, wide-eyed man at 21 and ended up in Detroit, lured by the huge factories churning out the cars that defined 20th century United States life.

Senior Iranian officials further raised tensions with the West on Saturday, implicitly warning that Tehran would use missiles to strike Israel or Western forces stationed in the Gulf if attacked. The statements came as world leaders met at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, with the Middle East high on the agenda.

In the new basement offices of Maxim, the British lads’ magazine launched in India this month, Sunil Mehra, the editor, sets out his policy. ”We don’t do breasts. We don’t do nipples. We do cleavage — that’s our cultural template,” he said. Studying proofs of the magazine’s second edition, Mehra is navigating new terrain, trying to identify the boundaries of sexual acceptability in an increasingly permissive India.