Word: collectionitis
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Westward, Ho. Portland, Ore., has a deluxe new hotel, The Nines, so-called because it occupies the top nine floors of the landmark former Meier & Frank department store. It's got a steakhouse that serves locally ranched beef, plus a library whose collection of wares was curated by a famous...
The test of a collector is to acquire the most treasure for the least money. It was during the Depression that my grandfather became a great collector. He was not born rich, but he had a genius for money, especially for primitive and "odd and curious" currencies. In 1934, the...
My own collection is personal, the table of contents of my life. I have baby teeth and ticket stubs, my first license, my last loan payment, the rehearsal bouquet made from the ribbons from my bridal shower, and a shoebox full of key chains and charms and snow globes. Souvenir...
But Davis’ research as a biologist has led him beyond the Cambridge plant collection to a far more storied one just a dozen miles away. For the past few years, Davis and colleagues from Harvard and Boston University have been perusing the notebooks of the famous naturalist and...
In Caracas, for example, Chávez has poured billions of dollars from his petro windfalls into admirable social projects for the long-neglected barrios. Yet those slums are reminders of his failure to stem plagues like violent crime (Caracas has about 40 murders a weekend), corruption and insufficient garbage...