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...that house pride is like Eastern European nationalism: a lot of slogans and flag-waving that mask an undercurrent of broken dreams. It’s true that every house has its pros and cons. Some, for example, serve grape juice (little known fact). Some houses have huge dogs (jackpot!), and some have aggravating children (miserable!). Currier has multiple TV-viewing areas, yet it also feels like a mixture between a psychiatric ward and a Radisson lobby. The main thing to remember is that, in the end, they are all filled with the same faceless and miserable people. However, according...
...creative coup is often more the result of serendipity than science. Stuart Vevers, the young designer behind the suddenly hot British brand Mulberry, says creating an "It" bag is just dumb luck. He hit the jackpot three seasons ago when Kate Moss strolled through London carrying his Roxanne bag--a slouchy duffel in distressed leather. "I don't think you can create a hot handbag every season," says Vevers, who used to work at Vuitton. "You have to wait for your time...
...million After-tax jackpot for each of the eight holders of the winning ticket--all meatpacking-plant workers...
...does seem like a jackpot kind of city, where you can just hit and make it. Fame and the pursuit of it and how serious it is as an objective now with even young people, because they think money will free them; all the money in the world will bring them their happiness...
...Washington and pinned his dreams on winning the lottery. Khan always played the same numbers--2, 4, 6, 17, 25 and 31--because they had once appeared in a dream. Every week for 15 years, he bet religiously on the numbers and lost. Then in November 2001, when the jackpot rose to $55.2 million, Khan's lucky numbers finally came through. He pulled his taxi over to the curb, took a deep breath and thought of his mother, whose dying words to him were, "One day, son, you're going to be somebody--like a king." Moved PermanentlyMoved Permanently