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...ending hits was equaled only by his pathological desire for sex (which he sought from the lovely ladies of certain Glasgow neighborhoods), an NFL Europe veteran who’d played for the Chicago bears, a British sprinting champion and the best quarterback in Britain, whose 22-stone (308 pound) frame could not mask his awesome physical talent and acumen for the game...
...college education can easily be perceived as a luxury for the well-off. Many students put little to no thought into the pricing practices of publishing companies; some students don’t even bother to comparison shop. But textbook prices are not set in stone; they are subject to the laws of demand and supply. And in the case of textbooks, publishing companies have long relied on unsophisticated student shoppers to prop up prices and cash in on unsuspecting consumers. A new student business, Redline Textbooks, takes aim at precisely that shameful business tactic...
Thomas said that his favorite is “Tangled Up in Blue,” but that the most common answer on the application was “Like a Rolling Stone...
...human history from the Paleolithic period to the end of Ottoman rule in Sudan in 1885. A 200,000-year-old pebble found among raw ochre lumps on Sai Island in the Nile appears to be smeared with yellow and red pigment. If the color was consciously applied, the stone is one of the earliest indications of artistic expression ever found. Sandstone lions from the mid-1st century B.C. symbolize the Kushite state, and a gilded representation of a Kushite King is the largest copper-alloy statue yet found in Sudan. The Nubian settlement of Kerma was home...
...addition to another Meier tower, three high-end condo projects are in the works. For his first apartment building, architect Charles Gwathmey is transforming a former parking lot in Greenwich Village into a 21-story tower, Astor Place (above). The building's multifaceted exterior is chiseled like a precious stone--befitting the multimillion-dollar lofts inside. Further south, just across the street from the New York Stock Exchange, the landmark Equitable Trust Building will soon become Downtown by Philippe Starck. Prices at the 326-unit conversion are a bit more accessible ($500,000 to $3.5 million), and the lap pool...