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Investment is a sore subject in Dosbarrios, an agricultural village 60 km south of Madrid. Even though tractors rumble through the dusty streets and strangers are met with open stares, the town learned last month that it's not as isolated as it seems: half of Dosbarrios' 2,400 residents have put their money into an allegedly fraudulent stamp investing scheme that has rocked Spain. "Before, our economic health was very good," says Mayor Juan Bautista Martínez. "Now, it's so-so." Dosbarrios residents are closely watching the unfolding investigation into Afinsa Bienes Tangibles and Forum Filat...
...interview warning that "One thing I don't like to talk about is sex." In 1972 James underwent a sex-change op and became Jan. The gender switch made headlines around the world, and Morris wrote a bestselling 1974 book about it, Conundrum. Nowadays, hardly anybody brings up the subject. Morris can't tell if the change affected the writing. "There must be a difference, though not in my style. I once went back over all my work to see if the style had changed, and it wasn't apparent that it had. But I'd be a very boring...
...looked at it and turned it over and examined it and then, with a twinkle in his eye, said ‘Richard, I do not know Japanese, but given the importance of this subject, I shall dedicate my remaining days to learning...
...website for Leverett, her house. She also created the cover of the Committee on Undergraduate Education’s 2004-2005 course evaluation guide. After mastering the art of web design herself, she turned toward animation sophomore year—taking Visual and Environmental Studies classes on the subject. She also threw herself into Leverett life and became publicity chair of the House Committee. “Pretty much anything you can do around Leverett House I’ve done. I live in the dining hall, I help pick tutors,” she says. She welded her Leverett...
...society intended to guarantee the freedom to state the truth based upon evidence, logic, and self-scrutiny. Here, no bully can batter us, no political action committee can bribe us, and no boss can fire us for expressing a contrary opinion. The truths that we infer are subject to no test of patriotism or loyalty. Without such freedom of expression, we risk leaving life-and-death conversations to the people least able to engage tête-à-tête, those who prefer gun-to-gun, bomb-to-bomb, and plane-to-tower.J. Lorand Matory...