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...Paul Getty, in his day considered the richest man in the world; after being treated for a chest infection; in London. Though American-born, Getty loved and primarily patronized Britain, officially changing his citizenship in 1997. Known in his youth as a man fond of drugs and parties, Getty withdrew, focusing on art and philanthropy, after two personal tragedies: the loss of his second wife to a drug overdose and the kidnapping for five months of his then 17-year-old son J. Paul...
When the assault kicked off, close to 300 peshmerga from one of the Kurds' top units raced to the Iraqi line. The fighters and the U.S. special forces leading them found themselves in a bigger battle than they had anticipated. With two tanks firing as they withdrew, the Iraqis yielded their outer ring of bunkers but stood fast on the city's outskirts. Iraqi soldier Riaz Jihad Zahir explains why he and his comrades stayed. "The officers had told us Baghdad had fallen, but they said the execution squads would kill us if we left," he says...
...teachers," says Pavel Bílek, director of a grade school Adamec attended in his hometown of Humpolec, about 100 km southeast of Prague. But Adamec was also taunted by his classmates, because his mother walked him to school until he was 13 and because of his weight. He withdrew into himself. He came straight home after school and spent his free time improving his Web-design skills. "His only friends were his computer and the Internet," his father says. His technical prowess eventually got Adamec into trouble. On Feb. 19, police charged him with "incitement" for his alleged involvement...
...varsity Football team, spent a few nights at the Shakespeare and Company, but left after three days because he found the environment “not conducive to a painter or visual artist mind set.” The former Crimson linebacker quit the team in January and withdrew for the semester in early March, having decided to head to France to immerse himself in the Parisian art scene and explore his artistic potential...
...from Social Anthropology to Visual and Environmental Studies. That change, however, was not enough to satisfy his newfound passion. He officially quit the football team in early January, and by the end of the month, he had decided to withdraw for the semester and travel to Paris. He officially withdrew on March...