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...free"), which is the holding company for Movie88. "We don't have an office and an address," he says. "As long as we have people and computers, we can do it." Reached via a Malaysian cell-phone number, Tan says he's an ethnic Chinese in his early 30s who travels a lot and created his vast movie collection by copying DVDs. "I can get great movies in L.A.," he says. "Hollywood Video, Blockbuster. 20/20 has a very good, very complete collection." His site loses money, he claims, though as many as 3,000 films a day are sold...
...judgments. Even his good friend, Gamow, is described rather unflatteringly as possessing a “high-pitched squeal” which “did not go with his generous bulk.” The Biological Labs of Harvard “reeked of ’30s mustiness,” and Linus Pauling is “a popelike figure.” Watson evidently delights in gossip. He almost gleefully describes Peter Pauling’s predicament after an amorous episode results in a pregnancy, and then a marriage, asking “Would he have...
Barnaby’s beginnings as a squash coach were modest. When he coached at the Harvard Club of Boston in the ’30s, squash pros received little respect and Barnaby was even required to enter the building through the back door...
...free"), which is the holding company for Movie88. "We don't have an office and an address," he says. "As long as we have people and computers, we can do it." Reached via a Malaysian cell-phone number, Tan says he's an ethnic Chinese in his early 30s who travels a lot and created his vast movie collection by copying DVDs. "I can get great movies in L.A.," he says. "Hollywood Video, Blockbuster. 20/20 has a very good, very complete collection." His site loses money, he claims, though as many as 3,000 films a day are sold...
Spaniard Picasso, a Paris resident from 1904 to '46 apart from a five-year stay in the country in the '30s, is a constant presence, throwing up ideas and trying out other people's. Here are sketches made in 1907 for his Les Demoiselles d'Avignon of that year, the harsh painting set in a brothel and inspired by African masks. "He was a leading figure throughout the period," says Dumas, an inventive mind who had an impact on many of the multifarious movements. He was also one of the few artists of stature to remain in the capital throughout...