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...real estate agent who showed me my apartment pointed out the views of Mount Zion, ringed by cypress trees, and the walled Old City with its minarets and church spires piercing the blue Jerusalem sky. But she neglected to say that the apartment had a drawback: its proximity to hell. A few hundred paces downhill, and you are in the Valley of Hinnom, where Muslims, Jews and Christians all believe that on Judgment Day, the gates of hell will open up as sinners go tumbling into the flaming vortex...
...finished sixth in OPS - on-base plus slugging percentage - a favorite stat among the number-crunching set. (When reached by TIME, Mr. Moneyball himself, Oakland general manager Billy Beane, declined to comment on Bonds.) Now that Alex Rodriguez has reunited with the New York Yankees, this year's free agent class is even weaker, giving Bonds a bit of leverage. A small-market team that does nothing but lose, such as the Kansas City Royals or Tampa Bay Devil Rays, could sign him to draw a few more fans to their somber stadiums...
VISIT MORE THAN ONCE. Don't take a sales agent's word for it; visit residents and ask about the things that matter to you. While you're at it, take note of their age. The last thing you want is to end up being the lone kid (or geezer) on the block...
...hopes to enroll in a graduate program in music technology at NYU and continue to hone his theoretical skills. He is currently looking for representation—a manager, an agent, anyone who can parlay his battling and hip-hop success into more live showcases...
...minutes--about half that of the major airlines. His pilots are trained to land at a farther point on the runway and at a slower speed to conserve fuel and reduce wear and tear on tires. Half of AirAsia's tickets are sold over the Internet, eliminating travel-agent fees. Passengers pay for their food and drinks. When a professional aviation-construction outfit demanded $20 million to build a hangar at Kuala Lumpur's airport, Fernandes instead asked the small contractor who had built his home to do it for $500,000. "There is a lot of excess...