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...effort to get onto the roofs to send messages to the train passengers. Graffiti—often large, colorful and elaborate—enliven the tar-covered surfaces of the building tops. “Put the Christ back in Christmas,” reads one framed poster placed atop a roof. It has faced the tracks for as long as I’ve been riding...
...back to the hotel I stopped at a 1,500-year-old Hindu temple, Shri Chandreshwar Bhuthnath, located atop a steep hill. It resembled countless other temples in India, but the old man who tended the place told me that thousands of people visit it from all over the world...
When they go, they will take 6 billion earthlings with them--after a fashion. Each rover carries an array of eight cameras, including one perched atop the mast for a you-are-there view. On the 1997 mission, the rover's camera was barely 10 in. off the ground. "It was like crawling around on your belly," says project scientist Joy Crisp of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
...rovers are like field geologists going out to a new place," says Steve Squyres of Cornell University, NASA's principal investigator for the missions. When they go, they will take 6 billion earthlings with them - after a fashion. Each rover carries an array of eight cameras, including one perched atop the mast for a you-are-there view. On the 1997 mission, the rover's camera was some 25 cm off the ground. "It was like crawling around on your belly," says project scientist Joy Crisp of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For all their sophistication, the rovers...
...Pinault's problem, she says, "is that he's too astute. He always goes through the yellow light." Ironically, Gucci is now also the temporary solution. To stave off Arnault's unwanted advances during the takeover battle, Gucci raised capital that it has never used - and thus is sitting atop a pile of cash. Late last month, the company announced that it is distributing j1.34 billion to shareholders, handing an €850 million windfall to PPR. That gave a big bounce to PPR's stock price, helping Pinault in the process. "We don't need all this capital," says Domenico...