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...Michael Jackson has decided not to block the auction of some of his vintage memorabilia, including the handwritten lyrics to ABC, his black silk jacket with gold sequined epaulets and a drawing of a young boy dated 1994. Blogsite DEFAMER cheekily predicts a potential result at the auction: "Sold! To the lady in the back row with no nose!" SCORE...
...cost carriers was supposed to simplify prices for everyone, but that hasn't happened. "People are suspicious," he says, "and wonder what kind of game is being played because they don't understand what the system is designed to do." Ideally, he says, airlines would have an auction at the gate for every seat on a flight; those who absolutely had to fly would pay the most...
...AUCTION $30,000 Amount paid for a pair of John Lennon's signature sunglasses at an auction of music memorabilia to benefit musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina $54,000 Amount paid at the April 21 auction for a saxophone belonging to former U.S. President Bill Clinton...
Edwards is similarly bold about global warming. He favors a mandatory 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, with an auction for the rights to pollute. He believes the auction will raise $30 billion to $40 billion, which he would spend on conservation and renewable-fuel technology. Like Al Gore, he is opposed to the construction of any more coal-fired power plants. Unlike Gore, he is opposed to a carbon tax. But the 80% reduction in carbon emissions, if successful, will cause the same sort of increase in energy prices that a carbon tax might. "It's time...
...freshman, Annie R. Shawn ’07 became a hot commodity after FM’s “freshman fifteen” hit the stands. “There was this date auction for Habitat for Humanity and Shannon Christmas [’04] bought a date with me for $220.” Awkward. Shawn plans on taking her hotness to the world of medicine after graduation where she will research drug addiction...