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...solid--up 37% in 2007--so Under Armour certainly doesn't need to jump into a new category to grow. "Maybe I'm a little naive as we approach the footwear market," says Plank, a former University of Maryland football player who started the company in his grandmother's basement more than a decade ago. "Maybe we don't recognize the fact that we're walking on a tightrope on the 55th floor. But the fact of the matter is, it feels right. And that's what brands...
...lawsuit, while improbable, is not frivolous. After all, the one time we got it wrong would easily outweigh all the previous times we were overly cautious. Most likely, when the LHC goes online later this year, nothing will happen, which I will hear about from my basement with my jugs of water and a game of Scrabble...
...These aren't all of Kelly's worries: He's embroiled in a divorce from his wife, Andrea, one of his former dancers and the mother of his three children. Mayer, Kelly's spokesman, says the singer has been holed up in his suburban Chicago home, recording in a basement studio from 6 p.m. to about 1 a.m., afterwhich he breaks to play basketball in a nearby gym. He's recorded enough songs to release one album a year for the next three decades. But, Mayer says, Kelly didn't build the music stockpile as a money-generator "in case...
...website of the German magazine Stern reported that Josef Fritzl had scores of tenants at his house in the 24-year period but all had to agree never to enter the basement. When some tenants observed that there were knocks emanating from the area, Fritzl would say that the sound was caused by heat and plumbing. Stern also reported that Josef Fritzl had been convicted of rape...
Miller continued to devote himself to sax throughout his early life, studying with various saxophonists and joining the Jazz Institute of New Jersey. A name more luxurious than accurate, the institute was comprised of a few students, some devoted teachers, and the basement of the Latino center at Rutgers. Despite its humble facilities, Miller learned the importance of improvisation as well as competition while ther. He also met his two best friends, who pushed him musically...