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...Mark, 53, and Christine, 45, are typical of the first group - dubbed The Founders - who have plunked down $200,000 each to fly into space with Galactic, which hopes to begin operations by 2009. (Branson is still taking deposits of $100,000 to $175,000 for travelers who want to go during the first year.) About a dozen of the aspiring astronauts gathered late November on Necker Island, the private island owned by Virgin Galactic's boss, Richard Branson, in the British Virgin Islands. I went expecting to meet a bunch of Richie Rich types just looking for a thrill...
...makes us pile on these commitments, but anything less feels “below average.” It takes a courageous (or utterly detached) Harvard student to risk “inferiority,” especially in the name of sleeping well. So when we look around and begin to consider the Harvard sleep culture, “normal” is anything but; consecutive days of barely sleeping are not viewed as dangerous, but as a laudable mark of strength. We envy peers that can somehow thrive on three hours of sleep and an unlimited number of espressos...
...scholars, both connected with the Pollock-Krasner foundation, quickly came forward to declare that they disagreed with Landau’s findings.That same year, representatives of the HUAM team first met with Matter and New York art dealer Mark Borghi. According to Khandekar, those present agreed that HUAM should begin a technical analysis of the paintings.“We met with Alex Matter and Mark Borghi and had a discussion about the pictures,” says Khandekar, “and we arrived at the conclusion that it would be mutually beneficial for us to conduct an examination...
...stained lyrics, overpowering guitars, and generally standard-fare compositions. Though some may like the driving pace and dark pathos, there is little in the way of nuance or style. A few songs stand out, like head-bobbing “The Cheyenne Line” and “Begin Again from the Beginning,” but most of the tracks are formulaic and lack the edge the band once knew. Roe, whose writing here was influenced by a painful divorce and some personal hardships, is at times too much to bear. There’s so much...
...Actually, this takes place for more than just two days. Trinidadians begin to prepare for the event right after Christmas, and the fetes, or pre-Carnival parties, go on nightly for weeks before the actual event. Still, not everyone in the country is a fan of the event. The Trinidad Express reported that at least 60,000 people left the island for fear of crime, overcrowding and debauchery during the festival. But in the eyes of the revelers, that only makes room for more of those who each year spend much of their time working...