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...million, the biggest bucks ever spent on a dinosaur fossil, plenty of jaws of the human variety dropped. Sue, the largest and most intact Tyrannosaurus rex found anywhere, has proved to be the most marketable dinosaur on the planet. The museum last week celebrated Sue's fifth "birthday" (she was first unveiled in 2000) with theater performances, dino-size puppets and super-size cakes. Along with such merchandise as T shirts and a Sue backpack ($22.95), 14 new Sue-themed toys, including paintable figurines and magnetic sculptures, will soon go on sale across the U.S. Coming next month...
...musician, Hubbard has defied the odds, serving as the chairman of Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) during the first two years of the Bush administration and holding the post of dean at Columbia’s Graduate School of Business since last year—all before his 50th birthday...
...list, after the dishes, supervising homework and paying the bills. Being part of the delayed-parenthood generation, quite a few of my friends are smack in the middle of raising kids. At least one of my peers--a champion procrastinator--just celebrated her first child's first birthday. Others have kids that are nearly grown but, real estate prices being what they are, that doesn't mean their nests will be empty anytime soon. And none of them seem ready to retire or take a flyer on a change-of-life career move--at least not voluntarily...
...time that we hoard for ourselves, we seem to be bringing the ashram to us. Most of us are rethinking what's important in our lives and making a point of rebuilding old friendships. We're adjusting our frantic pace just enough to notice and savor small pleasures. The birthday gifts are telling: exotic tea and a glass brewing pot from a friend who has discovered that a daily tea ceremony creates an oasis in a long day of caring for an autistic child; an assortment of nut oils, wine vinegars and chocolate truffles from a pal eager to share...
Laura has been saving Bush for decades. She persuaded him to stop drinking on his 40th birthday. He converted to her Methodism, giving him the religious faith that has guided his remarkable trajectory. At the moment she has no plans to campaign for his signature, second-term Social Security proposal, but a senior White House official says, "We're not ruling anything...