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More important, says Florida Congresswoman Kathy Castor of Tampa, HSR can enhance Florida's old economy, tourism, while helping lay a foundation for a new one. "So many visitors to Disney World would also like to hop on high-speed rail and enjoy our beaches," says Castor. "But the I-4 Corridor is also vital to our economic future, and high-speed rail is a high-tech project. I see it as a linchpin of Florida's reinvention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Stimulus Puts Bullet Trains on the Fast Track | 6/22/2009 | See Source »

...Last month, Picard also completed the auctioning off of Madoff's market maker business for $25 million to Castor Pollux Securities LLC of Medfield, Massachusetts, which paid $1 million at closing and up to $24.5 million in deferred compensation through December...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Irving Picard at Center of Post-Madoff Storm | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

Method Painting. Last of his father's five children, Andrew Wyeth was born into a virtual factory of fantasy. N.C. spouted Shakespeare as he dosed his children with castor oil, encouraged them to set up toy theaters all over the house, and persuaded them well up into their teens that Santa Claus did indeed exist. But his greatest gift was teaching his brood how to re-create drama, and a little art colony sprang up by the Brandywine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Cover: Andrew Wyeth's World | 1/16/2009 | See Source »

People say that John Keats' ghost haunts his house below Rome's Spanish Steps. And, according to legend, a dragon lurks beneath the columns of Castor and Pollux's temple in the Forum. These are just a few of the tidbits to be found within the new Rome edition of The Ruyi, a series of guidebooks (www.theruyi.com) that turn visits to Italian cities into intriguing treasure hunts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italian Magical Mystery Tour | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...Church carnival, a veritable menagerie in a two-bedroom apartment.I guess I grew up in a family where pets were members of the family. My childless aunt and uncle sent us photos of their Scottie dogs every few months, and queries about the cats (“How are Castor and Pollux?”) always followed the personal greeting when we called my grandmother. One of the Presbyterian goldfish lived for five years with my three cats drinking out of his bowl. I had named him Crackers, which in hindsight is an incredibly funny and racially charged name...

Author: By Emma M. Lind, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cat Lady in Training | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

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