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...champagne-and-caviar time just yet for Vinagradov and his fellow cosmonauts. Not only do they have to seal off Spektr, there's also an argument back on earth over the worth of the battered module. "The Russians are eager to repair Spektr and get it back in operation," says TIME Science Writer Dick Thompson. "But American program managers don't believe that Spektr will ever be of much use ? because it could never be certified as safe." So much for a job well done. Some comfort for the Mir crew is a guaranteed place in the history books...
...High Table, the six dons chatter away while butlers in crisp which uniforms gingerly usher three routinely exquisite courses onto their plates (and this is not exaggerated): smoked salmon mousse with a dollop of caviar, prime venison steak with exotic grilled vegetables and a painstakingly hand-crafted brandy snap shell filled with fresh berries and topped with a Grand Marnier sauce. Each course is served with a choice of wines from the college cellar. Afterward, they retire to the Senior Common Room for port and coffee. And this is where our tuition fees are going...
...people who shepherd our money--analysts, brokers, money managers--rarely say it's time to get out of stocks. That's not how they put caviar on the table. Their job is to set a target and, after it's reached, set it higher. For them it pays to snort like a bull even when they feel like a bear. Take Barton Biggs, the well-regarded global strategist for Morgan Stanley. He warns that "stocks almost everywhere are at record valuations, euphoria is epidemic and the bull market cycle has got to be long in the tooth." Yet he says...
Plans are made, shots are fired, people are killed and lives destroyed. In a world run by revenge and caviar-eating captains, people cease to be recognized as a son, father, brother or someone's baby. The people of both countries become pawns, strategic markers to be won or to be terminated, their deaths furthering the cause of a government they cannot control...
This was not conventional criminal subcontracting: unlike fences, the Dicks kept the bounty for their own use. They had caviar tastes on a thieving-magpie budget. Over the years, Thomas claims, he stole more than $250,000 worth of goods for them. In the house, police found a stash of luxury items, some with price tags still attached. Among them: Baccarat crystal, a $2,490 Chanel cashmere sweater and a full-length white fox coat. He says the Dicks were fussy: James, for one, was not about to accept suits not labeled Armani...