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...When Enron was relegated to junk bond status the next morning, he opted out. "If there was any hope of the merger, that put a nail in the coffin," he says. As part of the agreement, he exercised Dynegy's option to take Enron's 16,500-mile pipeline in return for its investment of $1.5 billion plus assumption of $950 million in debt on the Northern Natural Gas system. Watson told TIME that he is confident the deal was "very carefully crafted" to avoid any risk. "It is an entity immune from bankruptcy proceedings. I expect...
...subject of religion comes up, and the Taliban are curious about us infidels. Amanullah asks what we believe happens after death. He explains his vision: the coffin opens up like a trap door and either you go to hell or you're escorted up to paradise by beautiful maidens. "That's fine for men, but what can women expect in paradise?" asks the woman from the Times of London. Amanullah isn't exactly sure - who is? - but he says, "Everything is equal, for men and women in paradise." He then reminds us, with solemn pity, that only True Believers...
Harvard women may be smoking cigars, but they’re not purchasing them in Harvard Square. Jonathan W. Coffin, a salesman at Leavitt & Peirce, says that while women will often buy cigars for men, he sees a woman buy for herself “at most once per week,” and normally it’s an older woman. Women also tend to opt for cigarillos, which are essentially cigarettes wrapped in cigar leaves. A popular brand is John T’s Flavored Cigars—sample flavors include chocolate, rum, cherry, coconut, vanilla and cappuccino...
...felt my earliest memories pop up--like making bouquets with her and my sister from flowers we'd pull off bushes on the way to church to leave on the marble communion rail. When my mother died, her coffin was in that chapel. In 1996 the Redemptorist Fathers were desanctifying and selling the building, and I was able to buy it and preserve it--and I also bought our old house on St. Charles Avenue. Whatever people may say, I do believe you can buy back your past...
...much as it appeared that Perry’s touchdown had been a nail in the Huskies’ coffin, McCafferty’s score ended up being the final blow...