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...quality, Hirst has assembled a net worth that the Sunday Times of London estimated earlier this year at $364 million. The money has bought him a farm in Devon where he lives with his companion Maia Norman and their three sons; a Gothic Revival mansion that he plans to convert into a private museum; and a house in Mexico where the family relocates for three months a year so Maia, who's Californian, can surf. When he's in London for a few days each week he takes a suite at Claridge's, the last word in posh hotels...
...long-running battle between gay-rights activists and the Vatican has moved into the realm of the dead. With 19th century Anglican convert Cardinal John Henry Newman, arguably the greatest Catholic thinker from the English-speaking world, moving ever closer to sainthood, trouble is brewing over where his final resting place should be. The London-born historian and theologian died in 1890 and, following the instructions in his will, was buried beside his lifelong friend and fellow convert Ambrose St. John, who had died 15 years earlier. Newman's deep expressions of grief after St. John's death, along with...
...serious arguments both for and against developing such a system. Part of the justification is that the U.S. military already has such a capability. Unfortunately, it's nuclear, which renders it worthless for anything but Armageddon. But for about $1 billion, over the next three years, the nation could convert some Trident missiles - now limited to carrying nuclear warheads in their submarine launchers - to non-nuclear weapons. The plan favored by the NRC panel would replace two of the 24 nuclear missiles on each of the Navy's 12 Trident subs with conventional-armed missiles...
...able to change that in the next couple of months so that we can save fuel and time. Then we open up direct navigation between the seaports in China and Taiwan. Next year we hope to negotiate an air-transport agreement with the mainland to convert the weekend charters to everyday charters and then to scheduled flights just like everywhere else in the world. Beyond that we are now working on a comprehensive economic-cooperation agreement that will cover a large range of issues from investment guarantees, avoidance of double taxation and joint exploration...
...only 80 minutes. Then we have to allow charter cargo flights, which are very important to our electronics industry. Then we open up direct navigation between the seaports in China and Taiwan. From there we hope next year we could negotiate an air transport agreement with the mainland to convert the weekend charters to everyday charters and then to scheduled flights just like everywhere else in the world. Beyond that we are now working on a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement which will cover a large range of issues from investment guarantees, avoidance of double taxation, opening our financial services industry...