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...willing to pay a small ransom to own a Roller? Buyers tend to be entrepreneurs, show-business celebrities or sports stars; few are corporate executives. One factor working for Rolls in developing economies: showing off one's megabucks is culturally acceptable in China. That helps explain why China is now Rolls' third largest and fastest-growing market, accounting for 10% of sales. (The U.S. still accounts for 45%.) It was a Beijing property developer who last year paid a record $2.3 million for a superstretch Phantom...
...thing about this one is how there’s no suggestion of what the secret is. The secret to ending climate change? Negotiating world peace? Editing copy at the most prestigious journalistic institution in the country and still producing headlines this silly? I still can’t explain any of the three, but I can tell you one thing: it’s not the potatoes. —Marianne F. Kaletzky ’08 is one of the outgoing Arts Chairs. Her secret? IT’S NOT THE POTATOES...
...being invited to the website’s V.I.P. launch party in New York, he and Dwight embark on a mission to put temp-turned-corporate manager Ryan in his place. Best Line: Andy, “They say you should never mix business with pleasure. So then explain to me how a putt-putt golf company operates.” —Nayeli E. Rodriguez is a sophomore in Currier House and the incoming Features editor. She aspires to a career as a drunk dialer...
...trial we were well prepared to face. House tutors walked around the dining hall, asking questions like “What does your gingerbread house represent?” (the House of God!) and “Is it to scale?” (YES!). Aliza took pains to explain the careful reasoning behind our choice of structure: “We wanted to put the Christian element back into Christmas, extending it even to the possibly Pagan custom of gingerbread house making.” Marianne took pains to explain the careful reasoning behind Aliza’s choice...
...pattern of abusing vulnerable young women and this is now the second such crime that he has been convicted of this year,” Leone said in a statement. “I commend the victim’s courage to come forward to law enforcement and then explain to a jury what had happened to her.” After he purchased the Arrow Street storefront almost two decades ago, Purdy diversified his business interests. The store has hosted a prostitution ring, a hair salon, a massage parlor, and an art gallery—featuring Purdy?...