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...infamously screwed-over Eduardo L. Saverin ’05 should play himself, since he never got his 15 minutes of fame the first time around...
...infamously screwed-over Eduardo L. Saverin ’05 should play himself, since he never got his 15 minutes of fame the first time around...
...growth of budget deficits as an argument for limiting the growth of government. That didn't work out so well either. The public demanded its entitlement programs - deficits be damned - and a strong defense, and loved having politicians who secured funding for a Yo-Yo Hall of Fame in their district. Deficits grew until the combined actions of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton caused the deficits to stop growing. How, you might ask, did they manage that? They raised taxes. Somehow the economy not only survived, it prospered. (See pictures of tea-party tax protests...
...king - and for a few hundred years, it was. After the Hôtel Lambert was built in 1639 by architect Louis Le Vau on Paris's Ile Saint Louis, the mansion played host to French nobility, exiled Polish princes and members of the Rothschild family of banking fame. But for Qatari Prince Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani, who bought the property from the Rothschilds in 2007 for $88 million, the welcome has been far from regal...
...States in the 1972 Olympics, Collins was the top overall pick in the 1973 NBA draft. His career was derailed by injury, but he went on to coach eight seasons in the NBA before moving into commentary. Just last month, he received an award from the Basketball Hall of Fame for his television broadcasting work, most recently at the Summer Olympics in Beijing...