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...Lawyers familiar with the case estimate the legal costs of the Madoff case - which could run on for two years or more - could exceed $30 million. Picard's fees, they say, will likely be less than that, though it's impossible to know precisely how much less. So far, Picard has collected $1.2 billion in recovered funds, so even if his fee were half the normal bankruptcy trustee fee he would still pocket $15 million...
...location is still slightly unfinished. There is no real sign outside yet—only a whiteboard and a poster, so it is easy to miss. The inside is decorated with familiar paintings of bug-eyed yogurt creatures and is a lot more bright and spacious than the arrow street location. The walls are lined with bamboo, there are skylights, large windows and 3 tables for patrons to sit at while they devour their froyo. And of course there’s free Wifi, which FlyBy loves...
...usual “Wow, you know a lot about sports,” a phrase with which every female sports fan is all too familiar. But before I could give my usual spiel about box scores and baseball, one of them said, “You should comp The Crimson...
...location is still slightly unfinished. There is no real sign outside yet—only a whiteboard and a poster, so it is easy to miss. The inside is decorated with familiar paintings of bug-eyed yogurt creatures and is a lot more bright and spacious than the arrow street location. The walls are lined with bamboo, there are skylights, large windows and 3 tables for patrons to sit at while they devour their froyo. And of course there’s free Wifi, which FlyBy loves...
...Docter notes, Up is driven by the idea of escape - the notion, familiar to dreamers of any age, that "you could just float away and take what you want with you." What Carl wants to take is the house where he spent a happy half-century with Ellie and where, in a sense, she still lives. Like a snail or, more likely, Atlas, Carl carries his house and the world's burden on his back; his wish for escape is also a sacred responsibility, to take Ellie to Paradise Falls. Thanks to some extraordinarily favorable trade winds, that's where...