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...very big man and could show them the aircraft," he says. "But due to security I could not." In 2003, he bought a 20-year-old Indian Airlines plane "that had met with a small ground incident," cut it into parts and reassembled it in Dwarka, a fast-growing neighborhood of laundry-draped balconies, weed-infested sidewalks and burgeoning middle-class aspirations. Because space is limited, the plane has been cut down to about two-thirds of its normal length and is held in place by thick concrete pillars. A toilet block nestles underneath the tail. Inside, Gupta replaced...
...politically chaotic region of the Caucasus mountains. Our heroes are two rootless adventurers: Amram, a massive Abyssinian axman, and Zelikman, a pale, painfully skinny Frank (a kind of proto-German) who dresses in all black and carries a surgical instrument as a weapon. They are fast friends, seasoned brawlers and amateur philosophers given to terse exchanges of melancholy wit. They resemble--as all couples who stay together long enough ultimately do--Vladimir and Estragon from Waiting for Godot...
...most invigorating song. Unlike the rest of Juanes’s albums, “La Vida...Es Un Ratico” has its fair share of ballads. Yet they prove to be just as great as—if not better than—his fast-paced rock songs. In “Hoy Me Voy,” which echoes past hit “Camisa Negra” in its content, Juanes’s voice comes through stronger than ever as he grieves over lost love, probably referencing his recent divorce. “La Vida...
...first Rolls-Royce, BMW opted to resurrect the Phantom - a big saloon limousine that all but begs to be chauffeur-driven. That means targeting the very rich, whose legions around the world are growing fast. Rolls-Royce now wants to increase its market share while still remaining at the price pinnacle. It's introducing in 2008 a hardtop coupe version of the Phantom and launching a smaller, as-yet-unnamed saloon...
Harvard’s tuition is rising only about two-thirds as fast as the national average, according to data released Monday by the College Board. While the price of a full year of classes at Harvard College is still nearly $8,000 higher than the national average—$31,456 compared to $23,712—tuition here increased at a lower rate this year than the average increase for four-year, private colleges nationwide—3.9 percent versus 6.3 percent. “Some of the most expensive schools are those that don?...