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...would be cheaper if we were hooked on cocaine than on these buses," admits Ron Pallin, 53, of Eugene, Ore. Unlike a condo in Tampa, Fla., or La Jolla, Calif., say, a bus depreciates quickly, beginning with the first turn of the wheels. It loses about 15% of its value the first year on the road and an additional 10% every year following. A set of tires costs $5,000, and a wash-and-wax job runs about $360. On average a bus travels about seven miles on a gallon of diesel fuel. To paraphrase J.P. Morgan on the subject...
...this is good news for those of us whose business is to help start and organize young companies. Today Silicon Valley is akin to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after spring break. The tourists have abandoned us. Most of the people who came here in search of a quick buck during the past few years have gone. The foreign billionaires have scuttled back to Europe and Asia, the corporate parvenus have retreated, and Hollywood celebrities no longer swish through our office seeking a smattering of pixie dust...
DIED. ROBERT LUDLUM, 73, master of plot twists and international intrigue whose 21 novels, including The Bourne Identity and The Matarese Circle, sold more than 290 million copies; of a heart attack; in Naples, Fla. Ludlum's first novel, The Scarlatti Inheritance, written at 42, became an immediate best seller. He gave up his day job as a theater producer but continued to do the occasional TV commercial voice-over. His novel The Sigma Protocol, completed before his death, is due in bookstores this October...
Hoping to shake off a bit more of its offseason rust, the Crimson (2-3, Ivy 0-0) will play five games in Bradenton, Fla., this weekend as Harvard's pre-Ivy League schedule continues. The team will take the field against Vermont this afternoon and Northwestern in the nightcap...
...free floating in adolescents now simply attach to events like Columbine," says University of California at Berkeley law professor Franklin Zimring. "Instead of just talking about it, now they have a model." Harris and Klebold would smile at their progeny not only in Santee but also in Lake Worth, Fla.; Fort Gibson, Okla.; and Deming, N.M. (see chart, page...