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When it comes to intra-faculty vehicular stereotypes, the economics department is known as the one with the flashiest autos. “Look in back of Littauer if you want to see the latest models,” Mansfield says, referring to the building by the Science Center where most Harvard economists work...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Harvard Showroom Is Open | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...China Life shares had a price/earnings ratio of around 70 (a stock's P/E ratio measures the amount investors are paying for every dollar of per-share earnings). That's a richer multiple than investors are shelling out for fast-growing Google, the investing world's flashiest Internet phenomenon. Nor are high prices confined to just a few Chinese stocks. Webb estimates the average P/E for so-called "A" shares (stocks available to mainland investors on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses) at 34; the current P/E for U.S. stocks in the S&P 500 Index is 18. Want more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taming China's Dragon Market | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

...Natalie has amazing speed and excellent vision. She has incredible hustle from the first minute she steps on the field,” said Nelson. “She may not be the one with the flashiest stats, but she’ll be someone we’ll depend on as this program moves forward...

Author: By Julie R.S. Fogarty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Arrivals Shine on Field for W. Lacrosse | 3/23/2005 | See Source »

...What really stumps Kapur is the giant water pipe on which he's balancing. The duct cuts through the maze of rubbish-strewn roofs and filthy alleys to carry water to the seafront Art Deco apartments of Colaba, the flashiest neighborhood in India's most swanky town. But here in Dharavi, a lost city under the overpasses linking the airport with the steel-and-glass blocks downtown, the only running water is what seeps out of cracks in the pipe. Which brings Kapur to other difficult digits. Like 150, the number of working toilets in Dharavi. Or 20, the number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Numbers Man | 3/14/2005 | See Source »

...visionary behind some of the flashiest high-tech buildings in the Ginza district (Chanel's new 10-story flagship) or along Omotesando Avenue (Louis Vuitton's 36,000-sq.-ft. monolith), but when New York City--based architect Peter Marino heads to Tokyo, he seeks out the city's more traditional--and simple--sites, including the shitamachi, or low city. "This city is a succession of villages, and in each one the atmosphere is that of a different world," he explains. One of his favorite routes is from Waseda University down to the Minowabashi station on the Arakawa tram line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tokyo, Japan | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

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