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...don’t want to turn Harvard into a locked-down fortress,” he says...
...websites. "Transfans" inhabit a shadowy world of newsgroups, webpages, chat rooms, internet relays, and (illegal) episode downloads. They hold conventions and publish newsletters, clamor for exclusive toys and get them. Like veteran antiquers, they boast of their latest finds and newest acquisitions to any who will listen. A used Fortress Maximus fetches $500, a gold-plated Optimus Prime, $3000. Three months ago, a seller on Ebay offered an almost complete mint collection of the original run. The asking price? A whopping $30,000. Joe Millionaire could live off that for a year. The Transformers toys, Hasbro's bread and butter...
...sweet spot may be somewhere in between--somewhere, for example, where Burberry is. Its new stores do a superb job of projecting and updating the brand's stuffy British heritage. Burberry's East 57th Street outlet in New York City is an ebony-and-white-oak fortress as well as a cool place to shop. Its made-to-order trench coats--ranging in price from $800 to $2,155--are offset by less expensive offerings such as swimsuits and belts...
...time. First, of course, Marchant will have to convince skeptical colleagues that his ice really is that old, that it has not been reworked by geological processes--and this is likely to take some doing. But if that effort proves successful, scientists will have wrested from Antarctica's frozen fortress yet another fiercely guarded secret--in this case, an ancient secret of urgent import to the 21st century...
...other is the Jagmandir, a 17th century fortress topped by a dome that Marco Polo called "a jewel of white marble." The palace stands in a landscaped garden heavy with jasmine, frangipani and bougainvillaea. Formal water gardens enclose regal cupolas and elegant archways. Inside the fortress, a black-and-white-tiled courtyard hints at a sumptuous past. In 1623, the palace served as a refuge for the young Shah Jahan, future Mughal Emperor, after he revolted against his father. Legend has it that the galaxy of semiprecious stones?rubies, onyx, jasper and jade?laid into its marble interior so impressed...