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...generally followed by years of laboring under another architect for slave wages - all in the hopes that one day a devastatingly rich patron will fund the dream building. But with the economy grinding along in second gear, billings have plummeted and even prominent designers, from Frank Gehry to Norman Foster, have been forced to downsize staff and shut offices - which means that a lot of people in the field are finding themselves watching daytime TV. There is, however, one architecture-related business that is booming: ice cream...
...question, though, is whether it's good to see more houses come onto the market. Rampant building was one of the things that helped foster the real estate bubble, after all. Are the same companies that didn't know when to stop prematurely hopping back in? The number of existing homes for sale has fallen over the past year, but we still have a 9.4-month supply on the market - nearly double the rate that's desirable. With desperate homeowners trying to sell, and foreclosures still piling up, are more houses what we need? (See pictures of high-end homes...
...would grow up together as a family after she died. After learning that the liver cancer doctors had detected in July 2008 had become incurable, and knowing that her husband, from whom she was divorced, was unable to care for their children, Picat immediately began the search for a foster family. At first, her quest was seemingly impossible: finding a family with a home close to hers, in her Loiret village of Puiseaux, that would welcome all four kids...
...Picat found the right family less than a kilometer from her house. However, authorities told her that the final choice of who took care of her children wasn't hers - French social services would have to handle their placement. They also noted that even if social workers approved the foster home Picat selected, that home could take only three children, meaning one of her children would have to live somewhere else. (Read "Why American Cancer Deaths Are Rising...
Born in Oxford, Miss., in 1948, Sims endured a troubled childhood in Pittsburgh that included time spent in foster care. (She later credited her unhappy childhood with fueling her drive and determination.) She arrived in New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1966 and decided to try modeling to support herself. After most agencies turned her down, proclaiming her skin color "too dark," she forged out on her own, landing a photo spread with the New York Times by contacting a photographer directly. At a time when "black is beautiful" became a rallying cry for many...