Word: fronting
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...Rogers had made enough money by 1980 to retire at age 37. Since then, he has spent his time jaunting around the world, writing books on his travels and investment advice with names like Adventure Capitalism and Investment Biker. In 2007 he moved to Singapore to get a front-row seat at Asia's economic boom and also saw the launch of tradeable securities tied to a commodities index he created. His newest book, A Gift to My Children, is a compendium of advice - financial and otherwise - to his two young daughters. Rogers spoke to TIME about the book...
...about two weeks. Granted, the store wasn't exactly packed in the toy aisles either. And up till this point, Toys "R" Us hasn't publicized its new initiative, so some customers might not even have been aware of it. Still, the new department was visibly positioned at the front of this particular store. Any reasonable retailer could expect a few more visitors...
...photography budget was also deep. In true Condé Nast fashion, the photographers were always top notch and well paid. Photo spreads for small stories in the front of book could easily run to $50,000 each. For one story, the magazine flew a photographer to eight locations across the country. Lavish amounts were spent on cover stories that became inside stories...
...peek inside. Whether you'd like to learn algebra from a mathematician at MIT, watch how to make crawfish étouffée from an instructor at the Culinary Institute of America or study blues guitar with a professor at Berklee College of Music, you can do it all in front of your computer, courtesy of other people's money. In March, YouTube launched an education hub called YouTube Edu, dedicated exclusively to videos from the more than 100 schools--ranging from Grand Rapids Community College to Harvard Business School--that have set up official channels on the site. Liberated from...
...about the reasons why several university intellectuals have chosen to strike, said Lawrence Arbuthnott ’10 in an interview with The Crimson this weekend. “At the beginning of class, I would walk into my classes and was surprisingly greeted by a professor at the front of the room,†Arbuthnott said. “Once class started, however, the professor would sit down with the students and start informing the class about the strike,†he added. Once universities began closing their doors in France, many students quickly grew nervous about...