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Warrick could be a top-5 pick in this summer’s NBA Draft. Within months, he’ll be a multi-millionaire. On the court, the 6’8 forward’s seven-foot wingspan—Warrick has “go-go gadget arms,” says Frank—has sent opponents’ shots off course with all the reliability of a bullet train...
...first reaction upon viewing The Birth of a Nation was surprising. At the time, he was a philosophy/French literature major studying at Bowdoin College, a D.C. expat fed on hardcore punk groups like Bad Brains and a style of ’70s horn-funk called “go-go...
...rates and strong demand for office space. Investors attracted to the healthy dividends REITs pay also have been piling in, and more and more retirement plans, such as 401(k)s, have begun offering REIT mutual funds. But after the big run-up, this may be the year the go-go party ends. "In the long term, returns from REITs have been comparable to returns from stocks," notes David Carmichael, an investment adviser in Scottsdale, Ariz. Indeed, analysts and money managers project that REITs will return more along the lines of 8% to 10% in 2005; if interest...
...decades ago, the typical comfort-shoe customer was a 50-year-old who wanted a pull-on number with a gummy sole. Today traditional comfort brands like Aerosoles count among their clients college kids drawn in by hip T-strap sandals, go-go boots with 3-in. heels and mock-croc peep-toes adorned with silver buckles...
...problem with being a full-time host, Maloof has discovered, is that you have to be approachable. As teams of strippers practice water volleyball for the upcoming $10,000 tournament, women in mermaid tails splash in a tank behind him and go-go dancers cut loose inside a giant clear balloon at the poolside bar, Maloof is approached by a parade of personalities: a guy who wants him to invest in a pizza restaurant; a middle-aged Arab who wants to be reimbursed for part of the $10,000 he just lost in blackjack; a singer who wants...