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Upon being informed of the prize, which includes a gold medal and $1.42 million, Ahtisaari told Norwegian TV that he was "very pleased and grateful." In previous interviews he has said the attention generated by such an award would help sustain the work of his nongovernmental organization, the Crisis Management Initiative. The career of this northern diplomat has not always produced the hoped-for outcome or held the spotlight. But it demonstrates the value of a cool and steady hand in turbulent times...
...massive side bets on the whole scheme and then failed to get out early. The last domino will be the rejection of our currency by shocked foreign debtors. There is only one piece of investment advice anyone needs, and it has been accurate for over 5,000 years: buy gold. Gold has always represented the principle that you can't get something for nothing; something that America forgot a long time ago. Dan McCoy, Reno, Nevada...
...River of Gold To see how finance has reshaped the British capital, take a trip to Greenwich, about 3 1⁄2 miles (6 km) downstream from Tower Bridge and home to the Royal Observatory, which dates back to 1675. It's the birthplace of Greenwich Mean Time, but for years the area was as well known for its mean streets: 19 Greenwich neighborhoods rank among the most deprived in England. Since 2001, the local council has pursued a major state-funded regeneration program aimed at cutting crime and unemployment, and improving the decaying public housing stock. But these days...
...such notable '50s TV shows as Perry Mason and Gunsmoke and movies like The Old West, House Peters Jr. is best known for playing the original Mr. Clean in a series of commercials for the household cleaner of the same name. Peters portrayed the bald character with a gold hoop earring and white T shirt in the '50s and '60s, until his retirement in 1967. He also served in the Army's Air Sea Rescue unit...
...Strauss invented the blue jean, I don’t think comfort was at the front of his mind. Being a history concentrator, I’m going to bring some historical perspective into this. When Straus conceived of his good old Levi’s during the California Gold Rush of the 1850s, his reasons were purely practical: to provide sturdy protection for the legs of gold miners. These days, the closest contact with gold I have is the sprinkling of edible gold leaf on my chocolate molten cake from Finale. So I wonder: with pencil, not dirt pick...