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...images out of Mumbai since Nov. 26 - a wild-eyed gunman in cargo pants and T shirt, black smoke engulfing the grand dome of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, a cherubic toddler robbed of his parents - the one hardest to grasp is Mumbai without people. Driving toward south Mumbai on the morning after the attacks, the city's normally teeming streets were emptied of life. In one sense, this was lovely, if disturbing: you had unimpeded views of the city's stately colonial buildings, its stone-paved avenues and the glittering sea. But this absence of humanity also revealed...
...seething at an airport hub, squished into a middle seat of a 737, or paid $2 for a bottle of water and some attitude has nothing but venom for those who can avoid it. The corporate fleet has mushroomed over the years as commercial service has deteriorated. Going from Grand Rapids, Mich. to Jackson, Miss.? That will only involve an entire day shoehorned into "regional" jets apparently made in a region where all the people are 4 ft. 6. It was the reduced service to secondary markets that prompted some corporations to take action. Toilet-paper and Kleenex maker Kimberly...
...Boutique, 4 Grand Street (212-334-4964). Classic selections...
...MISS: Magnificent Jewels Sotheby's auction in New York of period pieces including emerald- and-diamond ear clips that once belonged to the Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia and a diamond ring mounted by Boucheron that belonged to 19th century railroad magnate Jay Gould...
...winner to beat the University of Massachusetts 1-0 and send the team through to the second round.His ability both to score goals and set them up helped Akpan break the Crimson’s all-time points mark, previously held by Chris Ohiri ’64. The Grand Prairie, Texas native now has 97 points in his three years. He set both the assists and points marks on Nov. 8 in a 6-1 win against Columbia on Ohiri Field.Being named a semi-finalist for the Hermann Trophy, given out by the Missouri Athletic Club, is just...