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...students who buck the Jasmine Sola/J. Crew trend and make their own clothes. Most have no plans to have their designs stocked in Saks, and they aren’t buying there either. “Someone called me a terrorist for wearing this old army jacket of my grandfather??s,” says Wood. “I get a lot of stares. I guess it’s funny that I’m so fashion conscious, but I would never condemn anyone for the clothes they wear.” But these fashion individualists...
Despite the dough involved and the addiction invited, however, this isn’t your grandfather??s gambling; serious student players now consider cards their career. But it’s a questionable vocational field at best—online poker sites are illegal in the U.S., and commonly charge their customers without any reference to gaming...
...Your grandparents killed my grandparents. You can’t pay your respects,” she shot back. “Get the fuck off my land. What’d you come here to do? Take pictures of my grandfather??s grave...
Increasingly, it’s hard to mistake present-day Riverside for a time when, during busy periods, my grandfather??s bedside manner was said to be practiced at the side of his own mattress. My relatives, for one, have long since left that original two-story house. I have personally witnessed snapshots of the past seven years of the hospital’s growth—enough, at the very least, to see it thrillingly renamed the Dr. Pablo O. Torre Sr. Memorial Hospital, in honor of its founder...
Ledyard was born in 1751 to a pair of first cousins who had to run away from their homes in Groton, Conn., to get married. After his father died at sea, Ledyard went to learn business from his paternal grandfather??but the two were a mismatched pair. As a result, the older Ledyard diverged from the tradition of handing down his estate to his eldest son’s eldest son, leaving young John only 60 pounds—equivalent to almost $10,000 today. Not bad, but the estate was worth about...