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The posthumous release of an artist’s work is an inherently thorny enterprise. It is a tradition that began with Virgil, the Roman poet par excellence, who took ill before he could finish his masterpiece, the Aeneid, and on his deathbed consigned it to flames so that it...
The tale of Andy Fastow's rise from a plodding loan consolidator to financial genius at one of the country's coolest companies wasn't what it appeared to be. Then again, neither was Enron. "Fastow could talk the talk, but there's pretty clear evidence now he couldn't...
The tale of Andy Fastow's rise from a plodding loan consolidator to financial genius at one of the country's coolest companies wasn't what it appeared to be. Then again, neither was Enron. "Fastow could talk the talk, but there's pretty clear evidence now he couldn't...
Over on the jumping hill is a physical wonder from Anchorage named Alan Alborn (nicknamed, of course, Airborn). Alborn, 21, is 5 ft. 11 in. and 130 lbs., as strong as steel, and he's been jumping since he was 9. His fear of flying kept him from early greatness...
Pretty much all middle class parents want the fruit of their loins to be bright. Not geniuses mind, because they're a pain the tail to bring up - high-maintenance, moody, have-to-be-entertained-all-the-time. Ghastly. Nobody could dispute the greatness of Albert Einstein, but if he...