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...shower right over the toilet and a drain on the floor! Hmmm. Our compartment also included a long sofa-like seat (which converted to a double bed) with a view out the window and a chair across the way. There was also a berth near the ceiling, accessible by ladder, to be pulled down later. However eccentric its facilities, the "room" offered more space and privacy than the "standard" compartment--with its fold-down sink and unenclosed toilet--that we had shared on the train from New York. Lesson No. 2: Trains are not hotels...
...have some of your money invested there. But no stock group is truly bulletproof. Since late '98, rising interest rates have toppled one after another--utilities, then banks, then industrials. Now some established tech leaders like Microsoft and Lucent are under pressure. Next and last on the ladder of interest-rate vulnerability are the new-economy darlings. Can they stand firm? Given the money flowing their way, maybe...
...Cambridge fire engines and one hook-and-ladder truck arrived, extinguishing the burning lint in minutes. But for a short while after, hose lines stretched across Garden St., disrupting traffic...
...essence, entrepreneurship is a means to wealth. It is a more creative and independent means than climbing the corporate ladder, but at heart, the goal is the same in either case. It is unlikely, for good reason, that the University would support a Center for the Ascent to Middle Management. And, any special virtues that one might ascribe to entrepreneurship are undermined by the very existence of an institution like TECH. The courage, fortitude and resolve required to forge out on one's own--the very qualities that form the foundation of our respect for entrepreneurs--become totally unnecessary when...
...Housing for the lowest end of the economic ladder requires what we call deep government subsidy--federal money," Shanahan said...