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...nearly 20 years, August has been the worst month of the year for the S&P 500. The folks at Homeland Security are pale and twitchy, recalling the mood of August 2001; the Geiger counters were out again in lower Manhattan. And as families set off for the lake or the mountains, there are bridges to cross; we are all inspectors now, wondering if the steel feels weak in this heat...
Davidson, 64, carries an air of peremptory self-assurance. He unself-consciously enjoys his place in the plutocracy. During a tour of the Lake Tahoe manse he and Jan, 63, call Glen Eagle, he showed me his red Ferrari, his private theater and the two 32-ft. totem poles just inside the entry. They are made from cedar at least 750 years old and feature carvings of the Davidsons and their three kids, who are now grown. Bob sees his work for the gifted as akin to the patronage that sustained the artists and inventors of the Renaissance. His view...
...years later, there were fewer than half that number left. But Wang says it may not be too late to save the species. Galvanized in part by the baiji's disappearance, Chinese scientists are taking aggressive steps to rescue the finless porpoise, including breeding the animals in a lake preserve. In fact, Wang believes it may not even be too late for the baiji: there may be a handful of baiji dolphins left in some isolated backwater of the Yangtze. If they can be located and captured, he says, breeding might yet save their species. Pfluger, however...
...children, checked our homework and expected us to do well in school. When Dad was at work, I played cowboys, baseball, basketball and climbed trees with the neighborhood kids. I rode my bike to the swimming hole and swung from a rope to drop into the lake. In short: I led the ideal boy's life. My dad's mentoring and fun-loving spirit made my childhood beautiful. He made me a better person and a better mother to my own two daughters. Lisa Lippitz, Bourbonnais, Illinois...
...fueling a backlash against bottled water. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom last month barred officials from using municipal funds to buy bottled water, while New York City launched a $1 million campaign this summer to encourage citizens to stick to the city's famously clean public water. Salt Lake City's mayor has asked public employees to stop supplying bottled water at municipal events. And a few top-flight restaurants that once would never have dreamed of serving tap are ditching the bottles. At Del Posto, Mario Batali's newest spot in Manhattan, entrées can cost more than...