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...World and was a regular on the Grand Ole Opry radio show for 45 years; in Nashville, Tennessee. DIED. MARVIN MITCHELSON, 76, divorce lawyer whose advocacy of the right to alimony without marriage ("palimony") earned him a famous client list; in Beverly Hills, California . In 1976, he won a landmark lawsuit against actor Lee Marvin, whose lover, Michele Triola Marvin, had abandoned her nightclub singing career to be his companion. Mitchelson also represented such celebrities as Joan Collins and Sonny Bono, but later drew criticism for shoddy work, and served more than two years in prison for tax fraud. DIED...
...proposed development in two different Riverside sites comes almost a year after Harvard signed a landmark agreement with the city, under which the University can construct new buildings in Riverside in return for providing a public park and affordable housing units for the community on its property...
...Charles Gwathmey is transforming a former parking lot in Greenwich Village into a 21-story tower, Astor Place (above). The building's multifaceted exterior is chiseled like a precious stone--befitting the multimillion-dollar lofts inside. Further south, just across the street from the New York Stock Exchange, the landmark Equitable Trust Building will soon become Downtown by Philippe Starck. Prices at the 326-unit conversion are a bit more accessible ($500,000 to $3.5 million), and the lap pool, basketball court, and yoga and Pilates studio should appeal to Wall Street traders looking to unwind. For uptowners, there...
Like his father and grandfather before him, Donal Glennon has worked for Guinness all his life. He started at 16, as a messenger at the landmark St. James's Gate brewery in Dublin, and today, at 51, he's an accomplished brewer. His family ties to the beermaker stretch back nearly a century, to the days when 1 out of every 10 Dubliners either worked for Guinness or was supported by someone who did. The company was a classic paternalistic employer: it built affordable housing for its workers, and provided pensions, health care and education benefits long before they were...
...previous encounter. "I'll tell you a story," says Rhodes upon meeting Time's reporter. "Two Murray Islanders put a spear to my throat and stole all my fish. I was fishing 14 nautical mi. from their island." Sea rights is a hot issue in the Torres Strait following landmark native-title decisions in the 1990s; a whiff of secession talk intermittently sweeps through Islander communities, which have been known to dispense harsh treatment to outsiders...