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...transformed into 26 apartments decorated with priceless Pauly chandeliers and objets. Members--never more than 260, by invitation only--are entitled to stay in any of the apartments whenever they like and have access to a private jet from any European location and use of the club's launch, as well as its yacht, docked at the Port of Venice. The glass museum will be open to the public during the day, and club members can invite guests in after hours for an aperitif. Membership in the club, which will open in June 2008, begins at $476,000, plus annual...
...Students Launch Fast for Guards (May 4, 2007): Around 20 people—including students and other members of the Harvard community—protest in front of Mass. Hall, marking the kickoff of a widely publicized hunger strike aimed at convincing the University to support better working conditions for security guards...
...Schirra Jr. was perfect for the part of brash space pioneer. The only one to fly in all three of NASA's first space programs, the garrulous, coolly competent perfectionist had a blast, smuggling a corned-beef sandwich aboard the Mercury, joking to reporters about his thoughts before a launch ("This was all put together by the lowest bidder") and cheering Americans with intra-capsule antics covered on TV. Yet he was the go-to guy for such delicate assignments as Gemini 6A--in which he made a critical snap call to stay aboard after an initial malfunction...
...Students Launch Fast for Guards (May 4, 2007): Around 20 people—including students and other members of the Harvard community—protest in front of Mass. Hall, marking the kickoff of a widely publicized hunger strike aimed at convincing the University to support better working conditions for security guards...
...More than 1,000 diplomats have begun working on a new accord to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. The ideas will be put before a larger meeting of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in December in Bali, Indonesia, when U.N. officials hope to launch formal talks on a post-Kyoto treaty...