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...government spends a reported $1.5 million a year to maintain the mummy. It's not an obscene sum, and most Russians passing through Red Square aren't clamoring to see Lenin moved, even if he commands little of their attention. People tend to walk or jog past the mausoleum; a young couple photographs each other in front of it, beer cans in hand. The Dikii family, visiting from Tambov, Russia, stops to talk to the policeman at the tomb. "So is he going to be buried?," the father, Vladimir, asks. With a laugh, the policeman explains that a hydraulic lift...
Hurricane Katrina was a catastrophe that was made worse by the U.S. government's refusal to ensure domestic tranquillity. To do that requires Big Government to maintain coherent transportation and communications systems and coordinate land management that allows the ecosystem to serve as a buffer against natural calamity. Big Government must organize access to medical care for all individuals. But Big Government has been under constant attack for decades. Most people see it as the cause of Americans' woes rather than as part of the solution. Big Government is not the enemy; Bad Government is--inept, shortsighted and self-serving...
...years, it will be 66%." The scion of a Burgundy wine family, he worked for Hermès from 1989 to 1997 before leaving for leadership posts at perfumer Coty and whiskey distiller William Grant & Sons--both family-run firms. Thomas plans to maintain the company's historic 10% sales growth and 15% profit growth. Hermès generated $1.64 billion in sales last year and $259 million in profits. The hottest market right now is the U.S., despite the headline dustup with Oprah Winfrey (all has been forgiven). Says Thomas: "We're probably better known there than we were before...
...knew I had begun a life-long obsession with something truly stupid. Any entertainment where dry ice and theme music are essential to plot development is not the kind of thing one discusses in polite company. But still, I must confess: I love professional wrestling. To this day, I maintain a crush on The Raven, a scrawny little Gothic dude who always won the “Cage Matches†by beating his opponents over the head with metal folding chairs...
Open since May, the library is run by a dozen or so volunteers, who maintain the room in return for the free space. Although the two groups are not “technically affiliated,†according to former HSF President Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07, who is also a Crimson editor, they do “share a mutual goal of providing alternative information and education...