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...Originally from Kansas City. Earned a bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Dartmouth College, followed by master's degrees in statistics and sociology and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan...
...Abreu, who founded the orchestra 24 years before Chávez came to power, was one of the first in Latin America to hit on the democratic notion that folks from the humblest backgrounds can not only appreciate but master high art - and he credits his economic training as much as his musical skills. "I was convinced," he says, "that the way to genuinely develop a country was to develop its human capital, and that means promoting people's talents everywhere, not just the élite." It's gratifying, he adds, to watch his students' families, who are often...
Merkin, who pocketed more than $470 million in fees from investors, the suit alleges, was not the "investing guru" he claimed to be, but instead a "master marketer" who knew and ignored the many "glaring red-flags" related to Madoff's investments, according to Cuomo...
Sporting geniuses such as Tiger Woods have an intuitive, almost artistic feel for golf; Harrington belongs to a breed of amateur scientists who use an agonizing process of trial and error to master their craft. "Padraig is the hardest worker I've ever coached, and the most curious," says Bob Torrance, Harrington's 77-year-old swing guru. "[Former great Ben] Hogan was similar, both struggled early in their career. Both learned long and hard, and both became great...
Having started the day with a tidy $65,000 three-bedroom ranch (down from $260,000), we end up at a Miami Vice house - fireplace in the master bedroom, sailboat access, with a pool on the upstairs deck that overflows in a waterfall into the pool downstairs, and a man cave hidden behind a swinging bookcase. Gina spots signs of water damage; they'll just have to keep looking for their promised land. "The Great Depression only happens once every 100 years or so," she says, "and I don't expect to be around for the next...