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...crisis, and to call it not just a hotel but also a "universe." Yet that is precisely what Argentine fashion magnate Alan Faena did when he bought an abandoned warehouse in Buenos Aires' Puerto Madero district, convinced Philippe Starck to design the interior and, in 2005, opened the 10-meter-high doors of the Faena Hotel and Universe, tel: (54-11) 4010 9000. Impressively, he makes good on his out-of-the-world claim with lush red velvet interiors, spacious rooms (from around $330), an award-winning cabaret, a wonderfully indulgent spa, two terrific restaurants and a welcoming bar. Almost...
...Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officer was dispatched to take a report of a stolen green and brown canvas bag that contained various hand tools valued at $500, an Ampro meter valued at $300, and a Fluke thermostat thermometer valued...
...didn’t place as high as I wanted to, or go the fastest of my times, I think it’s great to be here as a freshman,” Clarke said. Papadakis, who is also a Crimson sports editor, placed 29th in the three-meter dive, logging 290.50 points to improve upon her 35th-place finish last year. Despite missing her second dive, Papadakis consistently scored sixes and sevens on the rest of her dives to climb the standings. “If had I made that dive [in the three-meter], I think...
...Aeronautics, in a phone interview. What we need, in his opinion, is “a little money, a little attention, and a little organized structure”—that is, a structure for a response to an earthbound NEO. A search for objects in the 140-meter to one-kilometer range would require more people and more telescopes since the objects would be too small for amateurs’ more modest telescopes to routinely spot. But the cost would be only about $1 billion over 20 years, which is a pittance as scientific research goes...
...business. To make ends meet, Suzzy buys food at Accra's central market and then resells it around her neighborhood. The family is perpetually behind on its $16-a-month rent, and when I visited last August, the power in the house had been switched off after a meter reader said the meter had been installed illegally. The couple, who now have four children, including Wisdom, 2--Suzzy calls him "our surprise"--often wonder how they will...