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...Beijing economic planners eager to set up a local VC firm to jump-start the country's technology sector, and in 1999--with $5 million in state investment and a board of directors made up of senior government ministers--NewMargin entered the market as an odd hybrid of old-school state planning and free-market hustle. It now counts telecom giants like Motorola and Alcatel among its investors and this year, according to Feng, will triple its investment capital...
...past for your next date or roommate outing. FM braved the T and single men at bars to bring you the best bits of nostalgia this side of Lovers’ Lane: a low-lit pool hall, a vintage bowling spot, and Cambridge’s center for old-school beer...
Stroll 15 minutes from Memorial Hall to sip on old-school beers, like Valentine and Schaeffer or the more risque “Sex on the Sidewalk.” (“A fruity concocktion,” says the menu, which has a beer list longer than the English 158 syllabus.) But even the underage should give Bukowski a try—just be sure to get there before 8 p.m. on weekends. Bite into a burnt “Buck Burger” at a retro price ($1.69; $1.10 extra for fries), and let the red pleather...
Though he has now run the show solo for 12 years, it probably looks exactly like it did during the Carter Administration. Under the harsh glow of fluorescent lights, throw-backs like an old-school beer price guide and a retro Coca-Cola refrigerator scatter the floor. Newspaper clippings yellowed with age and old photos line the wall behind the counter...
Good news, Dirty Harry. In spite of complaints, it omitted unsavory details about its mathematician subject, played by RUSSELL CROWE. Mind won Best Picture for 2001, as Oscar voters rallied around another old-school director--Ron Howard...