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...rough-hewn former U.S. diplomat who grew up poor, Lucom inherited his fortune from his first wife, a Palm Beach, Fla., heiress. After he married Hilda in 1982, he bought a 7,000-acre (2,800 hectare) ranch once owned by the Ariases. The sale of that property, now valued at up to $50 million, would fund his charitable trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Panama | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...back outside and saw flames coming down the hillside. The wind was blowing at least 50 miles an hour. We got the dog in the car. I went back into the house a third time. I heard popping and saw palm trees in the street bursting into flames. Embers were falling and setting bushes and trees on fire. I said to myself, I can't [stay here]. A tree might fall on the car and trap everybody. So I slammed the door and ran to the car. I got hit by a hailstorm of flaming embers. They burned my arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Emergency Evacuation at Dawn | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...during their encounters over the next several months, even expressing his desire to take her to Thailand with him in order to “pick up other girls your age.” Epstein is currently facing unrelated charges in Florida for reportedly soliciting underage girls to his Palm Beach mansion and paying them to engage in sexual acts with him and with each other in front of him. Although several politicians who had received donations from Epstein returned the money after the charges came to light last year, Harvard announced that it would not return Epstein?...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Donor May Face Accusations of Sexual Abuse | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

...Greek tragedian Sophocles placed his mythical protagonist Oedipus in Thebes, and later Colonus, but never in Florida. However, modern playwright and actress Maureen Angelos—member of 16-year old theater group the Five Lesbian Brothers and co-author of the play “Oedipus at Palm Springs”—doesn’t give a damn about Sophocles. According to Angelos, her goal is “dismantling the patriarchy one show at a time.” Angelos, accompanied by the rest of the Five Lesbian Brothers, and Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver?...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Queer Performers Look Ahead | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...large number of Alzheimer's patients in South Florida and the potential for natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods, the VeriChip comes in handy, says Mary Barnes, president and CEO of Alzheimer's Community Care, because, unlike a medical medallion, it cannot be taken off or lost. "In Palm Beach County and South Florida, we have projected over 200,000 Alzheimer's patients," Barnes says. "When you've got that kind of risk out there for our family members ... this type of technology is a godsend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Microchip Tags Safe? | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

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