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...lush garden and lagoon-like pool with a waterfall and hot tub highlight the home, which is called Plantation. African mahogany sliding glass doors separate the ocean view from an expansive interior featuring Peruvian stone structures and Italian marble floors, according to David Zimel, owner of Paradise Point Estates. The property next door, a Balinese-style dwelling featuring 4,500 square feet of interior living space and a 1,750 square foot lanai is on the market for $8 million, according to Paradise Point Estates...
...high price of an El Gordo ticket, or billete. One whole ticket costs about $280, although each ticket can be divided into 10 chances, or "decimos", with the same printed number, and split among several people. Every year, groups of friends, neighbors and co-workers all over the country pool resources for a chance at one of the millions of prizes. Over the course of the six months while the tickets are on sale, the "decimos" get divided and subdivided so that more people can try their luck for as little upfront money as possible. In return, they have...
...prestige traditionally associated with consultancies and investment banks is now shared by TFA, a public-sector opportunity that advances our new emphasis on public work. Regardless of the motivations behind this rise in applications, it can only be positive that TFA and their participatory schools now have a wider pool of applicants from which to choose. Furthermore, society benefits by exposing more individuals to the American public school system—especially those individuals who, over time, are likely to excel in other fields after being shaped and informed by their TFA experience. TFA has projected adding over...
...turned back toward the manor. One turret had already crumbled, groaning, to the ground. Flames leapt from every window and door—hellish orifices in neat rows. The entire roof of the great hall was a liquid pool of red and yellow. On and on it burned. Within her, another fire lapped ravenously, unforgivingly against the inner walls of her being, threatening to consume her. A rafter fell with an explosion, and Roxanna lifted her hands to shield her face. But then she stilled, staring down with horror at her once ethereally white hands. They were black with soot...
...Harvard’s social organizations for fine young gentlemen. Of course, if Jay Gatsby were at Harvard, his “parties” would consist of chugging half a fifth of vodka and hooking up with Daisy’s blockmate on a pool table at the Spee. Which is to say there are about a thousand Jay Gatsbys at Harvard. Character: Ignatius J. Reilly—“A Confederacy of Dunces” by John Kennedy Toole Caricature: Harvard Salient Guy It might be tough to picture the obese, gassy Reilly playing croquet or palling...