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...Stroka, the OneSeason CEO, and his investors, which have given the young entrepreneur some $2 million to start the company, are betting that, in the Internet age, people feel comfortable with virtual property. He points to Second Life, the wildly popular simulation game where you can speculate in digital real estate with real money. He also mentions Facebook, where you can spend a buck on electronic flowers for your girlfriend. But in these examples, at least you can see that pretty house or flower on your screen. For a $15 share of Brett Favre, you see his headshot and statistics...
...said Alaska Klub Co-President Timothy L.H. Treuer ’10, who said he is going to vote for Law School graduate Barack Obama. “She doesn’t have a comprehensive political outlook and just picks and chooses what’s most popular.” Throughout the debate, Currier House residents punctuated Palin’s responses with shouts and sarcastic remarks about her vocabulary usage, accent, and deflection of questions. Last night Palin focused on her experience as a former-mayor and governor of Alaska to answer questions posed to her, particularly...
...slight change can just barely be detected. Now, the band appears to be content catering to a larger, potentially more-discerning audience. Though the notion of creating popular music may be the bane of some artists’ careers, TV on the Radio finds nothing wrong with bridging the gap between the masses and the critics...
...unclear whether New York City's term limits law, which was reaffirmed in a 1996 referendum, will ultimately be overhauled-or whether an amendment is even in the popular mayor's best interest. History hasn't been kind to the city's third-term mayors, of whom there have been four; the most recent, Ed Koch, saw his popularity plummet during a tumultuous final term. A third Bloomberg administration would be forced to confront massive challenges, not the least of which would be steering the city through the fallout from Wall Street's implosion while coping with budget cuts. Even...
With the most popular big hotel now destroyed and local restaurants frequented by westerners the target of extremists - Luna Caprese, one of the few places in this Islamic country where you could have a glass of wine with a meal, was bombed in March - Islamabad's sleepy night life has slipped into a veritable coma. Throw in regular power cuts, soaring food inflation and an economy teetering on recession and the citizens of Pakistan's capital are pretty stressed...