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...weather. A good beginning might be a stroll through the old central city, home of the Tower of London. Move on to historic Chelsea and Greenwich, explore literary Bloomsbury, then follow the footsteps of Jack the Ripper with a leading crime historian. Sample the pubs along the Thames; prowl the Mayfair world of Princess Diana--maybe even run into a royal; rub elbows with gowned barristers at the Inns of Court and then finish the day with a black-caped guide leading you down shadowy West End streets in search of ghosts of centuries past. "It was like taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London: Tour De Foot | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...hall in the center of Paris, French entrepreneur Nicolas Garreau sips his orange juice and curses his lot. It's the March 2001 meeting of First Tuesday - a monthly soirée at which entrepreneurs and venture capitalists exchange war stories and business cards - and Garreau is on the prowl. He needs an investor to provide between $400,000 and $700,000 to launch Goodycash.com, his Internet gambling venture. Garreau casts his eye hopefully around the red-carpeted room, sizing up the dwindling number of investors in dark suits who continue to attend this once red-hot networking event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nothing Ventured | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

Last week, I found the one thing around here faster than a Cambridge police officer writing you a parking ticket: a dining hall manager on the prowl for angry diners. I had barely circled the "L" for lunch on the yellow card when I was set upon by two dining hall higher-ups, asking what prompted me to feedback-cardhood. I explained my annoyance, they pledged to fix it; Harvard Dining Services triumphs again in responsiveness. Now, if only Mass. Hall could set up a similar feedback system with similar results--I have my first 10 yellow cards ready...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Columnist Outtakes | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

...based company offered a documentary series about prostitutes, coyly titled "Ladies of the Night" (though the promotional poster makes them look like convent girls) while an Australian firm weighed in with "Single Girls," a reality series from Australia in which four successful career girls go on the prowl for four Mr. Rights from a luxury penthouse helpfully provided by the TV production company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Dogs, Hot Pizzas and Hot Hooters Girls | 1/26/2001 | See Source »

...being Michael Schwartz from New York). His young charge is called Mirage and she is apparently a big star on a women's wrestling program called "Thunderbox." Or she would be if only he could get them to sign the contract. Pending this, he is on the prowl to get her "exposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Dogs, Hot Pizzas and Hot Hooters Girls | 1/26/2001 | See Source »

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