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Dunescape became a sizable hit, drawing thousands of visitors over the summer to eat, drink, lounge and just caper around the thing. And that taught the SHoP team an interesting lesson in finances. "One day we did a quick calculation," says Pasquarelli. "Five dollars admission per museumgoer plus an average of two beers plus maybe a hot dog or a hamburger times 10 weekends. We had generated somewhere between half a million and a million dollars in revenue for the museum." Meanwhile, the firm's design fee had been only $10,000, with a $50,000 construction budget. "That really...
...include the likes of Lily Allen and Coldplay. With EMI's slice of the world market under pressure - its share fell to 12.8% in 2006 from 13.6% the previous year - U.K. private-equity company Terra Firma acquired the firm for $6.5 billion last August. The new owner has been quick to make its mark: earlier this year EMI announced it was axing as many as 2,000 jobs in a bid to pare costs by $400 million a year. But the overhaul is not just a matter of numbers, says Guy Hands, ceo of Terra Firma and chairman...
...World Series participant. “The schedule we’re playing this year is incredible,” Walsh says. “We’re seeing three teams that have been ranked in the top 10. We’re going to find out real quick what kind of ballclub we have.”Much like their coach, the players aren’t shying away from the challenge.“We know these teams are going to be some of the best in the country,” Douglas says...
...five NFL teams over a 10 year period.Allard’s impressive athletic record places her among the best. As a valuable utility player, Allard made her home at third for the first half of her Wolverine career where she earned seemingly every honor short of the Heisman. Quick to face a challenge, the eager third baseman stepped up offensively her freshman year, knocking in a team-high 26 runs. The same season she hit .331, the second best average on the squad. The following two springs Allard again dominated at the plate, safely hitting for the highest percentage...
...united under the simple moniker “chow,” or sometimes, if ovens are involved, “hot chow.” When the cadets leave their classroom to make their way towards MIT’s indoor track, their footfalls are quick on the wet sidewalk...