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...before: the infrastructure of a modern European city. "There have probably been some overruns, but I still consider Athens' legacy to be a very good one," says Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee ( i.o.c.). "It's a new city. They have the airport, they have the ring road, they have the suburban trains and they have the metro." You might think that in light of Athens' very mixed record, other cities would look at the Greek experience and shy away. You would think wrong. On July 6, in Singapore, the i.o.c. will announce which city will next take...
Until I read about the crazy housing market, I thought I was the only one living in a place where people make real estate deals with money they don't have. Unless I become a movie star or join a drug ring, I will probably never have enough money to own a house in a decent neighborhood...
...phone also comes with a funky little audio cord that, it turns out, can be used to record ringtones straight from your iPod. Plug it in and hit record, and pretty soon your household will ring with something you actually want to hear. The mobile industry would never make it this easy to do, because it removes any chance of them profiting from the feature...
...addition to small amounts of cocaine and marijuana, more than 100 photographs of 46 women in various states of undress; six of the women were identified as present or former Brown students. Police Chief Anthony Mancuso, who has not charged Henshaw, commented cryptically, "There may not be a prostitution ring as we know a prostitution ring to be. We're just beginning. There could be more to come...
University officials planned no disciplinary action against the arrested students and denounced any exclusive connection between the school and a prostitution ring. "I approach this with undisguised anger," said Robert Reichley, vice president for university relations. He noted that Brown went to the police in the first place "because we believe that young women at Brown and elsewhere may be victimized as part of these activities, and we acted primarily to protect them." And he stood firm in defending the school's own from any unsubstantiated charges. "We intend to be very direct," said Reichley, "in protecting the reputation...