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...slowing, but so far sales of premier homes have been unaffected, realtors say. According to Knight Frank, demand for homes in neighborhoods such as Belgravia, where Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich lives, Knightsbridge, the home of Harrods, and Mayfair, where the black-Amex set get their suits made at Savile Row, pushed the prices of prime real estate up by almost 40% between the summer of 2006 and summer 2007. In 2006, almost a quarter of properties costing $16 million or more sold through Knight Frank went to Russians; Middle Easterners bought 16%. "If somebody wants to live on Belgravia...
...keep me awake. When I sleep I give C’s. How? By FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for—a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and this is what gets A’s. Underline them, capitalize them, insert them in the top, “Illustrate;” “Be specific;’ etc.? They mean...
...west side of Beijing's venerable Workers' Stadium is ground zero for the capital's party animals. Stretching south of the stadium gate is a row of huge dance clubs with names like Babyface, Coco Banana, Cargo and Angel, each competing with its neighbors to be bigger, brighter and louder. But on the other side of the road, the offices and shops are shuttered and dark by late evening when revelers start pouring out of taxis. Only one discrete neon sign is visible, backlit white letters above a small stairway picking out the name, "Destination," Beijing's premier gay club...
First came the fresh winds across the prairie, Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama rising fast and blowing away row upon row of tidy assumptions and dead certainties. As that front moved east, the weather changed; spring, the season of rebirth, came to New Hampshire. Snowbanks softened, toppling the yard signs; the Ice Queen melted. By nightfall, John McCain and Hillary Clinton, two veterans once left for dead, had sprung back to life...
...sport is more than just a game? The second cricket test in the Indian team's tour of Australia ended with an Aussie victory on Sunday. But instead of being celebrated as a close and historic game - Australia equaled their own world record of 16 test wins in a row - the test seems destined to be remembered as one of the nastiest in cricketing history. The Indian team, frustrated at some appallingly bad umpiring decisions and Australia's unsportsmanlike behavior in benefiting from those decisions, are even more livid that one of their players has been banned for three games...