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Alexander McQueen's life story was one of irresistible contradictions - the taxi driver's son who made clothes for some of the richest people on the planet, the foul-mouthed ruffian with a sublime eye and adroit hands. His death on Feb. 11 at the age of 40 was in keeping with this theme: on the cusp of showing a new collection at Paris fashion week, the head of his own profitable label could apparently see no joy in what lay before him. McQueen died the same way he did everything else: unexpectedly, controversially and as unbelievably as possible...
...shock. All of that was on display at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., when Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro shattered his right rear leg at the Preakness Stakes just moments out of the gate. It was the most stunning racehorse disaster since the death of the famous filly Ruffian in 1975 and perhaps the most gruesome sports injury to any creature since the nationally televised sight of Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann's leg snapping like a bread stick in 1985. But there's something about a Thoroughbred coming undone--something about that exquisite engine of muscle, bone and congenial...
...have since college started. 10. If you ever wonder why Lady isn’t named ‘the Tramp’ after she spends the night in the park with a random mongrel and gets arrested. 11. When you notice that Peg, the saucy, lounge-singing pound ruffian, looks like Goldie Hawn…only better. 12. If you notice the Yale reference in Jim Dear and Darling’s baby preparation. Honestly, the snobbery of this aristocratic family has “Yale Legacy” written all over it. —Mollie K. Wright
...trouble started when this story’s only true ruffian, one who goes by the online alias “brookbond,” posted to BusinessWeek.com’s online forums with instructions for finding out business school admissions decisions for schools, like HBS, who use the ApplyYourself online application system These instructions included advanced “hacking” techniques, previously exclusive to the domain of 8-year-old Microsoft Word users, of “copying” and “pasting” text—including their own personal identification numbers?...
...first (unsuccessful) five-on-three power play. The penalty minutes were the 217th and 218th of his Harvard career, leaving him 83 minutes—or, seven more minutes than he had last season—shy of breaking the school record for career penalty minutes, set by lovable ruffian Kevan Melrose ’90. Assistant coach Sean McCann ’94 (259 minutes) is the second-most penalized member of Harvard’s sin bin club...