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...behalf of the country of Liechtenstein, Karl Schwärzler accepted the Economics Prize for his unabashed spirit of capitalism. His ground-breaking work has made it possible to rent the entire small European country for corporate conventions, weddings, and bar mitzvahs...
...found a kindred spirit of President Bush in the most unlikely of places: that hotbed of crunchy-granola liberalism, Seattle. Bush’s alter ego appeared in an Associated Press photo, brandishing a placard that proclaimed, “NO ESPRESSO TAX!” His ire was directed at a 10-cent tax on espresso drinks that would have paid for an early childhood education program. I wondered, for a moment, why someone would get so hung up about a miniscule tax that would have funded such an impeccably good cause. But of course, this...
...weight of my father's life in letters is heavy, but the lightness of his spirit and the easy way of his heart are evident throughout. In a letter addressed to me when I was still a baby, he wrote, "There were no 'Northern Lights' last night but there was a big moon and a sky full of stars shining down on the glaciers and snow covered peaks. It was a beautiful night with a constant breeze that seems to come from out among the stars and it seems at times that if you listen very carefully it will whisper...
...much does it take to save the WUSA? I am having a bake sale." JACQUELINE TIERNEY, 11-year-old soccer fan, in an e-mail to U.S. World Cup captain and San Diego Spirit star Julie Foudy, after it was announced that the professional Women's United Soccer Association would fold...
...Jeopardy! organizers specifically sought out a Harvard contestant to pit against a Yalie in the spirit of rivalry...