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Then things got stormy. In a swift year-end deal, Cheung Kong Holdings, billionaire Li's flagship, paid an estimated $5 million for a 2% stake in Timeless. In turn, Timeless agreed to invest $23 million in new offices in the Center, a top-drawer Cheung Kong development. In the old economy, a deal with one of Asia's richest men would have marked one's arrival among the local business elite. But to many investors, Timeless suddenly looked less like a go-go technology firm than an old-fashioned real estate play...
...This administration has been plagued by public officials' inappropriate behavior. The head of Massport, Peter Blute, was sacked after he took a booze cruise in Boston Harbor. Lt. Governor Jane Swift apologized for her use of a state helicopter for personal purposes. Given these past incidents, Cellucci can ill afford the Big Dig to come to a grinding halt...
Sohn's comparison of the implications of the slash to a boxer delivering a fatal blow in the ring is off-base. A better comparison might be to a boxer delivering a blind-sided swift boot to the head of his opponent while the latter makes his way back to his corner. Sticks to the head are far from the type of actions that he claims the NHL has "tacitly allowed...since its inception." Most fans of the game don't "buy tickets expecting a WWF-like performance." I have heard innumerable comments from first-years from warmer climates, after...
...instead of as it once was. Teens who can talk, listen to music and surf the Web at the same time are admirably adept at taking in many bits of information, but they may not connect them in meaningful ways. Speed, after all, isn't everything. Though less swift, the older person continues to absorb new material, comparing it with knowledge and insights gleaned over a lifetime. The process becomes less reflexive and more reflective. And the word for that is wisdom...
...described as iboot camp at best,i Bouriciusomuch to the chagrin of her colleaguesohas decided to take a career plunge. The evidence is everywhere in her life. An archeologist friend has already helped her to gain proficiency in gun marksmanship, and her coffee table contains flashy fliers from Schneider, Swift and Werner, some of the largest trucking firms in the U.S. She will enroll in a truck driving schooling program this summer to prepare for the intricacies of the professionoranging from familiarity with the bunk bed setup in many modern cabs and the new technology that has infected even this...