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Without question, Lo's Diary should be published. But it needn't be read. This slip of a thing never emerges from the shadows that tower over it: those of Humbert--that predatory wretch condemned to sing so beautifully of his sin--and his grand, glowering creator. It will have utility only if it leads readers back to the immortal original. Choir, please turn to page 9 of The Annotated Lolita. All together now: "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul...
Durst, 55, the third-generation president of the family-run Durst Organization, prefers to be called environmentally responsible. "I don't like the term green," he says. "Any building, after all, is environmentally disruptive." His latest disruption is a 48-story glass-and-concrete tower that looms over Times Square. It boasts such eco-conscious features as solar-energy panels, on-site electrical generation, internal waste chutes to ease recycling, huge low-glare windows that reduce artificial lighting needs, pumps to circulate fresh air, and nontoxic building materials...
...year's increase in the endowment payout--signifying greater per-student spending--was preceded by a $9 million financial aid increase. New buildings have been constructed (Maxwell Dworkin), old buildings have or will been renovated (Widener Library, University Hall) and vestigial stumps will be made whole again (Memorial Hall tower...
...Materials: Steel frame, fire resistant plywood and fire protection system (the original tower burned down in a 1956 blaze), polychrome slate (fading green, red and black), copper finials and the piece de la resistance of four corner brick and stone precipices...
...will offer behind-the-scenes looks at the movies. "Disney has succeeded in making a visit to the theme park an integral part of the Paris tourist itinerary," says TIME Paris correspondent Bruce Crumley. "It?s now up there on the list of must-see sites with the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe." Last year, its 12.5 million visitors made Disneyland Paris Europe?s most popular tourist attraction...