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...wealthiest men in America. Over the past 33 years, he has amassed an empire that includes 25 major shopping centers in the U.S., 800 A & W fast-food outlets, 100 movie theaters and a personal fortune estimated at $525 million. Now Taubman, who operates out of Troy, Mich., is going after one of the most prestigious properties of all: Sotheby Parke Bernet Group, the tradition-laden British art auction house. Said Taubman in announcing his offer of at least $100 million in London: "This is like coming over here and buying the throne...
Maass holds Kleist firmly to account for the spillage of his life. But he is overly apologetic for the writings. Penthesilea, Kleist's drama about the clash between Achilles and the Queen of the Amazons on the plain of Troy, does not, as he suggests, combine the best features of Greek tragedy and Shakespeare. It is Kleist's tart little fragments that most charm a reader today. There is, for example, the Swiftian modest proposal for sending messages by artillery and cannon ball, if speed is what everybody wants. There is the marvelously straight-faced account...
...last time tonight's opponents clashed, the Crimson left Troy. N.Y. with a 7-4 victory, even thought the powerful RPI attack put 48 shots on the visitors net. It was Servinis's chief rival for rookie-of-the-year honors who stymied the Engineers that night, in his first collegiate start. Since then Blair has held Harvard's ECAC opponents to 2.68 goals per game, the East's lowest mark and the NCAA's third-best...
Harvard will play Rensselser Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in the opening round of the ECAC hockey playoffs this weekend. The Crimson will host the Engineers from Troy, N.Y., in the two-game series at Bright Arena...
...teams only meeting this year. Harvard took a 7-4 decision in Troy...