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...true about famous last words. Did Oscar Wilde really say, "Either that wallpaper goes or I do"? I certainly hope so, but still. So we should be careful with the claim that in his last recorded utterance, a few weeks before he died, the English painter J.M.W. Turner, the man who whipped up force fields of light, who could make light obliterate almost everything it fell on and then make it spell out everything else, turned to somebody and said...
...fact, Switzerland has a long tradition of opening its borders to immigrants and refugees, and some 22% of the population are now foreign-born, including such celebrities as Formula 1 racing driver Michael Schumacher, singers Shania Twain, Tina Turner and Phil Collins, and many others. But the influx of newcomers from Eastern Europe and Africa, many of whom the SVP charges are engaged in drug dealing and other criminal activities, has stoked widespread fears of a way of life under threat...
...Weslie M. W. Turner ’10, a Crimson editorial editor, lives in Lowell House...
...future," says president Miles Flint. Sony Ericsson would follow Nokia's tactic of slowly building up to a full-on Web services push. In the last couple of years, Nokia has taken many small steps, tying phones into Yahoo, Flickr photo sharing and content from Turner Broadcasting, among others. Last fall, it launched a music Web site called Music Recommenders fronted by David Bowie and meant primarily as a music referral site. This summer it acquired media sharing site Twango and struck a deal with Microsoft to put Windows Live on Nokia phones, allowing users to send and receive instant...
...Lynn Turner, a former SEC chief accountant, considers the SEC one of the great governmental agencies but applauds the "excellent" report for highlighting its numerous flaws. "These investigators really lay out for the public what really happens on Wall Street and how the securities defense bar protects them," says Turner, referring to what he says is rampant insider trading. "This could have been a blockbuster case, it gets at the heart of what is the problem with Wall Street hedge funds." Of particular concern to Turner and others is that Congress continues to "bleed" the SEC of staff and resources...