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...fictional headquarters for the Daily Bugle in the recent Spider-Man movies. It has been a National Historic Landmark since 1989. Though the purchase is not quite as much of a shock as the Mitsubishi Group buying Rockefeller Center, the Flatiron's falling into foreign hands nevertheless carries symbolic weight and shows international investors taking advantage of the upheaval in the real estate market and the weakness of the U.S. dollar. The euro closed Monday...
...with a gleam of evil mischief in his eye. Ortega's wife, Rosario Murillo - who wears eccentric clothing, dangly jewelry, and talks about peace and love but has a reputation for being vindictive and Machiavellian - practically draws herself. "I draw her as a female version of Ortega, with less weight and lots more hair," said Guillen, who in his cartoons has dubbed her "La Chamuca," or devil woman - a moniker that's become a household nickname for the first lady...
...weeks of fear and nausea I have endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight,” said Rowling to sympathetic laughter and applause...
...That's not only because of the maternal instinct but also because there are some things men simply can't do. A veteran at the Weymouth class told the rookies that his wife originally had trouble breast-feeding. "The milk wasn't coming in," he said. "The baby's weight was dropping. You feel totally helpless." The coaches stress communicating, but they also get to the more pressing questions about sex: when it's O.K. to do it after childbirth ("Officially, six weeks, but not until she's ready") and why engorged breasts aren't meant to be played with...
...Schiefsky said he approaches the history of science in a way that “gives a lot of weight to actual practitioners,” pointing out that ancient doctors and craftsmen were often able to utilize practical knowledge before the theories behind their findings had been discovered. One example is the invention of the catapult well before Archimedes explained the principle of the lever...