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...Hotel Condesa DF, La Purificadora takes its name from the 19th century water-purification plant and ice factory in which it's housed. Today, the structure has been given new life by famed Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta. He has transformed the building into a 26-room aerie, installing a wide stone staircase in its triplex al fresco lobby, along with a rooftop pool offering pristine views of nearby colonial gems (among them the 16th century Church of St. Francis...
...argument that has also been targeted at the U.S.'s Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The veteran nature-series broadcaster David Attenborough, whose critically acclaimed documentaries have appeared on public television in both the U.K. and U.S, insists that wide-spectrum public-service broadcasting still plays an irreplaceable role in British cultural life. So what if some people switch off nature shows? "The notion that you shouldn't pay for something if you don't use it is uncivilized," says Attenborough. It's no different, he adds, from having some of his tax money spent on, say, a public swimming pool...
TROY WILLIAMSON, wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, on being docked $25,588--one paycheck--for missing a Nov. 4 game to attend his grandmother's funeral. On Nov. 10, the team announced it would give the money back...
...perfect system, and have more than a few flaws that cripple the data they provide. The numbers issue is the biggest concern. Paper is inexpensive, easy to distribute, and can be returned fairly easily. Diaries rely on people to remember everything they have recently listened to, but the wide sample size of the paper survey method fills in the inevitable gaps in memory.Understandably for a recently developed device, PPM information is much costlier, and as a result, scarcer. PPMs may be able to provide more comprehensive and accurate data as far as an individual’s exposure to radio...
...Committee on Undergraduate Education last night debated a proposal to implement a college-wide program to reduce the cost of textbooks to students.According to the proposal submitted by the Undergraduate Council (UC), the system could potentially save students $1.3 million annually. The Harvard Coop and Harvard faculty and students would all have access to this database, which would be called the Harvard College Book Information System.Alyssa Q. Colbert ’10, the committee’s vice-chair, said that the idea behind the new system is to create an online system to provide students with free and easy...