28 October 2007
Two more weeks?
There were times when Phileas Fogg fell behind schedule so i ask you, why cant we? Sarah's been trying to find a place to live, ive been trying to get a job, and evan's been trying to get internet. Meanwhile really interesting things are going on in Iran. I propose we add two weeks to this one, and like Phileas, try tomake up for it somewhere later.
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agreed. two more weeks a must.
ReplyDeleteand for anyone feeling nostalgic about Romania here's a tidbit of conspicuous consumption from the Foreign Policy list of interesting non-Western billionaires:
Ion Tiriac
Nationality: Romanian
Net worth: $1.1 billion
Romania's first billionaire is also a local sports legend. Tiriac competed on Romania's ice hockey team in the 1964 Winter Olympics, then later played and coached professional tennis, including European greats Boris Becker and Steffi Graf. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Tiriac plowed his tennis earnings into investments in banking, insurance, and auto retail businesses. Almost two decades later, Tiriac Bank, TiriacAIR, and Tiriac Leasing are among Romania's largest companies. The well-connected Romanian is popular among his compatriots, but he took heat last year when a hunting party he led killed more than 150 wild boars.