There goes the neighborhood: the last low-rent office building in downtown D.C. smokes out the National Organization for Women, US-Ukraine Foundation, Jewelry Portal BR

There goes the neighborhood: the last low-rent office building in downtown D.C. smokes out the National Organization for Women, US-Ukraine Foundation,

Now it can be told. It is not--and never has been--tricky to sneak into The Washington Monthly's downtown office building on the corner of H and 15th Streets, one block from the snipers atop the White House.

On a grey Columbus Day, as on all federal holidays, the Monthly was open for business, but the building's front door was bolted. When I realized I'd arrived without my security card to unlock the door, I simply trotted past the $10 sale racks to the left of the main entrance and pushed open the glass door of the Arrington Club Boutique, where Britney Spears was purring over the loudspeakers while a single shopper pawed through racks of string bikinis and sequined bustiers, occasionally glancing at advertisements posted for various "modeling" agencies. I smiled at the owner, Houston, who was busy finessing a mannequins Halloween witch costume, his purple shirt unbuttoned just enough to reveal a few sway chest hairs. And then I turned to my right, and pushed open a side door adorned with a poster of bikini-clad Carmen Electra. I was in the main lobby.(Continue Reading)

Bundesbank's gold sale hint chills trading - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
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Gold jewelry scrap flow back to normal
NEW YORK -- Gold Jewelry and heirlooms flooded the gold market in 1998, but the scrap flow is back to normal levels this year, according to market watchers.(Continue Reading)

There goes the neighborhood: the last low-rent office building in downtown D.C. smokes out the National Organization for Women, US-Ukraine Foundation,
Now it can be told. It is not--and never has been--tricky to sneak into The Washington Monthly's downtown office building on the corner of H and 15th ...(Continue Reading)

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Sense and sensibility: Maria Eugenia Giron applies the latest Harvard MBA thinking to classic Spanish jewelry maker Carrera y Carrera - Regional Report:
Manuel Carrera proudly shows off a stingray he has sculpted in silver, encrusted with a natural geode that seems to grow out of it to form its wings.(Continue Reading)