“The man was tall – certainly six foot, perhaps six two,” remembers Bruce, “and very slim. He can’t have weighed more than 170 pounds. Just the perfect figure for tailoring. “He was one of my main mentors when it came to style. He had some dandy elements – a starched collar...
One thing that’s certainly true, is that cordovan can be particularly uncomfortable if the shoe is too tight. I recently bought a pair of Alden Jumper boots (Barrie last, below) and they were comfortable from day one. But the full-strap loafers pictured here can pinch horribly. The reason...
Our new book, Over the Cliff: How Obama’s Election Drove the American Right Insane, is now being sold at Amazon—so please pick up a copy today. You can also buy it from all the major online retailers like Barnes&Noble, IndieBound, Powell’s, and Border’s. Over the Cliff is now...
Andes by a tall, heavy rider with 50kg of luggage. And that’s the problem with a lot of anecdotes: it’s very difficult to meaningfully interpret them. All anyone can really do is reduce the risk of failure as much as reasonably possible, then hope for the best and prepare for the ...
As soon as I was tall enough, my dad used to let me drive him 60 miles or 70 miles to work. That was pretty fun. My dad was really old. At the time, he was 82 years old. He said, 'Can you drive?' and I said 'Yes.' I guess I didn't find it to be that crazy. — ...
Stephen Fraser–Megan Carroll–Paige Wheeler–Anne Perry–Camilla Bolton Comparison with digital-first publishing These days, the publishing world is much more diverse than it used to be. You can have publishers that are traditional (in the sense that they’re highly selective about what they take...
Unfortunately, this is still not actually something I can remotely picture (much like genuinely imagining more than 10 otters is a tall order). The best solution I could come up with was to put the information in the context of actual geography: ...
I had a decorative wood block and a bottle of wine, and we tried to see how far we could throw each one and put our own numbers in: I’m this tall and this weighs this much, here’s how heavy I am, the object’s mass and shape, and see if we were in the ballpark. It held...
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a myeloid malignancy carrying a heterogeneous molecular panel of mutations participating in the blockade of differentiation and the increased proliferation of myeloid hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. The historical “3 + 7” treatment (cytarabine and daunorubicin) ...
Glycan–lectin interactions play an essential role in different cellular processes. One of their main functions is involvement in the immune response to pathogens or inflammation. However, cancer cells and viruses have adapted to avail themselves of thes