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The History of the World in Seven Snails
For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...
How did white-tailed deer come back from near-extinction?
White-tailed deer have been hunted from the earliest migrations of people into North America, over 15,000 years ago. The species was far from the most important food resource at that time, though.
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Peter Buck & Barrett Martin Launch Another Supergroup Drink The Sea: Hear “Outside Again”
Peter Buck (R.E.M., the Minus 5) and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season) unveiled the debut album from the Silverlites, their supergroup with the Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson and ...
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Peter Buck and Joseph Arthur: “The only way you get good is to try something new and fail at it”
We grab the rare chance of an interview with Peter Buck as he talks alongside his collaborator Joseph Arthur about their alt-rock collaborative album as Arthur Buck, and why learning from others is ...
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Subway co-founder Peter Buck, who turned $1,000 into a billion, dies
Subway co-founder Peter Buck, who turned his initial investment of $1,000 into more than a billion dollars, died Thursday at the age of 90, the company confirmed. With more than 40,000 locations ...
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Subway co-founder Peter Buck dead at 90
Peter Buck — a nuclear physicist who lent his friend’s son $1,000 to start a sandwich shop in 1965 and became a billionaire as it grew into the giant Subway Restaurants chain — has died ...
The Independent3y
Peter Buck death: Subway’s last surviving co-founder dies at the age of 90
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of one of Subway’s founders, Dr Peter Buck,” Subway Chief Executive John Chidsey told the outlet in a statement. “He was a shining example of a ...
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Peter Buck, Subway founder and nuclear physicist, worked on nuclear reactors for the US Navy
You will be surprised to know how the company was founded. Peter Buck, one of the co-founders, lived an interesting life from a physicist to an entrepreneur. On his way to restaurant success ...
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R.E.M.’s Peter Buck needed a new label. The one he chose won’t take your credit card.
PORTLAND, Ore. —When Peter Buck released his solo debut, the guitarist wanted to share the news with R.E.M. fans. His former band had sold 80 million albums before disbanding in 2011.
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Subway's late cofounder will give half the company to a charity where his 2 sons work, amid reports the chain is considering a sale
Subway's last surviving founder, Peter Buck, died in 2021. In 1965, Buck invested $1,000 to help Fred DeLuca start Subway, which grew into a fast-food empire. On Tuesday, Buck's private foundation ...
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Late Subway Cofounder Donates Half Of Sandwich Giant To Charity In Billion-Dollar Gift
Buck was working as a nuclear physicist when he loaned a family friend's son $1,000 to start what would become Subway. One of the late cofounders of the restaurant giant Subway is giving his ...