Billionaire Drayton McLane has yet again announced he wants to sell the Houston Astros.
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You could say McLane's entire life has been influenced in some way by his travels.
The gift comes with naming rights, but McLane has insisted that the arena be named Baylor Stadium.
David McLane visited the town and documented what it's like there, along with many other small towns.
Upon moving back to the United States with his wife in 2000, McLane never really gave up exploring.
McLane, 76, lives not so far away in Congress, Arizona, a tiny town that he stumbled upon while traveling.
McLane was already packing for his next adventures when we spoke with him.
Since Clemens still has not officially retired from baseball, Astros owner Drayton McLane has not had to pay up.
Livestrong has actually seen an increase in donations and purchases from the its online store in recent weeks, McLane said.
The show earned McLane a Tony for one of his trademarks: the use of ordinary objects clustered in stunning ways.
"Our donations have increased to nearly double their usual amount since August, " said Katherine McLane, spokeswoman for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
As long as we're still doing that, Pigue, McLane and others like them will be keeping their eyes on the highways.
One of McLane's biggest triumphs was the set for "33 Variations, " a play about a terminally ill musicologist that starred Jane Fonda.
McLane studied previous Oscar sets before beginning work on his own design.
Those were the humble beginnings of McLane's 30-some years of traveling abroad.
The area around Congress is a good home base for someone like McLane who loves to travel, and who loves to tell stories.
Livestrong spokeswoman Katherine McLane responded Saturday by reassuring donors that the charity has always been dedicated to the highest standards of the nonprofit world.
In March 2012, Drayton McLane Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth, gave Baylor University its biggest capital gift ever, to build a new football stadium.
For the Oscars, McLane was tasked with honoring the grandeur and splendor of the event but also injecting a bit of his wit, too.
McLane found Pigue at a travel stop in Vidal Junction, California.
As current owner Drayton McLane gutted payroll in recent years to prepare his team for sale the Astros declined on the diamond and their supporters dwindled.
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McLane said 82% of funds raised by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the charity's official name, are devoted to programs and services that benefit survivors and their families.
"They chose to support not a single person, but a cause that benefits millions of people throughout the United States and throughout the world, " McLane told CNN.
Tony Award-winning designer Derek McLane, much sought-after for his use of unlikely materials in sublime patterns, has been tapped to put together the set for the 85th Academy Awards telecast.
It seems you only hear from McLane every three or four months when he publicly says his team is not for sale unless someone wants to pay him a rich premium.
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While McLane wouldn't reveal any more, he did mention taking inspiration from his own apartment, where on one wall he has installed 35 industrial lamps all facing the same direction and up against an antique mirror.
Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, producers of the Oscars, asked McLane if he'd lend his expertise after impressing them with his work on "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" with Daniel Radcliffe, a show they also produced.
"One of the things they said about the Oscars is that they really hoped that I would design something that looked completely unique and completely new and did not look like any other Oscar show they'd ever seen, " McLane said.
Its size, meanwhile, is letting Couche-Tard get better supplier deals and set up more distribution centers, either wholly owned or in partnership with a convenience store wholesaler, such as Warren Buffett's McLane in the eastern U.S. The centers give Bouchard the ability to ship dairy products, sandwiches and pastries to stores two to three times a week to outflank the grocery chains.
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