Chemically known as âcalcium sulfate dihydrate,â gypsum contains calcium, sulfur bound to oxygen, and water. Gypsum is an abundant mineral and takes forms including alabasterâa material used in decoration and construction as far back as ancient Egypt. The White Sands National Monument in New Mexico is the worldâs largest gypsum dunefield.
Laurence Olivier was the first actor to take the role of Mr. Darcy to the screen. He starred in the 1940 Pride & Prejudice with Greer Garson as his Elizabeth Bennet. Secretly, Olivier never liked the character.
Darcy Stacom 's exuberant sales pitch for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village could be used as memento mori for the housing market , some experts contend , noting that the CB Richard Ellis exec 's promises of a high-end , Utopian-esque future for the complex ( complete with a private school , spa and gourmet groceries ) was wildly out of whack ...