investment banker and adventurer, became the first person to circumnavigate the globe alone in an unmotorized balloon. The journey, which he completed in July, lasted 14 days, 19 hours. It…
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millionaire business executive and adventurer, completed a nonstop 23,000-mile journey around the world in March, making him the first person in the world to do so. He circumnavigated the…
Works, 1965–1995Nonesuch In celebration of Reich's 60th birthday, his label put together a chronological retrospective of his work, starting with his still-startling early experiments with…
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