Word: aspens
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...narrowly true in the case of the flights. But what Sununu did once he got off the planes is beginning to raise serious ethical questions and, in at least one case, points to the possibility of unlawful conflict of interest. During a three-day ski trip to Aspen, Colo., last December, Sununu in effect received free lift tickets, lodging and meals in return for speaking at an annual ski-industry conference. In addition, the $802 round-trip airfare for his wife Nancy was paid for by the American Ski Federation. The federation is a Washington-based lobbying...
Sununu and his aides were scrambling last weekend to find a way to get a real charitable foundation to again reimburse the government for his Aspen boondoggle. A senior official told the Washington Post that the ski industry "may have made a mistake" and "may have to shift the payment." It was unclear how an empty-pocketed, defunct charity would find the money to make the accounts right. Also unclear was how much the episode had shaken George Bush's faith in his top aide. At best, Sununu has embarrassed himself and his boss. At worst, he might even share...
There go the rich and famous, whooshing down manicured slopes in their designer parka-and-pants outfits and wearing $600 skis. Where can this be but Aspen or Vail? On second glance, it is neither of those places. Since the two most famous Colorado resorts have become insufferably chic, members of the smart set are seeking seclusion and pampering at Deer Valley, a 10-year-old resort in Utah's Wasatch Mountains. So far, this unspeakably well-groomed complex has entertained the likes of Bruce Willis, Kevin Costner and Cheryl Tiegs...
...trek in 1967: "We got lost. A bear ate our food, and it rained 11 out of 12 days." But Cowden recalls the trip joyously. Coping with blisters, bears and soggy meals somehow adds texture to the chill of windy mountaintops and the sight of wildlife roaming in ghostly aspen groves. Most of all, scouting's unstylish traditions of group discipline and self-reliance provide a powerful social cement. "Scouting comes down generations, from my father to my brother to me," says 501's Morgan Browning, 14. "It sticks with...
...Senator sees the G.O.P.: "The Grey Poupon crowd, the Gucci-poochie- coochie shoe-wearing, Mercedes-driving, polo-playing, Jacuzzi-soaking, Perrier-drinking, Aspen-skiing, ritzy-rich, high-society Republicans who eat broccoli." Leaving out George Bush...