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...This is a tough business," he said. "No one said it was going to be a day at the beach...
...post-vote news conference, Cindy McCain's eyes were wet. The two weeks of free-for-all Senate debate that her husband had warned would be no "day at the beach" had turned out to be a rather gratifying display of old-time democracy - studded with orations, marked by backroom compromise and infused for the participants with the very real drama of self-interest. These politicians weren't just rewriting law, they were performing surgery on their own success, changing the system that got them where they are today. This was a bill that truly hit them where they live...
Race apart, some of Hanson's ideas are in line with the views of many immigrants, even those from Asia. Everywhere, the self-reliant shopkeeper and independent professional class distrusts both big government and big business. They resent high taxes to support what they see as youths enjoying beach life on the dole, assorted liberal and minority causes or foreign governments that expect aid and then criticize Australia. Hanson remains on the fringe of Australian politics, but some of the grievances she feeds on cannot be ignored...
That is all about aesthetics: restaurants lack name signs to avoid any suggestion of commercialism. At Amanpuri, chilled bottled water flows freely at poolside and on the beach. A floating dock in the Andaman Sea is supplied with towels and water. Beach sand is sprayed with cold water so it is not hot to the touch. Such gestures clearly impress the class of repeat visitors, dubbed Aman junkies. Bernadette Tyrrell, a 33-year-old London stockbroker, has splashed out at Amanresorts seven times with her husband, an oil trader. "We all have nice houses," she says...
...five times," says Karin Ciescik, 45, a New York insurance broker. "I'm a polar buff. I just love the cold." Jeff Warren, managing director of Britain's Windrush Management, chose Iceland for a company holiday. Why? "If we went to Tenerife, we'd just hang around on the beach and drink, mon, so we decided to branch out," says this burly, dreadlocked native of Jamaica after a day of snowboarding in the Arctic cold. "This is one of the few places I've ever been where you're planning to return even before you leave...