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...hills are burning. It is in Galilee that the rockets fired by Hizballah militants in Lebanon typically fall, occasionally scoring a direct hit on someone vulnerable, more often forcing inhabitants to move into bomb shelters. In the escarpment hamlet of Shomera, Israelis like Gabriel Peretz, the owner of a bed-and-breakfast, can do little more than brace for the next attack. "The situation is very bad," he says, his sentences punctuated by the sound of Israeli artillery fire, a crack-boom followed by a lingering zing of the outgoing shell, as loudspeakers in the village instruct residents to take...
...resort business has long been a bit like those TV poker tournaments. As soon as one innkeeper builds what looks like an unbeatable hand of perks, a rival somewhere raises the stakes. Not long ago, chauffeured Rolls-Royce service to and from the airport, monogrammed 1,000-thread-count bed linens, customized room décor and personal butlers were the last word in lavish amenities...
...back roads through the high mountain passes or head north up the coast road toward the Syrian city of Homs. Given the conditions on the roads, staying in Beirut while the bombs fall is as good an option as trying to make a run for it. "You share your bed with a Lebanese girl?" a staff member at the Tourism Ministry asked me. "Get married, and you won't have to leave...
...pages, 16 in color, in the oversize, art-book format. The mustard colored cover has an embossed playing card of Bluebeard and one of his maids, the teaser to a five-page feature inside. Ray Bradbury contributed a lovely short fiction, a sort of "Gift of the Magi," in bed. Sixteen pages are devoted to a Guy de Maupassant story, Madame Tellier's Brothel, in "a new uncensored translation" and illustrated with 12 monograph sketches by Degas...
...Senior Soiree on June 5. Both he and the victim attended the event separately, where both were drinking, according to the police report.After the event, Thomas gained entrance to the victim’s unoccupied room by kicking the door down, and he was helped to the bed by fullback Michael Lucas ’07, who told witnesses that Thomas was “quite drunk and needed to sleep it off,” according to the report.Even though Thomas and the victim were no longer dating, witnesses told police that the football captain...