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...trains of the past and, he says, "incorporated some of that." The 15 vintage cars, built during the streamliner decade that began in 1948, have been restored (at a cost of $15 million) and recall the splendor of Europe's Orient Express. Sleeping cars are outfitted in mahogany and brass, and a pianist plays in the club car during the cocktail hour. All that's missing is Cary Grant www.americanorientexpress.com 888-759-3944). --By Emily Mitchell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: 12 Terrific Train Trips | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

...rebuilt the gables and dormer windows, we're taking up the linoleum, cleaning and restoring the brass plates," she said. "After James died in 1910, the house had 90 years of other occupants who added their own remodelings...

Author: By Harriett E. Green, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: City Residents Petition To Save Historic Site | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...While this ostensibly makes the department's top brass look bad, the report may be Parks' best hope at avoiding an FBI-induced department overhaul. Throughout the report, the board paints Rampart CRASH - the unit being investigated - as a rogue outfit separate from the LAPD's central powers. Further, it repeatedly suggests that the best way to battle corruption is to consolidate power in Parks' office and increase the budget of Internal Affairs, the department's internal policing unit. But in the wake of protests following the acquittal of four New York City police officers in the Amadou Diallo case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Motives Behind the LAPD's Mea Culpa | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

Crystal finally got his hands on his brass pudding pot after he donned a plastic bra and purple hat with silver antennas...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Billy Crystal Receives Pudding Pot After Praising Pig | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

...officials to visit Havana. But then the Elian Gonzalez imbroglio erupted, a case that has increased passions for both keeping and easing restrictions. And now Operation False Blue will surely help the pro-embargo lobby as well as hardening anti-American attitudes among Castro's top brass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spying Charges Dim Hopes for U.S.-Cuba Pact | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

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