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...minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder With its majestic Rijksmuseum and gorgeous Van Gogh depository, Amsterdam is a must on any culture vulture's tour of Europe. But your brush with art needn't end at the museum exits. These days, you can stay in hotels that are part accommodation, part art space. Occupying a former orphanage on a preserved, 19th century red-brick square, the Hotel Arena was both art center and hostel until it went upmarket some years...
MEANWHILE IN ITALY ... Plea for Enlightenment Roman tour guides, weary of answering questions from clueless tourists, have launched an educational campaign to persuade visitors to brush up on the city's history and culture before arriving. The guides can no longer remain polite in the face of queries such as "Where is Christ's grave?" and "Was the Colosseum built as a ruin?" When we all know it was made for the set of Gladiator...
...powered by steam, not wind or men with oars--a warring band of Delaware Indians seized his raft, which was heading up the Ohio River with flour for settlers. The Indians scalped two of his companions; Fitch narrowly escaped a tomahawk blow to the head. This was his second brush with death at the hands of the Delaware tribe, whose swift canoes in 1782 often rendered the settlers' plodding rafts easy prey...
...next U.S. administration will inherit not just a stalled peace process, but a brush fire whose dangers are less acute for Israel than they are for the wider American battle against al-Qaeda. The 9/11 Commission argues, in its final report, that al-Qaeda thrives on Arab hostility to the U.S. fueled principally by two grievances: the invasion of Iraq, and U.S. support for Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians. "America's policy choices have consequences," the Commission notes. "Right or wrong, it is simply a fact that American policy regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and American actions...
...WORKS: The brush holds a packet of special Crest formula, designed to liquefy in your mouth as you brush. For deep cleaning on back teeth--where it's needed--you can squeeze out extra paste...