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...Ferris Wheels and Funnel Cake...
...Designed by the Chicago architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merill as an apartment complex, Giorgio Armani Hotel and office space, the Burj Dubai combines the slimness of a needle with the layered look of a wedding cake. It aspires to be very 21st century, with its sleek, mirror-sided height, while also paying homage to traditional Dubai culture through its elegant curvature inspired by Arabic writing. Above all, though, it is intended as a triumphant statement - to Arabia and beyond - of Dubai's towering ambitions. While the Burj Dubai's ultimate height is a closely guarded secret, Sang says...
That was wishful thinking, say many legal experts. "President Clinton was trying to have his cake and eat it, too," said George Kendall, senior counsel at Holland and Knight and a board member of the Death Penalty Information Center. The reality since 1996, legal analysts say, has been a U.S. Supreme Court that has narrowly interpreted the act, further restraining the ability of federal courts to grant new trials (on June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to give Davis one last hearing). "The bottom line," said Dale Baich, an assistant federal public defender in Arizona, "is that the AEDPA...
...fair is both a world apart and the world in miniature, sharply distilled (if slightly distorted), where the earnest industry of the 4-H pavilion exists alongside the low appetites of the funnel-cake stand and the thrill seeking at the Tilt-A-Whirl. Where the three stages of life are marked by a first sno-cone, a first French kiss and a first ribbon for baking Bundt cakes...
...they invariably add ever pricier accouterments. The company says customers change their orders more than 1 million times a year. BMW doesn't break out details of the additional revenue, but given the profit margins on many add-ons, "it's like a big dollop of cream on the cake," says Peter Schmidt, a British-based auto-industry consultant...