Word: camped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jimmy Carter, former U.S. President Skinny: It's his turn--Camp David accords; North Korean crisis solving; African humanitarian work, plus all those Habitats for Humanity ODDS...
...Yueyang labor camp is a large commune on the edge of Dongting Lake. It is still in use today, although most of the political prisoners have been replaced by common criminals. "We slept in a dormitory, 10 to a room." Communist orthodoxy ruled. When one of the cadre's daughters fell in love with him and talked of marriage, he could only laugh at her: "I told her, don't be ridiculous--how can you marry...
...studied in Beijing; then he came back to teach in Changsha. In 1958 he was one of half a million intellectuals who lost their jobs in Mao's anti-rightist campaign. This was the beginning of two decades in the political wilderness for Peiyuan that would culminate in labor camp. "I lost the golden years of my life, from 1958 to 1979," he says...
...Cornell School of Hotel Administration. "For all practical purposes, the traditional hotel is obsolete. There's too much wasted space, it doesn't look inviting, and there's an erosion of brand loyalty." Starwood Hotels & Resorts chairman Barry Sternlicht tried in vain to lure Schrager to his camp. The company, which owns the Westin and Sheraton chains, is currently busy rolling out the self-consciously hip W line of hotels in 16 cities, including Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles. Hyatt is opening more of its smaller, luxury Park Hyatt brand--boutiques for grownups--while Marriott and Bass hotels...
...happened to be crazy about the men we married. We also shared many adventures. I took her with me to Wellesley College, where we both gave commencement speeches. We took a wonderful trip down the Moscow River, and George and I spent a weekend with Mikhail and Raisa at Camp David. Even when the talks between our husbands were tense, the four of us could relax as friends...