Word: canale
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...cruiser is waiting for me and as soon as I say, with customary pride, that I'm Caroline's Dad, the lights begin to flash and we wheel about in tandem. We cross the canal and travel. . . . well, I have no idea how far we travel. A mile, maybe. I do know that as we turn into the Saints Memorial parking lot I realize that this is yet another hospital that has gone under and been reborn. "This used to be Saint John's," I say to Kevin...
...Still, Hughes is taking the challenge seriously. It's in her nature. An Army brat whose father was the last U.S. commander of the Panama Canal Zone, Hughes, 45, is the most powerful woman ever to hold a White House job. A former local TV reporter, she has a keen sense for the American vernacular, and she channels it directly into Bush's mouth. In February, when speechwriter Michael Gerson wrote an elegant, ornate script for the President's first address to Congress, Hughes marveled at its beauty--and then rewrote most of it in the plain language the President...
...sleek vaporetto motorboat deftly steered us to the private dock of the Hotel Gritti Palace. After our first-class flight on Delta Air Lines, my wife and I were rested and looking forward to celebrating New Year's at this world-renowned palazzo located on the Grand Canal in Venice. In minutes, we were comfortably ensconced in our spectacular room overlooking the canal, replete with Frette linens, Ginori porcelain, thick cotton robes and towels in the pink-marbled bathroom and an immense, multicolored Murano glass chandelier in the bedroom. There was also a chilled bottle of Ferrari sparkling wine...
October 1, 1973: War breaks out in the Middle East as tank battles rage along the Suez Canal and the Golan Heights...
...Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, as the city is officially known, is literally at Hong Kong's border. After immigration, a visitor walks across a narrow bridge spanning a stinking, black canal?the first whiff of something rotten in the air?and steps directly into a city overeager to offer its wares. The first building to confront new arrivals is a six-storied, mirrored monument to China's status as the world's counterfeit capital. Shops display perfect replicas of Armani suits, Gucci handbags, Nike trainers, Rolex watches, Cartier jewelry, as well as racks of pirated videos and discs. Outside, televisions...