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...destroyed. But on Saturday it was learned that the two bus-loads of children had left the scene safely. Many other people died. "We reached the Erika," said one fireman, "and there was nothing there. It was just gone." Explained Painter Giovanni Grandi, who had been in a nearby chalet: "I saw the Miramonti go down. It was like an enormous hand had just come to knock it down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: The Mountainside Exploded | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

DIED. AL LAPIN JR., 76, entrepreneurial coffee-cart operator who, with his younger brother Jerry, co-founded the chalet-style International House of Pancakes chain of restaurants; of cancer; in Los Angeles. He built the first blue-roofed IHOP in Los Angeles in 1958 and turned the business into a $40 million conglomerate by 1970. But three years later, a recession and tightened credit forced him to sell his stake for a mere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jul. 5, 2004 | 7/5/2004 | See Source »

...DIED. AL LAPIN JR., 76, entrepreneurial coffee-cart operator who, with younger brother Jerry, co-founded the chalet-style International House of Pancakes chain of restaurants; in Los Angeles. Lapin built the first blue-roofed IHOP in Los Angeles in 1958 and turned it into a $40 million conglomerate by 1970. But three years later, a recession and tightened credit forced him to sell his stake for a mere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

...France: Chalet M?l?ze Courchevel 1850 is in the Trois Vall?es, the largest ski complex on the planet (over 600 km of trails). This is the resort that perfected luxury chalet vacations, and M?l?ze is among the best of the breed: a catered private four-bedroom trailside chalet with such ski necessities as Turkish baths and massage rooms. But book soon?at just $30,000 a week in high season, it's going fast. The price is all inclusive for eight people, except transportation and lift tickets ($250 per person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Head for the Hills | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...hamburger stand, and we need to treat it as such," says Chicago-area franchisee David Bear. Who knows, some operators may even take a hint from France, of all places, where the company has helped entice more customers with a wide range of unorthodox decors, including a mountain-chalet-style store with wooden beams lining the ceiling and natural-grain wooden tables on the floor. France is one of the few bright spots in McDonald's flagging European business, and maybe that's a sign of hope. If a burger chain demonized by activists as the symbol of American imperialism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can McDonald's Shape Up? | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

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