Word: colorado
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...Gourmet Gift Basket in Castle Rock, Colo., is the model of an always-on global business. Employees arrive early--5 a.m. isn't unusual--to deal with clients in other time zones. They have all honed their techniques for avoiding jet lag and fatigue as they travel from the Colorado office to other U.S. locations, like Hawaii, or to Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia to meet with vendors and train new franchisees who sell the company's high-end gift baskets. But that isn't enough for CEO Cynthia McKay. She believes that good sleep means good business...
...what Pentagon officials call "a thin line of defense" that's equal parts James Bond and Rube Goldberg. There are 11 interceptors ready to launch from silos in Alaska and California, cued to their targets by arrays of satellites and shipboard sensors all linked through a Colorado command center. The Pentagon wants 48 interceptors by 2011, including 10 in Europe - the Czech Republic and Poland are likely sites - oriented toward any threat from Iran. While the system generally isn't on full alert - meaning ready to fire its interceptors - Pentagon officials said last week the system had been cranked...
...their pitches. In Tennessee, for example, moderate Democrat Harold Ford Jr. has embraced the right-wing House Republican immigration plan in his Senate campaign. "I don't think we ran an ad where [Republican beer baron] Pete Coors wasn't seen wearing a tuxedo," says Mandy Grunwald, who advised Colorado's successful Democratic Senate candidate Ken Salazar in 2004. "It's gotten to the point where every campaign is a populist campaign, and the strongest populist argument we have is the Republicans' fiscal irresponsibility back in Washington...
...center party, demanded that she be forced to leave the government. When Balkenende refused to give up Verdonk, who is popular among the right wing of the electorate, D66 pulled out of the government, leaving it without a parliamentary majority. Attending a forum at the Aspen Institute in Colorado, Hirsi Ali says, "The more this goes on, the more I think, 'Let's just all get on with life.'" She's getting on with hers - she has resigned from parliament and will leave the Netherlands shortly for a fellowship at Washington's American Enterprise Institute. But that's going...
...VAIL: With its spectacular Alpine setting, ski runs and seemingly endless forests, the Colorado town of Vail is one of North America's best winter resorts. But here's an insider tip: it's sensational in summer too. Low-season activities are snow-free but action-packed, and include biking, hiking, horseback riding and river rafting. Enjoy a round of golf (balls fly 20% further on Vail's high-altitude courses) or an evening of culture (dance and music festivals run through the summer). There's even pleasure to be had in totting up your bill: lodging is discounted...