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Smaller hotels helped pioneer the idea. Jules' Undersea Lodge opened 16 years ago, when its owners decided to convert a former oceanic-research laboratory into a cozy two-bedroom hotel with a common living area. The rooms are small, but there's air conditioning, a VCR, a microwave and a mini-fridge. Air and power are supplied by cable, scuba courses are offered to all guests, and room service is delivered from the surface, 21 ft. above, in a "dry box." But the prime attraction is the 42-in. windows that give guests a unique view of the wildlife swimming...
...Bali attacks. First came the early November raids on houses around the country, part of an Australian Security Intelligence Organization push to uncover possible connections between Australians and Jemaah Islamiah. That was followed on Nov. 18 by the charging of one of the men raided, a west-Australian convert to Islam, with conspiring to blow up Israeli diplomatic missions in Australia. Jack Roche has protested his innocence, despite giving remarkably frank interviews to The Australian newspaper before his arrest describing his training in Afghanistan in the use of explosives and a meeting in Malaysia with terrorist chief Hambali to discuss...
After captain Brady Merchant failed to convert on a runner and senior center Brian Sigafoos couldn’t sink the put-back, Prasse-Freeman snatched up the loose ball eight feet to the right of the basket. He then drained the game-winning jumper with two seconds left to give the Crimson...
...took a lot for the Crimson to convert him—including an unexpected visit from Harvard assistant coach Jay Mills, a lot of convincing from family members and, finally, a visit to Cambridge...
This emphasis on penetrating inside should also result in more trips to the free-throw line, which presents the Crimson with a chance to add to its point total, should it convert on the opportunities...