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...White House sought to maintain an appearance of calm as the U.S. death toll soared. President George W. Bush spent much of last week out of public view at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, waiting until Saturday and his weekly radio address to vow that the U.S. would stand with the Iraqi people to ensure that their "young democracy is stable and secure and successful." But nerves are fraying. Nearly a year ago Bush landed on an aircraft carrier and proclaimed an end to "major combat operations" in Iraq. His approval rating then was 63%. Now, according...
...report, which was presented to Bush while he was on vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, seemed to be written by a CIA eager to sound an alarm. Citing clandestine and foreign-government sources, it asserts that the terrorist network had set up shop in the U.S., was carrying out suspicious activity, hoped to strike Washington, might even be planning to hijack airliners and was the focus of 70 FBI field investigations. The PDB also contains two new pieces of specific information that are likely to prompt more questions. One was a mention of "recent surveillance of federal buildings...
When the stylish but unsuspecting Briton Ilse Crawford, 42, set out to design the popular club and hotel Soho House in New York City's trendy meat-packing district, she drew from retro archetypes and craftsmanship to stay loyal to the history of the building and the neighborhood. Wedding the kitschy and luxurious (picture 33 crystal chandeliers) to the sleek and modern (think ceramic bathtubs but in a boudoir), she hung velvet curtains in the rooms and draped the club in an Arts and Crafts palette of peacock blue, teal and green. The result was a modern playground...
Before she started designing spaces, Crawford wrote about them. In 1989 she launched the British Elle Decoration and over the next decade was credited with introducing contemporary design to Britain in an unsnobbish way. "Then one day," she says, "I thought, No more, I don't want to become part of the furniture." So Crawford moved to New York City and spent two years as vice president of Donna Karan Home, translating DKNY's identity on the runway into products for the bathroom, bedroom, living room and kitchen. These days she is overseeing the launch of the Marks & Spencer Lifestore...
...hosts, two invitations to a celebrity golf event, entree to a private VIP reception and a luxury train trip to the presidential library for viewing the parachute jump. Will Bush 43 make his dad's birthday? The White House isn't saying, but the much frequented presidential ranch in Crawford, Texas, is just 100 miles down the road...