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...English mansions stand empty like haunted houses, their walls mildewed, their gardens overrun with weeds, moisture dripping from their eaves. In the Strand Hotel, a grand monument to colonial decay, ceiling fans turn lazily above a lost-and-found case still stuffed with pince-nez, ladies' compacts and rusting cuff links misplaced during an age of vanished elegance. Around the lobby, black-tied men in curry-stained white coats serve up tea and porridge on tarnished silver trays. "Here, you must always remember," says an official, in the lovely English she learned under British rule, "that you are living...
Gorbachev's gambit of reading off a new set of Soviet ideas and proposals caught Reagan by surprise. In Geneva, Gorbachev had spoken off the cuff; by reading from a long paper this time, he gave the impression that he was following detailed guidelines worked out within the Politburo. At the heart of his proposals was the Soviet view that there could be a deep reduction in offensive missiles if the U.S. would postpone SDI development. In a sense, this was a flip side of the State Department position that a sharp reduction in offensive weapons would logically require less...
...snacks and legroom are disappearing for budget flyers, those in first class and business class are being treated more royally than ever. The latest amenity: goody bags. Virgin Atlantic gives premium-class flyers a travel bag by Savile Row tailor Ozwald Boateng, holding eponymously branded swag like socks and cuff links. First-class passengers on cross-country Continental flights are wooed with fragrances by Prada and Ghirardelli chocolates. United has given premium flyers bags packed with hundreds of dollars' worth of goodies, including luxury toiletries, snacks and teas, Tempur-Pedic pillows and advance copies of books like Digital Fortress...
Presidents in the past have also taught undergraduate courses: Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 remembers former President James Conant ’13 leading undergraduate chemistry demonstrations wearing a three-piece suit and cuff links...
...charging for food in economy class, three major carriers have introduced luxury goody bags for their first- and business-class passengers. Virgin Atlantic now gives upper-class customers on all flights a travel-accessories bag by Savile Row tailor Ozwald Boateng, which holds eponymously branded socks and either cuff links, a hand mirror or a key chain. Continental's U.S. transcontinental first-class passengers have received fragrances by Prada and Ghirardelli chocolates. Fliers in United's U.S transcontinental and U.S.-Japan premium classes have been treated to bags containing at least 1,000 dollars' worth of goodies, including Elizabeth Grant...