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...relinquish their much-guarded privacy and enter this very public sphere as investors and producers. Entering the offices of Igor Desyatnikov in central Moscow, visitors are obliged to pass through a metal detector, then withstand the menacing stares of several bodyguards. Desyatnikov himself sits behind a large walnut-topped desk, a colonel's sheepskin hat resting on a far corner. Desyatnikov made his fortune in the sale of a private bank in 2004, and he heads an investor group that is putting up roughly $15 million for You and I. He also acts in the movie, playing a rogue named...
...secret dream of every oenophile: give up the desk job, move to a vineyard and spend the days crafting wines. Then reality sinks in--bills, obligations, bills--and the dream becomes a passing fancy...
Almost five years into the Iraq war, there's every reason to expect that the grim Iraq scenarios presented this week by General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker will be largely similar to those that will be on the desk of the incoming U.S. President in January 2009. From what we were told this week, it appears likely that the next Administration will inherit an Iraq with nearly as many troops as were there in the summer...
...feeling," says Adrian Zecha, whose 18 minimalist Amanresorts--from Bhutan to Morocco to Jackson Hole, Wyo.--epitomize the new ideal of understated luxury. His Amanyara retreat in Turks and Caicos, which opened in 2006, features 40 teak-lined cabanas, and guests are welcomed not at a formal reception desk but by open-air pavilions set among ponds and reflecting pools...
...that Kirkland is the home of the 2007 Junior Softball World Series. Not far away stands a large unmarked building. It's oddly shaped, with a domed roof; it used to house batting cages, and before that, it was a hardware store. A security guard sits at the front desk, but he doesn't have a lot to do, because nobody ever comes in--though if there were a sign outside, the place would be mobbed...