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...lite, the new civility push is also a business opportunity. Private etiquette schools are proliferating to meet demand from yuppies who crave guidance on eating, dressing and working in an international environment. At Shanghai's June Yamada Academy, students pay $900 for a multiweek course during which they dine at a five-star hotel and learn the difference between a fish knife and a butter knife. Meanwhile, at a Shanghai etiquette workshop for HR managers, instructor Liu Wei plucks a man out of the crowd and castigates him for his multihued pink tie. "It's a well-known fact that...
...latest carrier on the North Atlantic route. Departing from London Stansted Airport, Eos' converted Boeing 757 aircraft carry just 48 passengers on the flight to New York City's JFK airport (standard 757s hold over 200) for an introductory fare of $5,000 round-trip. These pampered few will dine on nouvelle cuisine and watch first-run movies on personal DVD players, while recumbent on fully flat, almost 2-m-long beds. The bed is the centerpiece of the positively decadent 1.95 sq m of space allocated to each passenger, which also features a companion seat and a retractable table...
Quick! Throw Out the Tea! The British are coming. Specifically, that chap with the kilts and all those big homes embarks on his first trip to the U.S. with the new missus this week. PRINCE CHARLES and the former Camilla Parker Bowles will dine at the White House, take in the World Trade Center site and tour organic farms in California. Charles is hoping the visit will boost tourism to Britain and earn him attention for something besides his romantic life, like his recent work on global warming. "The most important thing is to remain relevant," Charles told 60 Minutes...
...passengers altogether? That seems to be the philosophy of Eos Airlines (eosairlines.com), the latest carrier on the North Atlantic route. Departing from London Stanstead, Eos's converted Boeing 757 aircraft carry just 48 passengers on the flight to New York (standard 757s hold over 200). These pampered few will dine on nouvelle cuisine and watch first-run movies on personal DVD players, while recumbent on fully flat, 78-inch-long beds. The bed is the centerpiece of the positively decadent 21 square feet of space allocated to each passenger, which also features a companion seat and a retractable table...
...abruptly if he deemed their answers less than satisfactory. Moore was an avid sailor and, according to Walder, would spend around six months per year living alone on his sailboat, which was docked in Maine. Moore was also known to invite his favorite few students to his house to dine with him and his wife, Betty, a few times a year. “He could be very warm and engaging on those occasions when he invited you to his house,” Skocpol said. “Usually at nine o’clock sharp, he would stand...