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...Nunn's broad desk is in a corner of the Dirksen Building, and the Capitol dome looms through one of his picture windows. In the next Congress Nunn will be chairman of the Armed Services Committee. That is no small achievement for a 48-year-old from Perry, Ga. (pop. 9,453). For 16 years the powerful post was held by the patriarch Richard Russell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Hitting the Middle Octaves | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...eight-room suite?which boasts a private elevator, a main salon (where the U.N. charter was drafted in 1945), four fireplaces, three bedrooms with gold-fixtured baths and a dome-topped library with secret passage?can be reserved on a no-frills basis for $5,000 a night. The new, record price is for a holiday package that includes three chauffeured Rolls-Royces, a dinner for 20 with strolling violinists, round-the-clock butler and chambermaid service, private bartender, free-flowing beluga caviar and Dom Prignon champagne, and breakfast in bed. Checkout time, please note, is still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Dec. 15, 1986 | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...Dubai is a work in progress, then the Royal Mirage is a work of art - and a huge one at that. The sprawling beachfront resort consists of three stylish hotels (the grand Palace; the smaller, exclusive Residence & Spa; and the bustling Arabian Court with its domes, arches and intoxicating shisha aroma), eight restaurants, 15 boutiques and 26 hectares of gardens. But if you become overwhelmed and crave a little more intimacy, then retreat to the resort's traditional Hammam (Turkish bath). This beautiful, warm sanctuary, with its intricate mosaics and splendid dome, is a place where the outside world melts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Royal Retreat | 1/23/2007 | See Source »

...Excelsis Deo” streaming across her body sits atop the whole construction, and a painting of a blue night sky with a brightly shining north star lines the back of the manger. Another large nativity scene sits in front of the statehouse at Boston Common. With the golden dome in the background, Christmas lights at the top of the manger illuminate a troubling scene: as a kind gentleman resting on a nearby bench pointed out, “the babe is missing.” It might be the work of vandals, or the baby Jesus might appear...

Author: By Andrew Okuyiga, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Here’s Looking at You, Kid | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

Goodbye Delta Center. Hello, Energy Solutions Arena. The NBA's Utah Jazz has sold naming rights to its Salt Lake City home to Energy Solutions, a leader in nuclear-waste disposal, for unspecified millions. The move has spurred fans to suggest nicknames like the Glow Dome and the Melta Center, proof that the lucrative name game can be unpredictable. Ballparks don't always get a pretty moniker--and companies don't always get what they paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's in a Name: Money | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

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