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...lure in Ireland as well. But, travelers, bored with chain motels and overpriced bed-and-breakfasts, are finding the idea of sleeping in a historical monument attractive indeed. "People are tired of country hotels. They want a bit more personality," says Roger Masterson, proprietor of accommodation agency Celtic Castles. Eager to oblige them, castle owners throughout Britain and Ireland have been damp-proofing dungeons and touching up turrets, knowing that history sells - along with billable extras such as spa treatments, banquets and hunting lessons. Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade...
Sources well briefed on Kremlin affairs tell TIME that as protests in Kiev gathered momentum, Putin urged discredited outgoing President Leonid Kuchma--eager to secure a safe retirement amid charges of corruption and political violence--to declare Yanukovych the winner. The sources say Putin made it clear that a Yushchenko victory would not be acceptable. If the Russian President sticks to that hard line, it could provoke serious trouble, not only abroad but also at home. "The Russians have raised the stakes," says Stephen Sestanovich of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations. "They've made this a very emotional issue...
Independence Square to demand that their man be recognized as the winner. City residents mixed with swarms of protesters from across the country, all wearing something orange, the color of Yushchenko's Our Ukraine party. Despite heavy snow and freezing temperatures, the crowd was in a festive mood, eager to embrace Yushchenko's orange revolution against the country's Moscow-backed old guard. When a mob of students took over part of the nearby Ministry of Education building, staff members served them tea and cookies...
...turns into genocide. And Rusesabagina turns from glorified houseboy into antiheroic hero. His hotel can offer hundreds of terrified Tutsi food, beds and the protection of a thin, blue-helmeted line of U.N. peacekeepers, commanded by Colonel Oliver (Nick Nolte). The big question is, Can the volatile local militia, eager to stamp out "cockroaches" (its name for the Tutsi), be kept...
...coaches. At most, 200, or 1%, are women. And only one high school in America--George Washington in New York City--has a female head football coach. This isn't shocking, given that few girls actually grace the gridiron. Still, the National Football League (NFL) is eager to address the shortage, starting with moms like Bolds-Jackson in New Orleans...