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...Travel Guide subtracted one of the five stars from the Bel-Air's rating in 1999, Lopes knew a face-lift to the "dated and tired" design was imperative. He would have to nip and tuck carefully to avoid rankling the hotel's faithful. "I had to update every facet, while preserving the classical elegance that is the Bel-Air's signature," he says. The dining room underwent one of the biggest - and fastest - makeovers. A floor-to-ceiling fireplace and handblown Italian chandeliers were added, and the dowdy pale-wood seating was updated with buttercream-colored leather banquettes...
Your report was informative but omitted one facet of the debate. Although Iran is indeed surrounded by nuclear powers, none have ever remotely considered using such weapons because of the possibility of retaliation. If Iran wants to spend the vast resources needed to create the Bomb rather than improve the lot of its people, so be it. But there its Bomb will sit, a true albatross, consuming national resources while it remains unused because of fear of justifiable retaliation. ROBERT O. HOSKINS Florence, Italy...
...attend some of the entryway events,” the APO website reads. “The idea is to continue the important work the prefects have done while adding on an advising program,” said Page, citing “community building” as a facet of the Prefect Program. This increased commitment is partly why peer advising fellows, unlike their prefect predecessors, will be paid, Page said. According to the APO website, students will be expected to devote around 40 hours a semester to this role. “It’s a serious...
...defending league champs for the first time in eight tries. Unfortunately for the Crimson, No. 6 Cornell decided to turn in one of its most complete games of the season. In a game in which Harvard (4-3, 1-1 Ivy) was out-matched in nearly every facet of the contest, the Big Red beat the Crimson by a score of 10-3 on Saturday afternoon at Jordan Field. It was the eighth consecutive time Cornell (7-1, 2-1 Ivy) had beaten Harvard, putting the Big Red back on track for a repeat conference title after its first loss...
...many Israelis, those words were stirring stuff. But they don't seem to have cut much ice with Hamas. Leaders of the Islamic party are incensed by a key facet of Olmert's disengagement plan: If Hamas refuses to accept Israel's right to exist, the Israelis will draw up permanent borders without the Palestinians' consent. "Why should we recognize Israel," Aziz Dweik, a Hamas member and the new speaker of the Palestinian parliament, told TIME, "when Israel won't recognize our existence?" Israel, for its part, will not talk to Hamas until the militants abandon their vow to destroy...