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...Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad, an Indian potentate. TIME featured him on its cover that year, estimating his fortune at $1.4 billion, including "$150,000,000 in jewels [and] $250,000,000 in gold bars." Such fabulous wealth enabled free-spending Indian princes like the nizam to fill the best hotels in London and Paris with massive entourages that made impossible demands and gave outrageous tips?long before Arab sheiks got into the habit. The nizam and his ilk have disappeared from the world's glamour magazines and gossip columns, but a new coffee-table book, The Unforgettable Maharajas...
...cruise business has been experiencing choppy waters over the past few years. U.S. cruise lines have launched 50 new ships since 2000, with 12 more scheduled to be completed this year. The resulting glut in a time of recession has forced operators to slash prices to fill berths. Add in the facts that the QM2 is making her maiden voyage at a time when terrorists can punch a hole in a U.S. destroyer with a rubber raft full of explosives (as they did to the U.S.S. Cole in 2000), Americans are still skittish about foreign travel, and a traveler...
...Students fill out a lengthy application modeled on many college applications: sections focus on academic achievement and test scores, participation in extracurricular activities and athletics, teacher recommendations or unique talents...
...think this new escort service will fill a big gap,” he said...
...Neill said her appointment will fill a gap that currently exists in Harvard’s official programming...