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...dinner at one of Saddam’s water palaces (they had been living there since February 2002, a month before combat had officially begun). We ate Whoppers and hot apple pies around a U-shaped marble table in lavish, high-backed upholstered chairs. Saddam’s flat-screen surround-sound theater system echoed satellite television off the cavernous walls of the ballroom...
...long as the lending taps remain open, developers will keep building. Average real estate prices remained flat last year, despite surging demand. That's because so much new property hit the market, and with investment in residential housing growing 30%, there's lots more to follow. Developers don't seem worried. Vantone Group, a leading Beijing-based builder, recently put 450 apartments on the market at $200,000 each. Within six hours, it had cash deposits for a quarter of them...
...generally comes from juice that has been left in contact with the grape skins; the wine is best enjoyed young. First-timers should try the can't-go-wrong bottlings from the Château de Flaugergues in Languedoc. There's also Spanish rosado and Australia's wonderful Turkey Flat Rosé. Serve chilled and take no flak: wine snobs have no idea what they're missing...
...geek chic in clip-on ties and badly fitting pants. I made an anonymous call, claiming a PC emergency, and was told it would take half an hour to get someone to my door. He arrived in seven minutes. Such service costs: crisis support starts at a $298 flat rate. It's $149 for house calls within 48 hours and $49 for a Best Buy--based assessment...
...linking users to the Internet via a network of satellites--without getting in the way of the airplane's communications and navigation equipment. Users should be able to surf the Web, download attachments and upload pictures at speeds comparable to cable-broadband service. The cost will range from a flat $30, for journeys around the globe, down to $10 for flights across continents. --By Wilson Rothman