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...asked "How Much Longer?" for the war in Iraq [Sept. 17]. My question is, How do you get out of quicksand when you are in it up to your waist? It doesn't take a four-star general to see that the fanatical enemy simply has to sit back and wait. When we withdraw soldiers, the counterinsurgents and terrorists can resume their attacks. And if we ever completely pull out of Iraq, corruption and civil war will continue until the country inevitably becomes another Iran. Let's declare victory now and get the hell...
...until after graduation that Rice and Rudder began a recording project in their Central Square apartment and Bishop Allen was born. Over the next two years, they recorded and released their debut album Charm School, which Rolling Stone called “charmed harmonic bliss” in a four-star review in 2003.EXTENDED PLAYERSAfter that, their sophomore slump set in. “We had been trying to record a full-length record and we were kind of lost and frustrated and it was not coming together,” says Rice of the two years following Charm School?...
...this tenuous alliance. In the polarized Bush era, common ground is scarce. It should be heartening, then, that ideological opposites can unite behind common causes—like more wind and solar power—even if its for contrary reasons. So what if a Hollywood director and a four-star general think differently, as long as they both drive Priuses...
...larger cabin. While those charges are less than the London average, it's arguable they're still somewhere north of Cheapside. But Woodroffe claims he's giving folks a lot of luxury at those prices, just in a compact package. "Basically, you get everything you'd get in a four-star hotel." And he is planning to eventually offer smaller, more capsule-like economy rooms without a private bath that could be priced at around $50 a night. "They'll be based on the beds they have on rock 'n' roll tour buses, so they'll be very comfortable, with...
After more than a century, a name change and a sea of famous faces, from Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges to Katharine Hepburn and Johnny Depp, the four-star boutique L'Hotel is at the top of its game. Thanks to design guru Jacques Garcia's recent lavish upgrades, a leopard-print carpet now snakes through the six-story spiral stairwell, pictured. Coupled with chef Philippe Belissent's menu, the intimate Belle Epoque restaurant and bar, all done up in jewel-toned velvet and silk, are now the perfect setting for a seduction. Every room is lush, but each room...