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...untrammeled opulence to embarrass a Saudi prince. Travertine stone has been used throughout the building, underscoring a design palette of soaring columns, heavy silk, walnut-backed banquettes and granite urns. Guest rooms come with all mod cons expected by the cashed-up jet-setter, and bathrooms are the same generous size as the bedrooms - a lovely touch for those who like spacious expanse for their ablutions. In the evenings, the Park bar beckons with the promise of an aperitif or two, after which a meal of innovative Italian cuisine in the Park restaurant will be hard to resist. Is your...
Higginson’s extremely generous gift served students well, that is until the University took it over—twice—for purposes other than reading, study, games or conversation. First it was the freshman dining hall in 1930 (Higginson “was a freshman in spirit,” administrators explained), and then it was gutted in the 1990s to create the Barker Center, the great house of the humanities...
...their first prescription-drug benefit. Democrats, who also know that a Bush victory on prescription drugs could be politically devastating, scrambled to stop the $400 billion measure. More important, Democrats opposed the bill's embrace of private-style health care, its failure to rein in pharmaceutical companies and its generous subsidies for HMOs. The House narrowly passed the controversial measure early Saturday morning, 220-215, but only after the vote was held open for nearly three hours so both Republican leaders on the floor and Bush on the phone could browbeat G.O.P conservatives, angry that the bill didn't contain...
...comfortable, Canada punches well below its weight on the international stage. Its armed forces--once among the finest in the world--are now a bit of a joke, with equipment that keeps breaking down. With a reputation in the 1970s and 1980s for being one of the most generous of donors to the developing world, Canada has become among the stingiest...
...throw in a projected risk-adjusted return of 14%, and suddenly the Sheratons, ADPs and CalPERS of the world are more willing to consider what has long been the province of venture philanthropists and NGOs. As director of Deutsche Bank's Community Development Group, Mahmood is also using a generous safety net to attract skeptical investors. With a so-called first-loss cushion of 50%, his soon-to-be-launched $50 million debt fund could lose $25 million before commercial investors lose a dime. By employing what he calls a belt-and-suspenders approach, Mahmood says, "we're making...