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...former owner of the Sunnymede Mansion at 2 Old Glen Road was a genteel British woman, an Old World type who raised horses on the grounds and decorated its interior with Victorian furniture. She often invited neighbors over for tea and cucumber sandwiches, impressing them with her upper-crust authenticity. "She was such a lovely lady," says Elizabeth Smith, who lives just down the street. But a few years ago, the house changed hands, and last week the neighborhood learned that the current owner had, according to police, converted the beloved estate into an equally well-regarded bordello...
...bigwigs. In 1998, for example, attendees included Henry Kissinger, Fiat chief Giovanni Agnelli, NATO's secretary-general Javier Solana Madariaga and Tory party leader William Hague. In 1991, Clinton, then Governor, attended when it was held in Washington. In 1990, Dan Quayle was there when it was held in Glen Cove...
Even with the acceptance of the new peace agreement, the veneer of civility is far too thin to think the Troubles are completely in the past. "Remember," says Glen Barr, a former Protestant politician who heads one of the most progressive self-help community groups, "you have nearly three generations of people in this country who have gone through a war with their neighbors as their enemy...
After the bike tour, you can continue your Northern Michigan visit at Sleeping Bear Dunes, a few miles to the north. (For lodging, extend your stay at Crystal Mountain or move to the Homestead, another top-of-the-line family facility in nearby Glen Arbor. If you're primarily interested in taking in more performances, you can book a room in the guest lodges at Interlochen. Keep in mind, however, that the fairly rustic accommodations have no air-conditioning or television.) With 30 miles of lakeshore and massive dunes towering hundreds of feet over Lake Michigan, Sleeping Bear...
...another Joseph, in Kafka's The Trial (original German title: Der Prozess). But don't let the pedigree fool you. The Spanish Prisoner is exemplary entertainment. Come expecting a dour jeremiad on man's corruptibility--or even a slice-of-lice drama like Mamet's American Buffalo or Glengarry Glen Ross--and you'll be pleasantly surprised. The villains in The Spanish Prisoner (like the war-games con men in Mamet's Wag the Dog script) dress well, speak softly and carry a silver stiletto. They kill for sport...