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...Meanwhile, Mars is in its biannual "opposition" to the earth, when it is lined up opposite the Sun, with Earth in between. This year, the Red Planet is a mere 42 million miles from Earth, the closest since 1988. For the next two weeks, it will glow orange-gold, brighter than anything in the night sky except the moon...
...also an extraordinary artist and sculptor. The last time we had dinner together we discussed putting together another exhibition of his work in Los Angeles. He was a thoughtful friend. Not long ago, I emceed a tribute ceremony to him. That night he gave me a set of gold cuff links that he had designed and made especially for me. I was very touched. Tony was a funny man and, most of all, a family man. The morning of his marriage to Iolanda (with whom he already had two children), the wedding ring was lost. In a desperate search...
...Hampshire's White Mountains might well have been at the top of the world. It was then and there that Franklin D. Roosevelt and the leaders of 43 other nations met under its Spanish Renaissance rooftops and established the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the gold standard--the basic structure of postwar international finance...
...while checking into a Sheraton hotel on yet another business trip, I discovered that the hotel had its own guest-loyalty program, which I joined. By 1998 I had stayed the requisite number of nights with Sheraton to be elevated to the chain's Gold member status. Then in 1999, when Sheraton became part of the newly created Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., my points were merged into its newly launched Preferred Guest program. The Starwood system has two noteworthy features: there are no blackout dates, and you can stay free on points at any property in the 660-plus...
...maroon robes pelting one another with snowballs. Embarrassed, they run off, leaving us alone to enter the courtyard, which is deserted save for the occasional herder passing through with his goats. Clouds hang low, draping the gilded rooftop. Tsurphu, an imposing red-brown block complete with a blue and gold standard fluttering from the roof, looks every bit the abandoned castle...