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...towns the size of Jamestown (pop. 15,500), that means "casual dining" establishments. Before the era of chain dining - of Applebee's and Outback and that graybeard T.G.I. Friday?s (founded 1965) - business-traveler dining was different. I like to imagine that a gentleman in a Cary Grant suit stepped from his plane (itself stewarded by a pillbox-hatted attendant who had served gin martinis) and drove to a local place to eat crunchy fried chicken and flaky blueberry pie. I like to imagine the gentleman then retreated to a downtown hotel where he ordered whiskey in a heavy-bottomed...
Civic Ventures recently established a $100,000 Purpose Prize to reward five people who are over 60 and making a difference in the world. They will be named in September, and all finalists are eligible for a grant to further develop their ideas. Freedman was worried that he might not get enough nominees, but he has received more than...
...wasn't Israel. "I'm not any more fond of violence or the prospect of a major war than anyone else," says a French official involved in counterterrorism. "But how could Israel not respond to this provocation in a most forceful way?" Even the Saudis, never quick to grant Israel favors, disavowed Hizballah's actions in a remarkable statement that implied that Hizballah should "alone bear the full responsibility of these irresponsible acts and should alone shoulder the burden of ending the crisis they have created." King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt likewise condemned Hizballah...
...would grant students with family incomes under $40,000 a $125 textbook stipend each semester. Students with family incomes between $40,000 and $60,000 would receive $75 each term from the program...
...Supplies - fuel and drinking water especially - are running short, and there seems little immediate prospect of resupply from Beirut. U.N. staff are negotiating with Israel to grant safe passage to a resupply column and also to allow APCs to rescue trapped villagers looking to leave and transport casualties to hospitals. The response from the Israeli military, according to Strugar, "was not forthcoming...