Word: hiltonization
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...that normally check the ocean's force. Of particular concern are the 295 barrier islands -- strips of sand dune, marsh and sometimes forest -- that protect most of the U.S. coast from Maine to Texas. Not surprisingly, they are considered prime development spots: Atlantic City, N.J., Virginia Beach, Va., and Hilton Head, S.C., among others, were all built on barrier islands...
...decade to be simultaneously recognized as the World Heavyweight Boxing champion by all three of the sport's ruling bodies: the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council and the International Boxing Federation. So to mark the occasion, Promoter King decided to mount a "throneization" at the Las Vegas Hilton. With Actor Dennis Hopper, Comic Eddie Murphy and former King of Boxing Muhammad Ali in attendance, King presented Tyson with a blue chinchilla robe, a jeweled necklace and a scepter. After King shouted, "Long live the heavyweight king! Long live the king!", six trumpeters dressed in Elizabethan tunics blared...
Between 500 and 550 students are expected to move into hotels such as the Hyatt, the Hilton and Howard Johnson's in Kenmore Square, like they did last year, said Kevin R. Carleton, Public Relations director at the school...
...students who will try dorm life Hilton-style this fall will move into more traditional housing as other students decide not to continue at B.U. during the fall semester, Carleton said...
...year-old firm announced that Chairman Richard Ferris, 50, had resigned and would be replaced by Frank Olson, 54, who is currently head of the company's Hertz rental-car subsidiary. At the same time, for-sale signs were tacked onto Hertz as well as the Westin and Hilton International hotel chains, whose 149 hostelries constituted the third branch of the firm. Management also said it would seriously consider demands by the pilots for employee ownership. Finally, Olson recommended that the company's name, which had been changed only six weeks ago from UAL to Allegis (a combination...