Word: inns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have to go to The Inn of the Sixth Happiness to find a decent heroine. Ingrid Bergman is no Candice Bergen, which is a wonderful thing for this quite touching movie. The tough and saintly Bergman runs an inn, befriends rebels, saves children and dodges Japanese bullets as gruff Curt Jurgens tags along and wins her heart. A romance with guts -- and Ingrid in one of her most endearing roles...
...Dorset, where the property-tax rate will go up nearly 35[cents] per $100 of property value, Act 60 has been met with fury and defiance. The elementary school principal quit when she was forced to let teachers go and scale back art and music classes. Last year the Inn at Willow Pond, a major corporate conference center, gave $25,000 to charity. This year, when the charities called, "we told 'em to call Montpelier--all that money went to Act 60 taxes," says owner Ron Bauer. Even angrier are affluent parents who moved to postage-stamp towns in part...
...drizzling night in Manchester, the two sides collide at a debate over Act 60. Faced with the elderly couple who say they will have to dip into retirement savings to pay taxes and the brothers who say they will have to close the family inn, state senator Peter Shumlin, an Act 60 advocate, takes the high-minded approach. "It's your responsibility as Vermonters to educate all our kids," he says. But later he growls at his opponent, "I don't blame you for not liking Act 60. You had a great deal, and it's coming...
...beverage services. Even in economically buoyant China, the going is no longer as good as it was. The Middle Kingdom relies heavily on Southeast Asian foreign investment, and industry insiders fear losing business to countries with plummeting currencies and better bargains. Frets Dominic Wong, general manager of the Holiday Inn Downtown in Beijing: "This year will be very tough...
Oklahoma 8, SOFTBALL 0 (6 inn...