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KING KONG, SON OF KONG AND MIGHTY JOE YOUNG MERIAN C. COOPER AND ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK "Why, the whole world'll pay to see this!" exclaims the man who brings Kong from Skull Island to Manhattan. The world got its money's worth in 1933, as you will with this set that collects the three Cooper-Schoedsack simian sensations (Kong and its less fearsome offspring), all animated by stop-motion ace Willis O'Brien. Among the invaluable extras: a splendid documentary on Cooper by Kevin Brownlow and Christopher Bird, and a making-of feature on the original Kong--still...
...subway a lot to get around the city.” As a result of the strike, commuters struggled to find new means of transportation ranging from cold weather bike rides to crowded taxicabs and impromptu car pools. Benjamin M. Lutero, who drives to work every day from Long Island, said that he picked up three strangers on Dec. 20 from a subway stop a few miles out of the city. “I used good judgment,” Lutero said. “I had to be careful about who was riding...
Kinder still maintains a planning practice near Harvard Square. He also spends time on [the Hawaiian island of] Maui. But mostly he's intent on turning old-style financial planning inside out. For Kinder, life planning isn't a flaky version of financial planning--it's where the profession needs to go, "financial planning done right," he flatly states. A few years ago, he established the Kinder Institute to train traditional planners to be more empathetic, to ask the right questions, to remake themselves into "torchbearers" who can help light the way for clients who need to figure out what...
...appear basic on approach, but first impressions deceive. Hip Bangkok design house Beyond Living has created colorful murals and textiles for these luxurious quarters, and outdoor showers come with all-natural Thann products. Next door, France's Accor Group plans to raise the first international flag on the island with its Phi Phi Villa & Spa (sofitel.com). Watch builders hoist marble up to the site for a sense of what's ahead...
...short drive up the Thai coast from the resort island of Phuket lies a pristine, rain-forest-covered headland overlooking the Andaman Sea. This 11-hectare expanse is designated to be the site of a memorial to the victims of the tsunami, which killed as many as 8,000 people in Thailand and nearly 300,000 around the region a year ago. The memorial's design is being chosen through an international competition whose key mandates are harmony with nature, and subtlety: abstract references to the disaster are preferred to literal representations. "We didn't want any design involving waves...