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...twentieth century, some say, was the golden age of the big, bland chain hotel. Vacationers of the 1950s or '60s took out second mortgages to afford jet travel, supposedly to find, as they hurtled from destination to destination, that a hotel room in Melbourne was the same as one in Manila. Innkeepers were accused of rolling out design templates such that no matter where you awoke in the world, the features of your room-the bedside panel, the writing desk-looked identical. Indeed, the very words Holiday Inn or Hilton took on a pejorative connotation: they were globalization's earliest...
...thanks to Sanino that the Atmosphere is so ecosavvy. He sent back the six jet boats used for fishing to have silencers fitted, and ordered a smaller propeller for the Navy SEALs-issue rubber rib boat and a quieter helicopter. To many though, the mere presence of a helicopter in Patagonia amounts to a green sin. Ergas' response? He quotes the late Australian wildlife expert Steve Irwin: "'My responsibility is to show people nature, because then they will fall in love with it. And only if you love something will you try to protect it.' In years to come, when...
...freaked out because your computer might hiccup this weekend as it copes with the premature arrival of Daylight Saving Time? Be thankful you weren't screaming across the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. Air Force's newest jet, the $330-million F-22 Raptor. Six of the jets - that's $2 billion worth of air power - had taken off from Hawaii en route to Japan when several of their computer systems went haywire and literally could not tell what...
...says, "organic was the cool thing," and the company's chefs were buying organic whenever they could--even if that meant flying in Chilean nectarines. Dickman worked with the team to write new standards that place local before organic for all Google eateries. "You're using X amount of jet fuel to get it here, and that doesn't make sense," he says. "So forget the nectarines. Buy something local. Get some plums." Of course, this doesn't work in, say, Dublin, where Dickman also helped set up a Google café. ("Everything is flown in there," he said.) When...
...those who view things from Greenspan's perspective, there are worrisome indicators. Orders for durable goods - covering everything from jet engines to computers, as well as washing machines and other household appliances - fell more than forecast last month, the Commerce Department announced, a sign of ongoing weakness in manufacturing. The 7.8% decline was the biggest since October. Another important indicator of business spending, orders for nondefense capital goods not including aircraft, fell 6%, the third drop in four months...