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...national institutions, which have been so militarized and politicized. We need to fix the economy by restoring macroeconomic stability in the country and reconstruction in the country. For that we need international support. We need to restore basic services: schools, hospitals ... We need to restore our productivity of the land. We need to restore Zimbabwe again as part of the family of nations, not as a pariah state. So there is a plan, we have a plan. One does not underestimate the challenges, but that does not mean it cannot be done...
...flight attendant and how we got a 2% commission for selling the Rande Gerber--designed cocktails. I told them that though I hadn't tried Delta's "Mile High Mojito," I was sure it was delicious, since Gerber must have used a fair amount of alcohol to land Cindy Crawford. Cindy Crawford jokes must not work at high altitude...
...currently worth about $12.5 billion. Woronka says profits for this sector are usually about 15% for owners, and expects that Aloft's owners will be earning about the same. According to Starwood, an Aloft hotel costs from $17 million to $25 million for a developer to build, not including land, which could be a little higher than the cost of a Marriott Courtyard or Hilton Garden Inn, Woronka estimates. The key difference for developers may be that being new, Aloft has more wow factor. "You can renovate the older brands all you want," says Woronka, "but Aloft has a different...
...explains, referring to his desperate effort to retain what little moisture remains in the ground, now that he has been forced to turn down his irrigation drip. Diedrich says the California drought could cost him 750 acres, which he estimates to be worth $3 million. He gestures to the land that his family has been farming for decades. "This will all be gone," he says. "And there may not be a 'next year...
...high fire hazards. But the farmers around Firebaugh have more to lose. "This is the first time water has ever been rationed like this," says Sarah Clark Woolf, spokeswoman for Westlands Water District, which has been forced to cut irrigation supplies to hundreds of thousands of acres of agricultural land. California Farm Bureau Federation President Doug Mosebar estimates that Fresno County could lose 20% to 30% of its agricultural output this season...