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...rooms are large and their look deliberately aerodynamic: soft flowing lines with an Art Deco influence; contoured chrome aviator accessories; tripod lamps; Bose sound systems and leather window seats. The bathrooms, with their black glass and taupe walls, all have flat-screen TVs and extra-deep bathtubs...
Throughout the hotel, the furnishing details ooze luxury - even the elevators, which are lined with black American walnut and leather. The purple-themed Skybar has a slinky after-dark appeal (try the Aviator Sling: gin, parfait amour, cranberry and lime juice), while the Brasserie is all cream-leather seating and walnut finishes. It's here that chef Allan Pickett (formerly at Galvin Bistrot de Luxe in London) makes use of local produce to create a tempting take-off menu: the piquant steak tartare is already proving a runaway success. And on the walls, black-and-white photos of Hollywood stars...
Place Your Bet. At long last, direct rail access to Atlantic City from New York. The Atlantic City Express Service (or, ACES) takes just under three hours and runs Friday through Sunday from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. With leather seats and kiosks selling food and drinks, it promises to be more comfortable than the bus. There's also a lounge car, complete with a stereo and DVD system, at back of the train, which can be rented for a group. Introductory ticket prices are $50 one-way for coach; $75 for first class...
...Many of the works - like Quach Phong's memorable watercolors - capture ordinary acts of resistance by beleaguered fighters armed with unsophisticated weaponry. Phong's Farmer with Gun (1966) portrays a leather-faced guerrilla pointing a rifle to the sky in a defiant attack on a fighter plane. "Even though he had little hope of shooting it down, there lay his strength," recalls Phong...
...League. Columbia won both its games last weekend in front of a raucous crowd of its own, and they may struggle in this road contest. Penn 63, Columbia 61CORNELL at PRINCETONOne thing’s for sure about Princeton: this team has a kid who can shoot the leather of a basketball in freshman Doug Davis. The frontrunner for Ivy Rookie of the Year, Davis is averaging 13.7 points per game, and is coming off two strong performances in two big wins for the Tigers.Unfortunately for Princeton, Cornell has one of the best guards in the league in junior Louis...