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Among the highlights of the Grand Hyatt Singapore's recently completed renovations are three superchic presidential suites, adding to the choice of top-end berths in the Lion City. Perched high above the throngs of Orchard Road, these[an error occurred while processing this directive] palatial aeries can be expanded from one to four bedrooms if you're traveling with an entourage of, say, Cabinet Ministers, groupies or bodyguards. The suites were conceived by Santa Monica?based architect and designer Beatrice Girelli to a contemporary brief - furnishings are deliberately understated, and the color palette kept to a soothing selection...
...market a book written by a publicity-shy author? That's the challenge facing Penguin Press as it readies the November 21st publication of Against the Day, a 1,120-page epic by the reclusive literary lion Thomas Pynchon...
...roughly $1.6 billion annual trade between the two countries is critical to the survival of the regime in Pyongyang - about half of North Korea's daily oil supply and a slightly lower proportion of its food imports come from China. And the lion's share of that trade has long passed through Dandong. Just how stringently China will impose sanctions directed at North Korea's weapons program and an undefined category of "luxury goods" - and more importantly, whether it chooses to tighten the screws on commodities not covered by the sanctions, such as oil and food supplies - will...
...Italian director; in Rome. A resistance leader in World War II, Pontecorvo's war experiences informed his 1965 masterwork The Battle of Algiers, which depicted the brutal reality of the 1950s Algerian uprising against French colonial rule. While the documentary-style film won three Oscar nominations and the Golden Lion at the 1966 Venice Film Festival, French authorities-outraged by its depiction of torture by French troops-banned it until...
...this clever metaphor for the Iraqi people will sometimes get stretched thin by scenes created only for the sake of generating some action. At one point the pride must work together to overcome a ferocious bear. (The insurgency?) While I am as much in favor of an awesome lion vs. bear fight scene as the next guy, it feels like an obligatory fight scene being played out rather than a natural circumstance of the story or intended theme. Still, there are enough occasions of unexpected storytelling, as when the group encounters a bitter snapping turtle on the banks...