Word: mantras
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Elegance without arrogance is the mantra at Capella Castlemartyr in County Cork, Ireland, which opened in early August on 220 lush, wooded acres (90 hectares). With 100 rooms, "our approach is that of a small country hotel," says general manager Peter Bowling. Except that this one has dozens of private assistants who can arrange shark fishing for the adventurous. But if you just want to take a walk, that's fine too. They'll lend you a pair of Wellington boots to keep your feet dry and send the hotel's two Irish setters, Earl and Countess, with...
...ways, Clinton's personal comfort with religion and ability to act as his own religious liaison masked the ongoing problems of his party. Democratic leaders were happy to let Clinton sermonize. They had no interest, however, in changing their approach on abortion to reflect his "safe, legal and rare" mantra. Nor did they expand their outreach efforts to include religious constituencies other than black churches. By the time Clinton left the White House in 2001, the party was as disconnected as ever from faith voters. And George W. Bush was able to get away with arguing that his White House...
...egalité fraternité.” The words themselves mean nothing, are even oxymoronic. But the passion with which they are spoken, the ubiquity with which they are inscribed upon the most sublime of monuments and museums, that is something infinitely more meaningful to me than a mantra...
Darling's appointment signals continuity but Brown's constant mantra of recent weeks has been change, a woolly promise to be different from his predecessor, which the politician again invoked as he stood poised to enter Downing Street for the first time as Prime Minister. The list of new ministers and departures in the style and presentation of the reshuffle have given the first hints of what form this change may take...
...theaters June 29. For Remy (brightly voiced by comedian Patton Oswalt) is your basic outsider. Even with his family, he felt like a connoisseur among food philistines. They are tough and oafish, satisfied with garbage; he's a devotee of the late, famed chef Gusteau (Brad Garrett) and his mantra, "Anyone can cook." Having lost track of his teeming brood, he arrives at Gusteau's old restaurant, now run by the conniving Skinner (Ian Holm). But Remy's culinary imagination, put into effect by Linguini (Lou Romano) and the comely sous-chef Colette (Janeane Garofalo), will restore the reputation...