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Annenberg was also an art aficionado who in 1991 pledged his extensive collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces to the New York Metropolitan Museum...
...federal building in downtown Manhattan, she did not agonize over the moral calculus of defending a suspected terrorist. She did what Americans everywhere have done since Sept. 11: her job. She disputed the government's right to hold her client. After the hearing, Padilla was incarcerated in the nearby Metropolitan Correctional Center--less than a mile from ground zero--where he spent 23 hours a day in lockdown. When he did leave his cell, he wore leg and wrist shackles. Judge Michael Mukasey, a conservative with a tough-but-fair reputation, was scheduled to rule on the matter on June...
...underscore how much more turbulence lies ahead for the beleaguered carriers as well as the disgruntled traveling public. Fares will drop on some routes and rise on others. More direct flights could open up, even as layovers grow longer at airline hubs. Satellite airports (Baltimore; Long Beach, Calif.) near metropolitan areas could see more traffic while service is reduced to smaller cities like Syracuse, N.Y., and Greensboro, N.C. And forget those promises of more legroom in coach. Those days are over...
People who live near secondary airports around major metropolitan areas may be in luck, however. Discounters are increasingly breathing new life into less congested, long-underused airports, from Providence, R.I., and Hartford, Conn., to Long Beach and Oakland; JetBlue's successful move into Long Beach caused American to suddenly make its own big push for the onetime aviation backwater...
...SUNRISE ADVENTURE Jet-lagged? Head to the Tsukiji Fish Market, the biggest in the world, at dawn to watch fishermen hawking every water-dwelling creature known to man. Explore the outdoor arcade for exquisite kitchen goods and a sushi breakfast. Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, Tsukiji. GLIMPSE OF OLD EDO At Asakusa in historic downtown Tokyo, wander up Nakamise-dori poking through the stalls for souvenirs. Buy your fortune - translated into very bad English - at Sensoji Temple. POWER LUNCH Unlike its New York and London counterparts, Nobu Tokyo doesn't make you wait three months for a table. Plus...