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...lobby ceiling, hand-tufted Indian carpets and works from some of Oman's most eminent artists. In guest rooms, taps are gold plated and pillows are filled with goose down. Should the $728-a-night rack rate prove a deterrent, choose from the four-star Al Bandar or the mid-range Al Waha. With its casual restaurants and toddler pools, the latter is aimed at young families. The former, geared to couples or parents with older children, offers a teens' club, boutiques and a nightclub. The resort's private beach and sports facilities can be enjoyed by guests...
...Russians Are Back In the mid-1990s, in the first flush of economic and political freedom, you couldn't walk into a high-end store in Davos without tripping over some Russian businessman's "executive assistant," usually decked out in a sumptuous fur coat...
...Paris meeting in mid-January was a tense affair. In an oak-paneled conference room of an elegant mansion that once belonged to the Rothschild family, government representatives from more than 30 countries listened skeptically as British officials explained why they had dropped a high-profile bribery investigation into $80 billion in British contracts to supply military aircraft and other equipment to Saudi Arabia...
...Danny's; Sweet Charity (1966), a Bob Fosse musical now enjoying a Broadway revival; Plaza Suite (1968), a trio of bittersweet one acts set in the same hotel room; Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969), a hilarious yet pathetic picture of a man attempting infidelities during a mid-life-crisis...
Simon had attained fame and wealth, and, to observers, his marriage seemed idyllic. But when he was 40 and in a brief mid-life crisis of his own, he thought of divorce. "I felt my mortality and told Joan over lunch that I wanted to leave and start all over again. We'd married young, I explained, and I needed to experience life. She smiled benignly and said, 'That's O.K.' After five seconds I told her, 'Never mind.' I had asked for her permission to get out, and she had given it. I no longer felt she was controlling...