Word: milan
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...United reckons 16 million?or nearly a third?of all its supporters live in Asia. So, in 2000, the club opened its first Asian store, in Singapore, hawking everything from player figurines to cell-phone straps. Crosstown rivals Man City now have shops in China, while European clubs AC Milan, Barcelona and Juventus have each opened boutiques in Tokyo...
...Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, with 30 loftlike rooms that start at $375. It's connected to the main building by a 10,000-sq.-ft. outdoor garden and can be reached from an underground valet garage by private elevator. "There's very little signage," says Renier Milan, the hotel's general manager. "Unless you're part of the In crowd, you won't know it's there." The just-opened Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas, also caters to customers who demand the best, with its Lone Star Tower, a separate entity from two more moderately priced...
...Harvard men at the turn of the 19th century, fashion dictates came from the college administration, not the Milan runways. For instance, undergraduates were instructed as to the proper type of outerwear: “coat must be of black-mixed, called also Oxford-mixed, single breasted, with a rolling cape square at the end, and with pocket flaps; waist reaching to the natural waist, with lapels of the same length; skirts reaching to the bend of the knee; three crows-feet, made of black silk cord on the lower part of the sleeve of a senior, two on that...
...principal business is running the World Cup tournament, which will be next staged in 2006. Germany edged South Africa for the privilege. African nations felt dissed. South Americans are unhappy about the number of spots they get in the tourney. In Europe, the big pro clubs, such as Inter Milan, are demanding money for lending their pricey players to national teams for qualifying rounds. In other words, soccer is back to business as usual, with Sepp in charge. --By Bill Saporito
Heidi Klum may grace runways from Milan to Paris, but could she do her little turn on the catwalk in Bright Hockey Arena...