Word: mud
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...NEWMAN: You can get dragged though the mud and taken advantage of. You could burn out. It is hard work to be a true mensch. That?s why I?m a little concerned that the word is being tossed around so casually these days. We have to preserve the integrity of the word...
...Step into the Serena's marble lobby and the almost medieval street life of Kabul?with its open drains and mud-brick hovels?seems impossibly remote. The only reminders that you're in Afghanistan are the armed guards at the front door and the views from some windows into President Hamid Karzai's heavily fortified palace next door. So shiny and bright does the hotel seem in comparison with the rest of the country that locals are booking weekend stays. "We are already getting walk-in guests who are living in Kabul and feel like a getaway," says sales director...
...electricity generators - essential in a city where power often flickers on for only four hours every other day - and will treat its own water and sewage. Step into the Serena's marble lobby and the almost medieval street life of Kabul - with its open drains and mud-brick hovels - seems impossibly remote. The only reminders that you're in Afghanistan are the armed Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born...
...marketing for KSL. "You used to see the wives in this age group go to the spas while the husbands played golf," Berg says. Now the men, driven to stay fit and attractive and to reward themselves for years of hard work, are enjoying everything from manicures to mud baths. "The stigma is gone," says Kirwan Rockefeller, a social and behavioral scientist and co-creator of the certificate program in spa and hospitality management at the University of California at Irvine. "[The TV show] Queer Eye for the Straight Guy has done a lot toward reassuring men that...
That argument doesn't cut it with folks like Freddy Yoder, who is determined to rebuild his house with or without government help. "Gimme a break," the Lakeview resident growled at the commission's presentation. "We don't need a rail system. We're in the mud. If you can't give us direction, get the hell out of our way." The most troubling aspect for homeowners: the threatened use of eminent domain to clear the most heavily damaged areas for developers. "I'm going to fight--whatever it takes," warned Harvey Bender of the Ninth Ward. "It's going...