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...AMERICAN ORIENT EXPRESS OUT OF A GOLDEN...
...elegant paneled dining car, its tables covered with crisp linen and set with silver, china and glassware, comes from another, golden era of train travel, but it is alive and well aboard the American Orient Express, the only private luxury train in North America. From March through November this year, you can choose from five regional itineraries or select a transcontinental rail journey, either from Washington to Los Angeles or across Canada between Vancouver and Montreal. The cost ranges from $2,490 to $6,990. There's a saving of $300 if you reserve six months in advance...
...researched the impeccable way food was served on the trains of the past and, he says, "incorporated some of that." The 15 vintage cars, built during the streamliner decade that began in 1948, have been restored (at a cost of $15 million) and recall the splendor of Europe's Orient Express. Sleeping cars are outfitted in mahogany and brass, and a pianist plays in the club car during the cocktail hour. All that's missing is Cary Grant www.americanorientexpress.com 888-759-3944). --By Emily Mitchell...
...live up to the importance of the cause he has embraced. Buchanan has not been shy in calling for dramatic changes, such as a moratorium on immigration and an aggressive campaign to build "American morals." He has called for a radical shift in America's trading policy, to orient it toward preserving the standard of living of American workers through tariffs and subsidies...
...This space between cargo pants and sweaters begins to take on a whole new meaning as Schor elaborates: "The decompression zone is the spot where everybody stops to orient themselves. You shouldn't put anything important or expensive there, because people ignore everything immediately around them when they're orienting themselves to the store on the whole...