Word: path
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...sophisticates. Stepping through the gate reveals a vista considerably more pastoral than the smokestack and skyscraper views normally offered at Chinese hotels: a brook burbles through a thicket that hides 10 detached villas, and the resort is ringed by a Ming-era stretch of the Great Wall. A private path means guests can escape the crowds that often mar enjoyment of the wall's other sections. There are no chairlifts or souvenir stalls here, just heated suites made from local stone and beams salvaged from some of Beijing's demolished courtyard homes. Rooms are decorated with Manchurian, Mongolian and Tibetan...
...private path means guests can escape the crowds that often mar enjoyment of the wall's other sections. There are no chairlifts or souvenir stalls here, just heated suites made from local stone and beams salvaged from some of Beijing's demolished courtyard homes. Rooms are decorated with Manchurian, Mongolian and Tibetan antiques, and each has a private porch. The Tiger Bar provides the perfect setting for cigars and cognac, while the restaurant offers cuisine inspired by Genghis Khan, whom the menu quotes: "The greatest pleasure in life is to defeat your enemy, then ride his horses, drink his wine...
...chatting with National Catholic Reporter's Vatican correspondent John Allen, who said "if there is any doubt that Ratzinger was campaigning for the job, this makes it clear he was not. That's not the homily of someone who wants to convince the undecided Cardinals." Still, Ratzinger path to the job was never to campaign, but to hold firm to his unwavering certainty about the truth of the Gospels. Cold, or no cold...
...DIONIGI TETTAMANZI, 71, Archbishop of Milan. A compromise candidate who could satisfy the minority progressives and reassure the traditionalists. It may be the most painless path to the necessary two-thirds required for election...
Since Mao Zedong’s death, China has been a country searching for a new path that combines Communism and capitalism. It has been trying to find its own balance between the need for stability and the need for freedom. Like all pioneers, China has often stumbled, but it has also made remarkable progress...