Word: peninsulas
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Felix is the glam spot for a drink before dinner. It was designed by Philippe Starck and has the requisite men's bathroom with amazing views. The Peninsula Hotel, Salisbury Road, Kowloon...
...Obviously the morale of the country was down because of the defeat in the Peninsula Campaign. When Lincoln shouldered that responsibility for it, it meant he could keep Stanton, who turned out to be an historically good secretary...
...McClellan, after the Peninsula defeat, which most historians would argue was due in large part to mistakes that McClellan made, was vociferous in arguing wherever he could that the problem was the Secretary of War Edwin Stanton's failure to send him enough troops. McClellan writes to his wife: "You want to know how I feel about Stanton and what I think of him now? I think he's the most unmitigated scoundrel I ever knew, heard of, or read of." McClellan was also feeding these criticisms to the newspapers. It became a huge outcry against Stanton...
...Those talks have remained deadlocked since last fall, but the suspicion that Washington is seeking the collapse of the regime in Pyongyang has resulted in an increasingly open split between the U.S. and South Korea, the democracy whose protection is the reason U.S. still has troops on the Korean peninsula...
...mere six hours after closing the bar, Batali could be found swimming in the Peninsula's rooftop pool. After he swam, Batali put away crab cake Benedict while constantly checking his Treo for messages and simultaneously answering my questions. Then he was off for two hours of negotiations with retailers to persuade them to place orders for his cookware. Next he did the demo, and afterward he signed autographs for about 250 fans. He also kept up a running banter that had continued all weekend...