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...YORK CITY: Bigup Worldwide Perch 320m above the city on the Empire State Building's observatory while a plane spells out sweet nothings-to your loved one and everyone else in Manhattan. From...
...grope his way out of the wilderness, O'Neill turned to his old friends from the Ford Administration, Alan Greenspan and Dick Cheney. According to the book, Greenspan agreed with many of his proposals but could not do much from his Delphian perch. When O'Neill sought guidance from the Vice President about how to install a system that would foster vigorous and transparent debate, he got grumbles and silence but little sympathy. Soon O'Neill concluded that his powerful old colleague was rowing in a different direction."I realized why Dick just nodded along when I said...
...beauty) or daydreaming (so you can't read her mind). And then, in a flash: prom queen! Star of the school play! Valedictorian or vamp! Likely Oscar nominee for 21 Grams! Her vault from nowhere to notoriety reminds you that anonymity is an ideal perch for looking at others, and into oneself. Nothing succeeds like late success...
...market for the same price. Most digital cameras have zoom lenses only up to 4x; the extra magnification is a real performance boost. Now when you're on a nature hike and spot that yellow-bellied sapsucker, you can get right in his beak--without startling him from his perch. --By Wilson Rothman
...must let a little air out of Dhamija's balloons, however, to realize how close his perch at the top of the industry is to the ground. After taxes and exceptional costs, e-bookers' maiden first-quarter "profit" of $175,000, turned into an $8.1 million loss. But e-bookers has shown that it knows how to reach the black ink, and as any old-economy travel agent will tell you, it's the destination that really counts. --By Blaine Greteman/London