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Foxwoods :: The surroundings may not be as plush as the poker room at the Spee, and you may not be virtually guaranteed of victory so long as you’re not as stoned as the dealer, but Foxwoods Casino can still provide some high-stakes thrills. FM also recommends taking in a show while you’re there. No, sorry, Witness Protection Program (WPP) will not be playing the Fox Lounge any time soon, but Foxwoods offers the next best thing: Engelbert Humperdinck (02/28/03 - 03/01/03) and Carrot Top (03/07/03 – one night only...
...directly the subject of a nice, quiet exile for Saddam Hussein was back in August, when stories circulated that a member of the Qatari royal family had ventured to Baghdad to see whether there was some way to avert a war by offering Saddam a way out--perhaps a plush retirement in a place like Saudi Arabia, where deposed despot Idi Amin enjoys fishing and playing his accordion. In Arab press accounts, Saddam was said to have angrily sent the envoy packing, and since then both sides have denied that any such overture ever happened. Who, indeed, would dare mention...
...said that I was anything but completely ecstatic to be inside the global headquarters of corporate-approved hipness. The studios were decorated in stainless steel faux-warehouse chic. The walls were even sprayed with graffiti. MTV hopefuls, the requisite mish-mash of minorities and uber-prepsters sat on a plush couch. I joined my fellow VJ wannabes and sat silently pondering the room’s aesthetic of exposed plumbing...
Today, guests find new friends and common interests among jam cookies and plush armchairs. Gomes enjoys moving among their distinct conversations and different languages...
...Sister Wendy to tea,” he says in his book-laden study, resting his head on the straight back of a plush armchair and raising his eyebrows above tortoiseshell eyeglass frames. He proudly displays a black-and-white photograph of himself standing with the habit-clad art historian and television personality...