Word: provee
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...there," says Alex Kyriakidis, global head of tourism, hospitality and leisure at industry consultants Deloitte. "But will they be a slam dunk success? The answer is no." They'll need to achieve year-round occupancy rates of more than 85% to be profitable, he says, which could prove a tough target in a segment of the market that is already competitive, and becoming more so. Established chains, such as the Hard Rock Hotels and Intercontinental's Indigo chain, are opening small-room, limited-service hotels in cities such as Chicago and Houston, and have international expansion plans, Kyriakidis says...
...contrast, American culture loves its guns. Guns are glorified not only in rap videos, but also by politicians pandering to their gun-obsessed electoral bases. In the last week alone, our former Governor W. Mitt Romney has been doing rhetorical somersaults, attempting to prove that his self-professed ardor for hunting is not a campaign hoax...
...that so then I should be offended that when I go into a building-I have to sign in-or when I attend many athletics events-I have to go through magnetometer-or when I go to airports-I have to go through numerous layers of security and prove who I am with a photo identification. We ask that of our own citizens, it is not unreasonable that we ask that of someone who is not a citizen. I am not sure what the current policy is. I think that?s the problem. We don?t really have a coherent...
...Jacobovici, finding the controversial tombs - debunked by one Biblical scholar as "archeo-porn" - shouldn't shake the foundations of Christian faith at all. He told TIME: "For millions of people, this is inspirational. It could prove that Jesus wasn't a myth - he really existed. People have come up to me and said their faith has been reinforced...
...very definition of a global problem - its causes and effects cross all national boundaries, and so must its remedies. But if human activity in burning fossil fuels is the cause of global warming, as the consensus now holds, then human activity in the political and diplomatic realm may also prove be the greatest obstacle to an effective global response to the problem. That much was clear in Brussels on Friday in the struggles over the latest report of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC...