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...write this week's cover story, the heroic tale of Erik Weihenmayer, a blind man who had scaled Mount Everest. But in the wee hours of Saturday morning, Greenfeld was roused in order to track down a different beast altogether--the story behind the assassinations of the King, Queen and much of the royal family of Nepal by the Crown Prince...
...PURPLE PROSE William Perkin, who "Invented a Color that Changed the World" with his accidental creation of synthetic dye, revolutionized organic chemistry--and fashion. Queen Victoria wore mauve to her daughter's wedding in 1858; London erupted soon after with "mauve measles...
...described it as "an uproariously improbable set." Built with state-of-the-art technology, including elevators, fire-fighting equipment and water pressure in the bathrooms, the Del was expected by the two Midwesterners who built it in 1888 "to be the talk of the Western world." Indeed, the Queen Anne-style hotel is judged one of America's most beautiful and family-friendly hotels. Some guests arrived in private railcars, and many checked in for a whole season and sent their children to a hotel-run school...
...point, I was called the Queen of Plastic Surgery. I did bring it out of the closet. After I talked about all my tucks and jobs, people opened up about theirs. I would be sitting on the couch on the Tonight Show, and someone would lean over and say, "I just had my eyes done" or whatever. I became the clearinghouse for everyone, because I knew all the answers. The surgeons loved me. I loved demystifying it. Of course, I wasn't an advocate exactly. I think people can get addicted, and it can be abused. But it can make...
...also much more polite. Though stung by slights from Washington in the early weeks of the Bush Administration, the Kremlin has been very discreet. Putin has discussed the Russian car industry and played host to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands but kept mum about George Bush or national missile defense. His Defense Minister, Sergei Ivanov, has taken a tougher line. Although the Kremlin originally signaled a willingness to discuss changes to the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, Ivanov now implies that there is little to discuss. Adjusting the treaty means destroying it, he warned last week, and Russia does not intend...