Word: racks
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...hotel has no restaurant but you can always dial for room service or book a table at any of the many fabulous restaurants in the vicinity. The only snag? Cooking fumes from some of them unfortunately make the verandahs of the two executive patio suites unpleasant places to linger. Rack rates from $270, www.naumihotel.com...
...dedicated to office space, which fetches higher rentals, while almost all of the tailoring shops will move to street-level and basement premises on the street's east side, where most of them are already located. The move will free up more retail space for high-end off-the-rack clothing stores in an attempt to make Savile Row more of an exclusive shopping destination. (Many of the tailor shops operate on an appointment basis and aren't set up to attract casual shoppers...
Although Latin America attracts nowhere near the foreign direct investment (FDI) that Asia or even Eastern Europe does, competitiveness is on the rise among South America's ABC countries--Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Like most other Latin countries, the ABCs were pulled on the economic torture rack during the 20th century between socially negligent capitalism and fiscally profligate populism. But today they lead a potent common market, Mercosur. (Chile is an associate member.) And while each has a leftist President--Chile's Michelle Bachelet is also a socialist--the ABCs are spelling a model, "pragmatic socialism," says Jerry Haar...
...urban features. The 60-mile (100 km) course included intersections and buildings, and contestants had to park and merge with traffic. On the outside, most of the vehicles looked quite similar: conventional sedans and SUVs plastered with corporate-sponsor logos and encrusted with sensors, their backseats loaded with rack-mounted PCs. The one big exception was a monster truck so enormous that the course had to be widened to accommodate...
...Ruben L. Davis: At track time 17:13, made the word “Quetzals,” earning an astounding 374 points in one turn. Collapsed thereafter. Andrew F. Nunnelly: Highest scoring words: “Weeds,” “Rack.” Achieved an embarrassing final score of 36 points, turned over the board in rage, and found solace in online social networking Web sites. SPEED-READING OF “TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE” During a competitive speed-reading of Mitch Albom’s best-selling non-fiction masterpiece...