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...President to his study and showed him nautical mementos, explaining how John was renewed by his contact with the sea. Did the President have a place of quiet where he could reinvigorate his spirit? asked Kennedy. The President told the story of how he had found his California ranch and how much he loved...
...with many opportunities, but nothing quite like the stock of Strong Point, a little-known Irvine, Calif., real estate firm. In its strategic plan to diversify, Strong Point has fixed on an unlikely industry: prostitution. Last week the publicly traded company paid $18 million to acquire Nevada's Mustang Ranch, the largest legal brothel in the U.S. "It looked like a terrific investment opportunity," says John Davis, the company's president. The ranch currently features two bunkhouses with 108 bedrooms, a staff of 100, two neglected tennis courts and 495 acres. Since the ranch is popular with tourists and business...
Strong Point acquired the ranch from Joe and Sally Conforte, who needed the money to pay off $10 million in back taxes. The couple has operated the bordello since 1964, and became legitimate proprietors in 1971 when Nevada lifted many restrictions on prostitution. The new owners hope to make the ranch semirespectable as well. Says Davis: "Since I've gotten more involved, I'm finding the whole attitude toward it is changing...
...when one is beyond the Great Wall," wrote the Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722), "that the air and soil refresh the spirit." The ruler's words could equally apply to the Red Capital Ranch, tel: (86-10) 8401 8886, a 90-minute drive northeast of Beijing and a favorite getaway for the city's sophisticates. Stepping through the gate reveals a vista considerably more pastoral than the smokestack and skyscraper views normally offered at Chinese hotels: a brook burbles through a thicket that hides 10 detached villas, and the resort is ringed by a Ming-era stretch of the Great Wall...
...when one is beyond the Great Wall," wrote the Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722), "that the air and soil refresh the spirit." The ruler's words could equally apply to the Red Capital Ranch, tel: (86-10) 8401 8886, a 90-minute drive northeast of Beijing and a favorite getaway for the city's sophisticates. Stepping through the gate reveals a vista considerably more pastoral than the smokestack and skyscraper views normally offered at Chinese hotels: a brook burbles through a thicket that hides 10 detached villas, and the resort is ringed by a Ming-era stretch of the Great Wall...