Word: resorted
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...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. A private path means guests can escape the crowds that often mar enjoyment of the wall's other sections. There are no chairlifts or souvenir stalls here, just heated suites made from local stone and beams salvaged from some...
...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...
...Shanda Trimble won't have to resort to the courts. Next year she'll be attending the Alliance School, founded to create a safe atmosphere for students who feel unwelcome in traditional settings. Says co-founder Tina Owen, an English teacher: "A lot of adults think 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' But these students seemed to be hurting really bad." --Reported by Elizabeth Coady/ Chicago, Avery Holton/Austin, Sora Song/New York and Sonja Steptoe/Los Angeles
...more implausible sights i've ever seen was a 114-room resort hotel on a beautiful, palm-studded strand of white beach...
...favor of moving forward,” said Zon, who is also a professor of pediatrics at HMS. “Even among conservative voters, the public supports the research and seems to trust what the scientists tell them—which is probably why the opposition has to resort to propaganda campaigns...