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...Connubial blisters form right after the ceremony, on the newlyweds' drive from San Francisco down to a Mexican resort. Lila knows the words to every song on the radio and brays them at peak pitch. (Could Eddie not have tuned in to something more soothing, like Rush Limbaugh?) In bed, Lila's lovemaking is suspiciously professional: her moves include the Inverted Corkscrew, the Swedish helicopter and the Jackhammer, and she's given to screaming, "F--- me like a black guy, Eddie!" (On the plus side, she got his name right.) By the time Lila has disregarded Eddie's warnings about...
...Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), who's all the things Lila isn't: brunette, natural and unmarried. Eddie is warmed by her sporty friendliness, especially in contrast to the harridan convalescing in his hotel bedroom. He even likes most of her family, who come to the resort each year. As Eddie and Miranda fall in love, he never quite gets around to explaining he's on his honeymoon. But when the truth is revealed, he declares his fidelity, telling her folks, "From the second I fell in love with Miranda, I have not once cheated on her with my wife...
...PHUKET: Private pools at the 39-villa Trisara resort come as standard, if that's any indication of the cosseting on offer. For a proper splurge, however, book Trisara's top-dollar escape. For $35,000, you'll be waited on hand and foot at a seafront three-bedroom hideaway for five nights, before boarding a three-cabin luxury yacht, which counts a spa therapist and chef among the crew. You'll then be taken on a one-night cruise around Phang Nga Bay, Krabi and Phi Phi, anchoring at Maya Bay - a location for the Danny Boyle movie...
...together as a team," says Mark Mitchell, owner of the motor yacht Sovereign. A well-trained staff knows how best to define what guests want out of a charter. They know how to quickly tweak itineraries and deal with demanding requests. "You'd be hard-pressed to find a resort that has the ratio of staff to guests that a charter has," says Jeff Beneville, a broker at Camper & Nicholsons...
...That, as British bookmakers say when a racing outsider romps home to victory, would be a turn up for the books. Before they convened in the northern seaside resort town of Blackpool, the Conservatives who under Thatcher knew nothing but success, appeared to be in a hopeless shambles. The party has been out of power since Blair's overwhelming victory in 1997; Cameron is their fourth leader since that rout. He has unsettled traditional Tories with his determination to make the party greener and more humane, and his rejection of social conservatism. His easy manner and impressive oratory skills draws...