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...cowboys and members of Congress, is prime Berlin: emotionally direct, sinfully singable. The all-American immigrant, who died in 1989 at 101, wrote a million of 'em--well, 1,200, all collected in this handsome volume, indispensable for anyone who can't stop humming White Christmas, Puttin' on the Ritz, Always or the ineffable Cheek to Cheek. "Heaven, I'm in heaven...
...that the first major ground incursion into the heart of Taliban held territory was under way. He didn't gather his team staying with him but instead, at 5:30 went for a workout. Though a treadmill had been moved into his suite at the top of the Ritz Carlton, he chose instead to make his way down to the one in the healthclub. Little gets in the way of the fitness obsessed president's workouts which he and his aides credit with helping him stay measured through the crisis. To ward off jet lag from the trip, Bush...
...about a week, members of the neighborhood continued to place flowers at the door and even held a silent vigil for their friend last Tuesday evening. A handful of Crescent Street residents took the train to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston to attend Jenkins’ memorial service on Monday, where a crowd of 400 spilled into the hall. Besides his neighbors, Jenkins leaves behind his mother, Florence Deatherage of Kentucky, and two brothers, James Jenkins of Ohio and Jeff Jenkins of Kentucky...
...says he'll make the transition to coach, hoping to create two restaurants that last beyond his lifetime. "If it becomes unsuccessful after I leave, I've only achieved individual success, and I want success in a broader scope." Referring to the famous hotelier, he continues, "Cesar Ritz set a certain set of standards 100 years ago, and they still strive to meet those standards. He's truly a successful man because he created a set of standards to help [the staff] strive to be better, and not just at work, either." Pretty ambitious stuff for a cook. Especially when...
...21st century dawns, China again is on a mission to open itself to the world. Tens of thousands of individuals are on the journey, people like Gong Jian, a 30-year-old exporter I met over tea in the elegant Portman Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai. His title might sound prosaic: manager of footwear department No. 2 for Shanghai Lansheng Corp. But he exemplifies the cosmopolitan business Elite in China's coastal cities, leading the export charge that explains why Magic Chef refrigerators and seemingly everything else on sale at the 3,500 Wal-Mart department stores in the United...