Word: ronny
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...these paradises were seen as remote retreats for the rich and famous. In the '90s, day spas have attracted a more diverse crowd, people who can't afford to spend thousands and linger for a week. "I can't get away for that long," says Connecticut motivational speaker Ronni Burns, 47, who gets a massage and facial twice a month. "I find that much relaxing stressful." Joan Haratani, an attorney who soaks in a whirlpool and gets a massage once a week at Oakland's Claremont Hotel, explains, "I don't consider it a luxury. It's an absolute necessity...
Today Israel's secular majority is signaling that it has had enough. Says Ronni Milo, the mayor of Tel Aviv and a leader in the secular vanguard: "We are talking here of the basic rights of people to choose their own way of life...
They could not have done it without the Israeli police. Despite warnings by the Shin Bet, the nation's domestic security service, and the unusual presence of thousands of Palestinians on the Temple Mount on a Jewish holiday, the police inexplicably failed to deploy adequate reinforcements. (Police Minister Ronni Milo lamely explained that his forces mistakenly believed the riot would start at 3 a.m. that morning.) Said Yossi Sarid, a left-wing Knesset member: "There is no doubt that had the police prepared for this, this riot would have been prevented...