Word: roomier
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...tied in the U.S. by a shrinking market and a powerful antismoking lobby, the Marlboro Man is setting his sights on roomier pastures?China. TIME has learned that Philip Morris is set to begin making the world's best-selling cigarette in the largest tobacco market anywhere. China's more than 300 million smokers bought 1.75 trillion cigarettes last year, but due to government restrictions, foreign sales accounted for only around 5% of the total...
...real problem has been selling club seats, those special sections that have roomier chairs, waiter service and personal video screens. The NFL's New England Patriots have a posh new stadium, but $3,750 club seats are still available. Boston's FleetCenter, where the NBA's Celtics and the NHL's Bruins play, is converting about 600 of its 2,400 club seats to regular ones because they aren't selling. Given that club seats are priced at about $11,000 each, that's a huge loss...
Looking for a travel bargain this summer? Like the heat? Follow the trail of the Rat Pack to Palm Springs, Calif. Its posh spas, golf courses, restaurants and casinos are much roomier in the off-season. And starting in June, rates at resorts like the plush Miramonte fall from as much as $350 a night in peak season to just $89 a night. There is a catch: average temperatures hover at 105[degrees] and can go as high as 122[degrees] midday. But locals swear the golf courses are still playable in the morning. Families can spend the heat...
...mere mortals like me. But I quickly learned to appreciate the perks: free upgrades to business class, no blackout dates when you use your accumulated miles for a vacation trip, and other goodies such as early check-in with first-class passengers, preferred seating in coach on the roomier emergency rows and a special 800 number for Medallion-member assistance. Ever since, I have tried to book all my flights, vacations included, on this airline, traveling enough each year to maintain these valuable extras...
Acela will offer passengers roomier seats, beer on tap and midtown-to-midtown travel at $120 to $143 one-way in coach. Gone are the dreary, cargo-like conditions inside. Thin slits of glass that once shut out the light have been replaced by oversize windows, and the tiny, smelly toilets have been transformed into spacious, bright rest rooms. Still, creaky infrastructure will prevent Acela from reaching its top speed most of the trip, but it should cruise consistently at around 100 to 120 m.p.h., more than enough, in Amtrak's mind, to change people's travel habits...