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...Calalzo in 1962, he hazed hotel staff with demands such as 200 fresh eggs served on a silver tray. (An egg fight ensued, and the wallpaper was ruined.) The hotel was also the setting for The Pink Panther with Peter Sellers and David Niven in 1963. But the rot gradually set in: wealthy patrons invested in their own chalets, and the Cristallo's owners sold it to a hotel chain, which closed it down...
...Calalzo in 1962, he hazed hotel staff with demands such as 200 fresh eggs served on a silver tray. (An egg fight ensued, and the wallpaper was ruined.) The hotel was also the setting for The Pink Panther~ with Peter Sellers and David Niven in 1963. But the rot gradually set in: wealthy patrons invested in their own chalets, and the Cristallo's owners sold it to a hotel chain, which closed it down in 1978. Before the Gualandis reopened the Cristallo for business, they commissioned a painstaking renovation and added a heated indoor swimming pool, indoor and outdoor Jacuzzis...
...senior French civil servant who is establishing a policy-strategy unit for Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. Along with November's social unrest, she points to falling voter participation and declining labor-union membership as evidence of growing public cynicism. In Britain, the government is trying to stop the rot with a campaign against antisocial behavior, especially among young people. Launching his "respect" initiative, Prime Minister Blair personally traveled to the town of Swindon earlier this month and used a high-pressure hose to remove graffiti from the wall of a housing project...
Will the new designs be enough to stop the rot? Ford Motor's share of the U.S. auto and truck market has been steadily declining, from 24.1% in 2000 to 17.4% last year, while GM's shrank from 28.3% to 26.2%. To put that into perspective, Ford last year made 3.15 million vehicles, although it has the infrastructure to make 3.9 million, by Harbour Consulting's calculations. That kind of capacity utilization--79%--is hideously inefficient. The company's stock price has fallen 39% in a year--wiping out more than $10 billion in shareholder value...
...turbulent relationship between the hip-hop star and the high school sweetheart he divorced in 2001 hasn't died. Eminem recently told Detroit radio station WKQI that he and his ex "have reconciled and are probably going to remarry." After a relationship-induced suicide attempt (hers) and a "Rot in Pieces" belly tattoo (his) and lots of court battles over money and custody of daughter Hailie, 9, the reunion clearly means the rapper's fans can look forward to romantic ballads for years to come...