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...must have been the Nazi backup plan after the whole Holy Grail debacle in Alexandretta. Constantine’s ride, the Angel City cab, even uses the transportation-name-as-witty-commentary trick of A Streetcar Named Desire, or more recently, The Royal Tenenbaums’ Gypsy Cabs. Then the exorcism—wait, was that Sigourney Weaver from Ghostbusters lying possessed on the bed? No, just some other actress who has captured that grotesque, demonic, yet unsettlingly sexual demeanor that adds a little extra pizzazz to any exorcism scene. It’s all wholesale theft...
Bollinger was a breath of fresh air, an administrator who could bring a big-school perspective to a private institution. At the University of Michigan, he had managed to stage coups in both the arts and sciences, bringing in the exclusive Royal Shakespeare Company for a series of performances and creating an unprecedented center for health sciences...
...Elon Kohlberg, Royal Little Professor of Business Administration...
King Mswati III of Swaziland has always had extravagant tastes. But as the tiny southern African kingdom sinks deeper into poverty and an AIDS crisis, the latest royal purchases - 10 new BMW X5 4.4i sport-utility vehicles, worth around $800,000, one for each of his 10 official wives - must qualify as a personal best. Africa's last absolute ruler presides over a land where 70% live in destitution and 38.8% are infected with HIV, the world's worst rate. And ordinary Swazis are increasingly fed up with Mswati's gold-plated insensitivity, profligate spending and authoritarian ways, says...
...porches and houses built high off the ground?a new impetus. Pavilions, moats and reconditioned rice barns sit alongside 66 lavish private villas and nearly 80 suites, while the nearby Dheva Spa?over which dozens of wood-carvers sweated for three years?is an astonishing reproduction of Mandalay's Royal Palace. Extensive use of golden teak throughout the hotel will delight traditionalists, if not the environmentally correct. But everyone will be happy with the tab: introductory rates apply until September, with villas priced from $390 a night...