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Ledyard decided to walk through both Europe and Asia, and, as if that were not enough, traverse the still-undiscovered western half of North America. Jefferson suggested that Ledyard have a 12-inch ruler tattooed on his arm so he could measure longitude without an instrument. (Ledyard rebuffed the suggestion...
Ledyard decided to walk through both Europe and Asia, and, as if that were not enough, traverse the still-undiscovered western half of North America. Jefferson suggested that Ledyard have a 12-inch ruler tattooed on his arm so he could measure longitude without an instrument. (Ledyard rebuffed the suggestion...
...quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder which are available only at the invitation of Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the U.A.E. Mere mortals can content themselves with the hotel's other wings, where standard rooms begin at a heart-stopping $625 a night. They do, however, come with high-faluting technology (including touch-pad controls and 50-in. plasma screens) and a butler...
...hotel's centerpiece is the 42-m-wide Grand Atrium, flanked by five stories of top-tier suites, including the six Royal Suites, which are available only at the invitation of Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the U.A.E. Mere mortals can content themselves with the hotel's other wings, where standard rooms begin at a heart-stopping $625 a night. They do, however, come with high-faluting technology (including touch-pad controls and 50-in. plasma screens) and a butler service. Dining facilities comprise 14 restaurants?four are open now, with...
DIED. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, 62, President of Guyana and authoritarian ruler of his Caribbean-rim nation (pop. 800,000) since two years before independence in 1966; during an operation for a throat ailment; in Georgetown, Guyana. Folksy and sharp-witted, with a flair for oratory, he won the 1964 election by playing on tensions between ethnic Indians and blacks and on U.S. and British fears of Marxist Cheddi Jagan, the first pre-independence Premier. Thereafter he blended leftist rhetoric, aggressive nonalignment and a socialist policy that professed economic self-sufficiency but led, partly because of depressed commodity prices...