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...London easyHotel's bijou orange rooms with shower "pods" and flat-screen TVs start at $45. Created by the folks who launched easyJet, this new chain has already set up in Switzerland and has plans to dot the rest of Europe...
...furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its 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 showers, free wi-fi and Starbucks coffee in the lobby. One caveat: guests had better like the color blue. Rooms start at $100. Sydney and Auckland Base Backpackers, with locations all over Australia and New Zealand, offers hostels with hotel-like amenities, including saunas and spas. Private rooms start...
...that day—Dec. 20, 2005—Midwest Airlines flight 210 from Boston en route to Milwaukee was beset by a dangerous mechanical problem, which caused the landing gear to emit a shower of sparks as it rose into the air. For those of us aboard, who had no idea anything had gone awry, the malfunction was a bothersome inconvenience, a mere “problem with the indicator,” as the captain so vaguely and reassuringly cooed over the intercom. The plane circled Logan for two hours, burning off fuel so as to minimize...
...some students use the bell as their personal alarm clock. Alison D. Nugent ’09 says she wakes up with the 8:40 a.m. bells and tries to shower and be back in her room by the next set of bells at 9 a.m. During reading period, when the bells do not ring, she says she almost missed her class because she is so used to leaving her room with the 1 p.m. bells in order to arrive at Sever Hall perfectly on time five minutes later...
...distorted lenses in the Hubble telescope, which was already in orbit. An expert in optics suggested that tiny inversely distorted mirrors could correct the images, but nobody could figure out how to fit them into the hard-to-reach space inside. Then engineer Jim Crocker, taking a shower in a German hotel, noticed the European-style showerhead mounted on adjustable rods. He realized the Hubble's little mirrors could be extended into the telescope by mounting them on similar folding arms. And this flash was the key to fixing the problem...