Word: sightings
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...came to Jackson Hole,[an error occurred while processing this directive] its only U.S. property. Building the 40-suite Amangani hotel was a test of endurance, as it took 10 years to acquire the plot, but for the group's founder, Indonesian Adrian Zecha, it was love at first sight. "I still remember my arrival, after a long, long journey from Hong Kong," he says. "It was late afternoon, and in the fading sunlight the snow-capped top of Grand Teton looked like molten gold." Floor-to-ceiling window walls ensure guests also enjoy this glittering view. Perched...
...sulking over the end of his kingdom, was more interested in tinkering with cars. Then, in 1972, he discovered Australia. After his first glance of the outback, he is said to have exclaimed: "I love this place, miles and miles of open country, and not a bloody Indian in sight." He bought Murchison House Station, noting that it was "the size of a country"-large enough to compensate for his lost kingdom. His pedigree would matter little there, but that seems to have been the attraction. "I want a nice quiet life and a chance to work with my hands...
...swag is in sight. Presenters at the upcoming Primetime Emmy Awards on Aug. 27 must sign and return a letter from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences acknowledging that they are aware that under IRS guidelines they have to pay taxes on their gift-bag goodies, even if they are the star of the hottest hit sitcom on network television. The letter is, in effect, the Academy?s way of absolving itself of responsibility for unpaid gift taxes...
...Europe are concentrated in highly visible enclaves. In Brussels, for example, Muslim women and children beg on the streets and in the subways. And for blocks along the Avenue de Stalingrad, scores of cafés and stores are crowded with Muslim men--and no women. The only comparable sight in the U.S. might be in certain neighborhoods of Detroit and nearby Dearborn, Mich. But that would be the exception. American Muslims tend to be university-educated professionals living in the suburbs...
...Ross was a Warrant Machinist on the U.S.S. Nevada in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the day the Japanese bombed the American fleet and triggered World War II. Ross' valor, commemorated on homeofheroes.com, is the stuff of movie legend. (He did survive, regain his sight and marry his girlfriend.) But Hollywood didn't rush to make a stirring drama from his story, or from any aspect of that awful day in Hawaii (though the following year John Ford did direct a documentary, December 7th, that got limited release in theaters). Dec. 7, 1941, was a day that would live...