Word: skying
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...flies into Arbil, the sole sign of war is the airport's security. Kurdish soldiers--or peshmerga, as they are known--sit in tall watchtowers posted on the perimeter, and civilian vehicles are kept outside the airport gates, where baggage searchers wear ski masks to hide their faces. Flights from the new Kurdistan Airlines and other carriers arrive directly from Istanbul, Frankfurt, Dubai and Beirut. Austrian Airlines will add a Vienna flight next month...
...sudden success, the fame, the adulation, the troubled times, the seemingly unstoppable decline. And, inevitably, the comeback. Ten years after the Cristallo closed its shutters, the veteran sashayed back onstage, looking more glamorous than ever. That was in 2001, and the luxury five-star hotel in the Italian ski resort of Cortina is still rocking its clientele. "We loved the idea of starting again," says Paola Gualandi, whose entrepreneurial clan now owns the Cristallo. "And Cortina is very popular and upscale?everybody wants to be here...
...attention to detail is masterful: from the 16,000 handpainted roses on the ceilings and walls to the delectable handmade biscotti accompanying a sinful hot cocoa that my 5-year-old daughter dubbed "Willy Wonka's chocolate river in my throat." In 2005, the Cristallo won Italy's Leading Ski Resort at the World Travel Awards?like a rock legend, this hotel knows how to thrill, seduce and keep fans coming back for more...
Longbrake said that the president left campus Thursday afternoon for a ski vacation with his children, and that Summers’ staff has known about the ski-vacation plans since last month...
...ski trip had been planned since last month, why wasn’t Summers’ meeting with The Crimson’s editorial board cancelled until this past Monday? “I made the mistake,” Longbrake said...