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...that everyone should pay the same price." The French giants of the industry can shrug and point out that it is not their task to set that price. That's up to markets and governments that want to regulate them to provide access to the poor, subsidize farmers or soak the rich. But Suez and Veolia can take quiet satisfaction from one crystal-clear certainty: over the next 150 years of their business, demand for water isn't going down the drain...
These expats were keen to soak up the local culture, but unlike most Florentines, their interests extended beyond city and national boundaries. Fabbri and Loeser became clients of Ambroise Vollard, the foremost art dealer of the time, based in Paris, and one of the few contemporary champions of Cézanne. The painter, who would be recognized after his death as one of the fathers of modern painting, the direct inspiration for Cubism and Fauvism, spent his twilight years living in isolation in Aix-en-Provence, France, scorned by critics and ignored by the public. Outside attention, when it came...
...Levesque said. Water also flowed into the house gym and the Bullitt Room, a classroom in Quincy. While the plumbers were working to unclog the blockage, students were told not to use their bathrooms, for fear that their flushed or drained water would travel down the pipes and soak the workers trying to fix the system. “We wanted to go on the side of caution,” Levesque said. “We just didn’t want toilets and tubs and sinks to be used by the students.” Quincy resident Shira...
...York City is in aircraft that may emit more than 5,200 lbs. (about 2,400 kg) of carbon per passenger, round-trip, according to one estimate. On an individual level, you can try to make your flight carbon neutral by donating to, say, a forestry project that will soak up the greenhouse gases you have created. An increasing number of airlines and travel agents do offer such options. The London-based CarbonNeutral Company reports that requests for carbon offsetting from individual travelers have jumped over the past six months. But the still tiny number of neutralized flights can hardly...
...expect your total experience - accommodation, service, dining - to be sublime. Inside the guest rooms, the accent is purely contemporary: white walls and leather chaises, cerulean lighting, Egyptian cotton linen tucked into platform beds, iPod nanos and 42-inch plasma TVs, while the two suites boast deep-soak baths and bars stocked with Veuve Clicquot and 42 Below. The overall effect is a cool look and a pampered feel. Vikram's next undertaking is a hotel in central London. The Dream lives...