Word: taylorism
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...watercolors by Messel, two of them designs for The Sleeping Beauty. It's all utterly romantic and theatrical, if a little over the top - Noël Coward commented on its "somewhat excessive luxe," but found it "terribly exotic." And no end of actors, from Marlene Dietrich to Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Cruise, have stayed there. It's surely the most fantastical hotel suite in London - and the most evocative of an enchanted night's sleep. tel: (44-20) 7629 8888; thedorchester.com
...tell Sudan it can either accept the U.N. force or face war against the world's most powerful military alliance. Though the U.N. can't fight its way into Darfur, NATO can. If it does, al-Bashir could end up following Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic and Liberia's Charles Taylor to a war-crimes trial at the Hague. Confronted with that prospect, al-Bashir might conclude that a U.N. peacekeeping force...
...years since she’s graduated from the Kennedy School of Government, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has spent time in prison for calling Liberia’s leaders “many idiots,” has been charged with treason by despot Charles Taylor, and has attained the distinction of being Africa’s first elected female head of state. Coming full circle, she returned to her alma mater last night and declared, “I’m pleased to be back.” Sirleaf is president of a country still recovering from the horrors...
...Kathleen Taylor...
...Kathleen Taylor where she wants to travel next, and she has a laundry list ready: South Africa, Russia, Australia. Maybe it's the complimentary stays in the lap of luxury Taylor is guaranteed as the Four Seasons' new head of global business and hotel operations--a perk that should explain an average tenure of 17 years among company managers. But more likely, it's the sense of wonderment at the world that Taylor, 49, brings to her job. Describing new hotels in China, India and Italy, she gushes. Explaining why Four Seasons still builds new properties in the volatile Middle...