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Initially, I had reservations about the book; Dombey and Son is sort of second-tier Dickens, with especially broad characterizations and implausibly-integrated subplots. Buthaving already worked my way through first-tier DickensI persevered. Before long, I fell happily into the Dickensian rhythm: there were the requisite good lower-orders types and bad lower-orders types, the requisite super-virtuous young woman, the requisite scheming villains who would, I knew, ultimately be vanquished. By the time that the frail, angelic Paul Dombey (so frail and so angelic that his doom was assured from his first appearance in the novel that...
...them--have gone smoothly. But according to U.S. cable operators and cable-television executives, the limited number of slots are nearly full for all-news channels on major U.S. satellite systems, and it will not be easy for al-Jazeera International to find a place on so-called basic-tier cable packages either. "There are not many of us out there, but it is very, very competitive for distribution, advertising and, of course, audiences," says Richard Sambrook, director of BBC World Service and Global News Division. But, he adds, "al-Jazeera has deep pockets, and therefore they are going...
...will be required to come with a digital tuner by July 2007, and in Germany, digital broadcasts will commence in time for the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament. During this sea change, Sharp intends to use Aquos as the product that burnishes its reputation as a top-tier global brand. Already, international business accounts for about half of Sharp's overall revenues, with buoyant sales of its high-end TVs in the U.S. and Europe driving these gains. The company has also benefited abroad from the launch last fall of a worldwide branding campaign, including ads produced by Wieden+Kennedy...
...among 6,040 sq m of gold leafing, 114 domes adorned with glass mosaics, and 1,002 bespoke Swarovski crystal chandeliers, in an interior that seems part Arabian Nights, part Walt Disney. The hotel's centerpiece is the 42-m-wide Grand Atrium, flanked by five stories of top-tier suites, including the six Royal Suites, Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative 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...
...hotel's centerpiece is the 42-m-wide Grand Atrium, flanked by five stories of top-tier suites, including the six Royal Suites, which are available only at the invitation of Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the U.A.E. Mere mortals can content themselves with the hotel's other wings, where standard rooms begin at a heart-stopping $625 a night. They do, however, come with high-faluting technology (including touch-pad controls and 50-in. plasma screens) and a butler service. Dining facilities comprise 14 restaurants?four are open now, with...