Word: toronto
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...test-markets his every utterance, whereas President George W. Bush, love him or hate him, comes across as a man who means what he says and doesn't stick his finger in the air checking to see which way the wind is blowing before he speaks. Nicky Billou Toronto...
...politician who test-markets his every utterance, whereas President Bush, love him or hate him, comes across as a man who means what he says and doesn't stick his finger in the air checking to see which way the wind is blowing before he speaks. NICKY BILLOU Toronto...
When Four Seasons asked George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg to design a hotel, the Toronto-based architects confessed they had never worked on a luxury hotel. To their surprise, that's what the resort chain--which was reputed for high-class service but not necessarily high-class design--was looking for. "Going to most hotels is like going to Grandma's bedroom. It's fussy and old-fashioned. They wanted a modern approach," says Pushelberg. "It's all in the details and subtlety, so it can resonate with someone 65 years old but also with someone...
Forging ground in the architecture of global luxury hotels is a far cry from designing coffee shops and dry cleaners, which made up the bulk of the Canadians' work after they started their firm in 1980. Now, with a staff of 75 and offices in New York City and Toronto, Yabu and Pushelberg have five more luxury hotels under their belt and a handful of other projects in the works, including a Four Seasons in Marrakech and a Mimo So fine-jewelry store in Los Angeles. Gamal Aziz, president of MGM Grand, for whom Yabu and Pushelberg have designed...
...politician who test-markets his every utterance, whereas President Bush, love him or hate him, comes across as a man who means what he says and doesn't stick his finger in the air checking to see which way the wind is blowing before he speaks. Nicky Billou Toronto Klein's argument that Kerry must campaign more aggressively against Bush's policies was dead on. Bush's litany of mistakes can be defined in common terms by every kindergartner in America, yet Kerry can't bring himself to call a spade a spade. Kerry has to tell us exactly what...