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...into the inn-keeping business after his parents bought a modest hotel in the coastal resort of Durban. Still in his 20s, he built the Beverly Hills Hotel, the country's first five-star accommodation. In partnership with South African Breweries, he eventually accumulated 30 hotels stretching from Cape Town across to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius...
...just chemistry. We have great respect for one another. We have fun in what we're doing." As Kerzner was out to demonstrate, when Dubai wants to throw a party, even a global financial meltdown can't spoil the fun - especially if the world's greatest saloonkeeper is in town...
...decline of print media is driving the current tenants of Out of Town News literally out of town. The lease for Out of Town News, a newsstand known for selling a variety of U.S. and international newspapers and magazines, is set to expire on Nov. 30. Hudson News—which is currently renting the city-owned newsstand—has indicated that it will not renew its five-year lease, and no new lessee has been found, City Manager Robert W. Healy said at Monday’s Cambridge City Council meeting. “The city has every...
...their history of the Mediterranean, “The Corrupting Sea,” Peregrine Horden and Nicholas Purcell wondered what they might find “when the town is dissolved as a category and the full range of Mediterranean settlement is approached from an ecological standpoint and viewed in its en-tirety.” In the same way, demographers and statisticians have quarreled for centuries about what exactly determines an “urban” area. Cities, although useful imaginary totalities, are less helpful when asked to support good social science or political policy...
...even in Japan, the President-Elect of the United States is a media darling. Well before this month's election, Obama fever was in full swing in a small town in western Japan called Obama, where residents formed hula teams in homage of the politician's Hawaii years. Ten months ago, Notchi didn't even know who Barack Obama was until his wife mentioned he looked like the up-and-coming politician. "I thought Obama was a pro wrestler or a fighter or something," the comedian recalls, wearing the dark suit - originally purchased for weddings and funerals - that he uses...