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...while processing this directive] to drab rooms with nothing but a self-serve bar and rack of newspapers to recommend them. These days, they're more likely to be offered a fashionable sanctuary, with spa, dining and business facilities to keep them happily occupied for hours. Some lounges, like Virgin Atlantic's new Heathrow Clubhouse, rival any downtown nightspot for style and exclusivity. Here are four others that take the pain out of having to get to the airport early...
Directed by Chuan Lu Columbia Pictures 5 stars Stillness and grit pervade Kekexili, the “last virgin wilderness in China,” a freezing, barren wasteland where comradeships are tested and the human spirit dies. “Mountain Patrol: Kekexili” discusses in disturbing yet beautiful terms the human heart’s simultaneous capacities for selfless kindness and selfish evil. In “Kekexili,” no one is innocent, and no one is guilty. Everyone bears responsibility for the destruction of man and nature. Director Chuan Lu’s touching...
...devoid of personal knickknacks. All the rooms are without telephones or TVs, although some members do carry cellphones. Yet you have to look closely to see evidence that you are inside the walls of an intensely devout religious order. Numerary Peter Anglada's chamber has a painting of the Virgin on one wall, a gold-framed print bearing a long Latin inscription on another, and a photo of the prelate of Opus Dei on a third. Other chambers are similarly ornamented, invariably with Catholic-themed...
...fellows silently assembled in the chapel for more meditation and prayer. One of the fellows recited prayers in Latin, and at 6:30 came the reciting of the Preces, which fellows call "the universal prayer of the work" - or the blessing of everyone from the Pope to Virgin Mary to the prelate of Opus Dei. This includes prayers from both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Next came an act of humility - or kissing the floor. A priest then began a reading in which he concluded, "We have to follow the doctrine of our Lord to have success...
Harris and Rogers, 31, were activists long before launching OZOcar. Harris, former chairman of Virgin Records in the U.S., lives in a solar-powered house. In 1991 he co-founded Rock the Vote to get young people involved in politics, and in 2002 he organized Green Car to the Red Carpet, persuading Oscars-bound celebs to swap their limos for hybrids. Meanwhile, Rogers was doing relief work with UNICEF in Sudan and later founded the socially conscious film company Drive Thru Pictures. The duo hopes to drive OZOcar into other cities, starting with London this fall...