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...workers who had come to help. Four Seasons Hotels sent 27 tons of food, medicine, clothing and chain saws to Nevis, where its new property is still under construction. Cruise ships in St. Thomas ferried stranded tourists out and supplies in. Despite about $10 million in damage, the luxury Virgin Grand resort on St. John was turned into a rescue center by general manager Jim St. John. In all he served about 15,000 meals, provided showers and transformed $595-a-night rooms into a health clinic that has treated more than 1,000 people...
...sprucing up comes not a moment too soon. The resorts have been losing business to the cruise lines, which account for some 60% of the traffic to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tourists with limited time or money to spend are choosing ships over land-based resorts as a better value. "The cruise business is just killing the island resorts," says Jim Cammisa, a Miami-based travel consultant. "Like it or not, Americans are not adventurous travelers. The ; cruise offers clean accommodations, good food and consistency...
...script is almost clinically clear about why the Marquise de Merteuil (Annette Bening) and the Vicomte de Valmont (Colin Firth) embark on a campaign to debauch a 15-year-old virgin, Cecile de Volanges (Fairuza Balk). The older woman is gripped by temporary insanity because she loves the man who intends to marry the adolescent. The vicomte too has his excuses. He is possessed by a passionate nature, the ill effects of which, it is implied, are also temporary. Give the kid some time, and he will probably turn out to be an admirable citizen. Indeed, his second amorous campaign...
...nature is an inescapable consequence of the process, McKibben argues. Once humanity contaminates its last spot of virgin earth, nature, a world apart, will cease to exist. In its place will be something that may look like nature and sound like nature and smell like nature, but will not feel the same...
...Virgin founder and chairman Richard Branson has similar ideas about Japan, where his company could market records by such stars as Phil Collins, Paula Abdul and Ziggy Marley. Branson, 39, said the deal will "provide a springboard for our ambitions to become the world's No. 1 music group...