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...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 in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder in existence, and a full restoration in 1999 should keep it in good health for many years to come. Cars trot along this centenarian at a stately 16 km/h. Kingda Ka New Jersey This brand-new superstar from the U.S. theme park chain Six Flags claimed the roller coaster triple...
...even after last week's resignation of FEMA director Michael Brown, it may be a long time before the agency stops being politicians' favorite punching bag. No wonder the challenge of spending all that money seems to hold no joy for those grinding away at FEMA's National Response Coordination Center located in a sad annex behind a southwest Washington Holiday Inn. "The size of it is daunting. The speed with which it needs to be delivered is very difficult," says Bob Spaulding, project manager for Fluor Corp., one of the companies awarded $100 million to help provide temporary housing...
...Ever wonder what a global shift in corporate power looks like? Take a look at this month's acquisition of Atlanta-based MortgageRamp, a unit of GMAC (GM's credit subsidiary), by OfficeTiger, an outsourcing firm based in Madras, India. The $25 million deal will expand OfficeTiger's U.S. reach and give it entry into a highly skilled business: real estate. MortgageRamp is critical for banks investing in the superhot real estate market; its employees size up risks in commercial properties, evaluating everything from environmental hazards to tenants' credit profiles...
...appears on your right as you go around the temple, and you wonder at once if that is the tree: an ancient-looking, sprawling tree with a massive trunk and a zone of deep, hypnotizing shade at its center. A middle-aged Japanese man dressed in white, wearing a mask, is meditating in its shadow. Behind him two Tibetan monks are counting off their prayer beads and whispering. But as you walk to the back of the temple, you see another tree, even larger, with green metal beams holding up its branches. There is a stone fence around...
...series hopscotches to so many locations (the Carolinas, the Antarctic, the ocean trenches) that you briefly forget that it gives you no reason to feel afraid or intrigued or anything else. It does aim, clumsily, at a sense of wonder, with so much faux Spielberg--a boy hiding a creature in his house, à la E.T.; an average guy who becomes obsessed with the secret, à la Close Encounters--that NBC might as well have called this Jaws: The Series. Instead it was called Fathom, then renamed the equally limp Surface. Now people can't say, "I cannot fathom...