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...years of painstaking refurbishment (which, according to its general manager, Thomas Tänzer, included the removal of an inordinate amount of cable and a smattering of furtive contraptions), this historic edifice has been artfully turned into 72 apartment-style rooms, outfitted in a pared-down combination of bleached wood and concrete. Designed by architects Guiliana Salmaso and Goetz Maximilian Keller, each of the rooms comes with an unusually well-appointed kitchenette, including such flourishes as champagne flutes and Asian-accented porcelain. Living areas come stocked with seductive Linari room fragrances, gender-specific toiletries by La Bottega, flat-screen...
...goes to New York. There, while falling in love with a young, Indian-born beauty, he expresses in very long paragraphs his rage at the shallowness and money-mindedness of modern Western civilization. Fury wasn't just over-written, poorly plotted and ludicrous. It emitted the creaking, splitting-wood sound that comes when a great literary reputation is about to topple over and crash into the earth. It was widely dismissed as a shrill, almost hysterical defense of the author's own personal life. Many reviewers thought the hero seemed rather too much like Rushdie, who had himself famously fallen...
...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 The Style range, an eclectic collection of TVs in such shapes as cellos, flowers and pearl oysters, are clad in wood, rubber or bright plastic. For sportier couch potatoes there is a TV in the shape of a leather soccer ball, one dressed as a New York Yankees baseball and another with a golf-ball texture. The Fantasy range, designed for kids, includes Bugs Bunny and Disney themes...
...reality--by Fran Tarkenton, Mary Tyler Moore and blizzards. Carew's feats have gone virtually unnoticed by the national press ... Even when it comes, recognition has sometimes been careless and absentminded, casually askew. In Carew's playroom is a 2-ft.-high trophy--the Joe Cronin Award--all polished wood and gleaming brass. The American League presented it to the great lefthanded hitter in recognition of his fourth consecutive batting championship. On top of the trophy stands the likeness of a batter--a righthanded batter. Carew is fonder of the Medal of Honor given to him by his native Panama...
...Taiwanese TV maker Hannspree offers models designed to appeal "on an emotional level." The 100 or so LCD sets, priced from $450 to $1,400, come in three lines. The Style range, an eclectic collection of TVs in such shapes as cellos, flowers and pearl oysters, are clad in wood, rubber or bright plastic...