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Dubai lures visitors not only with its year-round sunshine and superlatives - a "seven-star" hotel, the biggest theme park - but also its over-the-top luxury. Heck, even living like a bedouin can be a deluxe experience. Al Maha is set in the 225-sq-km Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve - 5% of the emirate's total land area - and is designed to resemble a bedouin camp. Endangered Arabian oryx (al maha in Arabic), desert foxes and gazelle meander around the grounds and, if you're lucky, quench their thirst in your own private pool. The spa and airy suites...
...favorite inspirational phrase.As a result, these linemen are constantly conscious of their weight and eating habits. After commiting to join the team in their senior year of high school, they are given a goal weight by the coaching staff. The incoming players are expected to meet this target by the time they arrive for preseason camp in August. After arriving on campus, they are weighed twice every week year-round to make sure they are maintaining their bulk through proper weight training and caloric intake. The motto here is “more mass equals more force...
...freshman Lena Litvak said. “We only had four of our six starters. We all lack fitness and experience.” This marked only the second time that Harvard played an outdoor match this season, while Miami and Florida International play outdoors year-round. It was “a good effort, but [there was] too much talent on the other side of the net,” head coach Gordon Graham wrote in an e-mail. With the losses, Harvard concluded the most difficult portion of its schedule. The team next travels to California over spring...
...It’s about enabling people to experience the seasons,” Behnisch says, referring to the lavish window gardens and green roofs that bring a year-round tropical feel to his buildings. And of course, there’s the whole “save the environment” thing. “You’ve all seen [the] Al Gore movie,” Behnisch hints...
...Mackey also knows that most Americans will never eat a purely local diet. "One of the challenges of being a retailer is you don't want to offend people," Mackey told me. "Some customers want to eat apples year-round, and they're willing to pay more for a New Zealand apple." Finally, he offered a defense of the global food economy: "When I was a little boy--I'm 53 years old--being able to get oranges from Florida or produce from another state was a very big deal because the local-produce availability where I lived in Houston...