Word: barring
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...Hilton." I will call it this because I hope that, with Paris's connections, we are able to secure a free room for an evening in her family's hotel chain. Or at least a discount. I'm willing to spend up to $75, depending on whether the mini-bar is free...
...chichi socialites at Balthazar in the city center. But if there's a full moon, the Parthenon is the place to be. A frenzy of free events and entertainment has crowds clambering until 3 a.m. FOTIS A. KARAYANNOPOULOS, attorney Begin with a martini at the Hilton's panoramic Galaxy Bar, where you can watch a glorious Greek sunset. Move on to the Panathinaia open-air cinema to catch a vintage 1940s film and smell the jasmine flowers that adorn the cement wall. Then, take to the balcony of the Attikos restaurant for a great view and a scrumptious sofrito veal...
...Moments later, the older barmaid slaps green paper napkins on the bar in front of her customers. "You're gonna get fed," she announces. In the corner of the service area, the blonde seems to be having some trouble with her upper clothing, and a barman is gallantly helping her. Out of the kitchen comes a giant silver tray of chicken wings, and the young lady emerges from behind the bar to offer around the tasty appetizers. Except now she's topless. Ah, so that's what...
...There are no whistles or catcalls. The rough-looking mob of drinkers are almost comically polite, fighting the urge to look anywhere but straight into the girl's eyes as they take their food. "I have chilli and satay," she smiles, and moves on. After two circuits of the bar, she pops her things back on and resumes drinks service as though nothing has happened. A grubby, grizzled old man nudges the stranger to say goodbye. "What about that, eh? I was f___in' waitin' for that. Gotta go for me f___in' tea; me f___in' missus is waitin...
...Still, there is consensus in the Israeli leadership that even if Hizballah agrees to stop pelting Israel with hundreds of rockets every day, calling off the Israeli offensive right now would mean admitting failure. Gerald Steinberg, a political science professor at Bar-Ilan University in Jerusalem, summed up the opinion of many Israelis: "If Israel withdraws from Lebanon without striking harder at Hizballah, we will have accomplished nothing for all our suffering...