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Those are healthy numbers, in miniature, but none of these bijou entries could compete with paranormal ghosts, Gerard Butler's blood lust or Spike Jonze's call to "Let the wild rumpus start...
...Although surrounded by Bauhaus beauties, the Montefiore is actually a renovated mansion from the earlier 1920s Eclectic period, festooned with a mishmash of European, Ottoman and Arab architectural motifs - from bijou Juliet balconies and an intricate filigreed façade to soaring Levantine arches and domes. Owners Mati and Ruthie Broudo have kept the rooms period-appropriate using antique 1930s furniture, including original pieces by German Bauhaus design firm Thonet. (See Time.com/Travel for city guides, stories and advice...
...Competition is keen: a record 10 liners made their maiden voyages on Europe's waterways this past summer, boosting capacity by nearly a quarter. Similar growth is predicted for summer 2008, with vessels of all sizes making their European debuts, from Carnival's 3,006-passenger Splendor to the bijou 118-passenger M.S. Swiss Sapphire river cruiser from Tauck World Discovery...
...Bijou of a Hotel...
...place in the national consciousness. With no TV, no video games, no Internet, Americans - almost all Americans - went to the movies a lot. In 1946, the year after the war, Hollywood sold an all-time high 4 billion tickets in the domestic market; that's 30 visits to the Bijou for every American. Moviegoing was a habit, not an event. At the theater they saw not only their favorite stars but newsreels and documentaries of the war - the only moving pictures of the battles involving their sons and boyfriends. At the end of every feature came the invocation...