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...Grand Bay Hotel in Coconut Grove, Fla., makes its own deliveries by limousine. Its dishes -- ranging from lobster to souffle -- arrive in plastic containers, although a full china service and other accessories are sent on request. The average bill for two, including tip: $100. Why are so many prepared to pay so much for the thrill of eating in their own homes? "People want convenience," says Jack Kellman of Chicago, who last year launched a company called Room Service Delivery. "There's no baby sitter, no parking and no coat check...
...failed dreams of yesterday have not discouraged Brazil from conjuring up more grand visions for today. The country has continued to build roads, dams and settlements, often with funding and technical advice from the World Bank, the European Community and Japan. Two of the largest -- and, to the rain forest, most threatening -- projects are Grande Carajas, a giant development program that includes a major mining complex, and Polonoroeste, a highway-and-settlement scheme...
Evert won 157 singles championships, more than any other player, male or female. She competed in more than 1,400 career matches and won almost 90% of them. For 13 straight years, she took at least one of the four annual Grand Slam titles; for 14 straight years, she ranked first, second or third in the world. Her favorite victory came at age 15 over Margaret Smith Court, mere weeks after Court completed a sweep of the Grand Slams. But her finest moment was probably in the final of the 1986 French Open, when she fought back from...
Visitors to the Grand Canyon have long complained that smog is ruining the view. A National Park Service study tracked winter weather patterns and the sources of the haze. The main culprit: Arizona's Navajo Generating Station, an electrical plant 80 miles away. The plant, burning 24,000 tons of coal daily and releasing an estimated 12 to 13 tons of sulfur dioxide from its smokestacks every hour, was found responsible for about half the Grand Canyon's pollution...
...station. But the Federal Bureau of Reclamation owns a 24% interest in Navajo and would have to contribute to the cleanup. Faced with an interagency imbroglio, Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan responded in classic fashion by ordering up yet another study, thus casting further haze over the future of Grand Canyon...