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...cover for ambushes; the main road through this part of the island was known as the Boulevard of Death. Now the road to the base is lined with houses, and local people wave at the passing troops. Sabban points out with relish that the Army camp is on land owned by an Abu Sayyaf member and near the spot where Janjalani was killed. In the forest shadows where Abu Sayyaf once roamed, Philippine soldiers now stand guard...
...flight attendant and how we got a 2% commission for selling the Rande Gerber--designed cocktails. I told them that though I hadn't tried Delta's "Mile High Mojito," I was sure it was delicious, since Gerber must have used a fair amount of alcohol to land Cindy Crawford. Cindy Crawford jokes must not work at high altitude...
...currently worth about $12.5 billion. Woronka says profits for this sector are usually about 15% for owners, and expects that Aloft's owners will be earning about the same. According to Starwood, an Aloft hotel costs from $17 million to $25 million for a developer to build, not including land, which could be a little higher than the cost of a Marriott Courtyard or Hilton Garden Inn, Woronka estimates. The key difference for developers may be that being new, Aloft has more wow factor. "You can renovate the older brands all you want," says Woronka, "but Aloft has a different...
...explains, referring to his desperate effort to retain what little moisture remains in the ground, now that he has been forced to turn down his irrigation drip. Diedrich says the California drought could cost him 750 acres, which he estimates to be worth $3 million. He gestures to the land that his family has been farming for decades. "This will all be gone," he says. "And there may not be a 'next year...
...dawn Monday, the sun was shining. "We were in waiting mode, hoping to see the water go down," says Tom Diehl, general manager and co-owner of the Tommy Bartlett Show, a circus-like variety show popular with Midwestern families. But the water kept rising, saturating the land around the lake. Eventually, it collapsed, Diehl says, "right before our eyes." Diehl is hoping to reopen the show this weekend. But his worries are hardly over: storms are expected to batter the region in the coming days...