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...himself from Amanresorts, the luxury resort chain he founded and nurtured for more than a decade before a shareholder dispute over its parent company forced his two-year hiatus. "When you have a two-year-old child, you definitely are indispensable," says Zecha. "At 12 you are to a lesser degree. At 22 even less so. When I left, I felt it was still too soon. But in hindsight it was the right thing...
...Such gestures clearly impress the class of repeat visitors, dubbed Aman junkies. Bernadette Tyrrell, a 33-year-old London stockbroker, has splashed out at Amanresorts seven times with her husband, an oil trader. "We all have nice houses," she says, "and we don't like leaving to go to lesser places...
...Monkees also presaged the advent of country rock, notably in Mike Nesmith's compositions and their wonderful cover of Michael Murphy's deceptively simple-sounding "What Am I Doing Hanging 'Round?" There are also ample pleasures to be derived from lesser-known songs; the Monkees came from the era when albums were supposed to be more than just filler to put around singles, and for the most part they delivered...
Rechul's triumph spearheaded a comeback effort that enabled the Crimson to overcome a disappointing first day of competiton. On Saturday, Harvard was stung by a pair of upsets, as sophomore sensations Max Odom (157 lbs.) and Pat O'Donnell (165) each fell to lesser-ranked opponents...
...canonically loose novel about the Revolutionary War. Patriotism masks hypocrisy and greed. The Founding Fathers cloak private agendas and petty motives in lofty ideals. After decades of antihero worship and historical revision, are there still readers who can be jolted or amused by caricatures of national legends behaving like lesser mortals? Yet the author seems to have had a chortling good time burlesquing the past in a style that swings between Henry Fielding and Mel Brooks...