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ONLY A MATTER OF TIME Orlando Montagu, descendant of the fourth Earl of Sandwich (the 18th century Brit who first wed beef to bread), has opened a sandwich service in London. On the menu: beef with grated horseradish and creme fraiche; char-grilled tiger prawns in chili jam. Said he: "We have tremendous pressure on us to get this right...
...idea, of course, is to prevent the customers from leaving until Mickey has all their money. Disneyland was designed to be a one-day romp for most guests; Disney's California Adventure is a multiple-day, capital-R Resort. "We really transformed Orlando into a resort-vacation destination," says Paul Pressler, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. "And now our second park here in Southern California is striving to do the same thing...
Last week a new theme park opened in Orlando, Fla., called the Holy Land Experience. The founder, Marvin Rosenthal, says he is a "Hebrew Christian." This is apparently another oxymoronic have-your-bagel-and-eat-it-too sect, like Jews for Jesus. A fuss is bubbling over accusations that Rosenthal's park has a hidden agenda of converting Jews to Christianity. The critics' idea seems to be that Jews will be attracted by Old Testament aspects of the Holy Land Experience and then will get seduced by New Testament aspects. This seems to be Rosenthal's idea too, though...
Manila In her first full week as leader of the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was faced with both the resignation of the country?s Defense Secretary and persistent rumors of possible coup attempts by at least three military factions. Analysts say the decision of Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado to step down over policy differences with a newly appointed official both underscored the deep political divisions within the Philippines and reinforced the perception that Arroyo is having difficulty reconciling the interests of various pressure groups. The new President did, however, take an aggressive stance toward the whispers that she might...
...moment of truth for Joseph Estrada came abruptly at 1 p.m last Friday, when Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Angelo Reyes and Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado informed him that the military was withdrawing its support from him. Concerned that Estrada had not fully understood the finality of the call, Reyes asked his deputy, General Jose Calimlim, to follow up the phone call with a personal visit. Calimlim, a trusted former aide-de-camp to Estrada, was a person who could perhaps coax him through pakikisama (camaraderie), the gentle pressure of "a friend, not an enemy...