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...Mountain Fun, Minutes Away,” boasts the Wachusett Mountain slogan. It is the only ski resort in Massachusetts to call itself a “mountain.” With 22 trails, two chairlifts and 100 percent snowmaking capabilities, Wachusett is certainly your best bet in the state...
Bram J. Levy ’04 and Previn Warren ’04 have appointed themselves head of a “Spring Break Committee” as they organize a week-long vacation to the resort region of Jaco Beach, one of the largest and most vital party scenes in Costa Rica. Levy and Warren said that over 100 students, mostly seniors, have responded to the flyers, posters and e-mails sent over House open-lists on Monday...
DIED. LAURENCE A. TISCH, 80, co-founder of Loews Corp. and former head of CBS; of cancer; in New York City. The Brooklyn-born Tisch began building his empire at 23 by buying a resort in New Jersey. Later, as head of Loews, he oversaw $70 billion in assets, including hotels, tobacco, insurance and watches. He gained control of CBS in 1986 with the support of founder William Paley and oversaw an era of major cost cutting and declining ratings at the so-called Tiffany network before selling the company...
...that two costly infrastructure projects awarded to businessman Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary, one of the favorite industrialists of former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, might be renegotiated. In the case of the Bakun dam, a huge hydroelectric project on Borneo, Abdullah said he was "not sure" whether the government would resort to privatization. (Syed Mokhtar's GIIG Capital signed an agreement last August to buy 60% of the dam operator from the government.) Just 10 days before Mahathir resigned in October, a consortium led by Syed Mokhtar was awarded a $3.8 billion contract to build a railroad from the Thai border...
...Burke of the New Haven Police Department. “[If there are problems] we try to calm everything, send everyone on their merry ways—we’re here to keep the peace.” An arrest is, he says, “the last resort.” The New Haven Police Department, claims Burke, hasn’t broken up an off-campus Yale party in 10 years...