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...last resort, Crone says that he will consider playing with several of his former teammates, including former quarterback rival Rod Foster and halfback Ted DeMars, with the New England Colonials...
After the airport greeting by Algerian President Houari Boumedienne, each of the visiting heads of state (59 in all, plus representatives from 17 other nations) was driven off to the elegant Club des Pins, a seaside resort above the Mediterranean. Atop each white stucco villa flew the standard of its occupant, making the resort look like some encampment of medieval knights about to go into combat...
...shrewdly exploited his compatriots' fixation on expensive luxuries is Keishiro Funakoshi, proprietor of the Akaneya Coffee Shop in scenic Karuizawa, a popular mountain resort 100 miles northwest of Tokyo. There, for 9,900 yen (roughly $38), he serves what must surely be the world's most expensive cup of coffee. Funakoshi readily concedes that it is not so much the quality of his coffee (a home-blended brew of charcoal-roasted grains freshly ground for each customer) or the decor of his establishment (a narrow, dark wooden hut decorated in rustic Mingei style), as the defiantly exorbitant prices...
...last resort, Crone says that he will consider playing with several of his former teammates, including former quarterback rival Rod Foster and halfback Ted DeMars, with the New England Colonials...
...trip from the Amman airport can take up to five hours-including a bus drive through the Jordan Valley, a stop at the border for passport and baggage check, and a second bus trip to Jerusalem. The airline offers each tour customer a free excursion flight to the seaside resort of Aqaba in Jordan to offset the inconvenience. Right now, Americans must first fly to Europe and take Alia from a major European city, but the Jordanian line will soon apply to the Civil Aeronautics Board for a weekly flight from New York's Kennedy Airport...