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...glass of champagne in her hand. "It's different from any of the other homes we own, that's for sure!" Donna and husband Jim, 56, had come from San Jose, Calif., to Landskrona, Sweden, to watch The World of ResidenSea, the world's first luxury condominium cruise ship, sail for Norway, where it would be painted and outfitted with a shipbuilder's equivalent of a Barguzin sable coat...
...Kong film output has decreased dramatically in recent years along with declining box office receipts due to factors such as the Asian economic recession, rampant piracy and concern over the island’s new relationship with the Mainland. Megastars like Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-Fat have abandoned ship and washed ashore in America, leaving a smaller pool of talent to cope with an ever-growing crisis. Hollywood movies have overtaken local product at the box office, as Chinese audiences tired of cheap, Cantonese-language knock-offs now devote their loyalty and their ticket dollars to the slicker Western...
...example, they took this particular trip as a sightseeing spree, specifically for the sake of the visitors. And that practice will definitely stop. They also left behind a large part of the ship's crew. That sort of thing will also not happen again...
...Laughs.] It was horrible! When you went away to sea, there were no palm-fringed islands. When you went to sea in my district, everybody knew your mum and dad. The ship would probably be full of men who drank with your dad. So when you went to one of these ports, and you wanted to know where the tattoo parlor was and the bar with the naughty ladies, they'd say, "Listen, son. You'd better stay here and paint that bulkhead. Your mother wouldn't like that...
...good idea to have the Kitty Hawk hanging around, although that decision hasn't yet been taken. There's also a concern that if the ship is turned around and sailed into the South China Sea, close to the island of Hainan, it may raise China's hackles. And the question is whether we really want to do this. If you were the President, you may want to consider whether it's worth sending up fighter planes in a region where the Chinese are so jittery that they may end up shooting at you, which could start...