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...back there at least once or twice a year...
Bowden has yet to shed her rookie status, but she’s already left behind romantic notions of firefighting. She and her group work 7 a.m.-to-7 a.m. shifts nearly twice a week. Some of her colleagues work a second job on the side to fill their time and supplement the modest...
...international arrivals in Warsaw in March were up 35% to 509,000; and Serbia has announced $2.8 billion in subsidies to kick-start tourism there. But having skimped on the fares, it seems many tourists want to swank it up in style. Warsaw now has eight five-star hotels - twice as many as in 2002. Hungary is building two of them a year and Bulgaria already has 23. Particularly popular are the five-star spas and "wellness" centers. For now, supply is outpacing demand, meaning typical room rates of 3200 a night can be halved by package deals. "They aren...
Then, as if embarrassed by his emotional outburst, he slumps back in his chair. He would like to understand Americans better, he says. He was arrested by U.S. patrols twice and detained for short spells, but because he speaks no English, he was unable to communicate with his captors. But this is a small regret, he says, of the kind he is determined to put out of his mind. "When you get ready for the final mission," he says almost to himself, "you can't think about the past. You only think about your future in heaven." But there...
...romantic dance. It's reminiscent of Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in a similar setting in Singin' in the Rain. Except these stars can't dance--not romantically, soaringly, anyway--and although one applauds Ephron's romantic impulse, it is one about which she might have thought twice...