Word: villa
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...operations emanating from Moscow, and Safra was widely reported to have obsessive fears for his life (Bonnant denies the fears). His security guards were recruited from among veterans of Israeli army special units. The night of the fire, however, Safra's entire security force were posted at his nearby villa; Safra was said to have wanted it that way, but it seemed a glaring lapse to leave him without a single guard. According to a Republic National bank spokeswoman, security chief Shmuel Cohen rushed to the apartment after the blaze started, but police initially blocked his access because he lacked...
...Warren and Edith Bridges of Weymouth, Mass., were wary of the hard-sell tactics used to market time-shares. But 11 years ago, Bridges, 59, an electrician, and his wife, 57, a tutor, shelled out $8,000 for one week each year in a fully equipped two-bedroom "villa" near Disney World. The Bridgeses soon learned that they had acquired a valuable currency in today's booming vacation market. Before long they were trading their place for a week's skiing at Lake Tahoe or a visit to New Orleans. "I guess I always thought there was a scheme," says...
DIED. ENRIQUE ALFEREZ, 98, Mexican-born art-deco sculptor and Pancho Villa comrade whose dozens of sculptures decorate New Orleans; in New Orleans. Before moving to America to study art, Alferez served with the revolutionary forces, which he joined...
Billionaire commodities trader Marc Rich fled to Switzerland in 1983 after he was indicted for wire fraud, racketeering and trading with the enemy by allegedly buying oil from Iran. He now resides in a villa near Lucerne with a private harbor and a steel-gated boathouse...
...cart fees on the two Tom Fazio-designed courses at Wild Dunes, an island resort 20 min. from historic Charleston, S.C., are $80 and $50 in December and January, vs. $165 and $100 from mid-March through May. The resort's three-night, three-round golf package, including villa accommodations and breakfast daily, is $89 per person per night in low season, $121 in high...