Ever since the Chelsea Hotel emerged from a long and costly renovation to become one of Manhattan’s trendiest playgrounds, the old hole-in-the …
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Cuando al cantante Rod Stewart se le ofreció más de 1 millón de dólares por presentarse en Catar él lo rechazó. “No es correcto ir”, declaró …
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When the singer Rod Stewart was offered more than $1 million to perform in Qatar, he said, he turned it down. “It’s not right to go,” Mr. Stewart …
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