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Carlyle Hotel

... that a staff member at the Carlyle Hotel (pictured) once lent his own bow tie to Laurence Olivier?
... that Yangginu plotted to defeat Khan Wan to avenge his murdered father?
... that to prepare for her role in The Last Dance, actress Michelle Wai learned to perform a Taoist funeral ritual traditionally performed only by men?
... that the city council of Hamtramck, led by Mayor Amer Ghalib, banned the pride flag from publicly owned flagpoles?
... that the death rate from adrenal crises can reach as high as 6 percent?
... that Shane Connolly has provided flowers for two royal weddings and the coronation of Charles III?
... that the Child Law Project reports on Ireland's child-care system?
... that U.S. Army chaplain Patrick Ryan celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving for 10,000 people after the liberation of Rome?
... that Perplexities after Escher, a composition for heckelphone, string quartet and double bass, is based on five graphic artworks by M. C. Escher?