Perhaps he should have stayed in his ivory tower.

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But I did hit one tower that buzzed in a batch of emails and one stayed on my mind for the week I was away: Why was fictional company Weyland Industries recruiting me on LinkedIn?

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If your business is government related, or you just want a peaceful location in the heart of town, check into the Capitol Hotel Tokyu in the Akasaka district, a popular holdover from the 1960s (the Beatles stayed here), which was razed and replaced with a 29-storey tower in 2010.

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