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...Despite the difficulties of visiting the most Plutonic of all continents, nearly 15,000 people a year make the schlepp. Antarctica stands at the lofty apex of adventure travel; it is the loudest of holiday boasts. Ninety-seven percent of its visitors depart from the southernmost Argentine port of Ushuaia, where about 20 international tour operators sell cruises on 100-meter ice vessels, each carrying about 100 passengers. Other trips leave from Christchurch, New Zealand; Hobart, Tasmania; and South Africa's Cape Town. All offer a beguiling array of experiences from close-up views of mothballed whaling stations to courtesy...
...strong individual to make a career in the military, and being married to a career soldier when you are one is a wonderful combination. You learn that there is nothing you can't do. The rewards outweigh the sacrifice--and there is plenty of sacrifice. LINDA LUNA-KRESS Apex...
...afterward gave him the leadership of a select security corps called the Special Security Organization, whose members were recruited mostly from the Hussein family's tribe. In short order, Qusay joined Iraq's top governing body, the Revolutionary Command Council. When the war began, he was sitting at the apex of the country's byzantine intelligence network. He also commanded the deadliest of Iraq's elite combat troops--the 80,000-strong Republican Guard and 15,000-member Special Republican Guard, charged with protecting Saddam and his family. These days, however, there is little that anyone can do to protect...
...There is no one Indian cuisine, of course. Bengalis eat completely differently from their compatriots in Kerala, Kashmir or Gujarat. The vast majority of Hindus consider themselves vegetarians; but it's the meat-heavy menus of the mainly Muslim Punjabis that are widely considered the apex of Indian cookery. Thus, most Indian restaurants offer tandoori chicken, lamb tikka and butter chicken?a popular curry?along with nan, lentil dishes and cottage cheese preparations for vegetarians. It's not a sophisticated menu, but it's tasty and satisfying?and that's the template the new breed of restaurateurs is trying...
...drawer while Ji continues wearing the same beat-up Swiss-made Cyma timepiece that he's been changing wristbands on for at least a decade. An employee was recently shocked to find Ji, ever practical, scrubbing the men's room at company headquarters. Such modesty fits nicely with Apex Digital's products, which, Ji and Hsu say, are "for the average American"--for people like themselves. --By Leslie Berestein/Ontario