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...trial by television last weekend as literally half the population of the Netherlands tuned in to watch a bizarre twist in the unsolved case of Natalee Holloway, an 18-year-old American who went missing in May 2005 after a night out on the Caribbean island of Aruba. Acting as the prosecution: Peter de Vries, a Dutch crime journalist, who presented his eagerly awaited take on the case on a Dutch commercial television station. The advocate for the defense: a rival channel, which aired an interview with one of the prime suspects in the case. Left in the dust...
...just as Harvard has realized that it must inculcate a spirit of internationalism in its students, Ramirez has become more cosmopolitan to reap the full benefits of the global economy: “I like to travel, man. I been to Europe—you know, Spain. Dominican, Aruba, Costa Rica. Just to learn about different cultures. You know where I want to go? I want to go to China. I want to go and see—it’s a city that I don’t know how to say the name. It?...
...household items that the traditional registry was created for. At the same time, restless consumers are spending ever more money doing things vs. owning things. This has created a perfect market for experiential wedding gifts, and several entrepreneurial websites, including the tourism office of the government of Aruba, have successfully waded in over the past few years. According to thehoneymoon.com for example, only 392 people bought wedding presents on its site in 2001, but 20,000 did last year, and the company is on pace to double that...
...dust cloud. The car bounces over several massive potholes, and suddenly we're looking out at the sea over a rocky harbor where a couple of rusted tankers lie in water the color of malachite. The skeleton of a large building looms on a headland overhead. "The Aruba Hotel," says Fanah. "This was once the eighth or the ninth finest hotel in Africa." The tour continues...
...spot disadvantage in the rankings can intimidate an opponent. But for the Harvard women’s swimming and diving team, not even that could stop it.The No. 25 Crimson (8-0, 5-0 Ivy) had only just returned from an intensive week-long training trip in Aruba and Hawaii but was ready to battle it out with No. 24 Rutgers (3-1, 2-0 Big East), defeating the Scarlet Knights on Friday by a score of 150-149.“We knew that they were going to give us a lot of competition,” junior...