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...concrete, Soviet-style affairs. The Furkat bed-and-breakfast offers doubles at $50; call (998-662) 353-261. Or try the Hotel Afrosiab, where doubles go for $90-$110; call (998-662) 311-341. For good Uzbek food (kebabs, mutton soup and noodles), head for Sharq, opposite the bazaar ($1.50 for a meal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retracing the Silk Road in Uzbekistan | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...Today the infamous oasis is preserved almost as a ghost town within the confines of its walls. Turquoise tiles dazzle from the incomplete Kalta Minor minaret. The twin turrets of the West Gate are breathtaking, as is the all-encompassing view from the Khan's Kunya Ark. Tour the bazaar outside the eastern wall: until 1873 thousands of slaves?Russians, Kurds and Persians?were sold at the pens by the Eastern Gate. Stay at the Hotel Khiva, a converted medressa, costing about $30 per person; call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retracing the Silk Road in Uzbekistan | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...Anyone can be a buyer and anyone can be a seller. Price is determined by the number of buyers and how much they're willing to pay. Haggling is not only mandatory, it's automated. Sales have a deadline; everything must go. And most importantly the quality of the bazaar increases exponentially with its size. There are rival online auction services - Yahoo! and Amazon.com again - but eBay still has the lion's share of the market, about 85%. Put simply, it maintains the lead because it has the lead. If you're a seller, there's nowhere better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bidding for Greatness | 4/4/2001 | See Source »

Pralhad KC, owner of the neighboring Prem-La Market, says he hopes that the restaurant's success will revive the often-neglected corner of the Square, which includes Tommy's House of Pizza, Prem-La Market and Christian Bazaar...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Tale of Two Brothers | 1/10/2001 | See Source »

...feathery mishandling of her medium (which the catalog terms "atmospheric") is enough to make you want to pay Lake's T-fare to the Gardner to see one of the Rembrandts. With such banal fare, the Pucker Gallery would do well to set up a booth at the Oktoberfest bazaar next season in place of a gallery exhibition...

Author: By John Hulsey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mallory Lake: Italy Light and Shadow | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

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