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...extended 16-month transition period? The stated reason is that he has to host the Organization of Islamic Conference summit, scheduled for October next year. Many observers, however, see other forces at work. According to one view, Mahathir wants to steer his anointed successor Abdullah, a likable if bland figure, through the next round of party elections in case anyone challenges him. Another theory postulates the opposite: Mahathir has no faith in Abdullah and wants to give other players enough time to jockey for power. "No one believes (Abdullah) is a serious contender for the No. 1 post," says political...
...kill civilians, we don't sing--that Gotti and his cronies abandoned, if they ever really existed. Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990) got closer to the stupidity and venality of Mob life, but wiseguys still embraced it: from Henry Hill's glamorous Copacabana entrance to his ignominy in bland, witness-protection mid-America (where there's no decent red sauce), it told them they were somebodies, and that that beat being nobodies...
NOUVELLE RUSSIAN Russian food conjures up bland images of black bread, boiled potatoes and cabbage soup. The stereotype often runs true, but on Sakhalin, it's possible to sample what Russian dining can achieve when it exploits what's available locally...
...Muscat, looks like an exodus. Arabs and expats flee the monotony of their oil-rich states for a long weekend in Oman. "Oman is the only interesting country in the gulf," declares a Kuwaiti princess. "All the others are just the same." Compared with the singularly flat and bland desert landscapes of the gulf coast states, Oman's raw, rocky mountains, plunging fjords and ribbons of white sand beaches are a visual buffet to sand-seared eyes...
...success. No real culinary rocket science is going on in the kitchen, after all, and the décor is an exceedingly understated blend of a sauna and a factory. The beauty is that Cambridge, 1 does not aim too high, but also does not fall into the same bland banality of most restaurants in its price range. It is by no means a unique dining experience, but it also lacks the nauseating familiarity of restaurants-by-the-numbers (kitsch + fried food = awful). Whether you like the industrial wood and concrete aesthetic or are put off by the thought...