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After the tour group registers at the Thang Loi (victory) hotel in Nha Trang, a block from the sea, there are two days to body surf in the warm, gentle swells, drink coconut milk and eat traditional lau soup and spicy crab, as well as view the massive brick Cham temples dating from the 10th century. Following dinner, group activity generally ceases, allowing for solitary strolls or modest forays to local markets, where simple good handicrafts and fresh fruit are available...
Saturday night we were placed on board buses and driven down to a nearby cinema for the screening of "Good Morning, Vietnam." Apparently, some of the locals hoped to catch the show as well: the line in front of the box office snaked halfway around the block. As we were ushered into our reserved seating, some of the hoi-polloi greeted us with hisses, jealous no doubt of our preferred status...
...Grande line, which runs from Utah to Missouri, is a good match for the Southern Pacific system, which stretches from Oregon and California over to Texas and Louisiana and up to Missouri. But opponents of the deal may try to persuade the ICC to block it. Kansas City Southern Industries wants to buy Southern Pacific, and so do union leaders representing the railroad's employees...
...popular Pike Place Market. One hand clenched in a fist, the other clutching a Styrofoam cup, Demar, 32, looks fierce and menacing as he stumbles along, working the crowd. "Got some change, man?" he half demands of an elderly gentleman who promptly escapes into a store. Farther down the block, he fixes his glassy gaze on a well-dressed woman toting a shopping bag brimming with gifts. "Come on, ma'am. Can't you spare me something? I got to have some food, lady. I'm out of work." Frightened, the woman clutches her bag under her arm like...
...training course." The R.U.C. keeps in constant contact with the Garda Siochana, the police force of the Irish Republic. "There used to be a lot of ambivalence from Dublin about terrorism," says a high-ranking R.U.C. officer. "But not anymore." Says French: "If we mount an operation, they will block escape routes on their side. If we want their help...