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...miles away, in the escarpment village of Shomela, Gabriel Peretz, the owner-with his wife, Ada-of a bed and breakfast bemoaned the latest violence. "The situation is very bad," he said from his garden. Israeli artillery fire and its crack-boom followed by a lingering zing of the outgoing shell punctuated his sentences. "We've had six years of peace, but everything has come back to us. All the fear and the bad economics." As Peretz spoke, loudspeakers in the village called for residents to get into hardened shelters immediately. He and Ada ignored them...
...Awakening of India The cover story highlighting India's economic boom seems to have come at the right time [June 19]. The country is changing in all areas. Shopping malls and multiplexes have mushroomed in many cities; young people are identifying with the latest brands in consumer goods. The big question is, What about the millions of Indians languishing in its dusty towns and villages, who still live a hand-to-mouth existence? After a hard day's work, one square meal is at most what they get. Such basic amenities as power and clean drinking water are lacking. Caste...
...responsible for compare with the death and destruction visited upon innocent Iraqis as a result of U.S. bombings and atrocities like Haditha? I await the day when the Iraqis celebrate a similar good riddance to the U.S. troops as they withdraw from Iraq. Shehzad Ahmed Mir Islamabad Is the Boom Over? "Can Spain sustain?" [June 19] reported on an economic matter that transcends ideological debates and is present in Spain's everyday life. Our economy is too much focused on construction. It has gone well for many years, but apparently we are now at the bubble's bursting point...
...surge as rap star Jay-Z and others opened clubs. A slew of room expansions was announced, filling a major need in Atlantic City, which with only 18,000 rooms (compared with 133,000 in Las Vegas) can't accommodate big conventions. At the same time, a real estate boom in once dumpy shore towns from Long Branch to Asbury Park was spreading south. The Atlantic City development angered some homeowners and small businesses whose property stood in the way. But in a town where more than half the city budget comes from property taxes on casinos, things have...
Those mechanics mean the facilities cost as much as $400 per sq. ft. to build--more than double the cost of an indoor pool. But a building boom is in full swing. In 2000 there were 24 indoor-water-park hotels and resorts in the U.S., all in the Midwest; by year's end there will be more than 100, with projects under way in Texas, Arizona, Kentucky and California. Holiday Inn is converting several of its aging "Holidome" franchises into indoor-water-park hotels, while even some Super 8 motels are installing small water parks...