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...Scorpion King’s creativity, in fact, extends beyond killing techniques and into its portrayal of The Rock himself. This Akkadian assassin ironically rides an intelligent camel and can’t help but include a couple of The Rock’s endearing grins and even a crowd-pleasing version of his famous “people’s eyebrow” at one point...
...also calling it their favorite show. Every Wednesday for 10 years, impressionable youngsters were shown everything parents don’t want their kids seeing: sex, violence and drinking. Making a soap opera designed specifically for a younger crowd is a little like using Joe Camel to sell cigarettes to teenagers and I have no doubt that creator Aaron Spelling aired the show for no other reasons than further fame and fortune...
...There are no more camel caravans from Damascus or leaky boat journeys a la Lord Jim. Only pilgrims from Red Sea ports in Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and Yemen are allowed to come to the Hajj in ships. The rest, about 80%, arrive by air at a massive terminal near Jeddah. Saudi authorities are always keen to pick out drug smugglers and thieves; this year they are more determined than ever to prevent any terrorists from slipping in. (In 1987, Iranian pilgrims went on an anti-U.S. riot that caused more than 400 deaths.) An American security firm specializing...
...ubiquitous red, camel, black and white plaid—better known as the Burberry Check—has become synonymous with the British clothing company of the same name, as well as with the chic Harvard trendsetter. Even Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 has been spotted modeling a Burberry scarf, which carries a far-from-economical price tag of about...
...diminutive star of “Sex and the City”—dressed modestly in jeans and a camel-colored coat—waved and giggled as the ’Vette crawled through the crowds of students and Cambridge residents who turned out to get a glimpse of the actress...