Word: camels
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...hopelessly astray? Sure, he has heard the postal authorities' soothing declarations that the nine-digit ZIP is designed to move mail faster and at a discount to firms that use it, but he suspects that if that thing poking under the edge of the tent looks like a camel and smells like a camel, it probably is a camel...
...John Browne to visit Moscow last month, where he met with Putin. The Russian leader reassured Browne, "We were not mistaken when we supported your decision two years ago" and praised the company for being "a good corporate citizen." Meanwhile, the Japanese tobacco company JTI, which makes Winston and Camel brands at a $400 million state-of-the-art factory it built in St. Petersburg, is embroiled in a court battle with authorities over a tax demand from 2000 for more than $80 million that has prompted complaints from the Japanese government...
...those who want to literally follow in his footsteps, here are a few places to go: JORDAN Lawrence fought key battles of the Arab Revolt in 1917 in the desert landscape of Wadi Rum, 50 km northeast of the Red Sea port of Aqaba. Tourists can go on multiday camel or jeep safaris and spend the night in Bedouin tents on the sands of the parched Wadi, below imposing sandstone mountains. Captain's Desert Camp (tel: [962-3] 201 6905; www.captains-jo.com) offers desert tent accommodation, while Bedouin Roads (tel: [962] 795 899 723); www.bedouinroads.com) has local guides for mountain hikes...
...JORDAN Lawrence fought key battles of the Arab Revolt in 1917 in the desert landscape of Wadi Rum, 50 km northeast of the Red Sea port of Aqaba. Tourists can go on multiday camel or jeep safaris and spend the night in Bedouin tents on the sands of the parched Wadi, below imposing sandstone mountains. Captain's Desert Camp (tel: [962-3] 201 6905; www.captains-jo.com) offers desert tent accommodation, while Bedouin Roads (tel: [962] 795 899 723); www.bedouinroads.com) has local guides for mountain hikes...
...soaring, optimistic epic as Plant declares, "These are the times of my life/ Bright and strong and golden." He's right, and the album shines brightest when Plant mixes his two musical loves, Western rock and third-world rhythms. Takamba (a word the Tuareg tribe use to describe a camel's gait) splices hypnotic African grooves with crashing drums. He can even inject a dose of politics: Freedom Fries, a cutting attack on the Bush presidency, welds an offbeat guitar lick to the furious pounding of a Moroccan bendir drum. But call it world music at your peril; Mighty Rearranger...