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...Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder The exhibit, which opened this month and runs until October, features a replica of Tut's burial chamber, as well as 50 of the objects found in the tomb. The ancient Egyptians believed that artifacts placed in the tomb would ensure a comfortable existence in the afterlife; unlike the tombs of most pharaohs, Tut's was not robbed, so many of these objects survived. Among those on display...
...discovery, many traders in the city closed their shops or held rallies to highlight the deepening sense of insecurity in the country's business community. "I'm just asking the government to allow me to die a natural death," says Aftab ul-Islam, president of Bangladesh's American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham...
Visitors usually liken the Postojna caves in southwestern Slovenia to the interior of a cathedral?cavernous, soaring, sublime. The caves, first opened to the public in 1819, are a 23-km warren of underground galleries, chambers and tunnels, all adorned with stalactites and stalagmites formed over the past 2 million years. In the 1820s, one of the largest chambers was the venue for grand balls, complete with candlelight and festive decorations. In those days visitors rode into the caves in horse-drawn carriages. With the installation of electric lighting a century ago, the largest and arguably most beautiful chamber became...
...Sugar's, a place in Davenport, Iowa, appears to show a room where everything--the upholstered chair, the thick synthetic pile of the carpet, the strident green walls--reaches toward some misconstrued and imperfectly realized ideal of home. But the plot thickens once you know that this awkward chamber is the "green room" of a small-city brothel. (That copy of Hustler on the floor is a hint. So is the picture's title.) That room may be empty, but it can still tell you plenty about how men may stray far from home while their longings and desires...
...lure of profit will steel the nerves. "If there is business here, if there are contracts to be had, people will come," says Stephen Orr, 41, from Mill Valley, Calif. A former assistant vice president at Merrill Lynch, Orr has spent months in Iraq helping the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce organize an international trade fair, Destination Baghdad Expo, which is scheduled to take place in the city next month. Only about 20 U.S. companies, including General Electric and Motorola, have registered. Orr suspects that many companies are discreetly sending Iraqi representatives to seek out contracts, even though "the tall...