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...main streets of Cuzco, the majestic Inca capital of Peru, are still slumbering in the half-light between dawn and day as minibuses and taxis take tourists to the small San Pedro rail station. There, behind the chaotic stalls of the city market, crowds jostle in the entrance waiting for the three services that run from Cuzco to the famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. The most comfortable and costly of the three services is the one-stop, 3 1/4-hour Inca service that leaves Cuzco at 6:15 a.m. daily for Machu Picchu. For railroad buffs, this 70-mile Cuzco...
...most revealing asset of the JFK Suite proves not to be the photo of Jack in his swimming trunks, but rather the guest book whose pages overflow with the autographs and comments of admiring denizens. Ted Koppel, Ron Brown, George McGovern and Sergei Khrushchev, seeking respite from the chaotic world beyond Johnston Gate, have all found solace here. Reports of sojourns range from such witticisms as "very stimulating" to "a bloody good time." John Vesey raves about this Camelot. "Wow! The Kennedy vibes are intense. Inspirational sounds so put-on but it certainly is that." Occasional remarks invite puzzled looks...
...receive a call for possible assistance. We are headed to the Ground Round on Storrow Drive. There is construction in the area and homeless people or vandals might want to take advantage of the chaotic situation. There is a suspicious car in the parking lot and one of the plain-clothes officers on patrol asks for help. Any call that the HUPD receives for assistance from another officer gets blue-light priority, which means that the officer would use lights and sirens. They believe very heavily in protecting and assisting their...
...collapse of the Soviet Union, it served as a major Soviet naval base and was off limits to Westerners. But now BMW's $25 million joint venture is up and running and--mirabile dictu--is actually assembling cars from so-called knockdown kits. "The Russian market may be chaotic," says Klaus Liske, BMW's local production director, "but we're confident that we've found a good home." As it happens, BMW's latest plant is a former Soviet naval factory that was built by Germans before the war to make U-boats. "A good German foundation," Liske notes...
...mathematician's ears, there is something else going on. Typically, after a few seconds of chaotic clapping, an audience will slip into synchronized applause, like two people adjusting their strides until they walk in step. But just as walkers will reassert their natural gait, a clap-happy audience will fall in and out of synch repeatedly. According to a study of ovations in Romania and Hungary, this back-and-forthing is due to conflicting needs: the wish to make the most possible noise (random clapping) vs. the urge to clap in unison. People switch from one to the other...