Word: charme
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...Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki had a surprise in store for those who thought Japan's seven-time Batting Champion might not cut the mustard in the big leagues. Voted American League Rookie of the Year and MVP, Suzuki wowed U.S. baseball fans with a .350 batting average and charm, including a right-on imitation of Mariners radio broadcaster Dave Niehaus...
...military airports in Inner Mongolia. Or if time isn't an issue, you can take an 11-hour train ride from Beijing to the provincial capital of Hohhot. Once you arrive, there is little in the way of tourist infrastructure, but for adventurers that's part of the charm. In the east lie a few sizable communities, the most notable of which is Hohhot, a primarily Han Chinese city that hosts the province's major industry, a university and a few hotels. As you head west, the terrain becomes more desolate and the Chinese influence fades. Since most tours...
While the food and drink are generous, good shopping in Inner Mongolia is scarce. Aside from dealers offering polished desert stones and ridiculously cheap rice whiskey, there is little more to bring home than memories of the wide open grasslands and the charm of Mongolian nomads and herders. And soon even those delights may be hard to find. Despite the grandeur of the desert landscape, it is impossible not to notice the growing environmental catastrophe. Countless hills and rangelands are giving way to erosion, as millions of sheep and goats eat the sparse vegetation and lay the ground bare...
...vocalists, is settling into a bland rut on Goddess in the Doorway (Virgin). From the anthemic Joy to the discolike Everybody Getting High, the music is generally as soft and slick as last month's pumpkin pie, with Jagger's long-suffering voice, which still has a lot of charm, blanketed in 21st century synthesized beats and airy piano lines supplied in part by au courant collaborators like Wyclef Jean. The strongest feeling it drives home is that old guys and drum machines...
...Harrison, of course, had offered his own guidance on how to think about these things. All Things Must Pass was a song he wrote after the breakup of the Beatles. John had his bitter wit. Ringo Starr had his affability. Paul McCartney had his winking charm. What Harrison possessed was something more unexpected in a rock star: the air of a man in search of mature understandings...