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...platform shoes belonging to a vertically challenged bishop. The area's biggest attraction is the Bom Jesus Sanctuary, 3 km east of town. It is a spectacular 19th century monument standing on a high wooded hill with views of the Soajo Mountains and the Atlantic. If you're fit, climb its monumental Baroque staircase; otherwise take the 19th century water-powered elevator. At the top, treat yourself to the view from the excellent restaurant at the Hotel do Elevador. Try Arroz de Pato à Moda do Minho (duck with rice). There are also seclude footpaths, grottoes, a tennis court...
...pouring out of illegal factories, mostly in China and India. According to Dr. Harvey Bale Jr., director general of the Geneva-based International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA), trafficking in counterfeit medicines is a $3 billion-$6 billion industry-and as the price of genuine drugs continues to climb, some say the problem is bound to increase, too. "It's absolutely way worse than reported," says Joseph Simone, a partner at law firm Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong and vice chairman of China's Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC), an anticounterfeiting business group...
...went into the water and luckily were able to touch bottom. We could see an 8 ft. wall on which the engineers had put up wire mesh for us to climb. We waded through the water, avoiding mines, and my platoon eventually got to the beach. Jim, my other sergeant, took the men up the sand dunes and over the wall, whilst I reported to the beach master the number of troops I had brought ashore and my code number. He said thank you, get off this beach ... quickly...
Skin: The night the nymphs emerge, they climb the nearest vertical surface and shed their skins on everything from window screens to lawn chairs...
...expect orderly rate increases that by the end of 2005 will have pushed the benchmark short-term Fed funds rate to about 3% from today's 1%. Such movement would "reflect healthy economic conditions and be welcome," says Hugh Johnson, chief economist at First Albany Capital. Provided that rates climb slowly, a growing economy can absorb the incremental costs because profits, income and jobs are also on the rise...