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Just beyond the gaze of the golden Buddha in the Eindawya pagoda in Mandalay, the spiritual heart of Burma, dozens of soldiers slouched around the courtyard, propping their rifles against the stone balustrades. Outside the temple gates, more troops manned barbed-wire barricades. "Please leave," an army captain shouted last week to a group of tourists trying to photograph the Buddha. "You may come back when our security situation is right...
During the protest, the group became involvedin several skirmishes and disputes with policeofficers who were located outside of the CharlesHotel. The entire rally was eventually moved bypolice officers from an interior courtyard of thehotel to an exterior courtyard near the street...
...Leverett courtyard Wednesday was strewn with decaying, odorous books drying out from the flood...
Some rainy day take the time to explore Harvard's museums. While the Fogg Art Museum does not quite rival Boston's Museum of Fine Arts in terms of size or scope, it still has its own special charm. The Fogg's travertine courtyard is modeled after an Italian Renaissance palace...
...turn-of-the-century house with high ceilings or a grubby room in a tenement block. Since the booking system remains fairly rigid, visitors should be flexible. In East Germany changing from an expensive room overlooking a busy railway station to a cheaper one next to a quiet courtyard can prove to be impossible. Rules are still rules, and a voucher is for what it says...