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...student of contemporary Spanish history could have told the World Bank that Barcelona is not a fun town for the anarchist-averse. But somebody ought to tell the bankers that their anti-capitalist nemeses may find it even easier to crash the virtual barricades of cyberspace than to break through lines of riot policemen...
...Eurostar passenger as soon as the 185-m.p.h. train from Paris to the Channel Tunnel stutters the rest of the way to London. The train network's managers have just announced a need for an additional $4 billion to repair cracked rails brought to light by a fatal crash last year. Highways are in worse shape than at any time since 1977. One adult in five can't read well enough to find a plumber in the Yellow Pages...
Still, tourism is one of the best motors of economic development for poor countries. The industry is astonishingly labor intensive. Every hotel needs cleaning staff and someone to mind the beach umbrellas. And those jobs don't require much education. Moreover, tourism offers a cheap crash course in entrepreneurship. The farmer with a few spare rooms can rent them out without committing vast sums of capital. The cafe owner can alter his menu to attract new customers, which is why you can now get a Full English Breakfast anywhere in the world (though this may not be a good thing...
...travel by train: he has learned firsthand that you never know who's flying your plane. (Then again, he has heard of a rival printer who has been producing bogus train-engineer diplomas.) But Wang figures it's better to be in a train accident than a plane crash?though it may not make much of a difference, considering how many doctors in China are practicing thanks to fake accreditation certificates from printing shops like Wang...
...became frequent drinking buddies and Willis would occasionally crash on Kraft’s couch when the struggling actor needed a place to stay...