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...Therein lies the Prime Minister's dilemma. To push through his agenda and crush his political enemies, he must retain his only weapon, his popularity. To do that, he has to ensure that the economy doesn't deteriorate any further, alienating his supporters. And yet, as he has himself predicted, reforms probably will make things worse. If you were Junichiro Koizumi, about now you'd be wishing your prophesies turn out just plain wrong...
Stig Skovlind and Malene Breining Nielsen met 21 years ago, when he was 17 and she was 19. The Danish couple went to the same school, where Stig admits he developed a crush on Malene. "When I finally caught her, we fell deeply in love. We had so much in common - so much to talk about," he says. And in 1982, 18 months after they started dating, the two moved in together. Over the years they pursued their careers - Stig is a musician and sound technician; Malene a preschool teacher - lived in a series of rented homes in Elsinore...
...idea is to squeal if you see it. Hundreds of us crowd the "tree that looks like an elephant," squinting, tilting heads. A cry attracts a crush of butting bodies and cameras, trying to steal the squealer's view of this miracle of botany. A sort of stop-start rhythm develops. "Eek!" jostle, click. "Eek!" bustle, click. I can just about make out what all the fuss is about. The banyan does have four roots that could be legs and a longer one that might be a trunk. But where's the tail? Or the tusks? Or the ears...
...province of Yunnan. The trees are some of the can't-miss sights that have made the area around Banna's main town, Jinghong, explode as a center for domestic tourism. The other big draw is the group of lawless towns just over the Burmese border. Judging by the crush of the crowds, this is Chinese holiday heaven: an open orgy of casinos, transvestite dance revues and brothels. Although Rangoon's military junta doesn't officially admit non-Chinese, a small fee or a little organizing at your hotel can get you a day's pass. Try this only...
Dennis set up two Chevy Caprices side by side for me to crush and started up Grave Digger. It made a noise that sounded a lot like middle-ear damage. I considered bailing, but when I asked Dennis if he was the monster-truck champion, he told me he had lost in the finals to Goldberg, a truck sponsored by the professional wrestler. If a truck named Goldberg could win a championship, I figured I could at least crush a couple of cars...