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...Prague is famous for its beautifully preserved Baroque architecture, but it also boasts impressive monuments to an even earlier era. Czech painter Zdenek Burian (1905-1981) captured the imaginations of Central Europeans with hundreds of carefully researched, evocative paintings and thousands of book and magazine illustrations of dinosaurs, early humans and adventure scenes. Some 400 of his works are on exhibit through July 10 at the Prague Castle Riding Hall. The late U.S. paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould ranked Burian's work alongside that of American Charles R. Knight, the world's most celebrated painter of dinosaurs. Burian earned a cult...
...peril for Toyota is that it repeats GM's mistakes by overexpanding. With new plants in far-flung places from China to the Czech Republic, Toyota has added capacity for an additional 1.5 million vehicles a year by 2006, bringing annual production to 8.5 million vehicles. That's a lot of metal to move at a profit, and it's only getting tougher. Rising commodity and energy prices are increasing manufacturing costs. And looming interest-rate hikes, the bane of new-car sales, may make even today's volume tough to sustain...
...treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Prague is famous for its beautifully preserved Baroque architecture, but it also boasts impressive monuments to an even earlier era. Czech painter Zdenek Burian (1905-1981) captured the imaginations of Central Europeans with hundreds of carefully researched, evocative paintings and thousands of book and magazine illustrations of dinosaurs, early humans and adventure scenes. Some 400 of his works are on exhibit through July 10 at the Prague Castle Riding Hall...
...Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder much as $19,000. Ensign has sold over 150 Routemasters in the last year alone, some to bus buffs as far afield as Dubai and the Czech Republic. Steve Newman, one of Ensign's directors, says that many buyers are eager to preserve a piece of London history. "If they were buildings, they'd be listed" as historical landmarks, Newman explains. Imaginative transport fans have converted the vehicles into restaurants, bars and even mobile homes...
...years since anyone with a background in professional theater has mounted the podium. Yet those who might protest that Lithgow does not measure up recognition-wise to past speakers have very selective memories. For every Kofi Annan, there have been Vaclav Havels and Gro Brundtlands, president of the Czech Republic and prime minister of Norway, respectively. Compared to these lesser-known statesmen, the name John Lithgow probably rings many more bells...