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...late 1980s Bangkok was suffering from a lack of hotels," says Vincent Tabuteau, director of East-West?call (66-2) 256-0168?a travel operator that focuses on traditional Southeast Asian adventures. "We had this old barge and thought that it would be a good idea to plan a relaxing cruise that would introduce tourists to Thai lifestyle and culture." He and his partners named the first boat Mekhala, after the goddess of water from the Thai epic Ramakian...
...during the Afghan leader's recent visit to the West his fashion sense won him raves. Here's the lowdown on his layers: 1. Karakul cap: a nod to the people of northern Afghanistan. 2. Chapan: the silk robe is an aristocratic tradition. 3. Western jacket: a symbol of East-West unity. 4. Piran-tunban: a tunic-and-trousers combo worn by southern Afghans. 'With his dress,' says Akbar Ahmed, professor of Islamic studies at American University, Washington, D.C., 'he wants to revive the best of Afghan culture...
This guerrilla war, with women and children as collateral damage, is part of a broader military strategy to ensnare the U.S. in a larger East-West conflict. Roland Jacquard, president of the International Observatory on Terrorism in Paris, believes that bin Laden intended the Sept. 11 attack to be so "audacious, impudent and massively inhumane" as to ensure a "massive, inordinate" U.S. retaliation that would further inflame Muslim opinion against the U.S. and against the Arab regimes allied with Washington. Says Jacquard: "His design is to create sufficient instability to bring about Islamic revolution...
...design, which with its chenille banquettes and straw-flecked walls looks like a cross between a Paris bistro and a Japanese teahouse. The chef even created the green- and brown-glazed plates, vases and cups in a pottery studio set up in the basement. The plates, too, have an East-West theme: a rough Japanese-influenced edge surrounds a perfect, Western-style circle...
Minnesota is the defending national champion, the WCHA regular season champion, the national leader in attendance, the Women's Frozen Four host, and the team which the committee would have to select in order to ensure equal East-West representation. Women's hockey selection committees have been accused of allowing such factors to influence its decisions in past years...