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Remember when researching a seventh-grade paper on the Eiffel Tower meant trudging to the school library and lifting--I mean, paraphrasing--passages from the hefty encyclopedia? Even in the world of Google, a good encyclopedia can still be a student's best friend. And the latest electronic versions wisely make use of the Web. In some cases, the online version is even better than...
...just taken a ride on the roller coaster atop the Stratosphere tower--he was lucky there wasn't a maximum height limit to get on--and now he was gazing out over the gaudiest stretch of urban landscape in America. He marveled at the brightly illuminated replicas of the Eiffel Tower, the Manhattan skyline, the dazzling fountains of Rome. "Las Vegas is the most beautiful city in the world," he said, "especially at night." A red-faced American tourist broke the reverie. "Hey, Yao Ming!" the man shouted. "Yao Ming, you da man!" It was the last thing the Chinese...
...cafes, stoically sipping espresso in the white, noon sun. Everything in me wanted to take action, hoard bottled water, build underground shelters. But only the slightest adjustments were made: wine and candles were taken outside to the Champ de Mars, and family dinners were held beneath the Eiffel Tower. Knowing how to live apparently means knowing that nothing will last and everything has happened before. But by the end of last week, as the old stone houses lost their ancient stores of cool and the night air grew as viscous as the afternoon's, even the Parisians began to twitch...
Even though it was in the real estate section, I took it as a personal ad. "Studio for rent on a barge parked near the Eiffel Tower. Perfect for an expatriate businessman." I wasn't a businessman and the rent was too high, but I had come to Paris to fall in love, and love requires sacrifice. Besides, living on a houseboat beat the hell out of an artist's garret when it came to writing postcards home. Traveling is like dating to me, so when I handed two-months deposit in cash to my new boat lord, it felt...
...tour of Middle America last summer in large part didn’t change my opinion of the region. Even though I had seen the Eiffel Tower and the Great Wall of China, Door Country Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula were new to me. Of course, much of the Midwest is more picturesque than I had imagined, more diverse and not quite the sprawl of suburban family values from sitcoms like Family Ties (Columbus, Ohio) or Family Matters (Chicago, IL). My view of the Midwest is more like those John Hughes movies that take place in the fictional suburb...