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...might be a humorless freak, I decided to call psychologist Richard Wiseman. He had to be able to help: he led the research team that, after a grueling year of joke collecting, online surveying and number crunching - 2 million ratings from people in 70 countries - uncovered this alleged gem along with all kinds of impressive scientific data about what makes us laugh...
With all this socially relevant drama, a little unabridled fun is needed. The gem of the season for this kind of relief is Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. This beloved and immensely popular comic opera concerns the love-struck Nanki-Poo and his disguise as a trombone player to search for the gorgeous Yum-Yum. As to be expected from Gilbert and Sullivan, ridiculous situations ensue. Plus, with the immensely talented team-up of Naomi Straus ’04 and Abigail Joseph ’04 designing the wacky, colorful costumes, expect The Mikado to rock...
...foreigners last year accounted for $3 billion in revenue - some 5.3% of GDP - according to the Czech Tourism Authority. "The situation in southern and northern Bohemia is a catastrophe," said Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda. Vladimir Zunt, spokesman for the town of Cesky Krumlov, described his city - a medieval gem and one of the most popular tourist destinations outside Prague - as "Sodom and Gomorrah," with 2-m-deep holes in the streets and gas and electrical lines ripped out. The government has so far pledged $50 million for flood relief...
...intrigued by its position when I stumbled upon a mention of the Green Plaza Shinjuku in a magazine, but grew alarmed at the cheesy, basement entrance. I ascended to the 10th floor, and was relieved to find the 24-hr. spa clean and respectable. Moreover, it features a real gem on its roof: the rotenburo, or outdoor bath. There's something gleefully luxurious about floating in a steaming hot bath the size of a small swimming pool, gazing out at the city lights...
...centuries-old, wooden storefronts would be enough to distinguish Phetchaburi, 100 miles south of Bangkok, from other road stops on the way to Hua Hin. Yet it was the royal architecture at Khao Wang, or Palace Hill, that in its heyday drew the rich and famous to this faded gem of a trading port, whose name means "Diamond City...