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...capital?or indeed in any one of dozens of towns and cities across the kingdom?don't think that your status as a visitor allows you to observe politely from the sidelines. Everyone, local or tourist, is fair game for a drenching. This may take the form of a genteel sprinkle, or a merciless soaking via bucket, water pistol, hose or even elephant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volatile Liquidity | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

Everyone, local or tourist, is fair game for a drenching. This may take the form of a genteel sprinkle, or a merciless soaking via bucket, water pistol, hose or even elephant. So don't go venturing onto the streets in your finest Prada, and find a watertight case for that digicam. For more information, visit tourismthailand.org

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volatile Liquidity | 3/21/2006 | See Source »

...interiors. The walls are adorned with dazzling de Gournay chinoiserie wallpaper. The luxe furniture includes reproductions of 18th century egg-shaped canopy chairs, while the color palette spans robin's egg blue, chartreuse and gilt. Add staggering Central Park views, and it's not hard to see BG's genteel appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haute Femme | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

...dean that economists were known to be smarter than sociologists, so they should be paid accordingly. The brusque handling of mild-mannered Kirby?s departure was, in the minds of many, an insult too many, with rumors of dismissal leaking from the President?s Office and preempting the customarily genteel resignation process. ?If anyone could have eased tension between Summers and the faculty, it was Dean Kirby,? says Matory. ?But he even drove Kirby to the edge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Harvard's Summers Flunked the Presidency | 2/21/2006 | See Source »

...SigEps of Oregon State were a long way from such genteel pursuits just five years ago. At a school that offers a degree in fermentation sciences, the SigEps of old stood out for their love of inebriation. "When I got here in 2001, it was awful," says Mike Powers, 20, a senior. "Drugs were coming in, grades were falling. There were nothing but monster parties." The chapter hit bottom that fall when a single party resulted in a whopping $195,000 in fines for 26 separate counts of providing alcohol to minors. The house needed a fresh start, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Frats Get a Manners Makeover | 2/14/2006 | See Source »

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