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...answer dismays almost all visitors - whose view of Americans, of course, also come from movies. In a room packed with such priceless gifts as the solid-gold replica of mosque doors from Saudi Arabia and a large gold gong from Malaysia, is a small glass cabinet containing Washington's gifts: four bowls - two silver, two porcelain - bearing the White House insignia, given at various times by Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Energy Secretary Samuel Bordman. Another display shows a box of 12 autographed golf balls given to Nazarbayev by Clinton...
...films opens this way, from one monument to another. (As Veronica Geng wrote in a review of the first movie, "Spielberg" is German for "play mountain.") In Raiders the logo became a mountain in South America; in the second film, Temple of Doom, a bas-relief on a Chinese gong; in The Last Crusade a big boulder in Utah. This time, suggesting more modest aspirations, or maybe kiddingly deflecting the audience's gargantuan expectations, it's a weeny prairie dog hill, from which a critter emerges just before being nearly run over by speeding cars. We're in Nevada, near...
...confrontation between pro-China and anti-China crowds. The venue of the closing ceremony for the run was also changed. San Francisco has some experience with dealing with Beijing's foes: the Chinese consulate in the city often sees protests by North Korean refugees and the Falun Gong spiritual movement. But the scale of Wednesday's events is huge: Tibetan activists hung a banner from the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday, and thousands attended a vigil on the eve of the flame's arrival. A slew of other activists are congregating around the issue, from advocates for Burmese democracy (China...
...both the volcanic mud from the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria (off the coast of Sicily), where Armani has a home, and by the Roman tradition of hot-spring bathing for relaxation. The spa's three private treatment rooms are finished in beige travertine stone and feature an Asian brass gong, which, when hammered with a mallet, emits relaxing vibes. Guests are provided with black kimonos in private dressing rooms that offer?what else??a complete set of Armani skin-care products and makeup for use after treatment. The initial foot bath, a Japanese tradition, features the famous Pantelleria-inspired...
...gong is struck three times to signify the start of a prince’s quest, and the audience in Lowell Dining Hall is transported from the surrounding coziness of column-strewn walls to the lush majesty of legendary Peking. The Lowell House Opera’s (LHO) ambitious 70th anniversary production, Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot,” successfully transforms the dining hall into an exotic and vibrant vision, where the power of love reigns supreme...