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UChicago protesters managed to drown out former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's speech, which was supposed to last 20 minutes but ended up taking an hour and a half...
...always tried to emulate what he did, because you wanted to been seen in that light,” Balaraman reflected. “It was like, ‘Oh if Jay can do it, we should be able to do at least half of that.’ He’s kind of ridiculous...
...tano de las Golandrinas (Cave of Swallows) lies a half-hour drive north of Xilitla, and is famed for two reasons. The first is the vast cavalcade of resident birds (which are in fact swifts and green parrots, not swallows) that emerges from the cavernous blackness in a kaleidoscopic exodus lasting for several hours every morning. The second is base-jumping, which is possible because of the cave's 1,220-ft. (372 m) depth. If you're not up to flinging yourself into the cave mouth with nothing but a parachute between you and oblivion, no matter. Professional handlers...
...winemakers responsible for each one talk you through it in a video presentation (there's also a separate program of tastings with vintners in person). In the Wine Journey Room, you use a prepaid card to help yourself from an Enomatic rack holding 44 wines, available in tasting, half or full measures. There are also 200 wines available by the bottle, with great rarities among them. (See reviews of 50 American wines...
...were in the 1950s," says Han. The communist neighbors grew apart starting in 1956, and even after the fall of the Soviet Union, trade between Russia and China remained slow. In recent years it has expanded rapidly, from $10.7 billion in 2001 to $56.9 billion in 2008. "Half of that is energy," says Zweig. "Energy is a very important component of the bilateral trade relationship. In many ways, it is a pillar." These days, it's a much more sturdy pillar than ideology...