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...know how many spike-heel-swallowing sidewalk cracks, ankle-turning potholes, skirt-splashing puddles, and treacherous patches of new cement that...
Until recently, Thonglor was a distinctly unfashionable side street off Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok's pre-eminent designer artery. But this surprisingly leafy thoroughfare?once the preserve of tacky wedding centers, shabby eateries and down-at-heel car dealerships?is suddenly in the grip of a major outbreak of chic...
...crippling energy shortage could be the regime's Achilles heel. North Korea currently generates 2.3 million kilowatts annually, about half of what it needs to keep its trains and factories running and cities lit at night. As much as a third of that is believed to leak during transmission. Some power equipment is more than 60 years old. Theft of copper and aluminum transmission lines for sale as scrap in China is rampant, even though it's a capital offense. Says Han Young Jin, who worked as an electrical engineer in Pyongyang before defecting to Seoul in 2002: "The grid...
...that running around in flip-flops and pounding in high heels can really wreak havoc on a girl's feet. Combat cracked heels with PediFix's new Heel-So-Smooth heel sleeves. Wear them around the house, and their special Visco-Gel will soften your soles. For extra cushioning on the run, Dr. Scholl's new For Her Open Shoe insoles are designed to slip into sandals without revealing themselves. And because nobody likes nail crud, there's DuWop's antifungal toe polish. --By Betsy Kroll
...bottom deck and finally exited in a fit of giggles. It was almost business as usual. On any other day the sharp knock at the back of the bus as it approached Piccadilly Circus might have been interpreted as something mundane: an umbrella hitting the floor, a high heel?s clatter. Today it provoked a panic for one woman seated in the back row of the lower floor. She looked around anxiously for a minute or so and then surged towards the doors, pushing past those standing. Locked in traffic, less than 100 yards from the next bus stop...