Word: holidaying
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...lucky ones. The 56-year-old retiree, who lives in Shanghai, dabbles a bit in local stocks, exchanging investment tips with what she calls her "mah jong friends," a group that gets together each week to play and chat. Just before the Chinese New Year holiday last month, one of her friends spoke ominously of rumors that China's government was planning a crackdown on stock speculation, including a possible tax on capital gains. Over the past 18 months, Chen's small portfolio had almost doubled in value as the Shanghai market shot straight up. So she decided to pull...
...free of additional mortgages, maintenance headaches, endless repair costs and cluttered closets?leasing is becoming an ideal way to stay on top of trends and styles, particularly when it comes to cars, fashion and sports equipment. At Aspen's Snowmass resort, for example, 60% of visitors during the past holiday season rented skis from the facility's ski shop, up from 45% eight years ago. Most of these skiers, says Derek Johnson, managing director of rental retail, now invest in custom boots and bindings but prefer to lease their skis so they can try out the latest models each year...
...Etheridge comes back stage and fields questions about all things gay. She declines to come up with a song for Grey's Anatomy's resident gay slur hurler, Isaiah Washington, talks sweet about Ellen hosting, calls the Oscars "a gay holiday" and raves about breaking new ground by thanking and kissing her wife: "I was kissing her because that's what you do. You kiss your loved one when you win an Oscar." She also reveals where she'll keep her Oscar: "This is the only naked man that will ever be in my bedroom...
Saddam's execution became another flash point. Even Sunnis who had little sympathy for Saddam were incensed that the government chose to hang him at the hour of morning prayers on one of the most sacred Muslim holidays (Iraqi Sunnis celebrated the holiday one day before the Shi'ites). The choice seemed to confirm suspicions that Shi'ite political dominance would be a constant humiliation. "It was their way of telling us, 'We're in charge now, and you are so weak that even your holy days have no meaning anymore,'" says media analyst Kadhim al-Mukhdadi. "That morning...
...larger and more elaborate. Steel drums were added, and costumes became more flamboyant. As immigrants from India, China and the Middle East arrived, the cultural mix became more intense and Carnival even more colorful. By the time the British granted Trinidad independence in 1962, Carnival had become a national holiday, one in which virtually the entire nation shuts down to party. "It's a celebration of people of all races and cultures. It's the ultimate expression of freedom," said Gregory Reece, 26, a store manager who chatted with me as I danced past his home. "I don't think...