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...km/h. Information: Western shore of Persian Gulf, near Burj al Arab and Jumeirah Beach resort hotels. Adults $32, 4-12s $27; tel: (971-4) 348 4444; www.wildwadi.com Tokyo: Ice Cream City Try the stretchy Turkish soft-serve and the Korean ice cone. Feeling brave? The 380 homegrown flavors include octopus, chicken wings and cow's tongue. Information: Namjatown, World Import Mart 2F, Sunshine City (10 minutes from Ikebukuro Station). Adults $2.75, kids $2; tel: (81-3) 5950-0765 Cape Town: Waterfront, Scratch Patch Take a water taxi from the foreshore or a boat trip around the docks, then visit...
Filmed on an economical grainy digital film over 16 days on a budget of less than $4 million, Pieces of April showcases homegrown storytelling at its best and marks a strong directorial debut by Peter Hedges. A crowd favorite at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, the film is not likely to be a box office success, but as Hedges remarked during a publicity session following a special Sept. 28 showing of the film at Loews Boston Common, his film does not target a specific demographic like more commercial flicks. With this film, Hedges said he aimed to create a story...
...militants and Iranian agents, no group claimed responsibility. In the 1980s and '90s, Sunni-Shi'a tensions led to sporadic violence, promoted by forces from outside: first from Shi'ite Iran and then from the Sunni Arab states. In recent times, the violence has been homegrown. Tariq headed a militant outfit that backed the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and denounced Shi'as as infidels, until it was proscribed in 2002 by the government. He and his followers were implicated in the deaths of scores of Shi'as, including more than 50 killed in a July attack on a mosque...
...they haven’t gained anything from MTV or McDonald’s except for mass-produced crudeness and fat. Not to say that 40 years ago my father was empty on crudeness in his humor or fat in his food, but there is something excusable about the homegrown crudeness of second-generation seniors at the high school and fat-dripping burgers at the local diner...
Harvard attracts some big name speakers, giving students the chance to hear international luminaries, behind-the-scenes politicos and literary giants share their thoughts on the world. But what about seeing someone who, despite having earned international fame, still feels like a kind of homegrown hero...