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...make that form of government viable. It's a failing of many of our well-intentioned leaders to think they have the power to change a natural order, as the British and French believed when they ventured to remap the Middle East after World War I, leaving behind a host of problems that confront us today. Harry Friedman Milton Keynes, England...
This is, without a doubt, the sexiest setting ever for a meeting of aspiring astronauts: under swaying palm trees on the beach of a private island owned by Richard Branson in the British Virgin Islands. It is the week after Thanksgiving, and Branson is playing host to a "galactic get-together" on Necker Island. Beer and wine are being consumed like so much rocket fuel. Sushi floats in on a boat--to the middle of the pool. (Swimsuits required!) There's a casino party one night, a tennis tourney in the pouring rain and golf off the top deck...
...Beijing is getting ready to host the 2008 Olympics, but even that can't explain why the government just spent some $56,000 painting southwest China's Laoshou Mountain green to cover up scars left by a strip-mining operation. Here are some of China's other "beautification" campaigns that are in the works...
...form of government viable. It is a failing of many of our well-intentioned leaders to think that they have the power to change such a natural order, as the British and French believed when they ventured to remap the Middle East after World War I, leaving behind a host of problems that confront us today. Harry Friedman Milton Keynes, England
...many have genital herpes? If your inner Ken Jennings surmised that an unfortunate 20 percent of your neighbors have infected genitalia, you might want to try your hand at a weekly trivia night. The main draw at Uno’s Sunday night throwdown, according to many participants, is host Al S. Beuscher, who speaks in a voice stolen from the “Price is Right.” The Bee Gees-loving trivia master says of himself, “People tend to really like me.” Not everyone agrees: Beuscher was “mugged...