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Reflecting upon her first-year dorm, Apley resident Kathy Huang '01 said, "I loved it. I actually had to buy more things to fill up all the empty space...
...series of fortuitously timed meetings. On June 14, Arnold gathered presidential confidants, including Jordan, McLarty and McLarty's senior aide Mark Middleton, for dinner. A week later, Middleton began a flurry of White House sessions with James Riady, head of Indonesia's Lippo conglomerate, and his lieutenant John Huang. Middleton's lawyer Robert Luskin said his client played no role in lining up a Riady payment. On June 23, Riady, who had befriended Clinton years earlier in Arkansas, met Hubbell for breakfast, had a presidential audience at the White House and then saw Hubbell again for lunch. Four days later...
...UNESCO declared Huang Shan a Cultural and Natural Property, thereby ensuring that the area's physical beauty will be preserved in perpetuity. Pheasant and deer abound. There are hundreds of indigenous plants, including ginkgo, actinidia and tinder fungus, that are said to heal the body and arouse the senses. The famous hot springs are known for their healing qualities and beautiful clear jade-green color. An hour's meditation in one of these thermal pools is a great way to end a day of hiking...
...years ago, the only way to reach the mountaintops was to climb up thousands of steps carved into the sides of cliffs. Now, three separate cable cars run up to the summits, and a range of hotels meet any taste and budget. The three staging areas for Huang Shan visitors are Jade Screen, whose sparsely fixtured hotel reflects its ascetic heritage as a Buddhist monastery; the Hot Springs area at the base of the mountains; and the North Sea (named not for a body of water but for the sea of clouds bathing the range...
...although the area is very large, beds do get scarce. As they have for thousands of years, crowds arise before dawn and head toward the peaks to await that magical moment when the sun rises from the sea of clouds and bathes the mountains in the radiant morning light. Huang Shan may not be exactly off the beaten path, but it is on a road well worth taking...