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...made tobacco companies turn to China as their next great hope. The U.S. tobacco industry's overseas sales grew almost 20 percent last year, and a nation of 350 million puffers adding five million more each year and few restrictions on advertising would make the People's Republic the jewel in the crown of global cigarette marketing plans. In keeping with its World Trade Organization promises, China has been slowly opening its domestic market to foreign brands, lowering tariffs from 65% to 25% in 2004, and streamlining the rules for sales and distribution. British American Tobacco has tried...
...caravan of vintage Rolls-Royces, Bentleys and Aston Martins shimmers in the heat of the Jordanian desert. It's a vision but not a mirage. The Jewel That Is Jordan is an annual 1,300-km classic-car tour from the Red Sea port of Aqaba to the Roman ruins of Jerash and back. This year, 55 cars and 150 people from Europe, the U.S. and South America are registered for the two-week circuit that takes in some of Jordan's most beautiful sights, including Petra, Wadi Rum and Mount Nebo?a robust test for the vehicles...
...caravan of vintage Rolls-Royces, Bentleys and Aston Martins shimmers in the heat of the Jordanian desert. It's a vision but not a mirage. The Jewel That Is Jordan is an annual 1,300-km classic-car tour from the Red Sea port of Aqaba to the Roman ruins of Jerash and back. This year, 55 cars and 150 people from Europe, the U.S. and South America are registered for the two-week circuit that takes in some of Jordan's most beautiful sights, including Petra, Wadi Rum and Mount Nebo?a robust test for the vehicles...
...Greco’s “Crucifixion” was moving, Goya’s “Shootings of the Third of May” chilling, and Velazquez’s “Las Meninas,” the museum’s obvious jewel, breathtaking beyond all my expectations. Yet the exceptional experience felt incomplete—personally, as well as historically...
...universe, but lately it has been overshadowed by almost every other genre - novels, comic books, self-help - or just channeled into other media, like rock and hip-hop. These days most bookstores stock a few odd volumes on a back shelf, and most of those are written by singer Jewel. But people are still writing poetry and finding ways to say things no other medium can - if you have the time to stop and listen...